Debsums returns same 'changed file' message

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Also if installing from a third party source (not from official channel or better, Synaptic Package Manager) you should inspect the file before installing:

How to inspect 3rd Party .deb packages before installing

These should always be inspected before ‘extracting’ as whilst not a virus, malicious code could be lurking there: "I always open the debs and check for suspicious post-install scripts This is how to do that. … Listing the files from a debian package using dpkg -c dpkg is the package manager for debian. So using dpkg command you can list and extract the packages, as shown below. To view the content of *.deb file: Code: : $ dpkg -c ovpc_1.06.94-3_i386.deb dr-xr-xr-x root/root 0 2010-…