Debian系列以“apt”命令為基礎，“apt”代表了Advanced Package Tool。APT是一個為Debian系列系統（Ubuntu，Kubuntu等等）開發的高級包管理器，在Gnu/Linux系統上，它會為包自動地，智能地搜索，安裝，升級以及解決依賴。
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root@tecmint:~# apt-get install mplayer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
java-wrappers
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following extra packages will be installed:
esound-common libaudiofile1 libesd0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libsvga1 libvdpau1 libxvidcore4
Suggested packages:
pulseaudio-esound-compat libroar-compat2 nvidia-vdpau-driver vdpau-driver mplayer-doc netselect fping
The following NEW packages will be installed:
esound-common libaudiofile1 libesd0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libsvga1 libvdpau1 libxvidcore4 mplayer
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,567 kB of archives.
After this operation, 7,772 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
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root@tecmint:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release [40.8 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg
注意：上面的命令會導致系統整體的改變，所以需要root密碼（查看提示符為"#"，而不是“$”）.和yum命令相比，Apt更高級和智能。
見名知義，apt-cache用來搜索包中是否包含子包mplayer, apt-get用來安裝，升級所有的已安裝的包到最新版。
