Package Manager (APT)
# Search for a package or text string:
apt search <text_string>
# Show package information:
apt show <package>
# Show package dependencies:
apt depends <package>
# Show the names of all the packages installed in the system:
apt list --installed
# Install a package:
apt install <package>
# Uninstall a package:
apt remove <package>
# Delete a package including its configuration files:
apt purge <package>
# Delete automatically those packages that are not being used (be careful with this command, due to apt's hell dependency it may delete unwanted packages):
apt autoremove
# Update the repositories information:
apt update
# Update a package to the last available version in the repository:
apt upgrade <package>
# Update the full distribution. It will update our system to the next available version:
apt upgrade -y
# Clean caches, downloaded packages, etc:
apt clean && apt autoclean