Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: cabextract fonts-wine libjemalloc1 libllvm6.0:i386 libllvm7 libllvm7:i386 libmspack0 libwine libwine:i386 libwine-development libwine-development:i386 wine32:i386 wine32-development:i386 wine64 wine64-development Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: aptitude:i386 aptitude-common libapt-pkg5.0:i386 libboost-filesystem1.65.1:i386 libboost-iostreams1.65.1:i386 libboost-system1.65.1:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libcwidget3v5:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libsigc++-2.0-0v5:i386 libxapian30:i386 libzstd1:i386 Suggested packages: aptitude-doc-en:i386 | aptitude-doc:i386 apt-xapian-index:i386 debtags:i386 tasksel:i386 libcwidget-dev:i386 xapian-tools:i386 Recommended packages: libparse-debianchangelog-perl:i386 apt:i386 The following packages will be REMOVED: apt apt-transport-https apt-utils code packages-microsoft-prod ttf-mscorefonts-installer ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk update-manager update-notifier update-notifier-common The following NEW packages will be installed: aptitude-common libapt-pkg5.0:i386 libboost-filesystem1.65.1:i386 libboost-iostreams1.65.1:i386 libboost-system1.65.1:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libcwidget3v5:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libsigc++-2.0-0v5:i386 libxapian30:i386 libzstd1:i386 The following packages will be upgraded: aptitude:i386 WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! apt 1 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 12 to remove and 29 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 4,892 kB of archives. After this operation, 227 MB disk space will be freed. You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!' ?] y Abort.
As @steeldriver comments, y is not the phrase Yes, do as I say!
It seems that the action you are trying to make could potentially damage your system by removing important packages. In the apt output you can read:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
apt apt-transport-https apt-utils code packages-microsoft-prod
ttf-mscorefonts-installer ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk update-manager update-notifier
update-notifier-common
apt is making sure you want remove apt. If this is what you want to do and know how to fix it in case it is not, then you can continue.
answered Aug 17 '19 at 15:56
yis not the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'. What issue are you trying to solve, exactly?aptis clearly trying to stop you from doing something potentially damaging. – steeldriver Aug 17 '19 at 15:06archanduname -mto the question. – N0rbert Aug 17 '19 at 15:36apt-mark showmanual | grep aptplease too. – nobody Aug 17 '19 at 15:37aptitudepackage manager, which was replaced byapt-getin 2011. Is there any specific reason you are doing this? – Ángel Araya Aug 17 '19 at 15:56aptitudepackage manager, which was replaced byapt-getin 2011." . For example debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/… and help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/aptitude.html do not state this. So you spread misinformation. It is more-powerful advanced tool and not the replacement. – N0rbert Aug 17 '19 at 16:29