Really, you need these commands again? What, you have forgotten the obscure command lines to remove a simple package? Well you are bad and you should feel bad.
Personally I always forget these myself so I thought why not a quick and easy reference for apt-get package management. ‘apt-*’ : APT is acronym for Advanced Package Tool.
Do you like cows?
apt-get moo
Search on my local Linux box connected repositories for something cool
apt-cache search {something cool}
Install an application (from a currently connected repository)
apt-get install {package-name}
List applications that are installed on this
boxdpkg-query –l
or
apt-cache pkgnames | more
Once you know the name of the packages that offended you delete it with
apt-get remove --purge {package-name} [Dave here, note - - is 2 dashes)
If you have upgraded, updated or removed some packages run this to clean up the package cache
apt-get autoclean
If you are running out of space and don't need a cache of local apps, say for example you are connected to the internet, be a bit more ruthless. If you want to see how big it is first (du -sh /var/cache/apt/archives)
apt-get clean
If something is broken use the automatic fix command first
apt-get install –f
If you have not been on this box for while run this to update the lists, and versions of packages in the attached repositories
apt-get update
If you are feeling like you still miss Windows Update use this command
apt-get upgrade
Maybe you just need some extra details on a package in use on this computer
apt-cache show {package_name}
Great reference for this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
