I have successfully installed some packages using the command: sudo apt-get install packagename when I have known in advance that those packages are available. But how can …

The apt commands have been introduced to solve this problem. apt consists some of the most widely used features from apt-get, apt-cache and apt-config leaving aside obscure and seldom …

Aug 27, 2010 · apt-get has a few options which looks the same to me: autoclean, autoremove and clean. What do each of them do?

I'd like to output a list of all installed packages into a text file so that I can review it and bulk-install on another system. How would I do this?

apt-cache's madison command attempts to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian archive management tool, madison. It displays available versions of …

Oct 1, 2012 · The apt command provides a convenient subset of the functionality of various other apt- commands (e.g., apt-get, apt-cache), with colorized display and progress bars.

Use this: sudo apt update # Fetches the list of available updates sudo apt upgrade # Installs some updates; does not remove packages sudo apt full-upgrade # Installs updates; may also …

sudo gpg -a --export <PUBKEY> | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update Note that when you import a key like this using apt-key you are telling the system that you trust the key you're …

1123 How do I update a single package? As far as man apt-get says apt-get upgrade doesn't take a package/list of packages as parameter: upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest …

For example, if apt-get fails to install something because of conflicting dependencies it will give up. However, aptitude might offer to go ahead, but uninstall a whole bunch of other packages …