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Nala is a more user-friendly CLI front-end for the APT package manager. Since Nala's scope is limited to the most common functions, it is in no way a full APT replacement.

Nala is a front-end for libapt-pkg. For this purpose, it uses the python-apt api.

nala has several advantages over apt:

  • Prettier and more informative interface (for common elements)
  • Parallel downloads from multiple mirrors at once
  • Install history, with easy "undo" (uninstallation) for each steps

nala also has some limitations:

  • Only covers basic functionality
  • Does not inform about phased updates
  • Beta software, under development

More information about Nala and its development is available on the official Gitlab page.

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Removed apt as package manager

Nala is a recently-introduced package manager which also uses dpkg for managing packages in Ubuntu. I installed nala and I'm getting a very decent experience. Now, I wanted to remove apt from my system, so that only one package manager (nala)…
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Nala broke my apt package manager

I wanted to try out nala un my Kubuntu 22.04 OS. I ran sudo apt search nala and saw that nala was available in apt, so i ran sudo apt install nala . I then ran sudo nala fetch, because that is what many youtubers were running. I selected the first 3…
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nala search: how to find exact package name match?

I need to perform package name search with nala and I want only exact matches, so basically, when searching for package gimp I want to obtain only gimp but not gimp-data. Input: apt search -n ^gimp$ Result: Sorting... Done Full Text Search...…
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How to replace apt with nala?

I love nala and I want to use it, but my muscle memory always goes for apt and every guide on the internet uses apt when I copy paste commands. Is there a way where, even if I type apt, nala is still used?
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Why am I getting ImportError when running Nala with Ubuntu server upgraded to 22.04?

I'm getting an ImportError when trying to use Nala after installation: $ sudo nala update Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/nala", line 5, in from nala.__main__ import main File…
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Unable to correct problems you held broken packages (nala)

I am trying to install nala, but I get this error message: The following packages have unmet dependencies: nala : Depends: python3-anyio but it is not installable Depends: python3-httpx but it is not installable Depends:…
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Can't install Nala

I'm trying to install nala and I am getting this error: W: GPG error: https://deb.volian.org/volian scar InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A87015F3DA22D980 E: The repository…
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Package conflicts with another package that is not installed?

I am on Ubuntu MATE 22.04. After a sudo apt update and sudo apt list --upgradable I get the following output: apt-utils/jammy-updates 2.4.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.4.7] apt/jammy-updates 2.4.8 amd64 [upgradable from:…
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Can't install nala in ubuntu 18.04. What's the matter?

I was trying to install it and no results of it. But I'm using apt to do it. ninjmango@lenovothinkpadt400:~$ sudo apt install nala Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate…
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