Apt-Get, how...
Hey can someone either explain to me, or point me to some good documents about how to use apt-get. Because frankly, I haven't a damn clue, and I find the webpage to be very sketchy on how their soft-ware works.
thanks Mike |
apt-get update fetches new package lists.
apt-get install package installs a package and all the required dependencies of that package. apt-get upgrade upgrades all of the upgradeable packages in the system. apt-get dist-upgrade does the same thing as ^, only differently. Try reading the manpage on apt-get. |
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so in a sense apt-get kinda works like emerge for Gentoo?
EDIT: and I did not realize there was man pages for it. In fact never dawned on me to check, I guess thats what using a window manager does to a person, gets them use to F1 Mike |
If you want a nice GUI-interface for APT I really recommend a program called Synaptic.. you can find it at http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/
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apt-cache search <searchterm> is good when you are not sure what packages you can install to get things done.
apt-cache pkgnames shows all of the installed pakages. If you want to check to see if a particular package is installed use grep as in: apt-cache pkgnames | grep <searchterm> Just thought these woulde be handy to know. |
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