Command-line package commands for Debian and Ubuntu-type systems that you should know:
- apt-get update
- resynchronize the package index files
- apt-get dist-upgrade
- install the newest versions of all packages currently installed and handle changing dependencies
- apt-get install PKG
- install a package and figure out dependancies
- apt-get remove PKG
- remove a package
- apt-get clean
- clear out the local repository of retrieved package files
- apt-cache showpkg PKG
- displays information about the package
- apt-cache search REGEX
- search all available package lists for a regex pattern
- dpkg-query --list PATTERN
- list installed packages matching given pattern
- dpkg-query --status PKG
- report the status of specified package
- dpkg-query --listfiles PKG
- list files installed to your system from a package
- dpkg-query --search FILENAME
- search for a filename from installed packages
- sudo dpkg --install DEBPKGFILE
- install a .deb package