Comments on: Understanding APT, APT-Cache and Their Frequently Used Commands https://www.tecmint.com/apt-get-and-apt-cache-and-their-frequently-used-commands/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: dragonmouth https://www.tecmint.com/apt-get-and-apt-cache-and-their-frequently-used-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-2129879 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:26:26 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=4640#comment-2129879 For most of my software manipulation, I use Synaptic. It avoids many of the pitfalls you mention and it is a GUI front end for apt-get, apt-cache, and apt commands.

“Only add from trusted and reputable sources.”
Very sage advice except that sites do not come pre-labeled as “trusted and reputable” “dodgy” or “shady”.

BTW – who vets PPAs whether they are to be trusted or whether they are dodgy?

]]> By: harikrishna https://www.tecmint.com/apt-get-and-apt-cache-and-their-frequently-used-commands/comment-page-1/#comment-65826 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:25:16 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=4640#comment-65826 If you require the patches to be applied on the kernel source, use the ‘patch’ command. If you do a ‘man patch’ you can understand how to use the patch command.

Once you apply the patch successfully, do the following:

(1) Re-configure the kernel (if necessary – This will be dependent on what patches you had applied to the kernel)
(2) If (1) was successful, Re-compile the kernel (by following the same procedure that you had used earlier for the original compilation)
(3) If (2) was successful, Install the kernel again by doing the ‘make install’ command
(4) If (3) was successful, Re-boot and boot it up with the newly compiled kernel and see if the applied patches are getting executed correctly.

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