HOWTO: Linux: Apt Hints and Tips

• To configure the level of package configuration (how many questions you will get asked will installing a package)

dpkg-reconfigure debconf

• To reconfigure a package after installation

dpkg-reconfigure ###PACKAGE NAME###

• If you need to install packages from different Debian releases, may sure you define your default release in /etc/apt/apt.conf. For example,

APT::Default-Release "testing";

• To install packages from a release other than your default

apt-get -t ###DISTRIBUTION### install ###PACKAGE NAME###

• If apt is failing with a segmentation fault, using these commands (possibly multiple times) might fix it (maybe).

apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure -a

you could also try:

apt-get check
apt-get clean

• apt-listbugs is a package that integrates a check of the Debian bug tracker when installing packages (it can also be run independantly). You are given an opportunity to review any bugs the packages' being installed may have during the install process. This seems to work within Adept (the KDE package manager) as well. You'll probably want to install the reportbug package as well.
  

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