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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 over 51 000 software packages available for Debian – everything from the Linux kernel to games.

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 programs installed on your Debian system.

Installing, removing, upgrading software

To manage installed software, use a package manager:

Configuration

Debian package documentation

  • Every Debian package installs its documentation under /usr/share/doc/packagename. Check this directory for more information on a specific package.

  • All programs provided by Debian packages come with their own ManPage.

Repository management

Packaging

  • Packaging - Information relevant to developers wishing to package software for Debian.

See also

Wiki pages

All wiki pages related to package management:

  1. Alien
  2. Apt
  3. AptCLI
  4. AptCacherNg
  5. AptConfiguration
  6. AptMove
  7. AptProtocol
  8. Aptitude
  9. Backports
  10. CheckInstall
  11. DDPO
  12. DebianPackageManagement
  13. DebianRepository
  14. DebianRepository/Setup
  15. DebianRepository/UseThirdParty
  16. DebianUpgrade
  17. DontBreakDebian
  18. DpkgConffileHandling
  19. FastTrack
  20. Flatpak
  21. Java/JavaGit
  22. ListInstalledPackages
  23. Multiarch/HOWTO
  24. PackageInstallTips
  25. PackageKit
  26. PackageKit/Discussion
  27. PackageKit/ItemNotFound
  28. PackageManagement
  29. PackageManagement/Preseed
  30. PackageManagement/Searching
  31. PackageManagementTools
  32. Packaging/BinaryPackage
  33. Packaging/SourcePackage
  34. RPM
  35. RollbackUpdate
  36. Software
  37. SourcesList
  38. Synaptic
  39. SystemDowngrade
  40. Teams/Apt
  41. UnattendedUpgrades
  42. ar/PackageManagement
  43. ca/Apt
  44. ca/Synaptic
  45. cs/Software
  46. de/Backports
  47. de/QuickPackageManagement
  48. deb
  49. dpkg
  50. dselect
  51. el/QuickPackageManagement
  52. es/Apt
  53. es/Aptitude
  54. es/Backports
  55. es/DebianPackageManagement
  56. es/DebianUpgrade
  57. es/DontBreakDebian
  58. es/Package
  59. es/PackageKit
  60. es/PackageManagement
  61. es/PackageManagement/PkgTools
  62. es/QuickPackageManagement
  63. es/SourcePackage
  64. es/SourcesList
  65. es/Synaptic
  66. es/dpkg
  67. fa/PackageManagement
  68. fa/Software
  69. fr/Apt
  70. fr/AptCLI
  71. fr/Aptitude
  72. fr/Backports
  73. fr/CheckInstall
  74. fr/DebianPackage
  75. fr/DebianPackageManagement
  76. fr/DebianRepository
  77. fr/DebianUpgrade
  78. fr/DontBreakDebian
  79. fr/ListInstalledPackages
  80. fr/Multiarch/HOWTO
  81. fr/PackageManagement
  82. fr/PackageManagement/PkgTools
  83. fr/PackageManagement/Purpose
  84. fr/Software
  85. fr/SourcesList
  86. fr/Synaptic
  87. fr/SystemDowngrade
  88. fr/dpkg
  89. ftp.debian.org
  90. id/QuickPackageManagement
  91. it/Apt
  92. it/AptCLI
  93. it/AptConfiguration
  94. it/Aptitude
  95. it/Backports
  96. it/DebianPackageManagement
  97. it/DebianRepository
  98. it/DebianUpgrade
  99. it/DontBreakDebian
  100. it/ListInstalledPackages
  101. it/PackageInstallTips
  102. it/PackageManagement
  103. it/PackageManagementTools
  104. it/Packaging/BinaryPackage
  105. it/Packaging/SourcePackage
  106. it/Software
  107. it/SourcesList
  108. it/Synaptic
  109. it/SystemDowngrade
  110. it/apt-get
  111. it/dpkg
  112. ja/Apt
  113. ja/ListInstalledPackages
  114. ko/Apt
  115. ko/AptCLI
  116. ko/Aptitude
  117. ko/DebianPackageManagement
  118. ko/HowToSetupADebianRepository
  119. ko/ListInstalledPackages
  120. ko/Package
  121. ko/PackageManagement
  122. ko/PackageManagement/PkgTools
  123. ko/dpkg
  124. ms/QuickPackageManagement
  125. pt_BR/Apt
  126. pt_BR/Backports
  127. pt_BR/ConfiguraçãoRepositorios
  128. pt_BR/DebianRepository
  129. pt_BR/DebianUpgrade
  130. pt_BR/DontBreakDebian
  131. pt_BR/Multiarch/HOWTO
  132. pt_BR/PackageManagement
  133. pt_BR/PackageManagement/Searching
  134. pt_BR/Packaging/BinaryPackage
  135. pt_BR/Packaging/SourcePackage
  136. pt_BR/Software
  137. pt_BR/SourcesList
  138. pt_BR/Synaptic
  139. pt_BR/deb
  140. ro/AptCLI
  141. ru/Apt
  142. ru/Aptitude
  143. ru/Backports
  144. ru/DebianUpgrade
  145. ru/PackageManagement
  146. ru/QuickPackageManagement
  147. ru/RPM
  148. ru/Synaptic
  149. ru/deb
  150. ru/dpkg
  151. sv/DebianUpgrade
  152. sv/Package
  153. sv/PackageManagement
  154. sv/SourcePackage
  155. ta/QuickPackageManagement
  156. uk/PackageManagement
  157. uk/Software
  158. zh_CN/Apt
  159. zh_CN/Aptitude
  160. zh_CN/Backports
  161. zh_CN/DebianRepository
  162. zh_CN/DontBreakDebian
  163. zh_CN/PackageManagement
  164. zh_CN/Software


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