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install mysql 5.6 in ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
Is there any way to install mysql5.6 with apt-get? any repository or ppa?
and also is it predictable that when ubuntu add mysql 5.6 to its official repo?
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What does 'Ign' mean when running an apt-get update?
I had a bunch of errors in the output of sudo apt-get update: duplicate entries and 404 not found errors.
Figured those out, I hope: I removed PPAs that didn't have any packages associated with ...
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shell script to conditionally add apt repository
I want to write a shell script that will add an apt repository.
I know that I can do it using sudo add-apt-repository -y <repo>.
My question is can I do it only if the repository was not ...
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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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Assign higher priority to PPA
I'm trying to figure out how to assign higher priority to one PPA over another PPA. I had a look on bunch of the answers on this forum but none of them solves my problem.
We have two PPA sources on ...
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Should I update the Ubuntu release name for PPAs?
Does it matter that I have files like webupd8team-jupiter-precise.list in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder if I'm using raring? Should I update the sources inside to say raring instead of precise or ...
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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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Upgrading to Ringtail 13.04 broke some APT repositories?
When I run sudo apt-get update on Ringtail, I get this:
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ amd64 Packages
404 NOT FOUND [IP: 208.69.124.224 80]
and
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ i386 ...
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Update of nagios3 in repository
When I installed nagios3 through apt-get on my ubuntu precise64 I found out there is out-of-date version 3.2.3.
The newest version is 3.5 right now.
I also checked that for newer versions of ubuntu ...
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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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Can i exclude certain repositories from apt-get upgrade?
I have installed percona extra backup by adding their repository. This worked and i was able to install the software successfully.
However now I am trying to run "apt-get upgrade" and it is trying ...
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Php repository without suhosin
I don't really know how to or want to compile php from source, but i need php without suhosin. As you may know the main repository comes with suhosin patch. this is causing errors on my website and I ...
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Which repository are free software on 12.04
I know restricted and multiverse are not free software, but what about source code and independent?
EDIT : I'm referring to free as in freedom.
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Need help fixing “E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/htp could not be found.”
I've tried and tried, but can't seem to find anything that works. I also see that I have no sources.list, help with both would be nice and probably necessary
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What happened to php-5.4.11 from Ondrej PPA? [closed]
I am in 12.04 so I added Ondrej's PPA to get PHP 5.4. So far so good but php-5.4.12 seems to be broken with our code and after a while of struggling I decided to downgrade to php-5.4.11 but apt-cache ...
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apt-get update will not work on my server
I've just installed Ubuntu Server 12.04 on my spare box, and I'm using a command line interface only to get my feet a little wet. ping google.com does work, so I know my connection is up and running. ...
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Understanding the working of Apt Virtual HTTP Repository
My university has a virtual HTTP repository which we can access by changing our proxy to 10.1.1.224:3142. Our regular proxy to access the internet is 10.1.8.44:8080. It incredibly speeds up download ...
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Force Ubuntu to only download updates form canonical.com mirrors
How do I force a Ubuntu machine to only download updates from official canonical.com mirrors? Right now it sometimes downloads from non canonical mirrors, which get flagged in our network monitoring ...
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why does Ubuntu downloads apps from 93.184.215.223?
Does anyone know I why my ubuntu machine makes a connection to 93.184.215.223 when I use apt-get? I thought all the software repositories were at *.canonical.com. I haven't added any 3rd party ...
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Removed repository still being showed in synaptic origin section
I'm sure to have correctly purged a certaing ppa: it doesn't anymore appear in sources.list nor in sources.list.d folder.
It doesn't even appear in Synaptic's repository list, but if I open the ...
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Error while trying to do sudo apt-get update [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
i'm not able to do sudo apt-get update in ubuntu 10.10 Here is my error
Hit http://dl.google.com stable ...
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Failed to fetch repositories [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?
How can I fix a 404 Error using the Ubuntu archives?
I am having trouble downloading the Ubuntu ...
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I'm having dependency problems with wine and multiarch on 12.04x64. I need a solution
EDIT 3: See bottom, for TL;DR-ish version.
I want to install wine1.5, from the ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa repository. Fair enough right?
(I'm running 12.04 x64 and a custom kernel.)
I added their ...
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apt-move says the packages are moved but they are gone
I'm trying to setup a Ubuntu mirror with selected packages from different repositories, by using apt-move, which I've been using on Ubuntu 10.04 without (too much) problems.
I've installed apt-move ...
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How to install software from old repository?
I want to install a package on a computer running Ubuntu Precise.
However, the provider of the package only "supports" Ubuntu up till Lucid. Newer versions are probably supported as well, but they ...
