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To list files that will be installed by a debian package (.deb) which is not currently installed on your system

# Ubuntu 15.04+ 
apt download <packagename>

# Earlier versions of Ubuntu
apt-get --download <package name>
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List files installed by a Debian or Ubuntu .deb package
dpkg -L <package name>

Example:

$ dpkg -L apache2
/.
/usr
/usr/share