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apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update and install.

Contents 1 Commands: 1.1 update 1.2 upgrade 1.3 install 1.4 remove 1.5 source 1.6 build-dep 1.7 dist-upgrade 1.8 dselect-upgrade 1.9 clean 1.10 autoclean 1.11 check 2 Options 2.1 -h 2.2 -q 2.3 -qq 2.4 -d 2.5 -s 2.6 -y 2.7 -f 2.8 -m 2.9 -u 2.10 -b 2.11 -V 2.12 -c=? 2.13 -o=?

[edit] Commands:

[edit] update

• Retrieve new lists of packages

[edit] upgrade

• Perform an upgrade

[edit] install

• Install new packages
  • For example a package is libc6 not libc6.deb
  • You would use apt-get isntall libc6, not apt-get install libc6.deb

[edit] remove

Remove package

[edit] source

Download source archives

[edit] build-dep

Configure build-dependencies for source packages

[edit] dist-upgrade

Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)

[edit] dselect-upgrade

Follow dselect selections

[edit] clean

• Erase downloaded archive files

[edit] autoclean

Erase old downloaded archive files

[edit] check

Verify that there are no broken dependencies

[edit] Options

[edit] -h

[edit] -q

[edit] -qq

[edit] -d

[edit] -s

[edit] -y

[edit] -f

[edit] -m

[edit] -u

[edit] -b

[edit] -V

[edit] -c=?

[edit] -o=?