NAME

       dpkg-vendor - queries information about distribution vendors

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-vendor [option...] command

DESCRIPTION

       dpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in /etc/dpkg/origins.
       /etc/dpkg/origins/default contains information about the current vendor.

       The origin files provide metadata about specific vendors, such as their URL or where to file bug reports,
       and are usually used both to determine the behavior of tools and resulting contents during package builds
       targeting a specific vendor, and to describe the provenance of packages.

       Packages can explicitly declare their vendor by including an Origin field, otherwise the vendor for a
       package without such field is assumed to be the one pointed to by the default origin symbolic link.

       The default symbolic link is also used to denote the origin of the current installation managed by dpkg,
       be that a full distribution or an overlay on top of an existing base system that contains either no
       packaging system or a native one.

       This program was introduced in dpkg 1.15.1.

COMMANDS

       --is vendor
           Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor.  Otherwise exits with 1.

       --derives-from vendor
           Exits  with  0  if the current vendor distribution is a derivative of vendor, otherwise exits with 1.
           It uses the Parent field to browse all ancestors of the current vendor.

       --query field
           Print on standard output the value of the vendor-specific field for the current vendor.

       --help
           Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
           Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS

       --vendor vendor
           Assumes the current vendor is vendor instead  of  discovering  it  with  the  DEB_VENDOR  environment
           variable or /etc/dpkg/origins/default.

ENVIRONMENT

       DEB_VENDOR
           This  setting defines the current vendor.  If not set, it will discover the current vendor by reading
           /etc/dpkg/origins/default.

       DPKG_COLORS
           Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted values are: auto  (default),  always
           and never.

       DPKG_NLS
           If  set,  it  will  be  used  to  decide  whether  to activate Native Language Support, also known as
           internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg  1.19.0).   The  accepted  values  are:  0  and  1
           (default).

FILES

   Packaging support
       /usr/share/dpkg/vendor.mk
           Makefile snippet that sets the current vendor and its parent into variables, and provides make macros
           to check for derivatives (since dpkg 1.16.1).

SEE ALSO

       deb-origin(5).

1.22.18                                            2025-04-28                                     dpkg-vendor(1)