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Where does apt-get install install to?
As Matthew Flaschen notes above, you can get the source with “apt-get source”, but that’s like a wget — it just puts it in your current directory. When I do this, I put it in /usr/local/src. Edited: I should note that for installed packages, dpkg -L packagename will get you the list of files.
What directory is apt-get installed?
/opt
The default install directory of apt-get is /opt.
Where does apt-get store downloaded files?
All downloaded files will be saved in /var/cache/apt/archives directory. Just copy the entire cache folder on any USB or transfer them via network to a system that you wanted to install the packages in it.
Where are .deb files stored?
Python should be included by default and only packages you installed manually will be in /var/cache/apt/archive/ .
What does sudo apt-get update command do?
What does sudo apt-get update command do? The sudo apt-get update command is used to download package information from all configured sources. The sources often defined in /etc/apt/sources.list file and other files located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. So when you run update command, it downloads the package information from the Internet.
How does apt get work?
apt-get basically works on a database of available packages. If you don’t update this database, the system won’t know if there are newer packages available or not. In fact, this is the first command you need to run on any Debian-based Linux system after a fresh install.
What is apt get Linux?
The APT package handling utility known as “apt-get” is powerful command line tool for managing software package. It is used for installing and removing packages in Linux. It is installed packages along with their dependencies. Dependencies are the additional packages required…
What is apt get?
apt-get is a shell command, part of the APT tool suite. APT is the package manager on Debian, Ubuntu , Mint and other Linux distributions. apt-get installs and maintains programs and other collections of files (data, documentation, etc.) in the form of packages. Packages are usually downloaded from repositories on the Internet,…