Bug#929242: apt: adding '-' at the end of apt install wants to remove the package

[Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org>]

Hi,

> I accidentally added a '-' to the apt install command and it wants to remove the installed packages and it's dependencies.

thanks for reporting that apt works as expected for you :)!

https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/apt.8.en.html

install, remove, purge (apt-get(8))
Performs the requested action on one or more packages specified via regex(7), glob(7) or exact match. The requested action can be overridden for specific packages by append a plus (+) to the package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it. 

-nik