apt, the default command line package manager for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux Distributions, released new version 3.1.0 on Monday. As you may know, apt 3.0 introduced new package dependency resolver with more efficient and clean output. Now, the resolver 3 is enabled by default in the new 3.1 release. As you see in the […]
APT 3.0 package manager for Debian-based systems is now available with a compeltely revamped command-line interface and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
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This tutorial will help you install Java Runtime Environment or JRE on Ubuntu 24.04. We will use the free software version, the GNU GPL licensed one, from the popular OpenJDK Project. JRE is required by a lot of software applications coming from both …
This tutorial will help you install Java Runtime Environment or JRE on Ubuntu 24.04. We will use the free software version, the GNU GPL licensed one, from the popular OpenJDK Project. JRE is required by a lot of software applications coming from both …
This is a step by step guide shows how to set the priority of certain packages, launchpad PPAs, and/or other apt repositories in Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and their based systems. Besides using the default system repositories, we can also install additional packages from third-party or software’s own repositories. For example, user may update LibreOffice […]
The Apt tool is an advanced package management system used in Debian-based Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, which allows you to easily install, update, and remove software packages.
Initially, APT was designed as a front-end for dpkg to work with .deb…
Do you feel it’s quite confusing, and you’re not getting when to use apt clean, apt autoclean, and apt autoremove? Then let’s come and clear it up.
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This tutorial will help you install Inkscape Vector Illustrator on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. With this, you can start your creativity and vector drawing jobs on Ubuntu and join the amazing community worldwide. We offer you here both standard a…
This tutorial shows how to disable “Ubuntu Pro” security updates in both apt command output and Software Updater dialog in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ubuntu Pro is a comprehensive subscription for Extended Security Maintenance (esm in short), which also enables another 5-year support for Ubuntu LTS releases. And, it’s free for personal and small-scale commercial use […]
This tutorial will help you get Winamp-like audio player application on Ubuntu 24.04. That application is QMMP a free software music player written in Qt and licensed under GNU GPL and available on Ubuntu’s official repository. Its prominent feature is…
After you have Synaptic installed and you are ready, now this tutorial will quickly introduce and help you to practice installing, removing, and upgrading software packages with examples on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” using Synaptic Package Manager. Yo…
This tutorial will help you install Synaptic on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. With Synaptic, you can search and install and remove and update software packages easily by clicks rather than command lines (GUI rather than CLI). It will be easy to you to a…
This is a simple beginner’s guide for Ubuntu users to install, remove and updates software packages including applications and games on 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. You will learn about App Center as well as APT and Snap here. With this tutorial, we hope you…
This tutorial will help you to configure your Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” computer to use nearest mirror server for the purpose of faster installing and updating applications. This will introduce you to Software & Updates settings as well as the ne…
Introduced a few days back in a very low-key manner, APT 2.9 (unstable) was released with an updated user interface that now sports colors, displays information in padded columns, and an organized package removals list.
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Got weak signature key warning in apt command output? Here’s why, and how to get rid of it in Ubuntu 24.04. After adding PPAs or third-party source repositories in Ubuntu 24.04, you may get following similar warning in apt command (usually apt update) output: W: https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu/dists/noble/InRelease: Signature by key 0AB215679C571D1C8325275B9BDB3D89CE49EC21 uses weak algorithm (rsa1024) The […]
I think most of us are familiar with the way that APT, the package management tool underpinning Ubuntu and all other Debian-based Linux distributions, looks and behaves. But some (much needed) visual changes are coming in the next major stable release,…
This tutorial will explain Debian repository and how to configure to use it to install and update software packages. You will learn about sources.list configuration file as well as Software & Source graphical configuration program to practice it. D…
Mozilla has announced a new APT repository to make it easier to install Firefox Nightly builds on Debian-based Linux distros, including Ubuntu.
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Learn how to install Perl on Debian 12 via the APT package manager or by downloading, compiling, and installing Perl directly from the source.
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