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apt-get

apt-get is a Linux command in the Package Management category, rated intermediate difficulty. Legacy APT package manager (older interface, still widely used). The syntax is apt-get [options] command [package]. It returns package operation result. A close relative is apt, which package manager for Debian/Ubuntu systems (modern frontend to APT). A close relative is dpkg, which low-level Debian package manager. Install/remove .deb packages. A close relative is yum, which package manager for RHEL/CentOS 7 and older (replaced by dnf). More about this category: Linux package management commands — apt, dnf, pacman, snap, and more. Install, update, and remove software packages. Related Package Management commands: apt, dpkg, yum, dnf, pacman, snap, dpkg-deb, flatpak. This page is part of the free Linux Reference documentation covering 304+ commands, each with syntax, options, practical examples, and a difficulty rating. Find apt-get and the other essentials on the Linux cheat sheet, or return to the Linux Reference homepage.