APT Practice
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html
https://www.debian.org/mirror/list.en.html
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
sources.list(5) man page
$ man sources.list
apt
Show manual
$ man apt
Show help message
$ apt -h
apt 1.0.9.8.4 for amd64 compiled on Dec 11 2016 09:48:19
Usage: apt [options] command
CLI for apt.
Basic commands:
list - list packages based on package names
search - search in package descriptions
show - show package details
update - update list of available packages
install - install packages
remove - remove packages
upgrade - upgrade the system by installing/upgrading packages
full-upgrade - upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packages
edit-sources - edit the source information file
Update packages list
$ apt update
# Package repositories
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
Install packages
$ apt install apache2
Remove packages
$ apt remove apache2
List packages based on package names
$ apt list
Show installed packages
$ apt list --installed
Show versions and archive areas of available packages
$ apt list -a apache2
Show package information
$ apt show -a apache2
Search packages and descriptions
$ apt search apache2
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/refcard/refcard
aptitude
Show help message
$ aptitude -h
Show manual
$ man aptitude
Update the packages list
$ aptitude update
Perform a safe upgrade
$ aptitude safe-upgrade
Install/upgrade packages
$ aptitude install foo
Remove packages
$ aptitude remove bar
Remove packages and their configuration files
$ aptitude purge foo
Search for a package by name and/or expression
$ aptitude search foo
Display detailed information about a package
$ aptitude show foo
https://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude
http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/doc/en/
apt-get
https://wiki.debian.org/apt-get
Show help message
$ apt-get -h
apt 1.0.9.8.4 for amd64 compiled on Dec 11 2016 09:48:19
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.
Commands:
update - Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade - Perform an upgrade
install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
remove - Remove packages
autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
purge - Remove packages and config files
source - Download source archives
build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
changelog - Download and display the changelog for the given package
download - Download the binary package into the current directory
Options:
-h This help text.
-q Loggable output - no progress indicator
-qq No output except for errors
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
-b Build the source package after fetching it
-V Show verbose version numbers
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
This APT has Super Cow Powers.
Show manual
$ man apt-get
Update packages list
$ apt-get update
Install packages
$ apt-get install apache2
Remove packages
$ apt-get remove apache2
