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Aptitude is a command line packet manager. | Aptitude is a command line packet manager. It is more than apt-get, you can also search and view status of packages.<br><br> | ||
Installing packages:<br> | |||
aptitude install '''package-name''' | |||
Searching for packages: | |||
aptitude search '''keyword''' | |||
Viewing package details: | |||
aptitude show '''package-name''' | |||
<br>The "state" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:<br>v - virtual<br>B - broken<br>u - "unpacked"<br>C - half-configured<br>H - half-installed<br>c - removed, but config-files still present (ie, not purged)<br>i - installed<br>E - internal error (should not happen)<br> | |||
<br>The "action" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:<br>h - hold<br>p - purge<br>d - delete (remove)<br>B - broken<br>i - install<br>r - reinstall<br>u - upgrade<br>F - the available upgrade has been forbidden via "F"<br> | |||
The "action" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:<br>h - hold<br>p - purge<br>d - delete (remove)<br>B - broken<br>i - install<br>r - reinstall<br>u - upgrade<br>F - the available upgrade has been forbidden via "F"<br> | |||
Latest revision as of 01:57, 24 November 2010
Aptitude is a command line packet manager. It is more than apt-get, you can also search and view status of packages.
Installing packages:
aptitude install package-name
Searching for packages:
aptitude search keyword
Viewing package details:
aptitude show package-name
The "state" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:
v - virtual
B - broken
u - "unpacked"
C - half-configured
H - half-installed
c - removed, but config-files still present (ie, not purged)
i - installed
E - internal error (should not happen)
The "action" flag displayed for a package has the following possible values:
h - hold
p - purge
d - delete (remove)
B - broken
i - install
r - reinstall
u - upgrade
F - the available upgrade has been forbidden via "F"