Chapter 7. Use Debian Package Management

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Install, upgrade, and uninstall Debian binary packages

Find packages containing specific files or libraries that may or may not be installed

Obtain package information such as version, content, dependencies, package integrity, and installation status (whether or not the package is installed)

/etc/apt/sources.list

dpkg

dpkg-reconfigure ...

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