24 files changed, 52 insertions, 153 deletions
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e47e867bf..2a06da34f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ configure_file(CMake/apti18n.h.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/apti18n.h)
 add_subdirectory(vendor)
 add_subdirectory(apt-pkg)
 add_subdirectory(apt-private)
-add_subdirectory(apt-inst)
 add_subdirectory(cmdline)
 add_subdirectory(completions)
 add_subdirectory(doc)
diff --git a/abicheck/apt_build.xml.in b/abicheck/apt_build.xml.in
index 32886d931..ec3946648 100644
--- a/abicheck/apt_build.xml.in
+++ b/abicheck/apt_build.xml.in
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
    
  <libs>
   @build_path@/apt-pkg/
-  @build_path@/apt-inst/
  </libs>
diff --git a/apt-inst/CMakeLists.txt b/apt-inst/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e4e91e493..000000000
--- a/apt-inst/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Include apt-pkg directly, as some files have #include <system.h>
-include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/apt-pkg)
-
-# Set the version of the library
-set(MAJOR 3.0)
-set(MINOR 0)
-set(APT_INST_MAJOR ${MAJOR} PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-# Definition of the C++ files used to build the library - note that this
-# is expanded at CMake time, so you have to rerun cmake if you add or remove
-# a file (you can just run cmake . in the build directory)
-file(GLOB_RECURSE library "*.cc")
-file(GLOB_RECURSE headers "*.h")
-
-configure_file(apt-inst.pc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apt-inst.pc @ONLY)
-
-# Create a library using the C++ files
-add_library(apt-inst SHARED ${library})
-
-# Link the library and set the SONAME
-target_link_libraries(apt-inst PUBLIC apt-pkg ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_link_libraries(apt-inst PRIVATE ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-set_target_properties(apt-inst PROPERTIES VERSION ${MAJOR}.${MINOR})
-set_target_properties(apt-inst PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${MAJOR})
-add_version_script(apt-inst)
-
-# Install the library and the headers
-install(TARGETS apt-inst LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-install(FILES ${headers} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/apt-pkg)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/apt-inst.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
-flatify(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include/apt-pkg/ "${headers}")
diff --git a/apt-inst/apt-inst.pc.in b/apt-inst/apt-inst.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d61a202f..000000000
--- a/apt-inst/apt-inst.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
-includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
-
-Name: apt-inst
-Description: deb package format runtime library
-Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lapt-inst
-Cflags: -I${includedir}
-Requires: apt-pkg
diff --git a/apt-inst/dpkg-diffs.txt b/apt-inst/dpkg-diffs.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d161055f7..000000000
--- a/apt-inst/dpkg-diffs.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- Replacing directories with files
-  dpkg permits this with the weak condition that the directory is owned only
-  by the package. APT requires that the directory have no files that are not
-  owned by the package. Replaces are specifically not checked to prevent
-  file list corruption.
diff --git a/apt-inst/contrib/arfile.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc
index 3fc3afedb..3fc3afedb 100644
--- a/apt-inst/contrib/arfile.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.cc
diff --git a/apt-inst/contrib/arfile.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.h
index cf454941e..cf454941e 100644
--- a/apt-inst/contrib/arfile.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/arfile.h
diff --git a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc
index 9bb0a55c0..9bb0a55c0 100644
--- a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.cc
diff --git a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.h
index adde21352..adde21352 100644
--- a/apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/extracttar.h
diff --git a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc
index f8d752e7f..f8d752e7f 100644
--- a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debfile.cc
diff --git a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.h b/apt-pkg/deb/debfile.h
index 21c59a567..21c59a567 100644
--- a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/debfile.h
diff --git a/apt-inst/dirstream.cc b/apt-pkg/dirstream.cc
index d6cf0ab3f..d6cf0ab3f 100644
--- a/apt-inst/dirstream.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/dirstream.cc
diff --git a/apt-inst/dirstream.h b/apt-pkg/dirstream.h
index 0f0e348d0..0f0e348d0 100644
--- a/apt-inst/dirstream.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/dirstream.h
diff --git a/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt b/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
index 8977b45d1..d82239bee 100644
--- a/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ target_link_libraries(apt-cdrom apt-pkg apt-private)
 target_link_libraries(apt-helper apt-pkg apt-private)
 target_link_libraries(apt-mark apt-pkg apt-private)
 target_link_libraries(apt-sortpkgs apt-pkg apt-private)
-target_link_libraries(apt-extracttemplates apt-pkg apt-inst apt-private)
-target_link_libraries(apt-internal-solver apt-pkg apt-inst apt-private)
-target_link_libraries(apt-dump-solver apt-pkg apt-inst apt-private)
-target_link_libraries(apt-internal-planner apt-pkg apt-inst apt-private)
+target_link_libraries(apt-extracttemplates apt-pkg apt-private)
+target_link_libraries(apt-internal-solver apt-pkg apt-private)
+target_link_libraries(apt-dump-solver apt-pkg apt-private)
+target_link_libraries(apt-internal-planner apt-pkg apt-private)
 
