apt-get

apt-get [options] command [package...]

apt-get is the command-line package management utility for Debian and Ubuntu. It handles installation, upgrade, and removal of software packages. For interactive use, apt is recommended as a more user-friendly alternative.

update

Resynchronize package index files from sources

Install newest versions of all currently installed packages

Upgrade and handle changing dependencies

Install or upgrade specified packages

Remove packages

Remove packages and configuration files

Remove automatically installed packages no longer needed

Clear local repository of retrieved package files that can no longer be downloaded

Clear local repository of all retrieved package files

Download the binary package into the current directory

Fetch source packages

Install the build dependencies of a source package

Satisfy dependency strings (as used in Build-Depends); prefix an argument with 'Conflicts: ' to express a conflict

Automatic yes to prompts; run non-interactively

No action; simulate the events that would occur without changing the system

Download packages but don't unpack or install

Don't install recommended packages

Reinstall packages already at the newest version

Only upgrade already-installed packages; ignore requests to install new ones

Attempt to fix broken dependencies

/etc/apt/sources.list

Package source repositories.

Main APT configuration file.

Directory for drop-in configuration fragments.

Run apt-get update before other commands to ensure the package list is current.

Part of the APT (Advanced Package Tool) suite developed for Debian in 1998 by the APT Development Team.

apt(8), apt-cache(8), dpkg(1), aptitude(8)

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