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<varlistentry><term><option>install</option>, <option>reinstall</option>, <option>remove</option>, <option>purge</option> (&apt-get;)</term>
<listitem><para>Performs the requested action on one or more packages
specified via &regex;, &glob; or exact match. The requested action
- can be overridden for specific packages by appending a plus (+) to the
- package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it.
+ can be overridden for specific packages by appending a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) to the
+ package name to install this package or a minus sign (<literal>-</literal>) to remove it.
</para><para>
A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
- following the package name with an equals (=) and the version of the
+ following the package name with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and the version of the
package to select. Alternatively the version from a specific release can be
selected by following the package name with a forward slash (/) and
codename (&debian-stable-codename;, &debian-testing-codename;, sid …) or suite name (stable,