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: > > [cut] > > > > > Where can I find complete documentation for apt-*? > > > > As usual, the complete documentation is to be found by means of: > > 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"?) > > > > > > 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 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng