Package managemnet tools in Debian Linux

apt-get and dpkg are the package management tools used in Debian

1. apt-get :

apt stands for Advanced Package Tools. It supports installing packages over internet.

2. dpkg :

It is a debian packaging tools which is use to install , uninstall and query the packages

Debian package name ends with .deb

For example apache_1.3.10-6_i386.deb

where apache is package name

1.3.10-6 is version number

i386 Hardware platform

.deb Extension of debian package

Command to add, remove and update using apt-get

Consider the example to add apache

* add the package

# apt-get install apache

* remove the package

# apt-get remove apache

* upgrade the package

consider sudo to be upgrade

# apt-get install sudo

dpkg tool:

To list individual package

# dpkg -l apache

To list package is install or not

# dpkg -s apache | grep status

To list packages related

# dpkg -l ‘*apache*’