dpkg as low-level package tool
E192880
dpkg as low-level package tool is the core Debian package management utility responsible for installing, removing, and providing information about .deb software packages at the system level.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| dpkg | 2 |
| dpkg as low-level package tool canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717652 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dpkg as low-level package tool Context triple: [Debian, uses, dpkg as low-level package tool]
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A.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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B.
Debian
Debian is a widely used, community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, extensive package repository, and role as the basis for many other operating systems such as Ubuntu.
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C.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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D.
Slackware
Slackware is one of the oldest actively maintained Linux distributions, known for its simplicity, stability, and adherence to Unix-like design principles.
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E.
GNU Parted
GNU Parted is a free, open-source disk partitioning and resizing tool commonly used on Unix-like operating systems to manage hard drive partitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: dpkg as low-level package tool Target entity description: dpkg as low-level package tool is the core Debian package management utility responsible for installing, removing, and providing information about .deb software packages at the system level.
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A.
Apt
Apt is a historic market town in southeastern France’s Vaucluse department, known for its candied fruit production and Provençal charm.
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B.
Debian
Debian is a widely used, community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, extensive package repository, and role as the basis for many other operating systems such as Ubuntu.
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C.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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D.
Slackware
Slackware is one of the oldest actively maintained Linux distributions, known for its simplicity, stability, and adherence to Unix-like design principles.
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E.
GNU Parted
GNU Parted is a free, open-source disk partitioning and resizing tool commonly used on Unix-like operating systems to manage hard drive partitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Debian package management utility
ⓘ
low-level package manager ⓘ package management tool ⓘ |
| canInstallFromFile | .deb package file ⓘ |
| commandName | dpkg ⓘ |
| componentOf | Debian package management system ⓘ |
| developedFor | Debian ⓘ |
| doesNotResolve | dependencies automatically ⓘ |
| handles |
package installation scripts
ⓘ
postinst scripts ⓘ postrm scripts ⓘ preinst scripts ⓘ prerm scripts ⓘ |
| invokedBy | higher-level tools like apt ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| managesDatabase | /var/lib/dpkg ⓘ |
| operatesAtLevel | system level ⓘ |
| origin |
Debian
ⓘ
surface form:
Debian Project
|
| platform |
GNU/Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
install Debian packages
ⓘ
query package information ⓘ remove Debian packages ⓘ upgrade Debian packages ⓘ |
| requiresPrivilege | root ⓘ |
| scope | local system only ⓘ |
| storesPackageInfoIn | /var/lib/dpkg/info ⓘ |
| storesPackageStatusIn | /var/lib/dpkg/status ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture | multi-architecture handling ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
--configure
ⓘ
--get-selections ⓘ --set-selections ⓘ --unpack ⓘ -L (list files in package) ⓘ -P (purge) ⓘ -S (search for package owning file) ⓘ -i (install) ⓘ -l (list packages) ⓘ -r (remove) ⓘ -s (show package details) ⓘ |
| supportsPackageFormat | .deb ⓘ |
| supportsPackageState |
config-files
ⓘ
half-configured ⓘ half-installed ⓘ installed ⓘ not-installed ⓘ unpacked ⓘ |
| usedBy |
apt
ⓘ
apt-get ⓘ aptitude ⓘ synaptic ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | C ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: dpkg as low-level package tool Description of subject: dpkg as low-level package tool is the core Debian package management utility responsible for installing, removing, and providing information about .deb software packages at the system level.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.