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aptitude

Debian and Ubuntu package management utility

  • Synchronize list of packages and versions available. This should be run first, before running subsequent aptitude commands.

aptitude update

  • install a new package

aptitude install {{package}}

  • search for a package

aptitude search {{package}}

  • remove a package

aptitude remove {{package}}

  • Upgrade installed packages to newest available versions

aptitude upgrade

  • Upgrade installed packages (like aptitude upgrade) including removing obsolete packages and installing additional packages to meet new package dependencies.

aptitude full-upgrade