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Much of why Debian is a strong Linux distribution comes from its package management. Everything in Debian – every application, every component – everything – is built into a package.
There are many software packages available for Debian – everything from the Linux kernel to games. And their number grows with every release.
The Apt (Advanced Package Tool) package management system is a set of tools to download, install, remove, upgrade, configure and manage Debian packages, and therefore all software installed on a Debian system.
Install, remove, and change software versions
HowToInstallPackages - how to install packages
Synaptic - how to manage packages via a graphical interface
AptCLI - how to manage packages via a command line
PackageManagementTools - some niche package tools
apt-file - find which package provides a file
PeriodicUpdates - configure an update schedule
SourcesList - how to configure extra repositories
debconf - how to reconfigure installed packages
Manipulating package files (in the packaging FAQ) - how to work directly with package files
DebianUpgrade - how to upgrade to the next Debian release
DebianPackageManagement - background information
Configuration
AptConfiguration - Apt configuration and pinning
PackageManagement/Preseed - preconfigure Debian packages before installation
Backports - newer versions of packages compatible with DebianStable
SecureApt - authenticate packages against cryptographic signatures
Techniques not supported by Debian
Debian does not guarantee these will work, but people have written up how to try:
RollbackUpdate - switch to an earlier version of a package
SystemDowngrade - switch to an earlier Debian release
CrossGrading - switch from e.g. i386 to amd64
Debian package documentation
Every Debian package installs its documentation under /usr/share/doc/<package_name>. Check this directory for more information on a specific package.
All programs provided by Debian come with their own man page
Packaging
Packaging - Information relevant to developers wishing to package software for Debian
Repository management
DebianRepository/Setup - summarizes the process of setting up a Debian package repository
DebianRepository - Debian package repository
DebianRepository/Format - Debian package repository format
DebianRepository/UseThirdParty - Instructions to connect to a third-party repository
Other packaging solutions
AppImageKit - portable Linux destkop apps
Flatpak - cross-platform sandboxed applications, requires flatpak
See also
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ - information on finding, reporting and fixing bugs in Debian packages
AptProtocol - Installing packages by clicking on links with apt:// URLs
Wiki pages
All wiki pages related to package management:
- Alien
- Apt
- AptCLI
- AptCacherNg
- AptConfiguration
- AptProtocol
- Aptitude
- Backports
- CheckInstall
- CrossGrading
- DebianInstaller/Preseed
- DebianPackageManagement
- DebianRepository
- DebianRepository/Setup
- DebianRepository/UseThirdParty
- DebianUpgrade
- DontBreakDebian
- DpkgConffileHandling
- FastTrack
- Flatpak
- Java/JavaGit
- ListInstalledPackages
- MediaWiki
- PackageInstallTips
- PackageKit
- PackageKit/Discussion
- PackageKit/ItemNotFound
- PackageManagement
- PackageManagement/Preseed
- PackageManagementTools
- Packaging/BinaryPackage
- Packaging/SourcePackage
- PeriodicUpdates
- RPM
- RollbackUpdate
- Software
- SourcesList
- Synaptic
- SystemDowngrade
- Teams/Apt
- apt-file
- apt-get
- bn/PackageManagement
- deb
- dpkg
- dselect
- es/SourcesList
- ftp.debian.org
- ms/PackageManagement
- pt_BR/ConfiguraçãoRepositorios
- ta/PackageManagement
- zh_CN/Apt
- zh_CN/Aptitude
- zh_CN/Backports
- zh_CN/DebianRepository
- zh_CN/DebianRepository/Setup
- zh_CN/PackageManagement
- zh_CN/Software
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