Installing Software in Debian Linux with apt-get

apt-get command is used to install, uninstall, manage software in Debian Linux.

ps519:/# apt-get
apt 0.5.28.6 for linux i386 compiled on Mar 22 2005 07:17:03
Usage: apt-get [options] command
       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
   update - Retrieve new lists of packages
   upgrade - Perform an upgrade
   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
   remove - Remove packages
   source - Download source archives
   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
   clean - Erase downloaded archive files
   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
  -h  This help text.
  -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator
  -qq No output except for errors
  -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
  -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation
  -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
  -f  Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
  -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
  -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well
  -b  Build the source package after fetching it
  -V  Show verbose version numbers
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
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To install a software with apt-get on debian linux

ps519:/# apt-get install lynx
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  lynx
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1855kB of archives.
After unpacking 4690kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main 
lynx 2.8.5-2sarge2 [1855kB]
Fetched 1855kB in 2s (781kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package lynx.
(Reading database ... 27817 files and directories
 currently installed.)
Unpacking lynx (from .../lynx_2.8.5-2sarge2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up lynx (2.8.5-2sarge2) ...

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