On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:37:08PM +0000, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 01:22:17PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
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> > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*?
> >
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> As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of:
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> man apt-get
> man apt-cache
> man apt-mark
>
> But in general you will just need:
>
> - apt-get install package (...)
> - apt-get remove package (...)
> - apt-get purge package (like remove, but also purges config files)
> - apt-get update (update the list of available packages from repos)
> - apt-get upgrade (upgrade all packages you can)
> - apt-get dist-upgrade (like upgrade, but also installs new version of
> existing packages and manages the corresponding deps)
>
> - apt-get autoremove (remove all packages which are not required by any
> manually installed package)
>
> - apt-cache search something (search "something" among all package
> descriptions. "something" can be a POSIX regex(7))
>
> - dpkg --search /bin/ls (which package has installed "/bin/ls"?)
>
> - dpkg -L package (which files have been installed by "package"?)
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> > In particular, is there an option I can place on an install or remove command that
> > will report what it is going to do without actually doing it?
> >
>
> apt-get install --simulate package
Thank you. That ws the optio I could not find. Though now that know it,
it was wasy to ding in man apt-get.
It turns out my problems with aptitude seem to be over, after doing
apt purge aptitude
apt install aptitude
-- hendrik
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