Linux Aptitude Commands

Like Apt-get, Aptitude is the most 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. The following is a summary of some of the common aptitude commands, for reference only.

Command	Role
Aptitude Update	Update the list of available packages
Aptitude Upgrade	Upgrade the available packages
Aptitude Dist-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

Linux Aptitude Commands