Debian Aptitude

1. aptitude update: Update the local cache of available packages (formerly apt-get update.
2. aptitude upgrade: Upgrade available packages (formerly apt-get upgrade).
3. aptitude dist-upgrade: Upgrade available packages even if it means removing stuff (formerly apt-get dist-upgrade).
4. aptitude install pkgname: Install package (formerly apt-get install).
5. aptitude remove pkgname: Uninstall package (formerly apt-get remove).
6. aptitude purge pkgname: Uninstall package and config files (formerly apt-get --purge remove).
7. aptitude search string: Search for a package with "string" in the name or description (formerly apt-cache search string).
8. aptitude show pkgname: Show detailed of a package (formerly apt-cache show pkgname).
9. aptitude clean: Delete downloaded package files (formerly apt-get clean).
10. aptitude autoclean: Delete only out-of-date package files but keep current ones (formerly apt-get autoclean).
11. aptitude hold pkgname: Fix a package at its current version and don't upgrade it automatically (formerly an obscure echo-to-file command). unhold to remove the hold.