Find, install and upgrade Linux software
- Update packages list:
sudo apt update
- See packages that can be upgraded:
apt list --upgradable
- See all packages that can be upgraded:
apt list --upgradable -a
- Upgrade packages:
apt upgrade
- Upgrade packages without asking me yes/no:
apt upgrade -y
- Search for packages:
apt-cache search foo
ORapt search foo
- Get details about a specific package:
apt-cache show foo
ORapt show foo
apt-cache
The apt-cache
command can display much of the information stored in APT’s internal database. This information is a sort of cache since it is gathered from the different sources listed in the sources.list
file. This happens during the apt update
operation.