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- What is the difference between apt and apt-get? - Ask Ubuntu
apt-get may be considered as lower-level and "back-end", and support other APT-based tools apt is designed for end-users (human) and its output may be changed between versions Note from apt(8): The `apt` command is meant to be pleasant for end users and does not need to be backward compatible like apt-get(8)
- apt - Package system is broken. How to fix it? - Ask Ubuntu
sudo apt-get clean Above command will clean out the local repository of retrieved package file sudo apt-get install -f Will correct broken dependencies i e -f here stands for “fix broken” sudo dpkg --configure -a will configure all (-a) the packages which haven't been configured yet In the end do run the update command sudo apt-get update
- How to fix error `No module named apt_pkg in Ubuntu 20. 04?
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- apt - How do I search for available packages from the command-line . . .
apt-file search part_of_package_name | grep another_part_of_name Example of searching for ssh server package if I do not know the name is ssh-server or sshserver or server-ssh etc : apt-file search ssh | grep server Steps to prepare apt-file search for searching It should be done before first usage: sudo apt-get install apt-file sudo apt-file
- apt - How to list all installed packages - Ask Ubuntu
source: man apt-clone APT-Clone is used by ubiquity (Ubuntu installer) for upgrade process It is much better than the dpkg --get-selections solution because: It preserves all repositories information It keeps track of what packages were automatically installed It allows to repack locally installed DEB files
- apt - What is difference between the options autoclean, autoremove . . .
When APT is used as a dselect(1) method, clean is run automatically Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run apt-get clean from time to time to free up disk space autoclean : Like clean, autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files
- apt - The following packages have been kept back: Why and how do I . . .
apt-get dist-upgrade can remove as well as add packages, but it is not really dangerous Any package installation command can cause serious damage if you have problems in your sources list file! A regular apt-get upgrade command will install any package from any software source that is enabled; dist-upgrade is not unique in this
- What is the difference between dpkg and aptitude apt-get?
(apt or aptitude is fine as well) This is because dpkg is meant to install packages without installing dependent packages Because of that just installing a package with dpkg, may lead to a later problem where dependency resolution may end up with a broken system You should use the command line apt-get or apt (since
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