How can I update to a newer version of Git using apt-get?
I’ve just set up a new machine with Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 and then run
apt
Can I rollback an apt-get upgrade if something goes wrong?
Is there a way, before starting an aptitude upgrade or apt-get upgrade, to set up something so that you can “easily” rollback your system to the “apt” state it was before the actual upgrade, if something goes wrong?
Can’t install Linux Headers (Kali Linux)
I am trying to install Linux headers for Kali Linux on my machine and I have tried every possible solution on the internet but it always show “Unable to locate packages “
Why does the apt-key man page advise against using its add command?
The Ubuntu man page for apt-key includes the following note regarding apt-key add:
apt looking for i386 files, even though architecture is amd64
I am trying to use a file repository for updating linux/ubuntu on a non-connected machine. The architecture for this machine (uname -a):
apt-get – autoremove wants to uninstall Gnome
As empathy 2.30 in Debian Wheezy didn’t meet all my preferences I tried out empathy 3.1 from experimental, using the command:
Convince apt-get *not* to use IPv6 method
The ISP I work at is setting up an internal IPv6 network in preparation for eventually connecting to the IPv6 internet. As a result, several of the servers in this network now try to connect to security.debian.org via its IPv6 address by default when running apt-get update, and that results in having to wait for a lengthy timeout whenever I’m downloading updates of any sort.
Get diff changes between original files installed with apt and current files
I installed php5-fpm package using apt; then I made some changes to the PHP configuration files.
How to block non-free with apt preferences?
I want to block all packages from non-free, except for those that I
name explicitly. Currently, I have:
How do I find the files installed by a particular package? Where is the .deb file to look at?
I have installed pulseaudio-module-bluetooth using apt.