Bug#916112: apt-get purge filename.deb not working like expected

2021-07-27 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 09:44:43PM -0500, ng wrote: > Today I ran 'sudo apt purge ./anything.deb' on a package that WAS NOT > installed in my system.  And apt's response was to install that package, as > if I were running 'apt install'.  Except that it was 'apt purge'. > Funny. Try: "apt

Bug#916112: apt-get purge filename.deb not working like expected

2021-07-23 Thread ng
apt 2.2.4 (sid)

Bug#916112: apt-get purge filename.deb not working like expected

2021-07-23 Thread ng
Hello, Today I ran 'sudo apt purge ./anything.deb' on a package that WAS NOT installed in my system.  And apt's response was to install that package, as if I were running 'apt install'.  Except that it was 'apt purge'. Funny. Have a good day everyone.

Bug#916112: apt-get purge filename.deb not working like expected

2018-12-10 Thread Rhonda D'Vine
Package: apt Version: 1.8.0~alpha2 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, apt-get is great to install packages. Especially when the package at hand is locally lying around on the harddisk. It even resolves dependencies through its algorithm. So far, so good. What I tried after an "apt-get -y