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when I try to install a package by doing

apt-get install abc*

it gives me an error between two packages that

abc-x : | Conflicts: abc-y
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I would like to exclude abc-x from the regex of my initial command. Is there a way I can accomplish this?

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  • Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/q/216995/2268345? – bntser Dec 20 '13 at 23:44
  • I looked at that before, but I could not figure out how to use it in an apt-get command. Because I want all abc* except abc-x. – Sylar Dec 21 '13 at 02:17

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Step 1

Create a package-list with

apt-cache search abc*>package-list

source: How do I search for available packages from the command-line?

Step 2

Install the packages with

cat package-list | xargs sudo apt-get install

source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1548121

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