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Many tools available on a Debian system can be used for PackageManagement. Commonly used ones include:

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Full list of package management tools

apt

The apt package provides commandline tools for searching, managing, and querying information about packages, and access all features of the libapt-pkg library:

  • apt - high-level commandline interface for the package management system.
  • apt-cache - performs a variety of operations on APT's package cache.
  • apt-cdrom - used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of available sources.
  • apt-config - APT Configuration Query program
  • apt-get - command-line tool for handling packages

  • apt-key - manage the list of keys used by apt to authenticate packages.

dpkg

The dpkg package provides low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages:

  • dpkg - a tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages.
  • dpkg-deb - Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
  • dpkg-divert - override a package's version of a file
  • dpkg-maintscript-helper - works around known dpkg limitations in maintainer scripts
  • dpkg-query - show information about packages listed in the dpkg database.
  • dpkg-split - splits binary packages into smaller files and reassembles them(storage of large package files on small media)
  • dpkg-statoverride - override ownership and mode of files
  • dpkg-trigger - a tool to explicitly activate dpkg triggers
  • update-alternatives - maintain symbolic links determining default commands
  • dpkg-query - A tool for querying the package database
  • dpkg-statoverride - A tool for overriding modes and ownerships of files

apt-utils

apt-utils contains some less used commandline utilities related to package management with APT.

  • apt-ftparchive - create Packages and other index files needed to publish an archive of Debian packages

devscripts

devscripts provides several scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier

  • debuild - This tool is used for rebuilding packages

dpkg-dev

dpkg-dev provides the development tools (including dpkg-source) required to unpack, build and upload Debian source packages.

  • dpkg-scanpackages - create Debian Packages index files from binary packages (.deb and variants)
  • dpkg-scansources - create Debian Sources index files from source packages (.dsc)

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  • apt-file - This tool searches for a filename installed by any package in the contents of sources.list.
  • apt-listchanges - This tool displays the relevant changelog entries whenever a package is upgraded.
  • ?apt-build - Used to build packages from the source files

  • apt-cdrom-setup - This tool allows cdrom based sources to be included in the package sources list.

  • apt-rdepends - This tool generates recursive dependency trees for a package.
  • apt-spy - This tool is used to generate a sources.list file from the current list of mirrors, based on latency/bandwidth.
  • apt-show-versions - shows all available versions of a package (allows wildcards), or all packages, and displays upgrade information where applicable.
  • dpkg-reconfigure - Allows a package to be reconfigured based on preferences (the same questions that are asked when the package is first installed).
  • apt-show-source - This is a variant of "apt-cache show" that shows information against the named source package, rather than the binary package.
  • apt-listbugs - This tool shows known critical bugs in named packages.
  • apt-config - This program is used by the other apt utilities to provide a standard interface to the apt configuration settings.
  • apt-sortpkgs - Sorts records and fields within the sources and packages files.
  • apt-extracttemplates - Extracts templates and install scripts from packages.
  • apt-setup - This tool configures the sources.list file.
  • apt-offline - Offline Package Management
  • auto-apt - This tool checks the file access of programs running within its environments, and automatically installs packages if a program tries to access a file known to belong in an uninstalled package.
  • deborphan - This tool scans the package database for unused or redundant packages||

  • dpkg-www - Debian package management web interface - browse Debian packages on a local or remote host using a normal web browser.

  • apt-xapian-index - a tool to maintain a Xapian index of Debian package information and a command line search tool that uses the index.

  • ?wajig - wrapper tool for apt-get, dpkg, apt-cache, wget, and others

Tools for managing a package repository

  • apt-cacher - This is an alternative tool to apt-proxy.
  • apt-proxy - This is a specialized proxy server for accessing apt repositories. This can be used on a network to get packages from a central server that only downloads from the mirrors once.
  • apt-proxy-import - Imports packages into a cache used by apt-proxy.
  • apt-ftparchive - generates, from a directory of packages, the Packages and Sources control files used for an apt repository.
  • apt-move - Moves a collection of Debian packages into a proper pool directory hierarchy as used by a package repository.
  • apt-transport-https - Allows apt to be configured to use https

Alternative tools

  • gdpm - Gnome Debian Package Manager (in development).
  • gnome-apt - Gnome Advanced Package Tool (in development).
  • pdbv - A tool for creating an xhtml view of the package database.
  • dselect - Deprecated: superseded by aptitude

  • tasksel – Tool for selecting tasks for installation on Debian systems

  • PackageKit - Distro-agnostic frontend under developement

== See also ===

  • Get a list of package management tools (requires debtags):  aptitude search '~Gadmin::package-management~Gsuite::debian' 


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