Apt-Get, how...

Brother Michael · 01-16-2004, 04:32 PM

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

TheOneKEA · 01-16-2004, 04:42 PM

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.

ranger_nemo · 01-16-2004, 05:00 PM

For more info...

<< http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO >>

Brother Michael · 01-16-2004, 05:21 PM

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

zinic · 01-16-2004, 08:23 PM

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/

ifred · 01-16-2004, 10:02 PM

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.