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How to remove packages and configurations with apt-get?
remove remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. As the manpage clearly says, remove will remove the package but leaves configuration files in place.
What happens when I add dependencies to apt-get?
In rare instances, often when you are mixing in third-party dependencies, there is a chance that apt-get may end up giving you an error telling you that a package installation could not be completed. It is always a good idea to back up configuration files like /etc/apt/sources.list, so you can revert the changes if needed.
What do you use apt for in Debian?
APT is a package management system for Debian and other Linux distributions based on it, such as Ubuntu. For the most part, APT is easy to use for installing, removing, and updating packages.
How to remove a lock file from Apt?
It removes everything but the lock file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/. apt-get autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files, but unlike apt-get clean, it only removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely useless.
How to install Cron-APT on Ubuntu command line?
The package cron-apt is designed to automatically update the package list and download upgraded packages. Therefore it basically calls the command apt-get update. Installing Cron-apt. You can get cron-apt from the Universe Repositories using Synaptic, or from the command line: sudo apt-get install cron-apt
How does Cron-apt auto update the package list?
By default it just updates the package list and download new packages without installing. You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get (or aptitude). It can optionally sends mail to the system administrator on errors, log to syslog or a separate log file.
What does Cron-Apt do in Windows 10?
cron-apt Contains a tool that is run by a cron job at regular intervals. By default it just updates the package list and download new packages without installing. You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get (or aptitude). It can optionally sends mail to the system administrator on errors, log to syslog or a separate log file.
How to remove / install a package that is not fully installed?
Autoclean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. Also as always, you can use dpkg to install, remove and purge packages. You can remove the package file in this /var/lib/dpkg/info/ path and update the source.
Why does dpkg not work with apt-get?
The apt-get commands all fail with the same error as above and the dpkg command just doesn’t help. The other thing they often suggest to purge it via Synaptic or the command line, which also fails. For advanced users, use at your own risks.
Can you use dpkg to install and remove packages?
Also as always, you can use dpkg to install, remove and purge packages. You can remove the package file in this /var/lib/dpkg/info/ path and update the source. So, after more googling and really carefully reading through the error messages again it seems that dpkg needed to be reinstalled.