View source for 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

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