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Why does apt-get install python3 with a trailing hyphen remove a lot of packages? [duplicate]

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While is was installing something with the sudo apt-get install command I accidentally accepted the command

sudo apt-get install python3-

(yeah I know it is stupid to just accept this but I did a lot of those and i just continued to click y).

By executing the command I deleted my whole visual desktop of Ubuntu (I just had the plain shell but I recovered the visual desktop by now). I don't know if I am just stupid but nevertheless I want to create awareness that you shouldn't use the command.

If you can explain to me why happened what happened feel free to explain it to me.

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  Documented features are not bugs.
  
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  I’m curious -why- this was decided to be the intended behavior. Seems unnecessary, and as the OP found, destructive.
  
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  Possible duplicate of "sudo apt -get install foo-" causes removing foo package and everything depends on it && askubuntu.com/questions/880291/apt-get-install-with-removes
  
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  @Scot I agree with you. Since there is already a dedicated command to remove packages I don't see the need for this feature. Seems like somebody wanted to include a "pro feature" that hurts new users and provides basically 0 value... The only case in which it would be useful is when you want to remove a package but your hand types install anyway and you realize at the end... but does this happen often enough to justify this feature? I don't think so.
  
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  2 answers
  
  

While is was installing something with the sudo apt-get install command I accidentally accepted the command

sudo apt-get install python3-

(yeah I know it is stupid to just accept this but I did a lot of those and i just continued to click y).

By executing the command I deleted my whole visual desktop of Ubuntu (I just had the plain shell but I recovered the visual desktop by now). I don't know if I am just stupid but nevertheless I want to create awareness that you shouldn't use the command.

If you can explain to me why happened what happened feel free to explain it to me.

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• 
  
  
  

  
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  Documented features are not bugs.
  
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• 
  
  
  

  
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  I’m curious -why- this was decided to be the intended behavior. Seems unnecessary, and as the OP found, destructive.
  
  – Scot
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Possible duplicate of "sudo apt -get install foo-" causes removing foo package and everything depends on it && askubuntu.com/questions/880291/apt-get-install-with-removes
  
  – pomsky
  37 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Scot I agree with you. Since there is already a dedicated command to remove packages I don't see the need for this feature. Seems like somebody wanted to include a "pro feature" that hurts new users and provides basically 0 value... The only case in which it would be useful is when you want to remove a package but your hand types install anyway and you realize at the end... but does this happen often enough to justify this feature? I don't think so.
  
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  “sudo apt-get install foo-” causes removing foo package and everything depending on it [duplicate]
  
  2 answers
  
  

While is was installing something with the sudo apt-get install command I accidentally accepted the command

sudo apt-get install python3-

(yeah I know it is stupid to just accept this but I did a lot of those and i just continued to click y).

By executing the command I deleted my whole visual desktop of Ubuntu (I just had the plain shell but I recovered the visual desktop by now). I don't know if I am just stupid but nevertheless I want to create awareness that you shouldn't use the command.

If you can explain to me why happened what happened feel free to explain it to me.

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This is not a bug; this is documented in the man page. From man apt-get's install section¹ (emphasis mine):

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install.

So, when you did:

sudo apt-get install python3-

you've removed the python3 package and all the dependent packages (which includes the packages you mentioned).

---

Fix:

To re-install the removed packages, go to /var/log/apt/history.log, pick the packages, and run sudo apt-get install on them.

You might also want to peek into /var/log/dpkg.log.

---

¹ If you have less as the man pager, you can go to the install section of man apt-get directly:

LESS='+/^[[:blank:]]+install' man apt-get

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  It might be worth mentioning that sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop will get most of the desktop environment back with a single command, without needing to hunt down individual package names. (Of course that doesn't cover whatever one has installed manually on top of the defaults, but further recovery can proceed in an environment that may be more familiar than the Linux console).
  
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No, you didn't find a bug. From man apt-get:

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.

It's intentional. I'm not sure it's good design, but it is worth reading what changes apt proposes before proceeding.

