With Debian-based of the Linux system, you will need to use apt-get as the package handle utility to handle your Linux Distro packages.
The Basic of apt-get,
apt-get update
– Resynchronise installed packages with their sources. (Always do this before an upgrade.)
apt-get upgrade
– Install the newest version of all packages installed on the system.
apt-get dist-upgrade
– Upgrade to the latest version of your distribution.
apt-get install package1 package2 package3
– Install programs package1, package2 and package3 along with all their dependencies.
apt-get remove package1 package2 package3
– Remove programs package1, package2 and package3.
apt-get purge package1 package2 package3
– Remove programs package1, package2 and package3 and delete any configuration files that they used.
apt-get check
– Update the package cache and check for any broken dependencies.
apt-get clean
– Clean out retrieved package files.
apt-get autoclean
– Clean out retrieved package files, but only those that are no longer needed.
apt-get autoremove
– Remove any packages that were installed to satisfy dependencies but are no longer required.
For advance usage,
apt-get source package1
– Retrieve source files for package package1.
apt-get build-dep package1
– Get all the dependencies needed to build package package1.
apt-get source package1 -b
– Fetch the source code then compile it.