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From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
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Does any command exist amongst the debian packages commands that can be 
used to do a syntax check on package installation content before package 
installation is tried?  I know how to just download packages but don't 
know if such syntax checking possibilities exist.