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Packages - Install a package

Aptitude is preferred, but other approaches can be used if desired.

Using aptitude

First, update the package index. The package index is essentially a database of available packages from the repositories defined in the /etc/apt/sources.list file and in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory.

sudo aptitude update

Now install the package.

sudo aptitude install package_name