Re: problems with apt & aptitude

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Hi Bill,

On Sun July 14 2024 13:15:02 William Morder via tde-users wrote:
> I used dpkg to purge all the apt-* type packages in my system, to wit:

Not recommended.  TTBOMK only your apt package is broken.

> sudo dpkg --purge --force-all apt-transport-https apt-utils
> apt-file_3.3_all apt-mirror_0.5.4-2_all
> apt-transport-https_2.6.1devuan1_all
> apt-utils_2.6.1devuan1_amd64 apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64
> aptitude-common_0.8.13-5_all aptitude_0.8.13-5_amd64
> devuan-apt-mirror-config-override_2.6_all dpkg-repack_1.52_all
> libapt-pkg-perl_0.1.40+b2_amd64 synaptic_0.91.3_amd64
> apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64

Many of those are partial file names, not package names, so I
don't know how much it actually did.

> Then I figured that I would reinstall them one-at-a-time, using dpkg, or
> moving to apt, aptitude, whatever, to finish up.
>
> I already had the package you named, but I thought, well, let's download a
> fresh one, just to be sure mine isn't corrupt. Now ... mind you ... I had
> already purged the old package from my system. Yet when I tried to
> reinstall apt-utils_2.6.1devuan1_amd64, I get this message:
>
> dpkg: version 2.6.1devuan1 of apt already installed, skipping

Probably because your purge was told to purge apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64
which is not a package name.

> So, it is uninstalled, yet it is also already installed? There must be some
> traces left in the system that makes dpkg say it is already installed.
> Maybe this is a clue; maybe even a useful clue.

"dpkg -l | grep apt | cut -b-78" will tell us where things stand.

--Mike
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