root@jbxue:~# apt-get install mplayer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
java-wrappers
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following extra packages will be installed:
esound-common libaudiofile1 libesd0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libsvga1 libvdpau1 libxvidcore4
Suggested packages:
pulseaudio-esound-compat libroar-compat2 nvidia-vdpau-driver vdpau-driver mplayer-doc netselect fping
The following NEW packages will be installed:
esound-common libaudiofile1 libesd0 libopenal-data libopenal1 libsvga1 libvdpau1 libxvidcore4 mplayer
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,567 kB of archives.
After this operation, 7,772 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
root@jbxue:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release [40.8 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://in.archive.ubuntu.com raring-backports Release.gpg
注意：上面的命令会导致系统整体的改变，所以需要root密码（查看提示符为"#"，而不是“$”）.和yum命令相比，Apt更高级和智能。
见名知义，apt-cache用来搜索包中是否包含子包mplayer, apt-get用来安装，升级所有的已安装的包到最新版。