Aptitude Quick Reference

Like apt-Get, aptitude is a powerful package management tool in Debian and its derivative systems. Unlike apt-Get, aptitude is better in dealing with dependency issues. For example, aptitude deletes the packages it depends on when deleting a package. In this way, useless packages will not be left in the system, and the whole system will be cleaner. The following are some common aptitude commands that I have summarized for your reference only.

Command	Function
Aptitude update	Update the list of available packages
Aptitude upgrade	Upgrade available packages
Aptitude dist-Upgrade	Upgrade the system to a new release
Aptitude install pkgname	Installation Package
Aptitude remove pkgname	Delete package
Aptitude purge pkgname	Delete packages and their configuration files
APTITUDE search string	Search package
Aptitude show pkgname	Show package details
Aptitude clean	Delete downloaded package files
Aptitude autoclean	Only Delete expired package files

Of course, you can also use aptitude in text interface mode.