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aptitude — Debian and Ubuntu package management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/aptitude>.

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Problem

How to use the aptitude command: Debian and Ubuntu package management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/aptitude>.

Solution

aptitude — Debian and Ubuntu package management utility. More information: <https://manned.org/aptitude>.

Synchronize list of packages and versions available. This should be run first, before running subsequent aptitude commands:

sudo aptitude update

Install a new package and its dependencies:

sudo aptitude install {{package}}

Search for a package:

aptitude search {{package}}

Search for an installed package (?installed is an aptitude search term):

aptitude search '?installed({{package}})'

Remove a package and all packages depending on it:

sudo aptitude remove {{package}}

Upgrade installed packages to the newest available versions:

sudo aptitude upgrade

Upgrade installed packages (like aptitude upgrade) including removing obsolete packages and installing additional packages to meet new package dependencies:

sudo aptitude full-upgrade

Put an installed package on hold to prevent it from being automatically upgraded:

sudo aptitude hold '?installed({{package}})'

Code Snippets

Synchronize list of packages and versions available. This should be run first, before running subsequent `aptitude` commands

sudo aptitude update

Install a new package and its dependencies

sudo aptitude install {{package}}

Search for a package

aptitude search {{package}}

Search for an installed package (`?installed` is an `aptitude` search term)

aptitude search '?installed({{package}})'

Remove a package and all packages depending on it

sudo aptitude remove {{package}}

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