apt

Package management utility for Debian based distributions.

Recommended replacement for `apt-get` when used interactively in Ubuntu versions 16.04 and later.

More information.

• 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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