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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>install</term>
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- <listitem><para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for
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- installation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
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- filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6 would be the
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- argument provided, not <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>) All packages required
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- by the package(s) specified for installation will also be retrieved and
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- installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is used to locate
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- the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with
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- no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is
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- installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to
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- install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by
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- apt-get's conflict resolution system.</para>
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+ <listitem>
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+ <para>
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+ <literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
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+ packages desired for installation or upgrading.
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+ Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
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+ filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system,
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+ libc6 would be the argument provided, not
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+ <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required
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+ by the package(s) specified for installation will also
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+ be retrieved and installed.
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+ The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
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+ used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
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+ appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
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+ the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
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+ Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
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+ package to install. These latter features may be used
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+ to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
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+ resolution system.
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+ </para>
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<para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
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following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
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<para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
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be used with care.</para>
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+ <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
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+ more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
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+ you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
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+ installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
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+ "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
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+ specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
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+ to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
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+ dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
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+ installed.
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+ </para>
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+
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<para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
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create an alternative installation policy for
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individual packages.</para>
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