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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QEMU is displayed in dpkg but I cant uninstall it
I am using UBUNTU 16.04 LTS on HP probook. I recently installed QEMU and now I want to uninstall it. However when I use the following command
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove qemu-system-x86_64
I ...
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can't install both packages duplicity and python-gi [duplicate]
Both packages duplicity and python-gi are no longer available in the repositories. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Can anyone suggest a solution? Thank you in advance.
~$ sudo apt-get install duplicity ...
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How do I fix "'module' object has no attribute 'required_version'" for "gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')"?
I'm working with some people to build a fake news detecting program and have made some great progress but out of 5 members of the group only 1 person can run the Python program. I am running a clean ...
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Microsoft ODBC drivers not fully installed and no way to unistall them
I've downloaded this debian package:
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod/pool/main/m/msodbcsql/msodbcsql_13.1.4.0-1_amd64.deb -o msodbcsql_13.1.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Then I have run the ...
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What does "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" do? [duplicate]
I would like to know more about this command:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 "still" takes 1.5 minutes to boot after successful clone to SSD and with noatime and trim and AHCI boot?
Appreciate any help. Very slow boot on Ubuntu 16.04.3 with SSD still. when I run
systemd-analyze blame
I get
40.044s snapd.refresh.service
29.529s apt-daily.service
6.510s ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 update GPG error (public key not available) [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. I've been using it for over a year, updating every couple of months with no problems. Today I updated and I got these strange public key errors. I have no idea what this ...
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How to update linux kernel automatically?
I have unattended upgrades installed, and it does job well, updating all the packages (except for kernel). When I run sudo apt-get upgrade it returns:
The following packages have been kept back:
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How to install packages to external drive (and run them)?
I am running Xenial 16.04 and looking to install packages to an external drive - my computer has a 32gb SSD so it would be very useful to me to be able to use an external drive.
In a quick search I ...
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Why would my server's SSH key regenerated on an apt-get upgrade? [closed]
I manage a few servers at DigitalOcean and have been upgrading computers many times and never had a problem.
Today, I did the usual upgrade sequence:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo ...
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How can I install Likewise-open in ubuntu 17.04
$ sudo apt-get install likewise-open
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package likewise-...
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Unable to install postgresql 9.6 on Ubuntu 15.04
To install postgresql 9.6 on Ubuntu 15.04, I have followed steps from here and here
I am getting this error while installing.
Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-contrib_9.6+180.pgdg16.04+1_all.deb ....
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I Can't install PhpMyAdmin
Whenever I install phpMyAdmin, it gives the following error :-
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up phpmyadmin (4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/...
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Failed to download repository information on Ubuntu Unity 16.04 LTS [duplicate]
When I ran Software Updater I was given an error message saying
Failed to download repository information, check your internet connection.
This is what it says:
W:The repository 'http://ppa....
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Running apt upgrade downgrades kernel from `4.8.0.40.51` to `4.8.0.39.50`
When executing apt upgrade (after running update first), is displays information that packages linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev are going to be downgraded.
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How do I install sipclients or sip simple?
How do I install sipclients?
SIP SIMPLE Client SDK
Copyright (c) 2008-2016 AG Projects http://ag-projects.com
Description
SIP SIMPLE client SDK is a Software Development Kit for easy
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Is it possible to set up CUDA 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 using apt-get nvidia driver?
I'm trying to set up CUDA 8 on my Ubuntu 14.04.
However, I cannot normally install the nvidia driver using the .run file from nvidia website, because installing it causes the login loop and there ...
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Does installing Google Chrome as a package from Google's website keep it up to date?
Apparently the simplest way to install Chrome is to go to google.com/chrome and download the package but does this keep it up-to-date?
As far as I know if I install some software this way it doesn't ...
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upgrade from 16.04 to 16.04.1 does not happen
Voilla, after some pain about 14.04 not being able to start the upgrade, once started it finished fine:
But now:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=...
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Unable to find a source package for linux-lts-vivid
As part of the install process for the Intel Realsense package, a script tries to run the line:
$ apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
I understand that this should get the source code for the ...
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apt-get doesn't get latest kernel
One day I noticed that I have installed on my system the linux-headers packages until version 3.13.0-92. On the contrary, linux-image packages are only installed until version 3.13.0-39.
apt-get ...
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Cannot download build-dep for indicator-sound [duplicate]
I'm trying to do this, but when I execute sudo apt-get build-dep indicator-sound, i get E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list. I did not get this error in pervious ubuntu versions, ...
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perf broken after apt upgrade
After running sudo apt upgrade, my perf was broken:
$ perf
/usr/lib/linux-tools/4.4.0-28-generic/perf:
error while loading shared libraries:
libbfd-2.26-system.so: cannot open shared object file: No ...
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How do I create a program similar to 'fortune', that can be installed using apt-get install
I am trying to create a program, let's call it abcd like http://linux.die.net/man/6/fortune that can simply be installed like $ sudo apt-get install abcd. Now for the specifics, my program simply is ...
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How can I update a particular software through Terminal without sudo apt-get update?
