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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.
Is Not Installed (Residual config) safe to remove all?
May 6, 2015 · So, when you remove package(s) usually by using Ubuntu-Software-Center or by sudo apt-get remove, it leaves its configuration files on system. From community help , While there is no built in way to remove all of your configuration information from your removed packages you can remove all configuration data from every removed package with the ...
How to install specific version of some package? - Ask Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install <package name>=<version> Example: $ sudo apt-get install gparted=0.16.1-1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done gparted is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 …
What are phased updates, and why does Ubuntu use them?
Also worth adding, as explained in the apt-preferences docs, that Phased Updates depend upon each machine's Machine ID, which maybe found (and potentially altered/copied - but generally one should avoid changing it as mentioned by @Daniel) in /etc/machine-id.
How to downgrade a package via apt-get? - Ask Ubuntu
Sep 15, 2014 · If you have the version number, or the target release, apt-get supports choosing a particular version or target release. More details can be found on manual page of apt-get. It can also be accessed from terminal by typing man apt-get. sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number> OR. sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install ...
apt - List all versions of a package - Ask Ubuntu
May 29, 2014 · apt-cache's madison command attempts to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian archive management tool, madison. It displays available versions of a package in a tabular format.
apt - How do I search for available packages from the command …
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 ...
How to list installed package and its details on ubuntu?
apt list --manual-installed | awk -F/ -v ORS=" " 'NR>1 {print $1}' > apt_packages.txt Now all your apt-packages are ready to install on another or new installed Ubuntu system. sudo apt-get install < apt_packages.txt Detailed Description. If you want to know exactly when, what and which packages have been removed take a look in your /var/log/apt
apt - How to list manually installed packages? - Ask Ubuntu
Aug 10, 2017 · Commandline: apt install postgresql-9.5-plv8 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-install-file' sender=':1.85' Commandline: apt install task Commandline: apt autoremove Commandline: apt install atom Commandline: apt upgrade Commandline: apt-get install asciinema Commandline: apt install iperf3 Commandline: apt upgrade Commandline: apt-get …