Timeline for Why does apt-file report "The cache is empty" even after running "apt-file update"?
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| Jan 11, 2024 at 17:50 | comment | added | Kevin E | I also agree that this looks like a bug in apt-file itself. | |
| Jan 11, 2024 at 17:48 | comment | added | Kevin E | I think you're on to something—running an extra sudo apt update did appear to fix this problem for me. However, you might be misunderstanding that sudo apt update and sudo apt-get update do the same thing, as far as I know, apt being more or less just a friendlier wrapper around apt-get and apt-cache. | |
| Jun 8, 2023 at 3:59 | history | edited | Lockszmith | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 59 characters in body |
| Jun 7, 2023 at 18:25 | comment | added | jayhendren | Running an apt-get update first does not resolve the issue. | |
| Aug 26, 2022 at 13:23 | history | answered | Lockszmith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |