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Refresh list of available packages |
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Refresh list of available packages - apt-get update
Install a package from a repository - apt-get install package_name
Install a package file - dpkg --install package.deb
Remove a package - apt-get remove package_name
Check for package upgrades - apt-get -s upgrade , apt-get -s dist-upgrade
Upgrade packages - apt-get dist-upgrade
Upgrade the entire system - apt-get dist-upgrade
Get information about an available package - apt-cache search package_name
Show available packages - apt-cache dumpavail
List all installed packages - dpkg –list
Get information about a package - apt-cache show package_name
Get information about an installed package - dpkg --status package_name
List files in an installed package - dpkg --listfiles package_name
Show the packages a given package depends on - apt-cache depends
Show other packages that depend on a
given package (reverse dependency) - apt-cache rdepends
Get information about a package file - dpkg --info package.deb
List files in a package file - dpkg --contents package.deb
Extract files in a package - dpkg-deb --extract package.deb
dir-to-extract-to
Find package that installed a file - dpkg --search filename
Find package that provides a particular file - apt-file search filename
Show stats about the package cache - apt-cache stats
Verify all installed packages - debsums
Remove packages from the local cache directory - apt-get clean
Remove only obsolete packages from the local
cache directory - apt-get autoclean
Remove header files from the local cache directory
(forcing a new download of same on next use) - apt-file purge
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