What’s the story behind Super Cow Powers?
As we know, apt-get has Super Cow Powers and aptitude does not:
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understanding the output of “apt-cache policy”
I ran apt-cache policy sudo before and after installing sudo:
How to add a third-party repo. and key in Debian?
I looked at another similar question about adding third-party repos. I am trying to add a third-party desktop IM client called riot . While the site gives link to the third-party it gives no instructions as how to add third-party sources or keyring in Debian. I went through https://riot.im/packages/debian/pool/main/ and made the following additions in my /etc/apt/sources.list –
apt pinning package versions
Is it possible to pin a version of a debian package?
How to find the packages that depend on a certain package in apt?
How can I get, not the dependencies of a package, but the packages that are depending on a certain package?
Reinstalling all Debian packages
I killed by mistake a dpkg process running in the background and I would like to reinstall all packages to be sure everything is allright.
How to make apt ignore unfulfilled dependencies of installed package?
I installed Opera 12.16 from a .deb for reasons. Just assume that I need this specific browser of this specific version and that there’s no alternative.
Bypass GPG signature checks only for a single repository
I have read the following article: How do I bypass/ignore the gpg signature checks of apt?
Full-upgrade to Debian testing fails due to libc6-dev : Breaks: libgcc-8-dev
I’ve just switched to bullseye (see sources below)
What is the benefit of /etc/apt/sources.list.d over /etc/apt/sources.list
I know this question has been asked before, but I do not accept the answer, “you can clearly see custom additions”. When I add ppa’s (which I have not done in years), I hit a key on my keyboard labeled “Enter” which allows me to add an empty line before the new entry (I would even add an explanatory comment, but I am a tech writer, so ….). I like my sources.conf clean and neat.