Apt
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Debian's package manager.
Locations
/etc/apt/sources.list
package sources /etc/apt/apt.conf
config
Usage
apt-cache search <package> apt-get install <package> apt-get update <package> build-dep <package-tarfile> # try installing deps for pkg DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -yq # update installed packages, skipping any interactive prompts
Pinning Packages
Package Sources
Backports
Debian has a very slow release schedule for packages.
Sometimes newer packages or fixes are backported to older versions.It is safer to only install select packages as backports,
rather than upgrading your whole system.# /etc/apt/sources.list # configure backpourts source deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free# /etc/apt/apt.conf # use 'stable' packages by default APT::Default-Release "stable";# override default of 'stable' packages, install from backports apt-get -t squeeze-backports install libreoffice