Debian Linux apt-get package management reference

List all installed packages

 # dpkg -l

searching installed packages

 # dpkg -s package_name| grep Status

Search package repo for available packages

 # apt-cache search string
 *** (string can be a partial package name)

get package info

# apt-cache show <package_name>

update entire system

# apt-get dist-upgrade   

remove / uninstall a package

apt-get purge package_name

remove pulse audio, tested on lmde

apt-get purge pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio libpulse-browse0 paman pavumeter pavucontrol

dependency check

apt-cache depends <package_name>

manual install of .deb file

sudo dpkg -i --force-depends *.deb