The apt-get tool has many command-line options that you can read about in the apt-get man page. The defaults usually work fine, but if you find yourself using the same option frequently, you may want to add a setting to your /etc/apt/apt.conf file. This syntax for this configuration file is described in the apt.conf man page.

apt-get also has many other commands besides the install command we've used so far. One of these is apt-get dselect-upgrade, which obeys the Status set for each package on your Debian system.