Questions tagged [apt]
APT is short for Advanced Packaging Tool, the package manager for Debian-based distributions. It is also the most used tool for installing packages in Ubuntu. Questions about using any of the apt commands should use this tag.
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How can I create a mirror and add packages?
So I would like to create a Debian and Ubuntu mirror and add some packages that I cannot find or that are very outdated to it so when I install Linux I can just add this repo and install everything we ...
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Safe way to upgrade apt
Based on this question: apt-get update warning: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package…, it appears that updating apt-get to a version upwards of 1.0.7 is required.
This concerns me ...
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Can't fix broken dependencies
I have the following dependency problem which I couldn't fix using any direct approach or by using any of the proposed solutions from similar problems.
Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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LibreOffice Writer will not open?
I tried to install Microsoft Fonts through the terminal and now LibreOffice Writer will not work!
I was trying to get Times New Roman on LibreOffice Writer, so I used the command:
sudo apt-get ...
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Can't remove nodejs
I would like to remove node v7 and leave only v8, but can't figure it out how to do that. Here is what I'm doing:
rd@rd-asus:~$ sudo apt-get purge node
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Getting an error key can't be retrieved gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found
Trying to install Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpkt42czb_/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpkt42czb_/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while doing gitian build
I'm trying to clone Litecoin and build a mock version of it
In order to do that I'm trying to configure gitian builder from this link https://coinaxis.com/index.php/tutorials/entry/how-to-do-a-gitian-...
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How to get Wifi working on Ubuntu 14.04 (Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch - 2014) followup
I am unable to get wifi working on my fresh install of Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro Retina. I tried installing dkms and bcmwl-kernel-source using sudo dpkg -i <file> following this answer. The ...
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Apt debug-symbols package empty
I am trying to install debug symbols for gcc. Searching around I have:
gcc-4.7-dbgsym/xenial,now 4.7.4-3ubuntu12 amd64 [installed]
debug symbols for package gcc-4.7
gcc-4.7-multilib-dbgsym/xenial,...
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Can't install anything. Getting error - Depends python <2.8 but 3.6.1-1 is to be installed. Please help!
So I have this very frustrating problem(Ubuntu 16.04), whenever I try to install ANYTHING via apt-get I get error saying unmet dependencies. But it says that it depends python <2.8 but 3.6.1-1 is ...
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Can't Dist-Upgrade 16.04.2LTS
I can't get my server to successfully run a dist-upgrade. I keep getting hung up at "update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-83-generic.
It can reboot and everything seems fine otherwise, ...
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Upgrade 14.4 to 16.04 - An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade
Im trying to upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 but get the following error -
Calculating the changes
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade
An unresolvable problem occurred while ...
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Click module error in ubuntu 16.10
I get the following error message on doing sudo apt-get install -f:
Preparing to unpack .../click_0.4.46+16.10.20170607.3-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/...
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unable to install unity tweak tool on ubuntu 16.04
When I try to install unity-tweak-tool I get this message. I searched a lot but found nothing to solve my problem.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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can't remove a package
here is my problem i can't remove the click package :
aptitude -f remove click
Les paquets suivants seront ENLEVÉS :
click
0 paquets mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 1 à ...
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Can not upgrade or install/remove any packages
I'm using ubuntu 14.04
I don't know somehow I got red symbol on screen like this:
When I tried to upgrade using sudo apt-get upgrade it throws an Error :
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) and packages libusb-1.0-0:i386 and libusb-1.0-0-dev:i386
I need these 2 32 bit packages installed to build toradex angstrom linux. Both of these packages will not install with sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0:i386 and sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev:i386. ...
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Installed pydev in eclipse, but there is no new python project option
I've noticed a package called eclipse-pydev is available. I run the following commands
sudo apt-get install eclipse
sudo apt-get install eclipse-pydev
After doing this and running eclipse I do not ...
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E: Could not configure 'coreutils:i386'
Any time I try to do any apt operation such as : apt-get update or apt-get autoremove.
I get this error:
E: Could not configure 'coreutils:i386'.
E: Could not perform immediate configuration on '...
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Why does apt-get purge cause new packages to be installed?
after entering sudo apt-get purge cheese-common in the terminal, the ouput included the following:
The following additional packages will be installed:
apparmor-easyprof apparmor-easyprof-ubuntu ...
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problem with "sudo dpkg --configure -a"
Some Info:
Spanish Languange
Kubuntu 17.04
KDE Plasma: 5.9.4
Kernel version:4.10.0.19-generic
OS: 64 Bits
Hardware: Intel Core i7-4700HQ --- CPU 2.40 Ghz
Problem:
I try to update with sudo apt-get ...
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Not finding source directory following a package installation with PPA in Ubuntu 16.04
Recently I set up Ubuntu 16.04, and one of the first things I wanted to do was install the software Subsurface. I used the following commands:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:subsurface/subsurface
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Apt doesn't seem to work
I'm trying to get Samba from apt on my Ubuntu Server 17.04 machine. When running sudo apt install samba I get the error "E: Unable to locate package samba".
I've tried sudo apt-get update but that ...
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Installing several *-dev packages
I'm attempting to install several dev packages, but I keep into running into roadblocks, and this one is the most recent:
khishman@khishman-desktop:~/dev/powertab/build$ sudo aptitude install ...