Combined with globbing it may produce some rather... spectacular results at times.

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This is not a bug; this is documented in the man page. From man apt-get's install section¹ (emphasis mine):

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install.

So, when you did:

sudo apt-get install python3-

you've removed the python3 package and all the dependent packages (which includes the packages you mentioned).

---

Fix:

To re-install the removed packages, go to /var/log/apt/history.log, pick the packages, and run sudo apt-get install on them.

You might also want to peek into /var/log/dpkg.log.

---

¹ If you have less as the man pager, you can go to the install section of man apt-get directly:

LESS='+/^[[:blank:]]+install' man apt-get

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answered 10 hours ago

heemaylheemayl

68.1k11142215

• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It might be worth mentioning that sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop will get most of the desktop environment back with a single command, without needing to hunt down individual package names. (Of course that doesn't cover whatever one has installed manually on top of the defaults, but further recovery can proceed in an environment that may be more familiar than the Linux console).
  
  – Henning Makholm
  7 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

21

This is not a bug; this is documented in the man page. From man apt-get's install section¹ (emphasis mine):

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install.

So, when you did:

sudo apt-get install python3-

you've removed the python3 package and all the dependent packages (which includes the packages you mentioned).

---

Fix:

To re-install the removed packages, go to /var/log/apt/history.log, pick the packages, and run sudo apt-get install on them.

You might also want to peek into /var/log/dpkg.log.

---

¹ If you have less as the man pager, you can go to the install section of man apt-get directly:

LESS='+/^[[:blank:]]+install' man apt-get

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edited 10 hours ago

answered 10 hours ago

heemaylheemayl

68.1k11142215

• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It might be worth mentioning that sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop will get most of the desktop environment back with a single command, without needing to hunt down individual package names. (Of course that doesn't cover whatever one has installed manually on top of the defaults, but further recovery can proceed in an environment that may be more familiar than the Linux console).
  
  – Henning Makholm
  7 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This is not a bug; this is documented in the man page. From man apt-get's install section¹ (emphasis mine):

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install.

So, when you did:

sudo apt-get install python3-

you've removed the python3 package and all the dependent packages (which includes the packages you mentioned).

---

Fix:

To re-install the removed packages, go to /var/log/apt/history.log, pick the packages, and run sudo apt-get install on them.

You might also want to peek into /var/log/dpkg.log.

---

¹ If you have less as the man pager, you can go to the install section of man apt-get directly:

LESS='+/^[[:blank:]]+install' man apt-get

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sudo apt-get install python3-

LESS='+/^[[:blank:]]+install' man apt-get

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answered 10 hours ago

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answered 10 hours ago

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answered 10 hours ago

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No, you didn't find a bug. From man apt-get:

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.

It's intentional. I'm not sure it's good design, but it is worth reading what changes apt proposes before proceeding.

Combined with globbing it may produce some rather... spectacular results at times.

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answered 10 hours ago

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No, you didn't find a bug. From man apt-get:

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.

It's intentional. I'm not sure it's good design, but it is worth reading what changes apt proposes before proceeding.

Combined with globbing it may produce some rather... spectacular results at times.

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

N0rbert

25.1k853118

answered 10 hours ago

vidarlovidarlo

10.7k52852

add a comment | 

No, you didn't find a bug. From man apt-get:

If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.

It's intentional. I'm not sure it's good design, but it is worth reading what changes apt proposes before proceeding.

Combined with globbing it may produce some rather... spectacular results at times.

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

N0rbert

25.1k853118

answered 10 hours ago

vidarlovidarlo

10.7k52852

share|improve this answer

edited 10 hours ago

N0rbert

25.1k853118

answered 10 hours ago

vidarlovidarlo

10.7k52852

edited 10 hours ago

N0rbert

25.1k853118

edited 10 hours ago

N0rbert

25.1k853118

answered 10 hours ago

vidarlovidarlo

10.7k52852

answered 10 hours ago

vidarlovidarlo

10.7k52852