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problem with 'sudo apt-get upgrade'
When I run sudo apt-get upgrade, the following error rises:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
...
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1answer
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Apt-get is broken [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I am having a problem installing anything. Every single apt-get commands returns:
Setting up install-info (4.13a.dfsg.1-8ubuntu2) ...
/usr/sbin/update-info-dir: line ...
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3answers
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What is the difference between dpkg and aptitude/apt-get?
When installing a software via 'dpkg -i packageA.deb', will the dependencies required by packageA be downloaded and installed automatically? How is this different from using apt-get or aptitude?
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Update Manager broken package libxext6 and libxext6:i386 [duplicate]
This problem seems similar to some, but none of the fixes work. When I try to update, it reads/displays the packages, but it will not install. The error message I got in the terminal is:
dpkg: error ...
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2answers
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block from installing network-manager [duplicate]
How can I, for always, block the installation of a package? (in this case: network-manager)
I previously did
echo network-manager hold | dpkg --set-selections
After some update I found that it was ...
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2answers
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How to install recommend packages from a file (package.deb)?
I have a package.deb and want to install all dependencies (Depends field in debian/control) and all recommend packages (Recommends field in debian/control).
Options considered so far:
Gdebi ...
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2answers
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How to check a .deb file Installable or not using command line
How can i check a *.deb file is good to install in current system without install it? Is there any way that i can use dpkg or apt-get or other command line tools for this purpose?
Note: I need to do ...
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1answer
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Getting dpkg-buildpackage depencency errors when using apt-get install source --compile [closed]
I was playing around with
apt-get install source --compile
And I used audacity:
sudo apt-get install source --compile audacity
However, I am getting a dependency error:
...
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0answers
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Script not available after installing package
I'm creating my own repository to host my scripts. I wrote a shell script and wanted to package into a .deb file. I created the DEBIAN directory and the control file inside.
The .deb is created ...
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0answers
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“Permission denied” error using dpkg-scanpackages and gzip
I'm quite new to Linux. I wanted to set up my own local apt-repository using instructions given here.
However, when i execute the script as:
#! /bin/bash
cd /var/www/debs/i386
dpkg-scanpackages . ...
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0answers
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apt-hell broken dependancies for mysql server
'devillj@bbj-EP45-UD3R:/var/log/mysql$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting ...
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0answers
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dpkg error when installing linux
After running:
sudo apt-get -f install
or
sudo apt-get install linux
this error appears:
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: ...
0
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1answer
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How to resolve dependency conflict (perl conflicts with libxml-sax-perl)?
I am trying to install a package called libxml-simple-perl, but it depends on libxml-sax-perl, I have installed other dependencies without issues, but this one below is giving me a lot of trouble, and ...
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1answer
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Is there any YUM to APT-GET tool?
I have a big source code where it wants to install everything where shown of YUM (Fedora, CentOS, Red hat package manager).
Example:
$ yum install bzip2 cpio curl curl-devel fileutils gettext-devel ...
0
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1answer
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12.04 unattended-upgrades package has lock on /var/lib/dpkg/lock (cannot sudo apt-get update due to lock) [duplicate]
Calling the sudo apt-get update fails to complete. Fails with:
Fetched 2,212 kB in 13s (162 kB/s)
E: ...
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1answer
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Failed linux Kernel Firmware Update
Ok guys this is what I get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
...
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1answer
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Term for “Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.” dialogue?
Sometimes I see the following dialog.
Configuration file `/etc/...'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu 12.0.4 package update failure libssl1.0.0 out of memory error [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and yesterday automatic updates failed on what appeared to be the update of openssl package. I have searched around and found several old q&a's to this package ...
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0answers
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DPKG installation error due to LZMA error
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I had recently upgraded the LMZA library to 4.43 which is the latest version. Ever since it gives error while installing few softwares and upgrades.
It shows the ...
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0answers
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dpkg stale NFS problem, but no NFS ever used
I've been having issues with updating my computer running 13.04. The problems are also encountered while trying to do any package operation as far as I can tell. The error message is "Stale NFS ...
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1answer
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Lost/Deleted dpkg (package manager for Debian). How do I get it back?
OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Accidentally deleted dpkg. Now, packages can't be installed. So, needs an dpkg installer which installs packages.
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1answer
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I just lost /var/lib/dpkg
I have an empty /var/lib/dpkg and as consequence both apt and dpkg are starting to complain about everything and with every simple task I would like to do with them: there is a way to rebuild that ...
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2answers
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avoid reinstall virtualbox and update to the latest release
Installing virtualbox-extension-pack-4.2.12 to enable USB2.0 controller prompted only to work with the latest release.
But my current version is 4.0.18 on debian wheezy. The latest release of ...
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1answer
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apt authentication failure on self-signed package
I did create a gpg key using "gpg --gen-key", here is the listing:
> gpg --list-keys
/home/<user>/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
--------------------------------
pub 2048R/99EDE0B7 2013-02-05
uid ...
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0answers
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Unpacking with dpkg incredibly slow
I'm experiencing a huge slow down during any installation with apt or "dpkg --install" whenever the installation comes to the point of unpacking something.
