Software management

Package management

There are almost 25,000 software packages available in Ubuntu Linux repository. It is recommended that you use a package manager to maintain those installed on your server.

• Install
• Remove
• Resolve dependencies
• Compile
• Upgrade

Using apt-get

Install a package named nmap:

sudo apt-get install nmap

after pressing 'y' we get these result

Ubuntu is supported by apt-get, aptitude.

Most packages are supported by both, so your choice.

apt

A collection of tools, not a single tool.

apt-get is the most important tool. Used for tasks like:

• Update the index files from their source
• Upgrade all installed packages
• Install a package
• Remove installed package
• Source code fetching
• Build dependencies
• Checks for broken dependencies
• Clean the local repository
• Autoclean only files in the local repository that can no longer be downloaded and are considered useless.

Using apt-get

Already installed, ready to use.

Install a package named nmap:

sudo apt-get install nmap

Remove a package named nmap:

sudo apt-get remove nmap

Update the apt index (the repositories are listed in /etc/apt/ sources.list):

sudo apt-get update

Upgrade all packages installed:

sudo apt-get upgrade

All actions are recorded in /var/log/dpkg.log

Automatic updates

The unattended-upgrades package can automatically install updated packages.

Install it:

sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades

Define the type of upgrades in / etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattendedupgrades

All actions are recorded in /var/log/unattendedupgrades

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