Installing Debian Software with the Advanced Package Tool

Will Trillich

wdt@users.sourceforge.net

This is an introduction to Debian powerful Advanced Package Tool to install new packages.

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Revision History
Revision v0.01	23 July 2001	Revised by: rml
SGML formatting

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. About APT
1.2. Using APT with the shell

2. Using APT to install packages

2.1. Assumptions
2.2. Setup -- apt-setup
2.3. Following a distribution
2.4. Updating your system -- apt-get upgrade
2.5. Installing packages -- apt-get install

3. Getting information about packages

3.1. Finding packages -- apt-cache search
3.2. Describing packages -- apt-cache show
3.3. Listing packages -- dpkg -l
3.4. Combine dpkg with grep for some powerful searches
3.5. Package contents -- dpkg -L
3.6. Finding which package contains... -- dpkg -S

4. Learn more

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