Common Debian App Commands With Descriptions

For any GNU/Linux users (Debian based distributions), here is a list of several common apt commands and their descriptions:

apt command

function of the command

apt install

Installs a package

apt remove

Removes a package

apt purge

Removes all traces of a configuration (including configuration)

apt update

Refreshes repository index

apt upgrade

Upgrades all upgradable packages

apt autoremove

Removes unwanted packages

apt full-upgrade

Upgrades packages with auto-handling of dependencies

apt search

Searches for the program

apt show

Shows package details

apt list --upgradable

Lists all upgradable packages

apt list --installed

Lists all installed packages

apt list --all-versions

List all packages available for the system

New apt commands

Function of the command

apt list

Lists packages with criteria (installed, upgradable etc)

apt edit-sources

Edits sources list

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