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How to get information about a package before installation in the terminal?

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I was wondering how to get the information about a package in the terminal, before installation with apt install so that I can decide whether to install it, based on the description.

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answered 2 Years ago brailloni · Accepted Answer

Use

 apt-cache show PACKAGE

to see the description and some other information about package after its installed

 dpkg -L package_name

to see what files the package contains.