Debian package manager

#useful Debian/Ubuntu package commands

apt-get install package
apt-get remove package
apt-get update #good for updating your database after editing sources.list
apt-cache search search_string

dpkg --list
dpkg --install program.deb
dpkg --remove program




#Sometimes you have to add this to /etc/apt/sources.list
# etch is a version of Debian, replace with your version

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main

#these are good for install outside packages like java

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free