List of useful apt-get commands
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- apt-get: Installing and removing packages from your system, as well as updating package lists and upgrading the software itself.
- apt-cache: Search for packages in the package list maintained by apt on the local system
- dpkg- Used for various administrative tasks to your system, such as reconfiguring Xorg.
- apt-listbugs: See what bugs are listed on a software package before you install it.
- apt-listchanges: Same thing as apt-listbugs, but for non-bug changes.
- apt-rdepends: Tool for viewing dependency trees on packages.
- deborphan- Look for orphaned dependencies on the system left from removing parent packages.
- debfoster- Helps deborphan identify what package dependencies you no longer need on your system.
- dselect- Curses interface for viewing, selecting and searching for packages on your system.
So, as any new user to the world of apt learns, apt-get is the way to install software in your system. After working on a Debian-based system that uses apt, such as Ubuntu, you also learn the various tools:
Those are probably the first few tools that you learn while on a Debian-based distro, if you plan on getting down and dirty at any length. But the buck doesn’t stop there. You need to memorize, and learn other tools, if you are to further administrate your system. These include:
There’s even more: apt-cdrom, apt-config, apt-extracttemplates, apt-ftparchive, apt-key, apt-mark and apt-sortpkgs.
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