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CommandPathPackage NamePurpose / Notes
apt update 
  update repository metadata
apt upgrade
  install all pending updates
apt-cache policy
  list repository sources
 
/var/log/apt/ log directory containing 'history.log' and 'term.log' log files
dpkg-query --list
  list all installed packages
dpkg-query --listfiles <package-name>
  list all files owned by <package-name>
dpkg-query --search <filename-pattern>
  find out which installed package owns a filename
apt-file search <filename-pattern>
 apt-filefind out which package would install <filename-pattern>.
package does not need to be installed already
aptitude install <package-name>
apt install <package-name>
apt-get install <package-name>
  aptitudeinstall <package-name{ 
tip: use tab completion for actions and package names
apt show <package-name>
aptitude show <package-name>
  show details about <package-name>, including repository
debconf-show <package-name>
  show configuration options and current values of <package-name>
dpkg-reconfigure <package-name>
  

reconfigures packages after they have already been installed.
it will ask configuration questions, much
like when the package was first installed.

aptitude changelog <package-name>
  displays the changelog for <package-name> 
aptitude search <package-name-pattern>
  search for packages which match <package-name-pattern>
 aptitudeaptitude download <package-name>
  downloads the .deb file for the given package to the current directory
aptitude --simulate <action> 
  

print the actions that would normally be performed, but don't actually perform them.
this does not require root privileges.

man deb
  man page describing deb package format
dpkg-deb --raw-extract <package.deb> <directory>
  extracts contents of <package-deb> to <directory>, including the control information files into a DEBIAN subdirectory



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