Xunzi_23
Hi stevesrO,
You probably have done so already, if not you might find reading below informative.
https://wiki.debian.org/AptCLI
apt and aptitute are both frontends for dpkg, at times it is useful to
know some of the direct commands. since i started running sid I have found dpkg --reconfigure -a
a very useful rescue in times of package problems.
According to manuals, If you have a corrupt or probably corrupt apt database you can do
sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*pkgcache.bin
With next use apt will rebuild those databases. It has rescued a few systems where updates were blocked
for me and other users.
Addition, also very useful: https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.apt-frontends.html
- This reply was modified 10 months ago by Xunzi_23.