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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ If your system complains about a failed upgrade, package manager conflicts, brok

```bash
sudo apt clean
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt install -f
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### What Do These Do?

- `apt clean` - The `clean` command clears out the local repository of retrieved package files.
- `sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*` - Cleans all locally cached APT repository metadata (package lists and index files). This forces apt to fully re-fetch and rebuild its view of available packages on the next `apt update`.
- `apt update` - the `update` option fetches indexes from all configured sources. These indexes are used by other apt options to determine which packages can be upgraded or installed.
- `dpkg --configure -a` - The `--configure -a` command configures any unpacked but not yet configured packages.
- `apt install -f` - The `-f` option attempts to correct broken dependencies
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