Comments on: 20 Useful ‘apt-get’ Commands for Ubuntu Package Management

By: donald harter

donald harter — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:26:57 +0000

I installed a package by compiling it and using checkinstall. The package name is different from the Ubuntu packages. It is actually an all-in-one package.

Other packages depend on those other named packages. I want to set those packages as being installed, but not actually install any files.

(They are already there) So I am wondering if there is a way to just change the package database to say that a given package is installed.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 08:01:44 +0000

In reply to heather. @Heather, You can install apt-utils on your Debian system using the following command.

$ sudo apt install apt-utils

By: heather

heather — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:49:47 +0000

What's the command for getting apt-utils it is telling me that I need to install it can someone please help me?

By: MasHand

MasHand — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:08:22 +0000

In reply to MasHand.

Try these commands to update and fix Ubuntu…

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo apt full-upgrade $ sudo apt dist-upgrade $ sudo apt-get check $ sudo apt -f install $ sudo apt -y clean $ sudo apt -y autoclean $ sudo apt autoremove $ sudo dpkg --configure -a $ sudo apt --fix-broken install --fix-missing

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:15:17 +0000

In reply to Rahul.

@Rahul,

Run the following command to list all installed packages on the Ubuntu system

$ sudo apt list --installed