Interesting, I have had the exact opposite experience. apt-get is the overwhleming reason I stick with Debian. I have only seen such behavior you describe when

Interesting, I have had the exact opposite experience. apt-get is the overwhleming reason I stick with Debian. I have only seen such behavior you describe when I did a franken Debian [1] or added unofficial repositories (which I would argue is like installing random programs on any computer, do at your own risk). Even then, it only broke when I did a major upgrade (For comparision, it would be like upgrading from Windows 7 to 10). When I stick with official repositories or I understand what I am doing with unoffficial repositories, I have never had an issue. The one installation of a time is curious too, as I have installed lots of programs at the same time with apt-get without issue. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_Frank...