Changes

=== Install, remove, purge, download a package with apt ===

apt-get update # Updates the list of available packages

/var/lib/apt/lists/ # List of available packages

apt-get remove --auto-remove vim # Remove vim and non necessary packages dependencies

apt-get autoremove # Remove non necessary packages dependencies

=== Install, remove, a package with dpkg ===

apt-get download vim # download the given binary package into the current directory

dpkg -r vim # Remove

dpkg --remove vim # Remove

=== apt-cache ===

apt-cache depends vim # vim depends on which packages (above vim)

apt-cache rdepends vim # Packages below vim

apt-cache policy # Print out the priorities of each source

apt-cache policy vim # Print out the detailed information about the priority selection

=== aptitude ===

Same commands as apt-cache and apt-get : install, remove, purge, search, ... see manpage.

aptitude show vim # show package info of vim

=== dpkg ===

/var/lib/dpkg/available # Available packages

/var/lib/dpkg/status # Status of packages (installed, config)

dpkg -l 'vim*' # List packages matching pattern 'vim*'

== Cache management ==

/var/cache/apt/archives/ # Folder containing downloaded .deb files

apt-get clean # Delete .deb files downloaded in folder /var/cache/apt/archives

apt-get autoclean # Delete .deb files that can no longer be downloaded

== Graphic interfaces ==

update-manager # update manager

software-properties-gtk # Software source, repository

synaptic # Packages manager

aptitude # Packages manager