apt
Package management utility for Debian based distributions.
Recommended replacement for apt-get when used interactively in Ubuntu versions 16.04 and later.
More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/apt/apt.8.html.
- Update the list of available packages and versions (it's recommended to run this before other
aptcommands):sudo apt update - Search for a given package:
apt search {{package}} - Show information for a package:
apt show {{package}} - Install a package, or update it to the latest available version:
sudo apt install {{package}} - Remove a package (using
purgeinstead also removes its configuration files):sudo apt remove {{package}} - Upgrade all installed packages to their newest available versions:
sudo apt upgrade - List all packages:
apt list - List installed packages:
apt list --installed
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