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...

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.

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

Often it stops installing this package. (4) With apt-get update you download what is needed to rebuild the list of dependencies. After that you can try apt-get install --fix-missing again, in the hope that the updated list fixes the problem by itself.

apt-get is a Package Management System that handles the installation of Deb packages on Debian-based Linux distributions. A Package Management System is a set of tools that will help you install, remove, and change packages easily. So apt-get is like a clever dpkg.

Aug 10, 2017 · I'd like to get a list of packages installed manually by apt or aptitude and be able to find out whether a foobar package was installed manually or automatically. How can we do that from the comman...

Aug 23, 2014 · For example, if apt-get fails to install something because of conflicting dependencies it will give up. However, aptitude might offer to go ahead, but uninstall a whole bunch of other packages in order to satisfy those conflicts - or even downgrade packages.

How can I install a different version of Python using apt-get? Obviously I realise I can install using the source tar ball, however I would prefer not to install from source and instead use the pa...

How to know the version of installed package? apt-cache policy <package name> The above command will shows installed package version and also all the available versions in the repository according to the version of Ubuntu in which you are running.It doesn't display the package version which was intended for another version of Ubuntu (not your's).

Sep 17, 2014 · run this command to remove broken packages in ubuntu. sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq package_name after removing package update your system with command sudo apt-get update restart system after successfully updation.