For general updates I use:
sudo apt-get update
But I want to update my Ovito software from 2.3.2 to 2.6.2, which is not achieved by the above command.
How can I update a particular software ...
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Installing with Software Centre vs apt-get
I am trying to understand the difference between installing an application with the Ubuntu Software Centre, and installing an application with apt-get.
For example, I want to install the Latex ...
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How to update a manually installed software package properly (here: Simplenote)?
I have installed Simplenote 1.0.0 for Ubuntu by downloading the .deb file and using the command line as explained here. As there is no ppa for this app, a notification now explains that I could update ...
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installed package with snap - command not available
I saw that tmux is available with snap find and apt-cache. I decided to install with snap. Howto use now tmux?
I am normal desktop user, not cloud computing.
# snap
error: Please specify one ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 broken packages after fresh install
After fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04, i have broken packages and can not install most of applications. I tried from Synaptic "Fix broken packages" but it is not working. An example;
sudo apt-get ...
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Want LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice, accidentally installed both
I installed OpenOffice, but it realized my old files probably used LibreOffice because the functions I had in them suddenly returned errors.
So, I followed step on a website to replace OpenOffice ...
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Why is there no "purge" command in apt's manpage
CLI for apt.
Basic commands:
list - list packages based on package names
search - search in package descriptions
show - show package details
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Not able to install Virtual box in Ubuntu
I followed this Ask Ubuntu guide, I manually downloaded virtual box from this link and tried to install like:
$ dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.16-105871~Ubuntu~trusty_amd64.deb
But no success, I got ...
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All installations extremely slow- 14.04
I had to re-install a fresh 14.04 LTS version.
First of all, it took me a whole night(or nearby) to install it.
Every installation of package (via ubuntu library or via sudo apt-get update ... sudo ...
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Whenever I install or update I get this error (screenshot added below) The MATLAB interface needs to know where MATLAB is installed?
In the screen it asks for matlab installed directory, I don't have MATLAB and I don't want to buy it.
I'm running ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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How can I keep a package but discard its configuration?
I know I can use this to remove a package but keep configuration:
sudo apt-get remove $package
I know I can also use this to remove a package and discard its configuration files:
sudo apt-get purge ...
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Removing Chrome
I am having trouble getting Google Chrome off my system. I installed from Google's website (probably a bad idea) and it appeared to work, but I was never able to launch the program. Any time I do any ...
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W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead
i am new to Ubuntu and have probably done something stupid.
trying to update, and gets an annoying error.
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive-canonical....
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Failed to create a symbolic link
akhil@akhil-Aspire-E1-571:~$ sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
[sudo] password for akhil:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcc-...
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Safely removing *unused* packages
After various linux beginner's experiments my Kubuntu system keeps telling me that there are unused packages that are not needed anymore and that should be removed. This sounds like a good idea to me.
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I can't seem to install libsodium in the Docker ubuntu:vivid image
I installed software-properties-common then did the
add-apt-repository `deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid universe
then tried apt-get install libsodium -- and that failed.
How do I fix ...
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What's the difference between removing and then installing, and just reinstalling?
For instance, as apt-get relies on some packages in coreutils, if you do:
sudo apt-get remove coreutils
You will not be able to reinstall it by then running:
sudo apt-get install coreutils
But if ...
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What is the cause for apt-get failing with returncode 137?
I'm trying to build 0ad on the travis-ci service and I'm randomly experiencing failures of apt-get install (or apt-get dist-upgrade) with returncode 137 without any further information. travis-ci is ...
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gcc is gone probably after an update
gcc was installed in my system at the start, I still remember using it but after some time it was gone and replaced by some other versions of gcc.
When I type in gcc from the terminal several ...
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How to retrieve screenshots of a package in ubuntu
i'm developing an application which manipulates packages in ubuntu. I'm working with python. I need to retrieve screenshots of packages by using package-name. For example, say that package-name is ...
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what are linux-image-extra and linux-image-generic? [duplicate]
Every time I use sudo apt-get upgrade, I get errors with the linux-image-extra and linux-image-generic.
I am new to Ubuntu so I would like to know if these "image" files are the same as in Windows?
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Is it possible to find all the config file replacements done during apt-get?
When you perform a do-release-upgrade, or just a dist-upgrade, if a package contains a new config file for a program, you get prompted what to do. Now, you can pick whether you want to accept ...
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Big size difference between apt-get install and binary file of apache Maven
I am installing Apache Maven onto my Ubuntu 12.04; and sudo apt-get install maven gives me 229 MB of file to download. On the other hand, going to Apache Maven site, I can download a 7 MB file. What ...
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Dependency problems installing steam
I'm having some dependency trouble trying to install steam on Ubuntu 14.04. I got the steam-launcher.deb-Package from http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb and installed it:
eva@...
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Package dependencies could not be resolved
I am trying to install java in Ubuntu but it is giving me this error:
$ sudo apt-get install default-jre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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How to avoid upgrade the package(s) in upgrading? [duplicate]
When I run sudo apt-get upgrade some of my installed packages also upgrading, but I don't want to upgrade them. Is there any way to avoid upgrade them.
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