apt is Advanced Packaging Tool, package manager for Debian based distributions.
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Unable install software using sudo apt-get install [duplicate]
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Fixing Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock
When I used sudo apt-get install it is either getting struck or it is showing an error like this
E: Could not get lock ...
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Load button in aptoncd wont work
I am using aptoncd for backup the cache
but in ubuntu 11.10 the load button wont work
so i opened from terminal when i pressing load button terminal shows timeout error
how to solve this
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How to only apt-get upgrade Certain Applications?
I only have a traffic-limited mobile broadband connection at my disposal. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade wants to get ~500MB of data which is not feasible for me right now.
Hence, is it possible to only ...
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Disable proxy server for one apt repository
I have made a local apt repository, but my IT-department caches LAN traffic on the proxy server. Is there a way I could work around this to disable the proxy settings for this local apt repository? in ...
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NFS server generating “invalid extent” on EXT4 system disk?
I have a server running Xen 4.1 with Oneiric in the dom0 and each of the 4 domUs. The system disks of the domUs are LVM2 volumes built on top of an mdadm RAID1.
All the domU system disks are EXT4 and ...
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add-apt-repository wont work on proxy [duplicate]
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How do I add a repository from behind a proxy?
I would like to send an add-apt-repository command via the gnome-terminal on my Ubuntu 11.10 laptop that is connected ...
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Installing XULrunner, adding mozilla daily ppa doesn't help
I need to install xulrunner so I can use Redcar, but am unable to do so. I followed the steps in this question verbatim Install XULRunner 2.0.
Here's the output from adding the Mozilla PPA:
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Update manager won't update, Software Center will not open
Could not initialize the package information
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the ...
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Why am I unable to install,remove or upgrade packages?
When I wanna do anything with Synaptic or apt-get or stop,start,restart postgresql I receive following error
Setting up postgresql-common (114) ...
* Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server ...
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apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error
Err http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease
Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
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can apt do everthing dpkg can?
As I understand things apt uses dpkg are there any operations that you can do with dpkg that can't be done with apt? as a new User to Ubuntu server do I need to learn anything about dpkg?
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Does apt-get automatically check digital signatures?
I am planning to run a production server on Ubuntu LTS 8.04 and I am concerned about security of the packages I am installing I want to make sure that packages that are downloaded by apt-get were not ...
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Problem with Microsoft core fonts installer [duplicate]
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How can I accept the agreement in a terminal, like for ttf-mscorefonts-installer?
Yes, very strange problem indeed. I installed Gnome package for a more beautifull ...
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Update manager generates 404 error while attempting update. Will not update [duplicate]
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How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
While running update manager in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot I receive this list of errors.
> W:Failed to fetch
> ...
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How to bypass the apturl and download the deb file directly?
I want to download this game 0A.D. from http://www.playdeb.net/software/0%20A.D. .deb file. They keep their file up to date with the source code, so they have the newest versions. I don't want apturl ...
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Packages have unmet dependencies, why? [closed]
I get this error while trying to install a package as follows:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcl-all
The first two ...
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Newer apt repositories on older Ubuntu releases
If I have an older Ubuntu release, lets say it is Ubuntu 10.04, and I have to install a package from a newer Ubuntu apt repositories (e.g. from Ubuntu 11.10 repo's) because the newer versions of that ...
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When a PPA has a package of the same name in the Ubuntu Software Center
If a PPA in your sources list has a package of the same name in the Ubuntu Software Center, which one shows up in the software center. Likewise, which package is downloaded via apt-get install ?
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What does the installation of linux-{image,headers}-generic-lts-backport-natty do?
What do these command do?
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-backport-natty \
linux-headers-generic-lts-backport-natty
Does it install just a new Linux version or ...
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How paranoid should I be that the automatic package manager mechanism is going to remove packages that I use?
When I use the packaging tool, it "reminds" me to use autoremove to remove packages which are no longer needed. But when I review the list, I see packages which I wish to keep.
$ sudo apt-get ...
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An unhandleable error occurred [duplicate]
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Cannot install any software from the Software Center due to ttf-mscorefonts-installer package error
Ubuntu 11.10
Software Centre
Error title:An unhandlable error ...
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Install mediawiki with PostgreSQL instead of MySQL
I need to install Mediawiki with PostgreSQl as database backend on an 10.04 server.
I would prefer to install Mediawiki via apt-get/aptitude but I don't know how to configure the installation not to ...
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how to install packages with apt-get on a system connected via proxy?
I've got an Ubuntu 11.10 system connected via a proxy to the internet, and I would like to install packages via apt-get. When I try to do that I get this error message:
sudo apt-get install ...
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How to solve configure: error: readline library not found?
I have an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server with a minimal install that I want to compile postgres on. With the minimal install the server did not have gcc so I had to do an apt-get install gcc but now I keep ...
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What to try when apt-get install XXX results in Connection failed
Is there something wrong with the repository, the server, or is my cache stale?
I am able to ping tw.archive.ubuntu.com just fine.
