Linux - Software Packages

​In Linux, there are lots of ​different distributions and each ​might have different package types

For example, in the Linux distribution, ​or Distro, Red-hat, ​the packages that are used ​are .RPM or Red-hat Package Manager packages.

 ​In this course, we’ll be working with ​Debian packages which Ubuntu uses.

• Debian(.deb): A Debian package is packaged as a .deb file
  • You have to work with ​standalone Debian packages especially ​when developers package and release ​their software on different websites.

To install a Debian package, ​you’ll need to use the dpkg ​or Debian package command

There’s a standalone package here for ​the open source text editor Atom, ​let’s go ahead and install it using d package. ​We have to use the i flag for the install.

How about if we wanted to remove a package? ​To do that, we use the r or remove flag. ​

​You can also list the Debian packages that are ​installed on your machine with a dpkg-l, ​the l is for list.

Let’s say we want to search for the ​Atom package we just installed Now let’s run dpkg-l grep atom. Remember the pipe command takes the standard output of ​one command which in this case is the output of dpkg-l, ​then it sends it to the standard input ​of the command it pipes to, ​in this case, grep.