Posts tagged apt

I'm fond of the one-line tabular-like output of aptitude search, but not all systems have aptitude installed. How do I customize the output of apt search (or apt-cache or whatever default tool is a...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by ajv‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by alx‭

So I ran into that weird "packages being held back" problem while updating my system using apt. After some research, it appears to be the result of "phased updates". What are phased updates, any...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by ArrayBolt3‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by ArrayBolt3‭

Why is libvkd3d1 not upgrading on my system? (lubuntu 20.04 LTS) When I run sudo apt update, apt flags libvkd3d1 and libvkd3d1:i386 as upgradable, but sudo apt upgrade does nothing and reports tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Darth_Muldoon‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

When exploring the commands from this answer to my previous question, I found that the ist of packages includes a lot that were automatically installed due to dependencies. Obviously I'm interested...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