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# apt Commands

## dist-upgrade

In addition to performing the function of upgrade, dist-upgrade also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages. 

apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages.

## purge

Purging an installed package will remove the package as well as any associated configuration files. 

&#x20;`apt-get --purge remove <package>`&#x20;

In newer distributions, purge can be used as a standalone command:

`apt-get purge <package>`

Purge can also be used with the *autoremove* command to remove configuration files associated with packages that are to be removed:

`apt-get --purge autoremove`<br>