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The apt-get Package Management Tool

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Some common distributions that use apt-get:* Debian* Ubuntu / KUbuntu== install software using apt-get ==The command to install a package apt-get install package== repositories ==Apt stores a list of repositories or software channels in the file.  /etc/apt/sources.listThese are places where software can be obtained from using apt-get.For example, user wanted to install the tv-maxe app on Ubuntu which is not in the typical Ubuntu repositories.  So user added a repository. add-apt-repository ppa:venerix/pkg apt-get updateThe second command, 'apt-get update' downloads the package lists from the repositories and "updates" them to get information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies.  Since user added a new repository, the command is ran to update the latest package list from that new repository.  A new repository is also known as a 'PPA'.
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