The following is an overviewĪpt-get install package -> apt install packageĪpt-get remove package -> apt remove packageĪpt-cache search string -> apt search stringĪpt-cache policy package -> apt list -a packageĪpt-cache show package -> apt show packageĪpt-cache showpkg package -> apt show -a package This means some popular commands likeĪpt-cache show now can also be called simply via Starting with Debian Jessie, some frequently used apt-getĪnd apt-cache commands have an equivalent via the newĪpt binary. In /usr/share/doc/apt-doc/guide.html/index.html (you will For more information, see the User's Guide It provides commandline tools for searching and managing packages,Īnd for querying information about them, as well as low-level access to allįeatures of the libapt-pkg library. The Debian packaging system which provides the apt-get List the installation status of packages containing the string (or regularĪPT is the Advanced Package Tool, an advanced interface to Remove a package (including its configuration files): dpkg -purge Remove a package (but not its configuration files): dpkg -remove

That the 'configure' operation takes as its argument a package name (e.g.,įoo), not the name of a Debian archive file (e.g.,Įxtract a single file named 'blurf' (or a group of files named 'blurf*') from aĭebian archive: dpkg -fsys-tarfile foo_b | tar -xf. The files listed in the conffiles for this package. Among other things, this action runs the postinst (see Section 7.6, “What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?”) script associated with the package. Preinst (see Section 7.6, “What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?”) script associated with theĬonfigure a package that already has been unpacked: dpkg -configureįoo. ThisĬommand removes any already-installed version of the program and runs the Usable state some files may need further customization to run properly. Operation does not necessarily leave the package in a Unpack (but do not configure) a Debian archive into the file system of the hardĭisk: dpkg -unpack foo_b.

Install a package (including unpacking and configuring) onto the file system of Print out the control file (and other information) for a specified package: