Software Management
Understand key Linux package management commands using apt-get on Debian-based systems. This lesson helps you confidently install, update, upgrade, remove, and purge software packages from the terminal while managing dependencies and configurations.
Introduction to package management
In the default Debian-based Linux operating system distributions, the default software management is the Advanced Package Tool, commonly referred to as apt.
The primary command for this is apt-get, which is used to download, install, update, and remove software packages.
The apt-get update command
This command updates most or all software packages that are available within a repository. However, it does not perform ...