In my case, I had an incorrect or not accessible URL in /etc/apt/sources.list. After removing this URL, I was able to update all packages successfully. Commands: sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

apt-file search part_of_package_name | grep another_part_of_name Example of searching for ssh server package if I do not know the name is ssh-server or sshserver or server-ssh etc.: apt-file search ssh | grep server Steps to prepare apt-file search for searching. It should be done before first usage: sudo apt-get install apt-file sudo apt-file ...

Oct 1, 2012 · The apt command provides a convenient subset of the functionality of various other apt-commands (e.g., apt-get, apt-cache), with colorized display and progress bars. Although the apt command does not support all the same actions and options as apt-get, it may often be used in place of apt-get. See Fsando's answer for details.

Dec 13, 2016 · pkexec dpkg -i apt.deb if everything goes right, that should be enough. Probably you may find that some dependencies are not satisfied, to deal with that you may need to create a folder (something like "apt-installer") and drop all the dependencies of the apt package there. The list of dependencies required will be shown by the dpkg output and ...

Jun 8, 2016 · source: man apt-clone. APT-Clone is used by ubiquity (Ubuntu installer) for upgrade process. It is much better than the dpkg --get-selections solution because: It preserves all repositories information. It keeps track of what packages were automatically installed. It allows to repack locally installed DEB files.

Dec 9, 2017 · apt/apt-get clean → cleans the packages and install script in /var/cache/apt/archives/ apt/apt-get autoclean → cleans obsolete deb-packages, less than clean; apt/apt-get autoremove → removes orphaned packages which are not longer needed from the system, but not purges them, use the --purge option together with the command for that.

Sep 15, 2012 · The --auto-remove option (being an alias of autoremove) works similar to sudo apt-get autoremove. By using this command we can run a single command: sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove packagename Instead of: sudo apt-get purge packagename sudo apt …

Oct 18, 2019 · apt install ubuntu-advantage-tools and. apt install libnfsidmap1 Again, the names of what was installed here should be replaced with what YOUR computer says wasn't upgraded. This should fix the problem with the remaining two that wouldn't install when in the list command earlier. Running apt update and then apt upgrade should then output:

Apr 30, 2014 · As an alternative to lgarzo's answer, you can grep what you are interested in from /var/log/dpkg.log.E.g., if you want to see everything you installed or upgraded yesterday, you could run:

echo "sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade && sudo apt -y autoremove && sudo apt autoclean" > update && sudo mv update /usr/local/bin/update && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/update Now, whenever the need for updating arises you just type update in the terminal, input your password and voilà.