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Action

apt-get command

aptitude command

Install foo

apt-get install foo

aptitude install foo

Search foo

apt-cache search foo

aptitude search foo

Remove foo

apt-get remove foo

aptitude remove foo

List reverse dependencies

apt-cache rdepends foo

aptitude ~D foo

Print information on priorities for foo

apt-cache policy foo

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Download foo’s sources and build a binary .deb package

apt-get source –compile foo

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