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Commands tagged apt-get

Terminal - Commands tagged apt-get - 12 results

dpkg-query -l > 1.lst; sudo apt-get install -y build-essential; ./configure; make; sudo checkinstall -D make install; dpkg-query --list > 2.lst; diff 1.lst 2.lst | grep '^>' | awk '{print $3}' | xargs sudo apt-get remove -y --purge

2010-06-16 22:06:07

User: danlangford

Functions: awk diff grep install make sudo xargs

Tags: diff apt-get dpkg-query make

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compile source & then remove the dev tools you needed to install

on a dpkg managed system this PATTERN will help you generate .deb files from source AND remove all the dev libs you had to install. i hate cluttering up my machine with rouge packages and headers.

it would be pretty darn easy on rpm systems as well. i just dont have a rpm managed system to test on right now.

NOTE, you sharp ones will notice that it uninstalls the deb you just made! yeah, but the deb is still there to do with it what you want, like re install it. or you can just grep -v after the diff

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dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/$.*$-$[^0-9]\+$/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* $[^ ]*$.*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

2010-06-10 20:33:32

User: mitzip

Functions: sed sudo xargs

Tags: Debian Ubuntu sed apt-get kernel dpkg

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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

This will remove all installed kernels on your debian based install, except the one you're currently using.

From:

http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/remove-old-kernels-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-1590

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APP=wine; if [ $(sudo apt-get --print-uris -y install $APP | sed -ne 's/^After this operation, $[0-9]\{1,\}$.*MB.*/\1/p') -gt 50 ]; then gnometris 2>/dev/null & sudo apt-get install $APP; else sudo apt-get install $APP; fi

2010-04-18 19:32:26

User: rkulla

Functions: install sed sudo

Tags: bash Ubuntu apt apt-get install Game

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Launch a game, like Tetris, when apt-get installing an app larger than 50 Megabytes

Change the APP variable's value to whatever you want to install. Depending on how fast your machine is, you'll want to adjust the value 50 to something else. You might also want to play a different game than Gnometris - just make sure it's a GUI game.

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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=30 upgrade

2010-03-22 01:29:44

User: alemani

Functions: sudo

Tags: Debian Ubuntu apt apt-get bandwidth package limit

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Limit bandwidth usage by apt-get

Limits the usage of bandwidth by apt-get, in the example the command will use 30Kb/s ;)

It should work for most apt-get actions (install, update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, etc.)

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apt-get --just-print upgrade

2010-02-18 11:19:05

User: noqqe

Functions: apt

Tags: apt apt-get list updates upgrade without

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List available upgrades from apt without upgrading the system

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aptitude search NAME

2009-11-10 11:23:18

User: CafeNinja

Tags: apt apt-get aptitude

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Search for available software on a debian package system (Ubuntu)

The legend in the first column:

i = installed

p = installable

apt-cache stats

2009-09-03 19:29:17

User: 0disse0

Functions: apt

Tags: apt-get stats

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How to know the total number of packages available

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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=25 install <package>

2009-07-31 19:43:45

User: dunnix

Functions: install sudo

Tags: apt-get

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Cap apt-get download speed

apt-get is pretty aggressive when it downloads, potentially hogging the bandwidth of your network. The 25 is in KB, change this to your needs.

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dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/$.*$-$[^0-9]\+$/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* $[^ ]*$.*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

2009-06-19 10:11:00

User: plasticdoc

Functions: sed sudo xargs

Tags: Linux sed apt-get xargs dpkg purge

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purge installed but unused linux headers, image, or modules

will purge:

only installed apps: /^ii/!d

avoiding current kernel stuff: /'"$(uname -r | sed "s/$.*$-$[^0-9]\+$/\1/")"'/d

using app names: s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* $[^ ]*$.*/\1/

avoiding stuff without a version number: /[0-9]/!d

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sudo apt-get remove --purge `dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep gnome` && apt-get autoremove

2009-04-28 10:34:42

User: kelevra

Functions: awk grep sudo

Tags: awk apt-get dpkg

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Remove packages by pattern on debian and based systems

Useful for removes a package and its depends, for example to remove the gnome desktop environment, also configuration files will be removed, you should be carefully and sure that you want to do this.

function nuke() { if [ $(whoami) != "root" ] ; then for x in $@; do sudo apt-get autoremove --purge $x; done; else for x in $@; do apt-get autoremove --purge $x; done; fi }

2009-03-25 23:21:21

User: ruinbox

Functions: sudo

Tags: sudo apt-get

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Remove apps with style: nuke it from orbit

You can't stand programs x, y, and z. Remove all trace of their existence by adding this function to your config. It will remove the cruft, the settings, and such and such. This function doesn't even give a damn about you trying to remove programs that don't exist: it'll just for loop to the next one on your hit list.

function dpan () { PKG=`perl -e '$_=lc($ARGV[0]); s/::/-/g; print "lib$_-perl\n"' $1`; apt-get install $PKG; }

2009-03-12 15:39:38

User: dave0

Functions: install

Tags: Debian perl apt-get cpan

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Install the Debian-packaged version of a Perl module

Running 'cpan Module::Name' will install that module from CPAN. This is a simple way of using a similar command to install a packaged Perl module from a Debian archive using apt-get.