Debian Package Management with Apt
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. DEBIAN PACKAGE INSTALLATION: Using apt and related utilities to find, . install, update, and maintain debian packages. v0.20 . ________________________________________________________________________________ . Debian Package Manager Tools (a-z): . . auto-apt : install package on demand if needed (use with caution) . ........ example: . auto-apt run command . auto-apt run ./configure . . apt-cache : program used by apt to maintain deb package database . ........ example: . apt-cache search firefox (look for a package for firefox, a . way to find the name of a package . available to install) . apt-cache show gtkcookie (additional info about a package, . or if installed, info about newer . version or updates) . apt-cache showpkg gtkcookie (general info about a package) . apt-cache depends gtkcookie (what does gtkcookie, our . example package, depend on?) . . apt-file : find out to which package a particular file belongs . ........ example: . apt-file search <filename> (unlike dpkg -S, shows also . uninstalled packages with file) . apt-file list <packagename> (contents of a package) . apt-file update (necessary to keep apt-file up to date) . . apt-get : command line utility for installation and handling of packages . ........ example: . apt-get install <packagename> . . apt-show-versions : packages in system that upgrade is available for . ........ example: . apt-show-versions -u (display but do not install) . . dpkg : package manager for Debian to install, build, and remove packages . ........ example: . dpkg -L <packagename> . dpkg -S stdio.h (search and locate package which contains a . specific file, what package contains x) . dpkg -l | grep firefox (package installed, but what is the . exact name of the package for firefox) . . dselect : Debian package manager frontend . ........ example: . . . Debian packages are .deb files. The system maintains a list of all packages . available for Debian, (.deb package files). Executing 'apt-get update' . updates the local database of packages from many sources. The sources are . defined in /etc/apt/sources.list . . To install a debian package, such as Mozilla Firefox, use apt-get to retrieve . and install the application. 'apt-get install mozilla-firefox' . . ________________________________________________________________________________ .
