Debian Package Management
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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.
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
similar to apt, but more sophisticated.
dpkg -l
dpkg --get-selections
dpkg -L
dpkg -S
dpkg -i
it's graphical. point and click your way to carpal tunnel.