apt get

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Installing Packages

Installing packages with apt get is very simple. You only need to know the

name of the package. The version numbers and the location in the archives

are managed by apt get without any additional information. So, to install

Midnight Commander (mc) simply enter the command:

apt get install mc

and apt get will do the rest. In this case, the dependence on a library is

discovered and added to the list of packages to install. Once apt get has

determined all the packages that need to be installed, it will ask permission

to proceed with the installation. Once a `Y' has been entered the installation

process continues to completion.

Many packages can be installed at one time simply by including their names in

the installation list on the command line. So, joe (an editor), zgv (a graphics

viewer), and slrn (a news reader), could all be installed at once using the

command:

apt get install joe zgv slrn

and apt get will include any dependencies in the list of packages to install.

Dwarf says this is the way to install two packages that depend upon each

other and must be installed  at the same time .