DH_LISTPACKAGES(1)

💖 DH_LISTPACKAGES — okay bestie, let's see who's invited 💖

This page lives in section 1 of the manual (the "type these in your terminal" section, iykyk), and it's part of Debhelper. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

dh_listpackages — bestie, this is literally the "who are we even doing this for" command: it lists the binary packages debhelper will act on. 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dh_listpackages [debhelper options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, dh_listpackages is a debhelper program, and what it does is output a list of all the binary packages that debhelper commands will act on. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 💅

And the cute part? If you pass it some options, it changes the list to match the packages the other debhelper commands would act on if they were passed those exact same options. Like, not me handing it the same flags and getting the same guest list everyone else would get. ✨

The packages show up in the order they appear in debian/control. Not alphabetical, not by vibe, not sorted by how iconic they are — source order, periodt. 📋

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• debhelper(7) — go read that one too, fr fr 💜

Also: this program is a part of debhelper. It's giving family. 🫶

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> — the main character who made this, no cap. 💖

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🎀 Okay so that's the whole page, bestie — nothing spooky, nothing undefined, just a very good little list-maker. Go forth and list your packages. 🦋

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Version 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21 — mwah, that's the footer, slay, byeee 💅🌸