A crash course on handling deb packages

by jessp01 1 year ago

GNU/Linux ◆ xterm-256color ◆ bash 630 views

Learn how to effectively work with deb packages.

Topics covered in this course

What is a deb package?
APT and dpkg utils
Fetching and installing packages
Install vs. upgrade
Non-interactive operations
Package Dependencies & Relationships
Querying the local packages DB
Querying remote repos
Configuration operations
Downloading & building packages from source
Automating the installation of packages that require inputs
Removing packages
Thanks & final note

Resources for this course can be found at my Crash course in… repo.

Contributions (as well as shares) are welcomed.

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