One of the most attractive features of running a Linux system is the instant access to thousands of packages that are able to be installed from the Linux distro’s package manager.
Installing packages is really easy. That is, as long as you know the name of what you’re trying to install. If you don’t, then you can always search for installable packages. On distros that use the apt package manager, like Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint just to name a few, this is done with the apt search
command.
In this guide, we’ll show you how to use the apt search
command with multiple examples. You’ll quickly learn to master the task of finding packages to install.
In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to search for packages with apt