apt
Package management utility for Debian based distributions.
- Update list of packages and versions available. This should be run before running further apt commands:
sudo apt update
- Search for packages:
apt search {{package}}
- Show information for a package:
apt show {{package}}
- Install a new package:
sudo apt install {{package}}
- Remove a package (using "purge" instead also removes its configuration files):
sudo apt remove {{package}}
- Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions:
sudo apt upgrade