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Re: need sources.list example for lan with approx-server



On Mi, 27 mar 19, 08:12:42, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 
>  * apt removes the .deb files that it downloads, after installing them.
>    apt-get leaves them in /var/cache/.  This is configurable, I think.
 
My best guess would be:

$ apt-config dump | grep -i keep
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0";

>  * apt uses non-configurable yellow tty output that is completely unreadable
>    on a white background.  apt-get doesn't do colors, so you can read it
>    even if you don't override your terminal's background color.
> 
>  * apt search uses 3 lines of output for each result, with non-configurable
>    green text for the package name.  apt-cache search uses 1 line of output
>    for each result, and doesn't mess with colors.  At least the green is
>    mostly readable, albeit still not as good as the default.
> 
>    As compensation for the triple line cost and less readable package names,
>    apt search includes the version number in its results.  apt-cache search
>    does not.

The colors are probably optimized for white on black terminals.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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