Useful commands
Getting help
$ nala --help
Update package lists
$ nala update
Update package lists and install upgrades
$ nala upgrade
Autoremove packages that are not needed
$ nala autoremove
Purge packages that are not needed
$ nala autopurge
Clean local archive of packages
$ nala clean
Search packages
$ nala search <package name>
Configure closest repos and mirrors
The command will fetch the three fastest https mirrors for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy for Sweden and write them to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list.
$ nala fetch --ubuntu jammy --auto --https-only -c se --sources
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nala-sources.list
# Sources file built for nala
deb https://mirror.se.altushost.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src https://mirror.se.altushost.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb https://mirror.bahnhof.net/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src https://mirror.bahnhof.net/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
Quality of life-fixes with nala
$ nano ~/.bashrc
Add an alias as below, save and exit.
alias nn='nala upgrade && nala autoremove'
Now test the new alias.
$ nn
╭─ Updating Package List ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│Updated: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 48x48 Icons [43 KB] │
│Updated: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [193 KB] │
│Updated: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 64x64@2 Icons [214 Bytes] │
│Updated: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 128x128 Icons [253 KB] │
│Updated: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [8 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages [14.1 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe Translation-en [5.7 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3.6 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [3.4 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [7.6 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe DEP-11 64x64@2 Icons [69 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe DEP-11 128x128 Icons [12.5 MB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [286 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 Packages [217 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse i386 Packages [112 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse Translation-en [112 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [42 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 48x48 Icons [43 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [193 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 64x64@2 Icons [214 Bytes] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse DEP-11 128x128 Icons [253 KB] │
│Updated: https://ubuntu.mirror.su.se/ubuntu jammy/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [8 KB] │
│Fetched 180.2 MB in 17s (10.6 MB/s) │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
All packages are up to date.
Nothing for Nala to remove.
Sources
https://gitlab.com/volian/nala/-/blob/main/docs/nala-fetch.8.rst
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1463774/nala-broke-my-apt-package-manager
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/nala-apt
