Let’s assume the manager has a list of files with given to him by all the equipment part manufacturers about what parts each of them produce.
Your output might look a bit different than mine, but the important things to note here are the first 2 lines and the last line.
SUDO APT GET COMMANDS INSTALL
In the screenshot below I am trying to install an app named gedit (which is the default text editor of the gnome desktop) output: apt-get
SUDO APT GET COMMANDS UPDATE
The apt-get command is responsible for installation, removal, and updating of software in our system.Ī good analogy is to think of your computer as a factory and the apt-get command as the manager in that factory who is responsible for the installation of new equipment, removal of equipment that is no longer needed, and update desired equipment to their latest versions while maintaining records of the equipment names and versions which are currently present in the factory. Let us start by exploring the answer to the question “What does apt-get do?” I can see that the above paragraph has too many “technical terms” (which I promised not to use!) but that is just the short version of the answer to explain the command “ sudo apt-get“, so do not worry if you don’t understand everything yet!īy the end of this article we will get back to this short answer version and by that time I am sure you will be able to understand what every word meant in the short answer above! What is the meaning of the command “ sudo apt-get“? sudo apt-get command is is used to do all activities related to package management such as installing new packages, querying available packages, updating all packages installed in the system, updating the sources list, and upgrading to the latest version of your Linux distribution. Let us see what this command does, how it does that, and the reason you need to use this command every now and then on your Linux computer.įor those of you in a hurry, here is the short version of the answer! The Short Version of the Answer In this article, I have tried to explain what this command “ sudo apt-get“means from a beginner’s perspective avoiding unnecessary “technical terms” and I have tried to keep this article concise so that you can get through the entire article in about 5 to 15 mins max! I guess to beginners, it just feels like a magic spell to get something installed! I was just happy that I was able to type something in the Terminal and that it actually worked and did what I wanted it to do! I did not pay much attention to what I actually typed in.
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