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canonicals skype repository disturbes updates (apt-get)
Following situation: I tried to install skype wie the USC, but uninstalled it again since it was an old version and did not work correctly. So I installed Skype from skypes website.
But it seems like ...
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Error “Packages 404 Not Found” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
Update manager generates 404 error while attempting update. Will not update
I have got this error
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Preseeding: Can't access cdrom?
At work we often need to install Ubuntu Server and several extra packages while offline. To make this faster, I'm creating a custom Ubuntu Server install via preseeding (following this documentation: ...
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How do you tell apt to use files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
I added a repo by putting a file in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d
and then i did an
apt-get update.
However it didn't do anything with that repo. I then noticed that it didn't appear to be ...
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Repo preferences over one to another?
if a same software (different version) are present in two repos both added in
sources.list
then which one will get installed when I run install command
apt-get install x
?
Also how can ...
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Autojump in 12.04 doesn't work
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autojump
I installed with apt-get, checked out the man page and added
. /usr/share/autojump/autojump.sh to my .bashrc, like it says. When I cd around the ...
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How apt-get determines when to download translation file?
I've been able to successfully build local repository. When I do apt-get against this local repository everything works fine. Sample output-
Hit http://192.168.1.142 precise InRelease
Hit ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu from local mirror
I need to upgrade from Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS using local repository (approx); Internet access is granted by a Web Proxy.
The problem is:
if I don't set proxy (so server can't reach ...
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Have the repositories been shortened?
I just sudo apt-get updated my repos and it took in total, 5 seconds to get everything. It usually takes 2/3 minutes. Have the repos been shortened?
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What are the GPG signatures
Looking at questions like THIS, THIS and THIS I ask for public knowledge the following questions:
What are the GPG Signatures for?
What additional level of security do the Signatures add or provide ...
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How to resolve fetch error while update packages on ubuntu server [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error
This is same problem which questioned many time on askubuntu, but still there are no perfect ...
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How to set up a notification for “New in repository” packages?
I want to see a list of "New in repository" packages every time they appear after cache update. How can I achieve this?
Related questions:
How exactly does Synaptic and Aptitude keep track of ...
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libgl1-mesa-glx error installing Hydrogen Drum Machine
I am trying to install Hydrogen Drum Machine, and I added the repository. But when I try to update/install, I get the following error:
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The ...
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How to create a repository for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to set up an APT repository?
I hope I have more success here then I had anywhere else. I'd like to create a repository to host my software (ex. ...
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Unable to installl vnc server
I am running ubuntu 12.04(http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu) on my beagle bone. However I am unable to install vnc server.
sudo apt-get install vnc4server
Package vnc4server is not available, but ...
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How do I search for available packages from the command-line?
I have successfully installed some packages using the command line 'sudo apt-get install ...' when I have known in advance that those packages are available. But how can I search for or get a list of ...
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Package information was last updated 59 days ago even though Ubuntu is up to date
I'm using ubuntu 11.10 and in the update manager I have a message that says package information last updated 59 days ago press the check button to check for software updates
I do that, but i'm up to ...
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apt-get update very slow, stuck at “Waiting for headers”
I have looked at similar questions:
Stuck at 0% [waiting for headers] (apt)
apt-get update stuck on "Waiting for Headers"
However neither one of them answer my problem.
I am running ...
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Downloading Problem
I keep getting the following message:
Check if you are using third-party repositories. If so, disable them, because they are a common source of problems.
Furthermore, run the following command in a ...
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Will installing a program from the Software Center also include updates from its PPA?
For example I installed VLC from the Ubuntu Software Center would it also include VLC's PPA repository so that when my laptop would do a software update, VLC updates would automatically be included ...
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Is the latest Remmina 1.0 in the official 12.04 repositories?
I just noticed that the copy of remmina I have on my machine (Running ubuntu 12.04) is 9.99.1 (This is up to date according to apt). The remmina website says that the most recent version is version ...
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Trouble updating/installing newer required R
All other answers I find only end up pointing to instructions: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
So interpreting that site, added line:
deb http://r.meteo.uni.wroc.pl/bin/linux/ubuntu ...
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apt-get command error not letting Ubuntu update
every time I run sudo apt-get update I get an error:
W: Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/limbo/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages The ...
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“Unable to connect” to getdeb.net, how do I fix it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when the GETDEB repository is down?
I want to know what this error means and how to fix it?
The following is the output on the terminal-
W: Failed to ...
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Software Center gives me an “Error scanning the CD: Could not find a suitable CD”
I am getting the "Could not find a suitable CD" error every time I open Software Sources in order to add a PPA. A picture can be found below:
How do I solve this problem? I am using Ubuntu 12.04
