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apt argument order #77

Closed gm10 closed 4 years ago

gm10 commented 6 years ago

One of the error messages from binary apt:

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

That command works fine with binary apt, but it won't work on Mint because the apt script currently cannot handle the reversed argument order, it is hardcoded to look for the command only in the first argument:

https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsystem/blob/master/usr/local/bin/apt#L80

Suggest to instead check all arguments for a known command, use the rest as options.

kj800x commented 5 years ago

I just ran into this too.

As a temporary workaround switching the argument order will work (apt install --fix-broken)

Mint 19.2: https://termbin.com/qt67

gm10 commented 5 years ago

Feel free to use my PPA, it fixes this and many other bugs: https://launchpad.net/~gm10/+archive/ubuntu/linuxmint-tools

ledenis commented 4 years ago

Why is it closed?

The order still seems to be hardcoded to look for the command only in the first argument?

https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsystem/blob/master/usr/local/bin/apt#L64