apt-get

dpkg does the installing; apt-get manages depencendies and pulls things down from repositories.

To install a .deb file:

dpkg -i foo.deb

To list installed packages:

dpkg --list [pattern] # pattern is something like 'wine*'

To report the status of a package:

dpkg --status <package-name>

To list files currently installed by a package:

dpkg --listfiles <package-name>

To look for new packages:

apt-cache search <search-string>

To get details about a package:

apt-cache showpkg <package-name>

To find the package containing a given file:

apt-file search <filename>

To list what can be upgraded:

apt list --upgradable

To upgrade only one package:

apt-get install --only-upgrade <package>

To upgrade everything:

apt-get upgrade

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