Examples: Installing and Updating Packages with Apt
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List installed packages
Use apt list --list installed, optionally using grep to limit the search
$ apt list --installed | grep qua
pngquant/focal,now 2.12.2-1 amd64 [installed]
quarto/now 1.3.433 amd64 [installed,local]
Install .deb package
sudo dpkg -i my-file.deb
Uninstall .deb package
To find out the package name, get package from .deb file
Run $ sudo apt remove my-package-name where my-package-name is the name of the package installed by the .deb file.
Get package name from .deb file
Run $ dpkg --info my_deb_file.deb
$ dpkg --info quarto-1.3.433-linux-amd64.deb | grep Package:
Package: Quarto