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How do I remove .deb files of UNINSTALLED PACKAGES from the apt cache? [duplicate]
I am an Ubuntu newbie. I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit on my machine. And from the very start I like the experience Ubuntu is giving me.
I have learned some basic tasks like installing and ...
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Issues opening everything
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04. I had issues opening Skype. I looked at a few tutorials that I found from Google searches to no avail.
I figured it may just be an issue and went to try and update ...
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How to install apt-get package manager [closed]
I am booting Ubuntu via VirtualBox. PostgreSQL 8.0 is already installed in the disk image I am using. Now I want to upgrade the PostgreSQL database to a higher version.
I tried using:
apt-get upgrade
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E:Malformed Line 61 [duplicate]
Hello I am new to Linux (Only installed today).
I have an issue though which is "This is a serious problem. Try again later. If this problem appears again, please report an error to the developers."
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will apt-get autoremove break other dependencies?
I want to use apt-get autoremove to remove liba for instance, but I'm not sure whether it is smart enough to preserve other dependencies. For instance, if liba depends on libb, while libc also depends ...
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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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apt-get update problem when updating a reprepro repository
i have made a repository using reprepro on my Ubuntu 13.04, i uploaded this repo to sourceforge.net , i can download packages from it and i can update it, put after adding the repository to my ...
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install/remove list of packages from command line with apt-get
I'm writing a Makefile for our team to be able to set up a local environment with all of the software they need to install packages, etc so that they can develop quickly without having to figure out ...
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Mono experimantal packages and apt-get
I have a slight problem trying to get the mono experimental 3.0.6 installed on ubuntu. I am quite unexperienced with ubuntu and apt-get so bear with me please. I come from this link: ...
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12.04 64-bit how to solve, pcscd : Depends: libccid (>= 1.4.1~) but it is not going to be installed or pcsc-ifd-handler?
I need to install a package but its failing in 12.04 64 -bit.
root@sun-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:/var/tmp# apt-get install pcscd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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Why does `apt-get install python-` remove everything? [duplicate]
Have a look at the output of this simulated apt-get:
$ apt-get -s install python-
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that ...
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Obsolete packages vs. orphaned packages
What is the difference between obsolete and orphaned packages? More specifically, why does deborphan produce this:
dave@ubuntu:~$ deborphan
libbind9-80
libllvm3.1
libgrail5
libpython3.2
libsvga1
...
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How do I get Glibc >= 2.16.0?
I know there are already built packages for Pidgin. I need to build Pidgin so I can build plug-ins.
I need Glibc >= 2.16.0. Unfortunately, I get stuck in an endless dependency loop. I need ...
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How do I use rapt-file?
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
I'm trying to find out what dependencies package gnucash 1:2.4.10-1 has as I'm investigating what would be involved in updating the Ubuntu package to the latest version of gnucash.
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Problem installing i-mscp [duplicate]
I have a problem on my Ubuntu...When I try to install i-mscp I get this error:
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/multiverse i386 ...
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Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' doesn't work [duplicate]
What could I do to solve these problems? It happened when I canceled software upgrade on my Ubuntu Linux.
apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Install a package manager without package manager
I'm doing some work on a really, really minimalistic Debian dist and noticed that there is no package manager on it.
Can anyone tell me how I can fix this? There is no GUI but I have a Internet ...
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Dependency error while installing cinnamon
I get following error while installing Cinnamon
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be ...
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Cannot get OpenGL to install
When I try to run an example application it says I am missing
a file that is found in OpenGL.
I found information online and tried to install OpenGL with the following command:
sudo apt-get install ...
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How do I not resolve unmet dependencies?
I followed the answer to How do I install gedit without Zeitgeist? and installed gedit without zeitgeist (in fact, zeitgeist is completely removed). gedit runs happily without zeitgeist.
Now I can't ...
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Why older version of package repositories of Ubuntu don't get updated?
Suppose my Ubuntu version is Natty and I want to install the latest nodejs using apt-get. However, the latest nodejs is only available in the package repository of Quantal.(see ...
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Errors when running apt-get update?
W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/dists/raring/Release.gpg Something wicked happened resolving 'dl.google.com:http' (-11 - System error)
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Inconsistency detected ny ld.so? Bad upgrade? Help?
A few days ago I installed Minecraft on my machine(xubuntu 12.10) and everything worked smoothly
Today I did an apt-get upgrade and launched Minecraft and I got this error
Inconsistency detected by ...
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How can I list all packaged installed by me?
