I have successfully installed some packages using the command: sudo apt-get install packagename when I have known in advance that those packages are available. But how can I search for or get a l...

Aug 27, 2010 · apt-get has a few options which looks the same to me: autoclean, autoremove and clean. What do each of them do?

The apt commands have been introduced to solve this problem. apt consists some of the most widely used features from apt-get, apt-cache and apt-config leaving aside obscure and seldom used features.

Nov 24, 2024 · Ubuntu 24.04 uses a new format for managing sources. Sources are stored in separate files within the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory, each named with a .list or .sources extension …

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 …

I'd like to output a list of all installed packages into a text file so that I can review it and bulk-install on another system. How would I do this?

Aug 16, 2016 · No, apt is not a shortcut to apt-get; they are two separate programs, even if they are closely related. But several of the options provided by man apt-get do apply to apt as well, even if …

Use this: sudo apt update # Fetches the list of available updates sudo apt upgrade # Installs some updates; does not remove packages sudo apt full-upgrade # Installs updates; may also remove …

The command sudo apt --fix-broken install fixed it for me.

sudo apt-get update Then you may not be able to install build-essential. So always ensure that apt-get update completes successfully. Once update is commpleted, issue: sudo apt-get install build …