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Commands tagged apt

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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

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apt-cache dotty apache2 | dot -T png | display
2009-02-18 14:27:31
User: raphink
Functions: apt dot
Tags: Debian ImageMagick Graphviz X Ubuntu X11 apt
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Generate a graph of package dependencies

Requires: imagemagick and graphviz

On Debian systems, displays a graph of package dependencies. Works also with other image formats, like svg :

apt-cache dotty bash | dot -T svg | display
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