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apt

Package management utility for Debian based distributions. Recommended replacement for apt-get when used interactively in Ubuntu versions 16.04 and later. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta. More information: https://manpages.debian.org/latest/apt/apt.8.html.
  • Update the list of available packages and versions (it's recommended to run this before other apt commands):
    sudo apt update
  • Search for a given package:
    apt search {{package}}
  • Show information for a package:
    apt show {{package}}
  • Install a package, or update it to the latest available version:
    sudo apt install {{package}}
  • Remove a package (using purge instead also removes its configuration files):
    sudo apt remove {{package}}
  • Upgrade all installed packages to their newest available versions:
    sudo apt upgrade
  • List all packages:
    apt list
  • List installed packages:
    apt list --installed

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