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Byobu available updates broken on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? [closed]
I noticed that since release of byobu 5.10 the available updates in the lower bar behaves funny:
you issue for example an apt-get update
available updates pop out with the #! in the lower bar
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Make apt-get (or aptitude) run with -y but not prompt for replacement of configuration files?
When running apt-get -y install <packages ...> on Ubuntu 10.04 I would like apt-get (or aptitude if that makes it easier) to not prompt me when installing additional dependencies (behavior of -y ...
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How to upgrade MySQL to >=5.1.51 on Lucid via aptitude
The mysql-server package in Lucid is listed as 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7.
Is there a safe way to upgrade to the latest 5.1 release via aptitude?
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How can I use aptitude to install Nagios?
I've seen several guides online which describe downloading and building Nagios on Ubuntu servers. Is there also an aptitude package I could use to install Nagios 3?
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Ubuntu tells me I have packages to upgrade when I don't
I have a server machine that I never log into the X display on, only via ssh. Recently I logged in and it told me I had
12 packages can be updated.
6 updates are security updates.
I actually ...
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apt-get upgrade segfault!
I installed ubuntu server 10.04 and booted as normal.
Some time later, I booted the server and tried to install a new package/upgrade the existing packages using:
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo aptitude ...
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How do you I find a list of softwares which are outdated and needs upgrade?
How do I find a list of packages that are outdated and need to be upgraded using aptitude?
I am using Ubuntu 10.04.
