Difference between revisions of "Debian Package Management"

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(stub for package management class)
 
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software.  
 
software.  
  
specifics should include things such as apt, aptitude, dpkg and synaptic.
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[http://packages.debian.org/apt apt]
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where to get software from: /etc/apt/sources.list
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apt-get update
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apt-get upgrade
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apt-get dist-upgrade
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apt-get remove
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apt-cache search
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apt-cache policy
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pinning: /etc/apt/preferences
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[http://packages.debian.org/aptitude aptitude]
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similar to apt, but more sophisticated.
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[http://packages.debian.org/dpkg dpkg]
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dpkg -l
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dpkg --get-selections
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dpkg -L
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dpkg -S
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dpkg -i
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[http://packages.debian.org/synaptic synaptic]
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it's graphical. point and click your way to carpal tunnel.
  
 
[[Category:Classes]]
 
[[Category:Classes]]

Revision as of 21:38, 27 March 2006

This is a stub. Please feel free to give this article love and attention if you know more about this topic than we have here.


this class should outline the basics of debian package management- searching, installing, updating and removing software.

apt

where to get software from: /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

apt-get remove

apt-cache search

apt-cache policy

pinning: /etc/apt/preferences

aptitude

similar to apt, but more sophisticated.

dpkg

dpkg -l

dpkg --get-selections

dpkg -L

dpkg -S

dpkg -i

synaptic

it's graphical. point and click your way to carpal tunnel.