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nala

Package management Utility. Wrapper for the apt package manager. More information: https://gitlab.com/volian/nala.

• Install a package, or update it to the latest available version:

nala install {{package}}

• Remove a package:

sudo nala remove {{package}}

• Remove a package and its configuration files:

nala purge {{package}}

• Search package names and descriptions using a word, regex (default) or glob:

sudo nala search "{{pattern}}"

• Update the list of available packages and upgrade the system:

nala upgrade

• Remove all unused packages and dependencies from your system:

nala autoremove

• Fetch fast mirrors to improve download speeds:

nala fetch

• Display the history of all transactions:

nala history