apt is Advanced Packaging Tool, package manager for Debian based distributions.
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How to make work the DNS in terminal on Ubuntu 12.04?
Fairly new to Ubuntu so please tell me if I'm doing something silly. Anyway.
I've been having issues with URLs not being correctly resolved in the terminal.
The problem I'm currently having is trying ...
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How to resolve that error when I try to install build-essential?
I can't install build-essential on my laptop :
It shows error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
build-essential : Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
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where are apt-get files stored?
i have an ubuntu with three virtual machines running inside running ubuntu also
i update the host using
apt-get update
but i can update VM's, it takes a long time + uses a lot of bandwith which ...
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cant install or uninstall anything after a failed sun-java-6 installation
I've attempted to install sun-java-6 by following a method given in a site which asked me to add a repository and then sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre. while installing on terminal i cant click ...
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Ubuntu won't boot and it is stuck on the loading screen
I had just installed it as dual boot 2 days ago, and everything was fine.
I was installing some programs (i think it was Play On Linux) and I don't think the install was 100% done when the battery ...
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Not enough free disk space
I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm getting an error in software updater. When I try and do my daily updates, it says:
The upgrade needs a total of 25.3 M free space on disk /boot. Please free at least an ...
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The sources of the zend framework package
Where can I find sources that were used to build zend-framework deb package(s)?
For most pachages there is a .debian.tar.gz available, but not in this case.
Where could I find it?
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using apt-cache search
I am learning how to use apt. When I do an apt-cache search git
to see all packages matching git, I see a bunch of packages whose
descriptions have nothing to do with git. Why is this so and
how can I ...
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Odd error when installing anything [duplicate]
I've just tried to install network-manager. I've got the following:
root@bt:~# sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How to resolve dependency conflict (perl conflicts with libxml-sax-perl)?
I am trying to install a package called libxml-simple-perl, but it depends on libxml-sax-perl, I have installed other dependencies without issues, but this one below is giving me a lot of trouble, and ...
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I can't get “apt-get install php5-suhosin” to work
I am running ubuntu 13.04. I cannot get my php website to work because I cannot install
php5-suhosin.
It said this each time that I have tried apt-get install php5-suhosin:
Package php5-suhosin is ...
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apt-get autoremove doesn't accept regular expressions?
Running apt-get install libboost.*1.40.0 (Ubuntu 10.04.4) works perfectly.
But apt-get autoremove libboost.*1.40.0... not so much. Any workaround?
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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Download a particular version of a package with apt
I wish to download a particular version of a package. The package in question is ruby1.9.3 which has a Ubuntu native version and a Brightbox PPA version. I have the PPA version installed and that ...
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Cannot access PPA
I know there already exits a post on this (Cannot access PPA... please check your internet connection) which doesn't answer my problem.
I was trying to download TLP on Ubuntu-13.04 and I got the ...
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Where do I get a package for GNU Parallel?
I want to install GNU Parallel in Ubuntu but I can't find a package for it in the default Ubuntu repos. Where can I get it?
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Proxy can't be found - have tried everything I can think of
I am in a work environment using a mandatory proxy, I attempting to change to an IP that currently has a proxy bypass to download useful packages.
I adding in manual IPv4 settings, turned the proxy ...
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Why am I getting BADSIG error 13.04 / untrusted packages error in software manager
I am trying to update using sudo apt-get update.
receiving BADSIG error.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg [933 B]
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg ...
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Problem with update from terminal [duplicate]
I am trying to get some update from my terminal but I get a bug:
ubuntu@ubuntu-Inspiron-N5010:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 update and install issue
I've checked several forums and sites for trying to fix this issue. This issue has been happening for the last three days. I'm a bit of a newbie to Linux but I think I've managed to narrow down where ...
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Unable to locate package update-manager-core
Following the guide I found here I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu version from 10.10 to 12.04.
As do-release-upgrade gave the error command not found I tried to install update-manager-core which ...
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Can i add a 13.04 repo to 12.04 LTS to install new package via synaptic?
I want to install julia (programming language from MIT) on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but I encountered some problems with the compilation from source. I noticed that there is a specific package to install it ...
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apt-get stuck at 0% [Connecting to 10.134.216.1] [solved] [duplicate]
When I try to update with apt-get update, it's stuck at 0% [Connecting to 10.134.216.1]. Changing the server doesn't help. It seems like there is something wrong with my network settings, but I can ...
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NPM wont work because of my wrong node version
The error is:
Error: npm doesn't work with node v0.5.11-pre
Required: node@>=0.6
But I'v just updated my node. That is confusing.
I'v made some digging and it seems that I've installed node two ...
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apt-get broken: No module named debian.deb822
sys.path:
['/usr/lib/update-notifier', '/usr/local/lib/python26.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/plat-linux3', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk', ...
