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apt

Package management utility for Debian based distributions.

• Update list of packages and versions available. This should be run before running further apt commands:

sudo apt update

• Search for packages:

apt search {{package}}

• Show information for a package:

apt show {{package}}

• Install a new package:

sudo apt install {{package}}

• Remove a package (using "purge" instead also removes its configuration files):

sudo apt remove {{package}}

• Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions:

sudo apt upgrade