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 ====== Ubuntu - aptitude - aptitude cheat sheet ======
-Syntax	Description
+^Syntax^Description^
-aptitude	Running it with no arguments brings up a curses based interface to search, navigate, install, update and otherwise administer packages
+|aptitude|Running it with no arguments brings up a curses based interface to search, navigate, install, update and otherwise administer packages.|
-aptitude install	Installing software for your system, installing needed dependencies as well
+|aptitude install <package>|Install software for the system, installing needed dependencies as well.|
-aptitude -d install	Download packages to the package cache as necessary, but do not install or remove anything.
+|aptitude -d install <package>|Download packages to the package cache as necessary, but do not install or remove anything.|
-aptitude remove	Removing packages as well as orphaned dependencies
+|aptitude remove <package>|Remove packages as well as orphaned dependencies.|
-aptitude purge	Removing packages and orphaned dependencies as well as any configuration files left behind
+|aptitude purge <package>|Remove packages and orphaned dependencies as well as any configuration files left behind.|
-aptitude search	Search for packages in the local apt package lists
+|aptitude search <search_term>|Search for packages in the local apt package lists.|
-aptitude update	Update the local packages lists
+|aptitude update|Update the local packages lists.|
-aptitude upgrade	Upgrade any installed packages that have been updated
+|aptitude upgrade|Upgrade any installed packages that have been updated.|
-aptitude clean	Delete any downloaded files necessary for installing the software on your system
+|aptitude clean|Delete any downloaded files necessary for installing the software on the system.|
-aptitude dist-upgrade	Upgrade packages, even if it means uninstalling certain packages
+|aptitude dist-upgrade|Upgrade packages, even if it means uninstalling certain packages.|
-aptitude show	Show details about a package name
+|aptitude show <package>|Show details about a package name.|
-aptitude autoclean	Delete only out-of-date packages, but keep current ones
+|aptitude autoclean|Delete only out-of-date packages, but keep current ones.|
-aptitude hold	Fix a package at it’s current version, and don’t update it
+|aptitude hold <package>|Fix a package at its current version, and do not update it.|
-aptitude uses many of the same commands as apt-get. It is not a good idea to use both, you should either use aptitude or apt-get exclusively, or your dependencies might get confused.