Linux - Aptitude

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

aptitude – utilized to view, upgrade, search and install software packages.

Linux Apt-Get

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

apt-get – ability to search for and install software packages.

Example: apt-get download linux

Linux Apt Tool

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

apt tool – higher-level package manager for systems.

Linux - Apt-Cache

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

apt-cache – used to search for packages and package names which are located in the package cache.

-a parameter to display all information about packages.

-h parameter to show help via a short usage summary.

-i parameter to display only important dependencies.

search – argument which searches the title and description of a package.

showpkg - argument to display package information.

stats – argument to display statistics.

Example: apt-cache search open

Linux - Apropos

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

apropos – searches the help manual pages (man -k) for a command similar to what was entered. This can be utilized when one isn’t sure of the exact command name.

-e parameter for exact word.

-w parameter for wildcard.

-? parameter to show the help list.

Examples:  apropos compress

apropos -e grep

apropos -w grep
       

Linux - Appstream

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

appstream – a managed application streaming service. It is utilized to centrally manage desktop applications and securely deliver them to any computer.

Linux - Anacron

The following is a Linux dictionary word of the day:

anacron – used to run commands periodically with the frequency defined in days, weeks and months. The default location where the file which hold these jobs is in /etc/anacrontab.

-d parameter runs jobs in foreground so they can be seen.

-f parameter to force jobs to execute.

-h parameter to print short usage message then exits.

-n parameter to run jobs now.

-V parameter to print version information then exits.

-T parameter used to test the syntax of the anacron command.

Example: anacron -d -f