Linux 101 : Packages utilities - Debian - (dpkg, apt-get, ...)
Displaying information about a package:
The below command shows information about packages (version, dependencies, description, ...)
The below command shows information about a package:
Example:
Searching for packages:
To search for a package name, we use the below command:
Installing packages:
We use the below command for installing packages:
We use "-y" option so we the system will not ask us for confirmation about various steps of the installation.
The "dpkg" installer:
We could also use the below command to install a Debian package:
Displaying which package a file belongs to:
To know which package a file belongs to, we use:
To remove a package, we use the below command:
To remove a package and its configuration files, we use:
Listing the packages:
To list the packages on a system, we use the below command:
to list all the packages and the files inside them, we use:
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