apt
Article by:Geoffrey Hunter
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Overview
The Linux program apt
(Advanced Package Tool) is a collection of tools for managing Debian packages.
apt
is a combination of the most widely used commands from apt-get
and apt-cache
. It is the recommended over apt-get
when used by humans, as it is easier to use and looks better.
apt
delegates the actual installation and removal of packages to dpkg
.
Aborted Package Lists
You may encounter the error “aborted package lists” when trying to run pretty much any apt
command.
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I have been able to fix this by deleting all of the package lists in /var/lib/apt/lists
with the following command:
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Then test if apt
is working properly by running sudo apt update
again.
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