{"id":287,"date":"2013-04-13T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/installingcats.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2013-04-13T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:18:08","slug":"aptitude-package-manager-how-to-use-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/installingcats.com\/2013\/04\/13\/aptitude-package-manager-how-to-use-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"aptitude package manager &#8211; how to use tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Debian \/ Ubuntu linux visual package manager, a step-up from apt \/ apt-get command line for installing your LAMP server.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-290\" title=\"aptitude - Packages marked for installation\" src=\"https:\/\/installingcats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/aptitude-install-1-300x151.gif\" alt=\"aptitude - Packages marked for installation\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Navigating aptitude with hot keys<\/h1>\n<p>? &#8211; help screen with partial list of hot keys<\/p>\n<p>l &#8211; filter packages (lower case L), shows only packages<\/p>\n<p>\/ &#8211; search, places cursor (within context of all packages) on next package that matches your search term. \u00a0No filtering. \u00a0You&#8217;ll see all unrelated packages above\/below your search hit.<\/p>\n<p>n &#8211; search &amp; find next item going forward \/ down<\/p>\n<p>N &#8211; search &amp; find next item going backward \/ up<\/p>\n<p>[ &#8211; expand fully tree under cursor (useful after using &#8220;l&#8221; filter, which doesn&#8217;t open any tree, just reduces visible packages within their hierarchical trees)<\/p>\n<p>] &#8211; collapse fully tree under cursor<\/p>\n<p>^ &#8211; back up one level of tree<\/p>\n<p>Ctrl + f &#8211; move forward one screen<\/p>\n<p>Ctrl + b &#8211; move backward one screen<\/p>\n<p>Ctrl + u &#8211; undo last action<\/p>\n<p>q &#8211; back out of current screen. \u00a0If at top level of screen, will offer to quit aptitude. \u00a0Try &#8220;^&#8221; if you don&#8217;t see what you want and &#8220;q&#8221; offers only to quit aptitude.<\/p>\n<p>Enter &#8211; expand\/collapse current item under cursor, can be tree (expands\/collapses) or package (shows\/hides package description)<\/p>\n<p>+ &#8211; mark package for install<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; remove package from system<\/p>\n<p>g &#8211; review packages for install (and dependent packages approved for install to support packages selected for installation). \u00a0When in review window, pressing &#8220;g&#8221; again will start installation.<\/p>\n<h1>View<\/h1>\n<p>Packages are marked in the left-most column as either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>p &#8211; Package (not installed). \u00a0Pressing &#8220;+&#8221; while highlighting item will mark\/queue package for installation. \u00a0&#8220;-&#8221; will remove package from installation queue.<\/li>\n<li>i &#8211; Installed Package. \u00a0Pressing &#8220;-&#8221; will mark package for uninstallation.<\/li>\n<li>i A &#8211; Installed Package as dependency to another Package<\/li>\n<li>pi &#8211; Package marked for installation (highlighted green)<\/li>\n<li>piA &#8211; Package marked for installation as a dependency of another chosen package<\/li>\n<li>id &#8211; Package marked for deinstallation. (highlighted purple)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>aptitude &#8211; Package (and dependencies) marked for installation<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-290\" title=\"aptitude - Packages marked for installation\" src=\"https:\/\/installingcats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/aptitude-install-1.gif\" alt=\"aptitude - Packages marked for installation\" width=\"1000\" height=\"505\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>aptitude &#8211; task list showing packages for installation<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-291\" title=\"aptitude - Task List Screen (after pressing &quot;g&quot; once)\" src=\"https:\/\/installingcats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/aptitude-task-list-1.gif\" alt=\"aptitude - Task List Screen (after pressing &quot;g&quot; once)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>aptitude &#8211; package marked for deinstall<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-292\" title=\"aptitude - package marked for deinstall\" src=\"https:\/\/installingcats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/aptitude-deinstall-1.gif\" alt=\"aptitude - package marked for deinstall\" width=\"1000\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Tips<\/h1>\n<p>Filtering<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Filtering uses regex. \u00a0To unfilter packages, filter on &#8220;.&#8221; to show everything. i.e.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">l &#8211; bring up filter dialog<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Enter &#8220;.&#8221; (no quotes) and hit enter.<\/p>\n<p>Root<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Some (many) actions will ask you to become root if you&#8217;re not before aptitude will complete task.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debian \/ Ubuntu linux visual package manager, a step-up from apt \/ apt-get command line for installing your LAMP server. 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