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I use pacman in Arch Linux for installing packages.

  • The command for installing is pacman -S,

  • The command for a full system upgrade is pacman -Syu and

  • The command for repository update is pacman -Syy.

I want to know what is the equivalent for pacman in Ubuntu and its corresponding command.

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I have to refer you to this link from Arch Wiki which compares pacman commands with other package managers:

Arch            Debian/Ubuntu

pacman -[S|Q]i  apt show / apt-cache policy
pacman -Qi      dpkg -s / aptitude show
pacman -Si      apt-cache show / aptitude show
pacman -Ql      dpkg -L
pacman -Fl      apt-file list $pattern
pacman -Qo      dpkg -S / dlocate
pacman -Ql      dpkg-query -L
pacman -Fo      apt-file search
pacman -Fs      apt-file search
pacman -Qc      apt-get changelog

pacman -Ss      apt search
pacman -Qu      apt-get upgrade -> n
pacman -Sl      apt-cache dumpavail
...
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A shot from page:

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Ubuntu is Debian based Linux distro. It uses the APT for package management.

Command for updating the repositories

sudo apt-get update

Command for updating the system packages

sudo apt-get upgrade

Command for installation of package

sudo apt-get install <package_name>
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  • This Answer should probably be reordered a bit since `apt-get update` should always be the very first command to run. – derHugo Sep 13 '17 at 05:29
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    `apt` should be used instead of `apt-get`, the manpage says: *It is intended as an end user interface and enables some options better suited for interactive usage by default compared to more specialized APT tools like `apt-get`(8) and `apt-cache`(8).* – dessert Sep 13 '17 at 05:57
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    In the latest versions of Ubuntu, use `apt` instead of `apt-get`, e.g. `sudo apt update`. The newer command `apt` has been optimised in certain ways; see [this answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/446484/2088). – Paddy Landau Sep 20 '17 at 10:54