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20 Things to Learn About APT With the Free Chapter of the Debian Administrator’s Handbook

cj2003 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:37:14 +0000

We just released a sample chapter of the Debian Administrator’s Handbook. It covers the APT family of tools: apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, update-manager, etc. Read more here

Upgrade In-Place was Availble Long Before Apple Lion

cj2003 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:46:13 +0000

More recently, upgrading any GNU/Linux distribution without a DVD and from a live system is the norm and I wouldn’t expect less. After all, isn’t Apple’s App Store an imitation of Debian’s APT repository or Fedora’s RPM package archives? More here

Get to Know Debian Goodies

cj2003 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:27:01 +0000

The debian-goodies package is a set of utilities that work with Debian packages and provide more information than you can (easily) get out of dpkg or the standard (Advanced Package Tool) APT utilities. Let’s take a look at some of the most useful utilities, starting with my favorite — checkrestart. More here

How to Reconfigure Installed Debian Packages

cj2003 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:38:52 +0000

If you have a dedicated server that runs Debian GNU/Linux or a derivative distribution, such as Ubuntu Server Edition, you should be familiar with apt-get. This is the command you normally use to install, uninstall, and update software packages. More here

People behind Debian: David Kalnischkies, an APT developer

cj2003 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:22:00 +0000

I interviewed David Kalnischkies who is not (yet) a Debian developer. But he’s contributing to one of the most important software within Debian—the APT package manager—since 2009. You can already see him in many places in Debian sharing his APT knowledge when needed. More here

Collection of 18 Popular APT & DPKG Tips for Debian and Ubuntu

cj2003 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:04:15 +0000

This is a guide containing the most popular and useful ways of using the APT and DPKG commands, and it applies to both Ubuntu and Debian (and their derivatives). I mentioned where super user privileges are required, the ones without a mention can be executed as normal user. More here

Learn Linux, 101: Debian package management

cj2003 — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:57:40 +0000

Learn how to install, upgrade, and manage packages on your Linux® system. This article focuses on the Advanced Packaging Tool, or APT, which is the package management system used by Debian and distributions derived from Debian, such as Ubuntu. More here

Creating Dummy Packages On Debian

cj2003 — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:01:08 +0000

Apt is a great tool as long as you aren’t building packages from source (and not making debs out of them). I have packaged a whole bunch of debs, but sometimes it just isn’t necessary. More here

Debian Linux apt-get package management cheat sheet

cj2003 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:23:08 +0000

Both Debian and Ubuntu Linux provides a number of package management tools. This article summaries package management command along with it usage and examples for you. More here

A Debian Package Primer: Part One

cj2003 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:05:27 +0000

If you use a Debian-based Linux distribution and you aren’t familiar with the apt-get packaging system, you’re apt to fall in love with it. More here

The Advanced Package Tool (APT) is a command line tool that allows you to download install software packages and their dependencies to your system. Note the magical words, “and their dependencies.” This aspect of tools like apt-get justifies their use on any system, desktop or server.