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apt-get install fails due to dependency issues but apt-get -f install won't fix it
I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and was about to manually install Rawstudio with the packages from SourceForge repo, but I've been stuck with dependency issues and I am short on apt command lines to ...
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Installing an older version of firefox
I'm trying to install an older version of firefox. My Selenium script requires that the system be able to open firefox by issuing the command firefox from anywhere.
I created a symlink from the ...
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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 not install 4shared desktop
I have been going to install 4shared desktop. When I opened 4shared desktop .deb file by Software Ubuntu Center, it required openjdk-6-jre, but it can not install openjdk-6-jre. When i marked ...
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apt-get install error
When I use sudo apt-get install I get the following errors when installing any package: (This example is while installing Gnome extensions)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree ...
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Why after fresh Ubuntu 12.04 installation update aren't being installed?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a computer. Everything is fine without update. Just after the installation, it was showing about 200 MB updates to download. Since then I'm trying to install all the ...
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Cannot access PPA… please check your internet connection
i've tried to add a repository with:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppaCannot access PPA
but the system echoed:
Cannot access PPA ...
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Install rhythmbox plugins, unmet dependencies [duplicate]
I tried to add radio station to my rhythmbox, and it needed to install plugins. I tried to install them, however I failed! I got the below error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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unmet dependencies 12.04LTS [duplicate]
i tended to install radiotray on my ubuntu 12.04.
sudo apt-get install radiotray
but failed,
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some ...
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How change from devel to stable version of ubuntu [duplicate]
Well, i had a bad day and i don't know how i thought that was a good idea launch this command to upgrade ubuntu.
do-release-upgrade -d
Yes, with '-d' and now i have a unstable version 13.10 of ...
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This version of ntop is a minimally supported but OLDER version - please upgrade
ntop crashes:
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~# ntop
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 Initializing gdbm databases
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ntop will be started as user nobody
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ...
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how to resolve index files error on 13.04
I just installed 13.04 and now trying to install apache web server but it keeps returning an error that says unable to fetch some archives. When I run sudo apt-get update, I get this:
W: Failed to ...
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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 I am trying to install different packages.
For instance ia32-libs and skype (4.0).
When trying to install these, I am getting the 'Unable to correct problems, you ...
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Problem with update-manager [duplicate]
I am getting this error when i update ubuntu,
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
E:Encountered a section with no Package: header,
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Is there any YUM to APT-GET tool?
I have a big source code where it wants to install everything where shown of YUM (Fedora, CentOS, Red hat package manager).
Example:
$ yum install bzip2 cpio curl curl-devel fileutils gettext-devel ...
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unable to locate package and not allowing to install any software
Whenever I try to install any software in Ubuntu 10, I type command
sudo apt-get install vlc
and also command
sudo apt-get update
but I find this error every time
unable to locate package ...
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PPA for Android Studio?
Android Studio was released a few days ago and it's still in early access preview, but I would like to know if there is any PPA I could add to my Ubuntu Raring to automatically keep it updated with ...
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Can't run Frama-C on 13.04 after installation
I have installed Frama-C on 13.04 via apt-get.
However, after installation, I can not run it. When I type frama-c in terminal; nothing happens.
Also frama-c doesn't appear in the dash! I have ...
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Samsung driver doesn't detect SANE correctly
From 13.04 (server) I'm trying to install the Samsung Unified Printer Driver as specified by https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrintersSamsung which has a dead link. In any event, the ...
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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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Mysql5.6 and problem of php5-mysql , mysql-common packages
I install Mysql 5.6 with this documentaion(in ubuntu 13.04) , now I need to install php5-mysql and mysql-common packages. can I install them with apt-get? I think they will install mysql5.5 ...
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How to list all installed packages?
I'd like to output a list of all installed packages into a text file, so that I can review it and bulk-install on another system. How to do this?
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Install package to specific location
I want to install Steam for Linux. As I have only 256gb SSD and not enough space for games, I'd like to install it (and all it's games) to a USB3 flash drive.
How to do that? Preferably using sudo ...
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What leads to outdated user applications?
currently I'm thinking about switching completly to a Linux Distribution. I actually like Ubuntu alot, but I have some concerns about outdated (user) applications.
It's recommended to use the ...
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After 12.04 to 12.10 upgrade (64bit), xorg held back and unable to install wine
After upgrading to quantal, I wanted to install wine. However, attempting to do so results in apt wanting to remove all kinds of important packages:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
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I get an error with “add-apt-repository” every time i startup. No noticeable effects, but an annoyance
Every time I start my computer, a lenovo thinkpad t61 (intel graphics version), running ubuntu 13.04, I get a pop-up to report an error. Details reveal that it's related to add-apt-repository.
Maybe ...
