Installing Software Packages
Installing Software Packages (Debian/Ubuntu)
/etc/apt/sources.list
: Stores the repository locations that apt uses to search for packages specific to your systemapt-get
: Package handling and installation utility for Debian-based distributions- Installs packages by name and includes dependent packages during install
dpkg
: Installs .deb package files on Debian-based systems-i
– Install as well as configure package-r
– Remove package-configure
– Configures a package-c
– List contents of a package --s
– List status of package (installed or not) -apt-cache
: Allows searching of named package or shows installed packagesapt-cache pkgnames
– Show installedapt-cache search
– Search for named packagedpkg-reconfigure
: Reconfigure an already-installed packageaptitude
: High level package management interface for Debian-based distributions