notes_on_linux_package_management: debsums

notes_on_linux_package_management.markdown

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   * [[Debian Version Numbers]]
 
+===== debsums : check md5 sums of installed debian packages =====
+
+Sometimes it can be useful to make sure the binary on a system has not been tampered with and corresponds indeed to the one provided by the package. Debsums allows to compare the md5 sum of the installed files with those provided by the debian package.
+
+<code>
+debsums <packagename>    # check all files installed by given package
+</code>
+
 ===== apt-file : list or search package contents =====
 
 <code>