Debian Hint #44: You can use 'apt-file list ' to obtain a listing of the contents of debian package. This action is similar to 'dpkg -L ' except the package does not need to be installed or fetched using apt-file in contrast to dpkg.

Debian Hint #44: You can use 'apt-file list <package_name>' to obtain a listing of the contents of debian package. This action is similar to 'dpkg -L <package_name>' except the package does not need to be installed or fetched using apt-file in contrast to dpkg.