APT Package Manager

Advanced Package Tool (APT)

Description
APT is a package manager for Debian-based Linux systems. This provides one approach for searching, installing, and removing software.
Repositories
Always make sure you trust any repositories added to these files!
APT searches in package repositories for available software which is defined in the following files:
/etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.s
Examples
sudo apt update - Updates the local APT cache
sudo apt upgrade - Installs updates for any packages found in the update command
sudo apt upgrade impacket-scripts - Updates a single package
apt search impacket-scripts - Searches for a specific package
apt show impacket-scripts - View a package's description
sudo apt install nmap - Installs a package
sudo apt remove nmap - Uninstalls a package
sudo apt remove --purge nmap - Uninstalls a package and removes any user config files

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