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Package Management Tools

Upgrading Packages

Upgrading a package, or a set of packages, is just as simple as installing them

when you use apt get. Once you are ready to upgrade to the new version of

Midnight Commander, simply enter the command:

apt get upgrade mc

and the package will be upgraded.

If you want to upgrade the entire system, leave off any package names:

apt get upgrade

will upgrade all of the packages on your system.

This command will normally work just fine, but under circumstances where

the dependencies have changed on an upgraded package, this command doesn't

always do the right thing. To deal with these dependency problems, apt 

get provides the dist upgrade command, which uses a more sophisticated

dependency resolution technique.

Removing packages

There are many reasons to remove a package from your system, and apt get

makes it just as easy to remove a package as it is to install one. To remove

Midnight Commander simply enter the command:

apt get remove mc

and the package will be removed. Any packages that depend on the package

being removed will also be removed to keep the system operational.