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Bookmark or Share- apt - Package system is broken. How to fix it? - Ask Ubuntusudo 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.
- apt - How to list all installed packages - Ask Ubuntusource: 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 - Reinstall package and its installed dependencies - Ask UbuntuI've got a package installed that is broken (the package itself, not its dependencies). Reinstalling it with sudo dpkg-reconfigure
or sudo apt-get --reinstall install did not do the trick. I'd like to try and reinstall the package, including all its currently installed dependencies. Is there a way to do this? - 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 delete broken packages in ubuntu - Ask Ubuntusudo apt-get update then cleanup any partial packages . sudo apt-get autoclean Now clean the apt cache. sudo apt-get clean Now remove any unnecessary dependancies . sudo apt-get autoremove from the command above, you can identify any broken packages and forcefully remove it like this. sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq package_name
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