 set_target_properties(apt-dump-solver
                       PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY solvers
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4aca00b95..26ab624ef 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -94,19 +94,6 @@ Description: package management runtime library
     http(s), rsh as well as an interface to add more transports like
     tor+http(s) (apt-transport-tor).
 
-Package: libapt-inst3.0
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Priority: optional
-Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
-Section: libs
-Provides: libapt-inst (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: deb package format runtime library
- This library provides methods to query and extract information
- from deb packages. This includes the control data and the package
- file content.
-
 Package: apt-doc
 Architecture: all
 Priority: optional
@@ -121,8 +108,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Priority: optional
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
-Depends: libapt-inst (= ${binary:Version}),
-         libapt-pkg (= ${binary:Version}),
+Depends: libapt-pkg (= ${binary:Version}),
          zlib1g-dev,
          ${misc:Depends}
 Section: libdevel
@@ -146,7 +132,6 @@ Description: documentation for APT development
 Package: apt-utils
 Architecture: any
 Depends: apt (= ${binary:Version}),
-         libapt-inst3.0 (>= ${binary:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: package management related utility programs
diff --git a/debian/libapt-inst3.0.install b/debian/libapt-inst3.0.install
deleted file mode 100644
index a8ddd5e2d..000000000
--- a/debian/libapt-inst3.0.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-usr/lib/*/libapt-inst*.so.*
-usr/share/locale/*/*/libapt-inst*.mo
diff --git a/debian/libapt-inst3.0.symbols b/debian/libapt-inst3.0.symbols
deleted file mode 100644
index 67f095116..000000000
--- a/debian/libapt-inst3.0.symbols
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-libapt-inst.so.3.0 libapt-inst3.0 #MINVER#
-* Build-Depends-Package: libapt-pkg-dev
- (c++)"ExtractTar::Done()@APTINST_3.0" 1.1~exp12
- (c++)"ExtractTar::Go(pkgDirStream&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ExtractTar::StartGzip()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ExtractTar::ExtractTar(FileFd&, unsigned long long, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)@APTINST_3.0" 1.0.5
- (c++)"ExtractTar::~ExtractTar()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::GotoMember(char const*)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::CheckMember(char const*)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::ControlExtract::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::ExtractTarMember(pkgDirStream&, char const*)@APTINST_3.0" 0.9.15.4
- (c++)"debDebFile::ExtractArchive(pkgDirStream&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::TakeControl(void const*, unsigned long long)@APTINST_3.0" 1.0.5
- (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::Read(debDebFile&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::Process(pkgDirStream::Item&, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long)@APTINST_3.0" 1.0.5
- (c++)"debDebFile::debDebFile(FileFd&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::FinishedFile(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::CheckDirReplace(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, unsigned int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::HandleOverwrites(pkgFLCache::NodeIterator, bool)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::Fail(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::Aborted()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::Finished()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgExtract::pkgExtract(pkgFLCache&, pkgCache::VerIterator)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::TreeLookup(unsigned int*, char const*, char const*, unsigned long, unsigned int*, bool)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::AddConfFile(char const*, char const*, pkgFLCache::PkgIterator const&, unsigned char const*)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::AddDiversion(pkgFLCache::PkgIterator const&, char const*, char const*)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::BeginDiverLoad()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::FinishDiverLoad()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::GetPkg(char const*, char const*, bool)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::Header::Header()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::GetNode(char const*, char const*, unsigned int, bool, bool)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::DropNode(unsigned int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::HashNode(pkgFLCache::NodeIterator const&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::PrintTree(unsigned int, unsigned long)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::pkgFLCache(DynamicMMap&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgDirStream::FinishedFile(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgDirStream::Fail(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgDirStream::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ARArchive::LoadHeaders()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ARArchive::ARArchive(FileFd&)@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ARArchive::~ARArchive()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::NodeIterator::RealPackage() const@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"pkgFLCache::Header::CheckSizes(pkgFLCache::Header&) const@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"ARArchive::FindMember(char const*) const@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo for ExtractTar@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo for pkgExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo for pkgDirStream@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo name for ExtractTar@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo name for pkgExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo name for pkgDirStream@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo name for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"typeinfo name for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"vtable for ExtractTar@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"vtable for pkgExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"vtable for pkgDirStream@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"vtable for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
