On Saturday 13 July 2024 10:01:04 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote: > "dpkg -s apt | head" will tell you the apt version and architecture > you need to download. > > Once downloaded you can install it using dpkg. > > This works for most broken packages unless you break something > essential like dpkg or libc. > > For example, if I needed to fix my Debian apt I would browse > to "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"; and then click down through > pool, main, a, apt, and then download apt_2.6.1_amd64.deb but > you may be using a different distro, version, or architecture. > > --Mike I found that page for Debian, and it is *almost* exactly what I need; almost, that is, except I run Devuan. There is a page for Debian package search (https://packages.debian.org/index), and I used to use it all the time, back when I was a Debian user. Now I keep trying to find the corresponding page in Devuan, but the URL address doesn't follow quite the same pattern. I have found it, saved it, maybe a couple dozen times, and somehow it keeps vanishing on me. If anybody knows the page for Devuan package search, that would be a great help. Neither apt nor aptitude nor any other work for me at present, until I solve this other problem (for which, see previous posts under this thread). Also, aptitude itself, while impressive, and useful to others, is not much use to me, as it keeps trying to uninstall my Open Office (as well as, if I recall, some other programs that I use pretty regularly). It would be nice if aptitude gave users more control, as in apt or apt-get. I still use it for searching and finding more information, but not for actual installation. I don't know if this will solve my problem, though, as I already save all my downloaded and installed packages (for situations just like this), and everything seems up-to-date. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
