Debian aptitude
aptitude is a text based gui for managing packages you could also use synaptic
PS if you are behind a proxy server see
HttpProxy
update
First you should update your package list
$ sudo aptitude update
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B]
...
upgrade
Then you can upgrade your packages
search
you can use aptitude to search for new packages
$ aptitude search lshw-gtk
the first column indicates current package status :
i, meaning that the package is installed
c, configuration files on the system but package has been deleted
p, no trace of the package exists on the system
v, virtual package/placeholder
install
finally you can use aptitude to install a new packages
# aptitude install lshw-gtk
show
finally you can use aptitude to install a new packages
REFERRERS
DebianAptGet
DebianPackageTools
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