For example, currently the system is ...
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0answers
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dpkg --configure -a not working
When I try to execute
dpkg --configure -a
I get this message:
Setting up jre (1.7.021-1) ... Error: unpack200 - command could not be
found.
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of ...
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0answers
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Errors were encountered while processing:libglib2.0-0:i386
Every time i run:
sudo apt-get upgrade
or when i try to:
sudo apt-get install
a program, it gives me this error:
Errors were encountered while processing:
libglib2.0-0:i386
E: Sub-process ...
0
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0answers
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Package Error When Upgrading or Installing anything
I've been dealing with this issue for a while now and have serched for weeks but can't find anyway to fix it. I basically can't install any programs or packages from anywhere. Everytime I do it gives ...
1
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1answer
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can dpkg obtain the source code of a package?
apt-get source {some-package-name}
gets the source code of that .deb.
Can this be achieved with dpkg instead? Or with software-center?
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2answers
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cannot lock /var/lib/dpkg/
semary@SemarY-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource
temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration ...
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0answers
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What does gnome-settings-daemon is not ready for configuration mean?
On a recent Ubuntu 12.10 install, something innocent like apt-get install xfonts-75dpi is giving this message:
dpkg: error processing gnome-settings-daemon (--configure):
package ...
4
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1answer
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How do I delete all packages which match a certain pattern?
I want to uninstall libreoffice. This program consists of about three dozen modules. Ideally, they could be removed with:
aptitude remove libreoffice3.6* libreoffice-debian-menus libobasis3.6-*
but ...
2
votes
1answer
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How to install the apt-get command, when it's itself been removed?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus tf101 and wanted to strip it down a little bit
removed the desktop environment and any application that comes with it.
By doing this I accidentally removed removed ...
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1answer
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Reinstall package and its installed dependencies
I've got a package installed that is broken (the package itself, not its dependencies). Reinstalling it with sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package> or sudo apt-get --reinstall install <package> ...
2
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1answer
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upgrade has a problem
when I use:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
I get this:
Setting up rsyslog (5.8.6-1ubuntu9.1) ...
dpkg: error processing rsyslog (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to determine if a package is safe to uninstall?
I know that there are many recipes/strategies for getting a "minimal Ubuntu", but they are too extreme for what I'm trying to do. Still, I suspect that I have a ton of packages installed that I don't ...
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2answers
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How to uninstall unused window managers and related packages?
I have uninstalled most unused session managers, but there are a few that still show among the options at login. The full list is:
Gnome classic
Gnome classic (No ...
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0answers
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Could not install any application in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I tried to install an application however, I received these errors here the result
apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
...
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2answers
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playonlinux installation failed how do I fix it? [duplicate]
So I was installing playonlinux as I wanted iTunes. I typed in the terminal sudo apt-get install playonlinux and it went well. But I can't find it on my laptop anywhere. When I try to install it again ...
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4answers
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Input/output error every time I use apt
Whenever I try any operation with apt-get, I get an Input/output error related to libcdio-paranoia1. This has been happening for a while ad I don't reall yknow what's happening, but it has prevented ...
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0answers
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how to remove a foreign architecture?
On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64, we'd like to remove the i386 foreign architecture it comes with, but I don't see a "dpkg" command to do this cleanly.
In Stuck with foreign-architecture=i386 when using ...
0
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1answer
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apt-get -f install — Vicious Circle — Please Help!
It has been a long time since I've asked for help, but I'm in dire need now.
Some time ago, I set up a friend's computer with 10.04. He's still running it but somewhere along the way, he started ...
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2answers
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Failed Kernel install results in apt and dpkg failure due to dependencies and configuration issues
I have seen some similar questions but none that I have seen have resolved my issue. An error occured durring a kernel upgrade on Ubuntu 12.04 from linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic to ...
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0answers
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dpkg: invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action “start” failed
I have read a number of the posts here and they all state to run the following commands:
Apt-get -f remove **
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get -f install **
I have seen these in various ...
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1answer
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Manually Adding Installed Package
i built some packages myself using make & make install instead of apt-get because some packages in ubuntu repositories are not the latest version, sometimes not new enough to build some package ...
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vote
1answer
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What packages on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 are need?
After I had some troubles with apt-get I added too much packages with the ubuntu-desktop package. Unfortunately, this happened on a ubuntu-server, so there are many unused packages now. Because I'm ...
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votes
3answers
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How can I tell which package an executable came from?
I'm answering a question with a suggestion to use rename, and I realize I don't know what package it comes from (as part of the answer, I imagine saying something like "if you don't have rename, it's ...
1
vote
1answer
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Cannot install any package using apt
It seems that some packages on my Ubuntu (Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, lucid) are broken, preventing me from installing any new packages. I have gone through similar questions in this site, but all proves ...
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1answer
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How to revert libdrm without causing dependency issues?
I've been experiencing severe stability issues for the past couple days, and I've narrowed it down to being a part of X, since everything goes back to normal for a bit when I restart lightdm.
I use ...
