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dpkg.cfg(5)                       dpkg suite                       dpkg.cfg(5)

NAME
       dpkg.cfg - dpkg configuration file

DESCRIPTION
       This file contains default options for dpkg. Each line contains a
       single option which is exactly the same as a normal command line option
       for dpkg except for the leading hyphens which are not used here. Quotes
       surrounding option values are stripped. Comments are allowed by
       starting a line with a hash sign ('#').

FILES
       /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*

       /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg

       ~/.dpkg.cfg

SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1).

1.21.1                            2025-09-09                       dpkg.cfg(5)