Managing Debian packages with apt-get and apt-cache
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2/6/2026


Look at the file with repository information
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
How to install, update, and remove packages
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install procinfo
$ sudo apt-get remove procinfo
Determine whether a package is installed
$ dpkg -s procinfo
View a package's dependencies
$ apt-cache depends procinfo
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