Debian System Package management tool aptitude

Note:aptitude, like Apt-get, is a very powerful package management tool in Debian and its derivative systems. Unlike Apt-get, aptitude is better at dealing with dependency issues. For example, when aptitude deletes a package, it also deletes the packages it depends on. This way, the system will not be left with useless packets, the whole system is cleaner.

Here are some common commands:

Command	Role
Aptitude Update	Update the list of available packages
Aptitude Safe-upgrade	Perform a secure upgrade
Aptitude Full-upgrade	Upgrade your system to a new release
Aptitude Install Pkgname	Install package
Aptitude Remove Pkgname	Delete Package
Aptitude Purge Pkgname	To delete a package and its configuration files
Aptitude search String	Search Packages
Aptitude Show Pkgname	Display Package Details
Aptitude Clean	To delete a downloaded package file
Aptitude AutoClean	Delete Expired package files only

Debian System Package management tool aptitude