====== apt-get settings ====== Quick Usage: **apt-cache** to search the local database for available packages. **apt-cache search [search terms]** will find packages that sound like what you want and: - **apt-cache show [packagename]** will return more details on a particular package. - **apt-cache showpkg [packagename]** will return more details on a particular package. - **apt-cache policy [packagename]** will return which versions are available along with the priority of each version. **apt-setup** will enable you to change mirrors. The alternative is to edit /etc/apt/sources.list manually (which I prefer). **apt-get clean** clears the local repository of all retrieved package files. **apt-get autoclean** clears the local repository of retrieved package files of programs that are no longer installed. **dpkg -l [packagename]** will list the version and a short description of the package we have installed.