I am trying to clean my installation up a bit, so I decided to clean up my packages a bit. However, I'm having trouble with that: My wish is to make apt-get list all packages installed by me. If I ...
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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 ...
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failed to install gnome3 ubuntu 12.04
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-session
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
...
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How to create package download script with correct dependencies?
In Synaptic it's possible to select a bunch of packages for installation (or reinstallation), then just click File → Generate package download script to get a set of commands to download the ...
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Debian Package Creation- how to define environment variables within the package
I built a package with the sudo-ldap package defined as a dependency in the control file (please see below). I'm going to have people install using the gdebi command to install which should install ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to remove all the packages installed from a specific repository?
I would like to remove every package that came from the Multiverse repository. What is the best way to do this?
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.deb package creation. Why are my files not being installed?
I'm a newbie with package creation so please feel free to slap me down as needed :). In any case, I wanted to create a package that would install and set up all of specific ldap related packages and ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 Depends: postgresql-9.1-postgis
I am installing LocalWiki on a Virtual Machine hosted by 1&1.com It is Ubuntu 12.04.
When I run sudo apt-get install localwiki as instructed by http://localwiki.org/install/,
I get the following ...
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apt get is not working unmet dependencies
I tried installing the packages as below
apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext \
libz-dev libssl-dev
then I got this error
root@ip-10-233-139-125:~# apt-get -f install
...
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renew ubuntu packages to state after instalation as solution to dependency problems
Hi I get to the state where apt-get isn't able to install almost anything. This is my original question: all packages keep unmeting dependencies all the time
Now I gave up searching for what is wrong ...
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bad downloaded packages? linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae' is missing final newline
I'm having some trouble updating my software. It seems like the new packages have been downloaded but one package is giving me some trouble
This is the output I get when I try to upgrade my software ...
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all packages keep unmeting dependencies all the time
All problems begin when I was trying to install graphics card driver. My desktop wanished. I paniced and reinstalled (with apt-get) a lot of packages including Ubuntu desktop, Unity, Xserver, etc. I ...
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How do I solve 'The following packages have unmet dependencies' error? [duplicate]
I am trying to do sudo apt-get upgrade and I am having the following issues. I am not able to install any package also.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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What is the recommended stable way to update Ubuntu?
I asked this question for the simple fact that software center was trying to FORCED 9 software updates that came from a non too familiar source which I believe has been causing Ubuntu to be unstable. ...
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Duplicated sources problem [duplicate]
What should I do? I want to fix grub error. I already did that once from ubuntu LiveCD and it worked, but now I have this problem:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise ...
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Could not initialize the package information [duplicate]
I have problem opening my update manager. I tried both GUI and command line method but found no luck in resolving this issue.
With GUI Update Manager says:
Could not initialize the package ...
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Building debian package - How do dependencies work?
I'm in the process of building a debian package. The goal is to package up a directory into a .deb that will have 2 dependencies that are other packages I created.
When installing the .deb package, ...
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sudo apt-get install (google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb) is not working
I was told that sudo apt-get install (package.deb) installs the software with all the dependencies too.
I am trying install Google Chrome, but when I do this step, it generates the following error:
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version of updated package
I'm running apt-get upgrade and see list of available packages which could be upgraded. Some of them without any version, how can I figure out what package version apt want to install here?
For ...
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How exactly does Synaptic keep track of “New in repository” packages?
Is this info part of APT cache or does it create a separate file to compare with new cache?
Where is it stored then?
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E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.? [duplicate]
I honestly am clueless. I am trying to install GNUradio. When I go to install the pre requisites, using sudo apt-get install cmake swig libcppunit-dev python-cheetah doxygen \
libboost-all-dev ...
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Error broken count>0
I am running Ubuntu 11.10. I have this error message that shows as a no-entry sign such as ...
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APT wedged by kernel version mismatch
Apt is seemingly unable to do anything useful for me, repeatedly giving messages of this form:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-server:
linux-server depends on ...
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Can I install `libssl-dev:i386` on x86_64 system without losing important packages?
On my x86_64 12.10 system, when I try to
apt-get install libssl-dev:i386
apt wants to remove a bunch of things:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
build-essential dkms g++ g++-multilib gcc ...
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Should I use tasksel, tasks in APT or install regular metapackages?
Tasksel or plain Apt?
In the past I've always used tasksel to install so-called "tasks". It seems, however, that this has been integrated in APT:
apt-cache dumpavail | grep ^Task
[...] snip
Task: ...
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1answer
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apt-get -f install simply not working
Everytime I am trying to install a package with apt-get install I get this.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f ...
