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apt-get: Command line

Asked by qsummon

apt get: Command Line
Can I get a complete list of the application I can install?
Can I have which will be the target File System for the application?
Can I know before the installation how much space will need to install all the packages (estimated size)?

Thanks a lot

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ahowell (alan-howell) said : 		#1

"apt-cache" is what you are looking for. There are other means to get this info with dpkg too.

apt-cache search xyz
This will help you find what you are looking for.

apt-cache show xyz
This shows you all kinds of goodies about "xyz" package.

apt-get install xyz
This will prompt you with all the dependencies and disk space needed.

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Best Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#2

You can look it at synaptic package manager, open it in system - administration - synaptic package manager ...

Thank you

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Hi,

One small remark:

To be able to install a certain package xyz, you will need to put sudo in front of the apt-get command.

There are two popular command line package managers you can use to install a package (there are also less known package managers, like smartpm) in Ubuntu:

Method 1: Enter following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install <name of package found using apt-cache search>

Method 2: Enter following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install <name of package found using apt-cache search>

For example: to install vlc (VideoLAN player)

Enter the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install vlc

Hope this is clear,

Regards,

Mark

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qsummon (qsummon) said : 		#4

Thanks a lot for you answers. I'm new in ubuntu so try to forget the rpm things and get use to all the news packages installers.
Thanks again

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qsummon (qsummon) said : 		#5

Thanks Abi ^-^, that solved my question.