- (c++)"vtable for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.0
-### gcc artifacts
- (c++|optional=std)"std::vector<APT::Configuration::Compressor, std::allocator<APT::Configuration::Compressor> >::~vector()@APTINST_3.0" 0.8.12
- (c++|optional=std)"void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag)@APTINST_3.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
- (c++|optional=std)"void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char const*>(char const*, char const*, std::forward_iterator_tag)@APTINST_3.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
-### symbol versioning
- APTINST_3.0@APTINST_3.0 1.1~exp9
-### try to ignore std:: template instances
diff --git a/debian/libapt-pkg-dev.install b/debian/libapt-pkg-dev.install
index 563e99909..eea242896 100644
--- a/debian/libapt-pkg-dev.install
+++ b/debian/libapt-pkg-dev.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 usr/include/apt-pkg/
-usr/lib/*/libapt-inst*.so
 usr/lib/*/libapt-pkg*.so
 usr/lib/*/pkgconfig/apt-*.pc
diff --git a/debian/libapt-pkg6.0.symbols b/debian/libapt-pkg6.0.symbols
index 5be6fa880..a850daa09 100644
--- a/debian/libapt-pkg6.0.symbols
+++ b/debian/libapt-pkg6.0.symbols
@@ -1471,3 +1471,45 @@ libapt-pkg.so.6.0 libapt-pkg6.0 #MINVER#
  (c++|optional=std)"void std::vector<APT::Configuration::Compressor, std::allocator<APT::Configuration::Compressor> >::emplace_back<char const (&) [6], char const (&) [5], char const (&) [6], char const (&) [3], char const (&) [3], int>(char const (&) [6], char const (&) [5], char const (&) [6], char const (&) [3], char const (&) [3], int&&)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
  (c++|optional=std)"void std::vector<APT::Configuration::Compressor, std::allocator<APT::Configuration::Compressor> >::emplace_back<char const (&) [6], char const (&) [5], char const (&) [6], decltype(nullptr), decltype(nullptr), int>(char const (&) [6], char const (&) [5], char const (&) [6], decltype(nullptr)&&, decltype(nullptr)&&, int&&)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
  (c++|optional=std)"void std::vector<re_pattern_buffer*, std::allocator<re_pattern_buffer*> >::emplace_back<re_pattern_buffer*>(re_pattern_buffer*&&)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
+* Build-Depends-Package: libapt-pkg-dev
+ (c++)"ExtractTar::Done()@APTPKG_6.0" 1.1~exp12
+ (c++)"ExtractTar::Go(pkgDirStream&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ExtractTar::StartGzip()@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ExtractTar::ExtractTar(FileFd&, unsigned long long, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.0.5
+ (c++)"ExtractTar::~ExtractTar()@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::GotoMember(char const*)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::CheckMember(char const*)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::ControlExtract::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::ExtractTarMember(pkgDirStream&, char const*)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.9.15.4
+ (c++)"debDebFile::ExtractArchive(pkgDirStream&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::TakeControl(void const*, unsigned long long)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.0.5
+ (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::Read(debDebFile&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"debDebFile::MemControlExtract::Process(pkgDirStream::Item&, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.0.5
+ (c++)"debDebFile::debDebFile(FileFd&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"pkgDirStream::FinishedFile(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"pkgDirStream::Fail(pkgDirStream::Item&, int)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"pkgDirStream::DoItem(pkgDirStream::Item&, int&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ARArchive::LoadHeaders()@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ARArchive::ARArchive(FileFd&)@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ARArchive::~ARArchive()@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"ARArchive::FindMember(char const*) const@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo for ExtractTar@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo for pkgDirStream@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo name for ExtractTar@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo name for pkgDirStream@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo name for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"typeinfo name for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"vtable for ExtractTar@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"vtable for pkgDirStream@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"vtable for debDebFile::ControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+ (c++)"vtable for debDebFile::MemControlExtract@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.0
+### gcc artifacts
+ (c++|optional=std)"std::vector<APT::Configuration::Compressor, std::allocator<APT::Configuration::Compressor> >::~vector()@APTPKG_6.0" 0.8.12
+ (c++|optional=std)"void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
+ (c++|optional=std)"void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char const*>(char const*, char const*, std::forward_iterator_tag)@APTPKG_6.0" 1.7.0~alpha3~
+### symbol versioning
+ APTPKG_6.0@APTINST_3.0 1.1~exp9
+### try to ignore std:: template instances
diff --git a/ftparchive/CMakeLists.txt b/ftparchive/CMakeLists.txt
index bbd2848c1..9aa6606f1 100644
--- a/ftparchive/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ftparchive/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ add_executable(apt-ftparchive ${source})
 
