apt cheat sheet

• Help: apt help or man apt
• List all: apt list
• List installed: apt list --installed
• Search: apt list '*mysql*'
• Update package list: apt update
• Install: apt install <pkg-name>
• Install without recommended packages: apt-get install --no-install-recommends <pkg-name>
• See if package is installed: apt policy <pkg-name>
• See which packages depend on a given package: apt-cache rdepends --installed <pkg-name>
• See recommended dependencies of package: apt-cache depends <pkg-name>| grep Recommends