This is the simplest and fastest method to install one or a few packages and their dependencies, but it requires that you know what packages you want to install. There are several utilities that can be used to search package names and descriptions, which will provide you with the means to find the proper package names. The most common of these is apt-cache. Once you know what package or packages you want to install, you can use apt-get or the command line format of aptitude or dselect to quickly download and install the packages.
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