Keolo Keagy
http://dreampointmedia.com/
Common aptitiude commands for Ubuntu/Debian:
aptitude
Running it with no arguments brings up a beautiful interface to
search, navigate, install, update and otherwise administer
packages.
sudo aptitude install <name>
Installing software for your system, installing needed
dependencies as well.
aptitude remove
Removing packages as well as orphaned dependencies.
aptitude purge
Removing packages and orphaned dependencies as well as any
configuration files left behind.
aptitude search
Search for packages in the local apt package lists.
aptitude update
Update the local packages lists.
aptitude upgrade
Upgrade any installed packages that have been updated.
aptitude clean
Delete any downloaded files necessary for installing the
software on your system.
aptitude dist-upgrade
Upgrade packages, even if it means uninstalling
certain packages.
aptitude show
Show details about a package name.
aptitude autoclean
Delete only out-of-date packages, but keep current ones.
aptitude hold
Fix a package at it’s current version, and don’t update it.
apt-get moo
Try it yourself and find out. (Not all versions of APT have this!)
