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Zaki Arrozi Arsyad
Zaki Arrozi Arsyad

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linux : package and service management

Package management

  • First, we need to update our repository
$ apt-get update
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  • Install a package
$ apt-get install APPNAME
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  • Check if a package is already installed
$ dpkg -l | grep APPNAME
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  • Remove a package
$ apt-get remove APPNAME
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  • Search packages by a keyword
$ apt-cache search “KEYWORD”
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Service management

  • Check if a service is running
$ systemctl status APPNAME
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  • Start a service
$ systemctl start APPNAME
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  • Stop a service
$ systemctl stop APPNAME
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  • Restart a service
$ systemctl restart APPNAME 
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  • Check autostart enable
$ systemctl is-enabled APPNAME 
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  • Enable autostart
$ systemctl enable APPNAME 
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  • Disable autostart
$ systemctl disable APPNAME 
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Mahmudul Hasan

Thanks for sharing!