It almost seems like the file
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407 Proxy Authentication Required
When I try to install a software using Ubuntu Software center I get:
Failed to download repository information
Check Your Internet connection
When I try to do a apt-get install something, I get:
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Aptitude offers to remove some packages but apt-get doesn't?
I'm trying to install mint-meta-mate which is Gnome 2 fork on 11.10 - 32bit
with aptitude i get this:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
caja{a} cowsay{a} fortune-mod{a} ...
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Getting error from apt-get when trying to install php5 package
I am new in ubuntu and I try to run a website by my own computer but I can't install php5. When i typed:
sudo apt-get install php5
I received:
Package php5 is not available, but is referred to ...
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How to find the latest version of redis-server in repos?
I am running 11.04, and I need to learn how to search for packages for 'redis-server' and also what version they various repo's have?
I know to add a repo I add it to /etc/apt/source.list and ...
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Limit what users can install
This is a theoretical scenario that has come up as part of another question:
I have x Ubuntu desktops with x users.
Users don't have sudo privs
I can let them install things through the software ...
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Minimal package to install Qt Assistant
We are using Qt Assistant as our help system for a custom application that will run on Ubuntu. In building the .deb package, I need to include a "Requires:" value that makes my package dependent on ...
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GPG error from apt-get [duplicate]
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What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?
Whenever I run apt-get update or apt-get install I get an error akin to the following:
W: GPG error: ...
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A proxy problem of “sudo apt-get install”
I am trying to install a package python-pygments under Ubuntu. After launching sudo apt-get install python-pygments, it is blocked:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Errors with ATFTPD: Unterminated quoted string
After upgrading Ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 (32bits) I'm having trouble with ATFTPD:
Anytime I'm starting atftpd I'm getting this error:
/etc/default/atftpd: 2: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted ...
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How to install libboost 1.48?
I would like to install the latest Boost C++ libraries onto my 10.10 system using a PPA but cannot find one that works. Nordlöw already suggested good sources in a similar discussion but I could not ...
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Shorewall missing from Ubuntu 11.10 default repository?
I'm looking to configure my network using Shorewall on my Ubuntu 11.10 laptop.
When I run apt-cache search it doesn't find Shorewall, is there some other repository I can add it from?
Or is the ...
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How to fix GPG error for extras.ubuntu.com oneiric Release? [duplicate]
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What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?
Some days ago my apt-get update has suddenly began to throw
W: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com ...
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How to obtain installed package files?
I need to download all packages I already installed on Ubuntu 11.10 x64. There should be in /var/cache/apt/archives I know, but there are only 300 Mb of deb files. I installed a lot of development ...
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Screen turns gray on boot after install of a PPA
Problem
I recently added ppa:eugenesan/ppa to my maverick installation to install smartgit. Right after apt-get listed a bunch of updates that I immediately installed. After rebooting I noticed that ...
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How to install software from source and tell the apt-get that I have installed the version?
For installing software from source:
./configure
make
sudo make install
How to tell the apt-get that the software has been installed, so that
sudo apt-get install someSoftware
Will show that the ...
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Removing popularity-contest without trashing the system?
I do want to uninstall the "popularity-contest" package from my system.
While I know that I can disable it with
$ dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
it is still a package I want removed.
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Individually upgrading packages
Is it possible to upgrade just a single package and its dependencies to their latest version?
I know its recommended to do a total upgrade, but when you are in a hurry or are in short of bandwidth, ...
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Disable updating of ethernet driver
I discovered that the latest driver for my computers ethernet-adapter did not work. I fixed this by downloading an earlier driver, which worked perfectly.
However every time I run "apt-get upgrade", ...
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sudo apt-get install returns a 404 error but ping returns packets. Is it a problem with my network configurations?
I'm trying to install openjdk on an Ubuntu 11.04 VM in a Mac. However, I'm running into 404 errors on the command line which I can't diagnose why.
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre-headless
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Err ...
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How to know that an app uses which proxy settings
There are applications which don't work over proxy. Last time I tried Software Center did not work. update-manager also has issues connecting to proxy though there is a workaround.
How do I find out ...
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I cannot solve the “Install these packages without verification” problem
I Googled and Googled and I just cannot find a solution to this problem:
sudo apt-get install <whatever>
Gives me:
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
and
Install ...
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ubuntu linux updates don't update to latest version, why? [duplicate]
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How do software updates work?
I'm using ubuntu and any now and then new updates are offered for installation. However I've noticed these updates don't necessarily offer ...
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How to make a deb install only when the dependency is installed, or the conflicting packages aren't? [closed]
I'm making a package for Cydia, but since it uses APT/dpkg, I thought I'd ask this question here.
I want my package to only install if gsc.wildcat (represents an iPad) is installed, or if ...
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How can I install a specific older version of Firefox and keep it from automatically updating?
I wrote a bash script to configure a suite of tools for continuous integration on top of Ubuntu 10.04.2. The script recently stopped working and I tracked the problem down to the newer version of ...
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3.0.0-13-lowlatency-pae, where can I find its source
I know for another post that using
apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
I can get the kernel source, but I'm using the 3.0.0-13-lowlatency-pae kernel and using the command, I got this message:
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