linux:packages
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Package management
The .deb
packages management can be done via the command line using dpkg
or apt-get
.
However, in general, prefer the front-end Synaptic which uses apt-get
.
List and Save Installed Packages
apt list --installed > ~/Desktop/packages
Install package
sudo apt-get install package_name
Remove package + unused dependencies
sudo apt-get autoremove package_name
Update packages already installed
Update the index of packages defined in /etc/apt/sources.list
:
sudo apt-get update
then update all packages:
sudo apt-get upgrade
If a package can't be updated because there are broken dependencies use first:
sudo apt-get install -f
which permits APT
to deduce a likely solution.
If the system's dependency structure is so corrupt as to require manual intervention, it's necessary to eliminate some of the offending packages:
dpkg --remove <name_package>
Cleaning cache
apt-get
keeps a .deb
copy of all packages currently in use or removed in /var/cache/apt/archives/
.
To clear the cache from only the removed packages:
sudo apt-get autoclean
Delete orphan packages
Check the existence of orphan packages:
dpkg -l | egrep "^rc" | cut -d ' ' -f3
Delete orphan packages:
sudo dpkg --purge `dpkg -l | egrep "^rc" | cut -d ' ' -f3`
linux/packages.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/28 16:07 by 127.0.0.1