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This quick guide lets you find and install new packages via a text console.

Every command has to be run with super user privileges sudo.

1. Find a package:

 sudo apt-cache search package-name

2. Check if a package is installed and find its version:

 sudo apt-cache policy package-name

3. Install a package (packages):

 sudo apt-get install package1 package2 package3

4. “Deb” package downloaded from the network can be installed using dpkg tool:

 cd /path/to/download/directory
 sudo dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb package3.deb

If the package(s) need extra dependencies, the installation can become broken. To fix it, run:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -f

List of all packages installed on your system can be generated via the command:

 sudo dpkg -l

or

 sudo dpkg-query -l