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How to ignore these informations
I want to install CUDA with the following commands given by NVIDIA
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1404-8-0-local-ga2_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda
I just type the ...
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GRUB post-installation fails
Was going to actually ask a question, but I believe I already found the answer, so I'm posting here my problem and the solution I've found.
So the problem was this: apt fails for any command with the ...
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"apt purge libglib2.0-dev" fails
I am having the error below occur. I don't know what option exists when apt purge fails.
$ sudo apt purge libglib2.0-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Problem with proxy settings while trying to install a package
I'm trying to install a package (android-studio) through ppa, and am having some troubles. I'm 95% sure it is related to the corporate proxy we're behind of.
These are my settings:
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How to install a super-old unsigned apt-get package?
After upgrading to Ubuntu Zesty 17.04 I'd like to install a cool wallpaper but that apt-get installation fails with following
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/realtime.sunlight.wallpaper/rsw/...
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Uninstalled Python3.6, now apt install/get/ and dpkg errors
Running ubuntu 16.10.
I removed Python3.6 (I had 3.5 and didn't want 3.6) and now I get dpkg and apt errors all over the place. Can't even do lsb_release -a without getting -bash: /usr/bin/...
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Cannot install updates Ubuntu 14.04
I get a message which says "Package Managers cannot be resolved" when I attempt to install regular updates.
When I try to install from the Terminal with sudo apt-get update I get the following:
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Filebot won't work as it depends on JavaFX, but it is installed
I'm trying to install Filebot 4.7.9 on a fresh install of 17.04 Ubuntu GNOME, however, I get the following error when I start the application:
Failed to initialize JavaFX. Please install JavaFX.
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dnsmasq breaks apt-get
I installed dnsmasq and configured it the way I wanted... I hope.
So everything was working great, but now when I try to
sudo apt-get update
It doesn't really work, it goes very slow and it can't ...
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Dependency resolution problems with cmake installation
I want to install cmake in my system but i get the following error. i think version of libexpat1 library in my system is incompatible with the one libexpat1-dev needs. How can I install the required ...
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Trouble with unsatisfied dependency when installing MySQL workbech
I am trying to instal MySQL workbech using
sudo apt-get install mysql-worbench
But only thing i get is this:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mysql-workbench : Depends: libgdal....
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PPA keeps downloading kodi 18 instead of kodi 17
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 very successfully.
My problem is that I am trying to download kodi 17 Krypton. Instead I keep getting kodi 18. the unreleased version of kodi. I understand that this is ...
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What should I do when apt tries to fetch a package that doesn't exist?
I am trying to install the checkinstall package with:
sudo apt-get install checkinstall
apt-get is returning
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-libc-dev_4.4.0-...
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unable to install unity7 on ubuntu 16.04
After upgrading ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, appearing to work with gnome, I can't find the way to install or activate unity 7. (working now with lightdm)
Could you please help? Thanks !
damien@earth:~$ ...
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Problems with Installing packages - Ubuntu 16.04 TLS
I'm new to Ubuntu, and am having trouble installing some packages on 16.04 TLS. The first one is pip. When I ran sudo apt-get install python-pip, I got:
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Ubuntu sits behind a corporate proxy/firewall -- how can I install packages?
I have a clean install of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, but because my machine is running behind a corporate firewall/proxy I cant figure out how to overcome the obstacles. I know we have a corporate proxy, and I ...
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How do I manage installed software on Ubuntu 16.04?
I have been using Ubuntu 16.04 for a few weeks. The one area I can't get a grasp of is how to manage the software (and the dependencies which comes with software) I have installed.
So, over the last ...
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cannot uninstall/install any software because of intellij Idea
Whenever I am installing/uninstalling any software it pops with errors:
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How to remove Evolution without gutting Ubuntu?
Fist of all, I have no idea how all these separate concerns (email, calendar, phone and physical address directory) all got rolled into one program, or why that program was then made a critical ...
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Unattended upgrade fills hard drive when there is problem with Apt source
My server running Ubuntu 14.04.5 server had its hard disk filled very quickly.
Directory /var/cache/apt was full of files like this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41M Mar 11 05:16 pkgcache.bin.t7Hu64
-rw-r-...
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Where can I find etter.dns of ettercap-graphical for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I did reinstall Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and try to install ettercap-graphical.
Everything is going right until I try to consult the dns of ettercap.
Normally the etter.dns is in the /usr/share/ettercap ...
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apt-get install can't install any software
I had apt-get autoremove turned on in order to keep clean. After that when I used apt-get install to install a package, it first tried to uninstall the old linux kernel files on my computer, then ...
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Broken `apt-get update`
I have a problem, that when running $sudo apt-get update, it get's stuck with something like this:
Ign https://apt.dockerproject.org ubuntu-trusty InRelease
Ign https://download....
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Error when trying to install tightvnc via ssh ubuntu 16.10
When I send the apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies tightvncserver commands the server says
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want ...
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14.04 -> 16.04 upgrade, broken libraries, broken libc
I had the same symptoms as in this question, and took the suggested remedy of installing the libstdc++ from here. After that I got a ton of complaints about chromium and libreoffice that I could only ...
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What are the best practices to secure a local Ubuntu mirror and prevent it from syncing malicious packages?
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We inherited 2 local servers at our firm which mirror the official Canonical Ubuntu repositories for select distro versions using apt-mirror. The servers are supposed to sync nightly, ...
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