[Bug 858507] Re: apt-get autoremove is showing Usage: apt-get [options] command at the process-stage

[Michael Basse]

to fast. It happened again


michael at eeebuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get 
[sudo] password for michael: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be removed
  linux-headers-3.0.0-11 linux-headers-3.0.0-11-generic
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 2 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Nach dieser Operation werden 98,2 MB Plattenplatz freigegeben.
Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]? j
(Lese Datenbank ... 188712 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
removing linux-headers-3.0.0-11-generic ...
removing linux-headers-3.0.0-11 ...
apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu12 für i386, kompiliert am Sep 26 2011 12:24:59
Usage: apt-get [options] command
       apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
   update - Retrieve new lists of packages
   upgrade - Perform an upgrade
   install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
   remove - Remove packages
   autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
   purge - Remove packages and config files
   source - Download source archives
   build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
   dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
   dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
   clean - Erase downloaded archive files
   autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
   check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
   changelog - Download and display the changelog for the given package
   download - Download the binary package into the current directory

Options:
  -h  This help text.
  -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator
  -qq No output except for errors
  -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
  -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation
  -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
  -f  Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
  -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
  -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well
  -b  Build the source package after fetching it
  -V  Show verbose version numbers
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
michael at eeebuntu:~$ 


** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  apt-get autoremove is showing Usage: apt-get [options] command at the
  process-stage

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  i dont know exactly what is causing this error. I tried to translate
  the important messages from german into english. I cant reproduce the
  error. Feel free to edit the title, because i dont know a better one
  at the moment

  
  sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean
  the following packages will be removed:
    gnome-desktop-data gnumeric-common gnumeric-doc libappindicator1 libcompfaceg1 libgoffice-0.8-8
    libgoffice-0.8-8-common libgringotts2 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libmcrypt4 libnatpmp1 libonig2 libpisock9
    python-virtkey transmission-gtk
  0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 16 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.

  remove gnome-desktop-data ...
  remove gnumeric-common ...
  remove gnumeric-doc ...
  remove transmission-gtk ...
  remove libappindicator1 ...
  remove libcompfaceg1 ...
  remove libgoffice-0.8-8 ...
  remove libgoffice-0.8-8-common ...
  remove libgringotts2 ...
  remove libgsf-1-114 ...
  remove libgsf-1-common ...
  remove libmcrypt4 ...
  remove libnatpmp1 ...
  remove libonig2 ...
  remove libpisock9 ...
  remove python-virtkey ...
  Trigger für libglib2.0-0 werden verarbeitet ...
  Trigger für hicolor-icon-theme werden verarbeitet ...
  Trigger für desktop-file-utils werden verarbeitet ...
  Trigger für bamfdaemon werden verarbeitet ...
  Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
  Trigger für man-db werden verarbeitet ...
  Trigger für libc-bin werden verarbeitet ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu9 für i386, kompiliert am Sep 16 2011 12:43:10
  Usage: apt-get [options] command
         apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
         apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

  apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
  installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
  and install.

  Commands:
     update - Retrieve new lists of packages
     upgrade - Perform an upgrade
     install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
     remove - Remove packages
     autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
     purge - Remove packages and config files
     source - Download source archives
     build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
     dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
     dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
     clean - Erase downloaded archive files
     autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
     check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
     changelog - Download and display the changelog for the given package
     download - Download the binary package into the current directory

  Options:
    -h  This help text.
    -q  Loggable output - no progress indicator
    -qq No output except for errors
    -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
    -s  No-act. Perform ordering simulation
    -y  Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
    -f  Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
    -m  Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
    -u  Show a list of upgraded packages as well
    -b  Build the source package after fetching it
    -V  Show verbose version numbers
    -c=? Read this configuration file
    -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
  See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
  pages for more information and options.
                         This APT has Super Cow Powers.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Sep 24 23:09:44 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-16 (8 days ago)

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