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APT and dpkg

Official docs outline

8 sections
  1. apt(8)

    Command-line front-end for installing, upgrading and removing packages.

  2. apt-get(8)

    Scripted package operations: install, dist-upgrade, autoremove.

  3. apt-cache(8)

    Querying package metadata with search, show and policy.

  4. sources.list(5)

    One-line and deb822 repository source formats.

  5. apt_preferences(5)

    Pinning, priorities and version selection.

  6. apt.conf(5)

    APT configuration directives and conf.d files.

  7. apt-secure(8)

    Repository signature verification.

  8. dpkg(1)

    Installing, removing and querying .deb files at a low level.

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