- Installing apt-cache and apt-file:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
- Search a repository for a package:
apt-cache search {package}
- Display information for a package:
apt-cache show {package}
- Display detailed information for a package:
apt-cache showpkg {package}
- Show all dependencies for a package:
apt-cache depends {package}
- Search the repo for a file:
apt-file search {filename}
- List all files for a package:
apt-file list {package}
- Install a package:
sudo apt install {package}
- Remove a package:
sudo apt remove {package}
- Remove a package and its config files:
sudo apt --purge remove {package}
- Synchronize the package index files with their sources:
sudo apt update
- Upgrade all available updates to packages already installed:
sudo apt upgrade
Note: Must always run update before upgrade.
- To clean up:
apt clean to clean out cache files and and any archived package files.
apt autoremove to gets rid of any packages not needed.