apt - How to download a software package with all dependencies and sub . . . Open the terminal and type: apt download package-name apt install --simulate package-name deb # dry run doesn't install anything where package-name should be replaced by the name of the package that you are trying to download and package-name deb should be replaced by the name of the deb file that you are trying to install
apt - The following packages have been kept back: Why and how do I . . . apt-get install <list of packages kept back> this will resolve the kept-back issues and will ask to install additional packages, etc as was explained by other answers See also: Why use apt-get upgrade instead of apt-get dist-upgrade?
apt - How to delete broken packages in ubuntu - Ask Ubuntu run this command to remove broken packages in ubuntu sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq package_name after removing package update your system with command sudo apt-get update restart system after successfully updation
apt - What is dist-upgrade and why does it upgrade more than upgrade . . . The graphical utility, update-manager, does not use apt-get directly; instead it works with a backend called aptdaemon The standard abilities of update-manager are a mix of the upgrade and dist-upgrade modes of apt-get: it can add but not remove packages - it invokes the "Partial upgrade" tool when removals are required