Adding and Removing Software

Question 1

What command can be used to search for available packages?

Answer 1

$ apt-cache search <package-name>

Question 2

What is the difference between apt remove <package-name> and apt purge <package-name>?</package-name></package-name>

Answer 2

Apt remove will not remove configuration files while purge will uninstall the package and also remove its configuration files.