 # Link the executables against the libraries
 target_include_directories(apt-ftparchive PRIVATE ${BERKELEY_DB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_libraries(apt-ftparchive apt-inst apt-pkg apt-private ${BERKELEY_DB_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(apt-ftparchive apt-pkg apt-private ${BERKELEY_DB_LIBRARIES})
 
 # Install the executables
 install(TARGETS apt-ftparchive RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index a8893e8ba..c03d6d03e 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,18 +31,11 @@ apt_add_translation_domain(
     EXCLUDE_LANGUAGES ${languages_excluded}
 )
 
-apt_add_translation_domain(
-    DOMAIN libapt-inst${APT_INST_MAJOR}
-    TARGETS apt-inst
-    EXCLUDE_LANGUAGES ${languages_excluded}
-)
-
 apt_add_update_po(
     TEMPLATE
         apt-all
     DOMAINS
         libapt-pkg${APT_PKG_MAJOR}
-        libapt-inst${APT_INST_MAJOR}
         apt
         apt-utils
     EXCLUDE_LANGUAGES
diff --git a/prepare-release b/prepare-release
index ea749f85d..919450b33 100755
--- a/prepare-release
+++ b/prepare-release
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ VERSION=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e '/^Version:/s/^Version: //p')
 DISTRIBUTION=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e '/^Distribution:/s/^Distribution: //p')
 
 LIBAPTPKGVERSION="$(awk -v ORS='.' '/^\#define APT_PKG_M/ {print $3}' apt-pkg/contrib/macros.h | sed 's/\.$//')"
-LIBAPTINSTVERSION="$(sed -nr 's/set\(MAJOR ([^)]*)\)/\1/p' apt-inst/CMakeLists.txt)"
 
 librarysymbolsfromfile() {
 	local MISSING="$(grep '^+#MISSING' "$1")"
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ if [ "$1" = 'pre-export' ]; then
 	}
 
 	libraryversioncheck 'libapt-pkg' "$LIBAPTPKGVERSION"
-	libraryversioncheck 'libapt-inst' "$LIBAPTINSTVERSION"
 
 
 	if [ "$DISTRIBUTION" = 'sid' ]; then
@@ -181,7 +179,6 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'library' ]; then
 	}
 	librarysymbols 'libapt-pkg' "${LIBAPTPKGVERSION}"
 	echo
-	librarysymbols 'libapt-inst' "${LIBAPTINSTVERSION}"
 elif [ "$1" = 'buildlog' ]; then
 	while [ -n "$2" ]; do
 		librarysymbolsfromfile "$2" 'UNKNOWN'
@@ -222,7 +219,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = 'coverage' ]; then
 	}
 	grep 'build/include/' "${DIR}/apt.coverage.fixed" | sed "s#^SF:$(pwd)/##" | while read file; do
 		rewritefile "$file" 'apt-pkg' 'apt-pkg/deb' 'apt-pkg/edsp' 'apt-pkg/contrib' \
-		   'apt-inst' 'apt-inst/deb' 'apt-inst/contrib' 'apt-private'
+		  'apt-private'
 	done
 	genhtml --output-directory "${DIR}" "${DIR}/apt.coverage.fixed" ${LCOVRC}
 elif [ "$1" = 'spellcheckers' -o "$1" = 'lint' ]; then
diff --git a/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt b/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a32ca17e..f4238665d 100644
--- a/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/interactive-helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 add_executable(mthdcat mthdcat.cc)
 target_link_libraries(mthdcat apt-pkg)
 add_executable(testdeb testdeb.cc)
-target_link_libraries(testdeb apt-pkg apt-inst)
+target_link_libraries(testdeb apt-pkg)
 add_executable(extract-control extract-control.cc)
-target_link_libraries(extract-control apt-pkg apt-inst)
+target_link_libraries(extract-control apt-pkg)
 add_executable(aptwebserver aptwebserver.cc)
 target_link_libraries(aptwebserver apt-pkg  ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 add_executable(aptdropprivs aptdropprivs.cc)
diff --git a/test/libapt/CMakeLists.txt b/test/libapt/CMakeLists.txt
index 035ff07b1..57ef5ac3f 100644
--- a/test/libapt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/libapt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(PROJECT_TEST_LIBRARIES apt-private apt-inst)
+set(PROJECT_TEST_LIBRARIES apt-private)
 find_path(GTEST_ROOT src/gtest.cc
    /usr/src/googletest/googletest
    /usr/src/gtest