LINUX MANUAL FOR LIBRARIANS

Debian Package management tools

dpkg is a  Debian packaging tool which can be use to install, query, uninstall packages.

dpkg  -i packagename 

e.g. dpkg -i bluefish-2.04.deb

How to remove an installed package

dpkg  -r packagename

e.g. dpkg -r bluefish

Other useful dpkg commands

dpkg -r Packagename

Remove/Delete an installed package except configuration files

dpkg -s Packagename | grep Status

To find out if Debian package is installed or not

apt-get  APT is acronym for Advanced Package Tool. It supports installing packages over internet (ftp or http). You can also upgrade all packages in single operations, which makes it even more attractive.

apt-get install Packagename

e.g. apt-get install samba

This command installs packages.....

How to uninstall a package

apt-get remove Packagename

e.g. apt-get remove samba

Directory and File Manipulation

cd - change working directory. E.g. /Home/koha

mv Helps to rename/move location of files/directories

mv f1 f2 renames f1 to f2

rm -rf dirname Kill off an entire directory and all it’s includes files and subdirectories

mv filename Move the file called filename to the /home/dirname /home/dirname directory