NAME

       dpkg.cfg - dpkg configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       This  file  contains default options for dpkg. Each line contains a single option which is
       exactly the same as a normal command line option for dpkg except for the  leading  hyphens
       which  are  not  used  here.  Quotes  surrounding option values are stripped. Comments are
       allowed by starting a line with a hash sign (‘#’).

FILES

       /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*
       /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
       ~/.dpkg.cfg

AUTHOR

       See /usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS for the list of people who have contributed to dpkg.

SEE ALSO

       dpkg(1).