May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
14h 55m
English
Content preview from Mastering Ubuntu Server - Second Edition
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Chapter 5 – Managing Software Packages
- apt
- Hardware Enablement updates give you a new kernel with updated drivers that can support newer hardware
- apt install <package>
- apt-remove <package>
- The snap refresh command will update Snap packages installed on your server
- Debian and Snap packages
- aptitude
- A package repository is an online resource that provides packages to Ubuntu systems
- A Personal Package Archive (PPA) is like a normal package repository, but typically serves a small purpose rather than being a resource for a large group of packages.
- dpkg --get-selections > packages.list
- sudo apt autoremove
- Snap packages are universal, so they can be installed on any distribution with Snap support. In addition, you can receive newer versions ...