. DEBIAN PACKAGE INSTALLATION: Using apt and related utilities to find,
. install, update, and maintain debian packages. v0.20
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. Debian Package Manager Tools (a-z):
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. auto-apt : install package on demand if needed (use with caution)
. ........ example:
. auto-apt run command
. auto-apt run ./configure
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. 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?)
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. 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)
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. apt-get : command line utility for installation and handling of packages
. ........ example:
. apt-get install <packagename>
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. apt-show-versions : packages in system that upgrade is available for
. ........ example:
. apt-show-versions -u (display but do not install)
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. 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)
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. dselect : Debian package manager frontend
. ........ example:
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. 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
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. To install a debian package, such as Mozilla Firefox, use apt-get to retrieve
. and install the application. 'apt-get install mozilla-firefox'
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