apt cheat sheet

1. Install a package with apt command

apt install package_name

2. Remove a package with apt command

apt remove package_name

Since remove command does not delete configuration files, you can use purge command to remove packages along with their configuration files.

# apt purge package_name

3. apt command to show package details

This command prints the detailed information of a specified package.

# apt show package_name

4. Search for packages with apt command

apt search pattern

5. Update the list of available packages with apt command

apt update

6. apt command to upgrade packages

apt upgrade

To upgrade a particular package, specify the package name.

apt upgrade package_name

7. View the list of upgradable packages using apt command

If you need to view the list of upgradable packages in your system, you can use the following command.

# apt list --upgradable

8. Upgrade the full system with apt command

full-upgrade command allows you to upgrade the whole system. It will install/remove/upgrade packages if that is required to upgrade the whole system.

 apt full-upgrade

9. apt command to remove unused packages

When installing a new package on the system, the package dependencies are automatically installed.

apt autoremove

10. List all packages with apt command

You can use the following command to view the list of all packages that are available for your system.apt list

11. List all installed packages with apt command

This command can help you to get the list of all installed packages on your system.

apt list --installed

12. Check dependencies of package using apt

You can use this command to print the dependencies information of a specified package.

 apt depends package_name

13. Avoid Yes/No prompt with apt command

To avoid Yes/No prompt and assume Yes, you can use -y option.

14. List the policy of a package using apt command

You can use -a option with list command to list the policy of a specific package.

 apt -a list package_name

15. apt command to edit the source information file

With the following command, you can edit the source information file /etc/apt/sources.list.

# apt edit-sources

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