apt

Package management utility for Debian based distributions. Recommended replacement for apt-get when used interactively in Ubuntu versions 16.04 and later. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/apt/apt.8.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/apt.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install apt
Ubuntu
apt-get install apt
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S apt
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install apt
CentOS
yum install apt
Fedora
dnf install apt
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apt
Raspbian
apt-get install apt

Package management utility for Debian based distributions. Recommended replacement for apt-get when used interactively in Ubuntu versions 16.04 and later. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/apt/apt.8.html>.

  • Update the list of available packages and versions (it's recommended to run this before other `apt` commands):
    sudo apt update
  • Search for a given package:
    apt search package
  • Show information for a package:
    apt show package
  • Install a package, or update it to the latest available version:
    sudo apt install package
  • Remove a package (using `purge` instead also removes its configuration files):
    sudo apt remove package
  • Upgrade all installed packages to their newest available versions:
    sudo apt upgrade
  • List all packages:
    apt list
  • List installed packages:
    apt list --installed

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