Questions about the Debian packaging format with the extension '.deb'. Packages for Ubuntu are provided in this format.
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How apt-get selects from a list of alternative dependencies?
I understand that in the Depends: section of the deb control files, a package may specify alternative dependencies separated by | symbol to satisfy a single dependency.
My question is, how does ...
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Installing software from package sources Vs downloadable .deb files
Apart from getting automatic updates through apt-get upgrade and chain updates from library dependency upgrades, why would one use Ubuntu packages versus .deb files you could get from the software ...
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How To Fix A Corrupt .Deb?
All right, so, I got a really persistent error. I tried to install mfc6490cwlpr:i386 (downloaded as mfc6490cwlpr-1.1.2-2.i386.deb) and installed it using either gdebi or the Ubuntu Software Centre, ...
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i386 deb package for amd64 machines
I am building an application and I want to build a DEB package, but I have a problem...
I want that the DEB package can be installed both 32 bits machines and 64 bits machines.
Then I build a 32 bits ...
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What precautions should I take with .debs I find on the internet?
So I was browsing the web the other day, and I came across a few places that wanted me to download .deb files - and since those are installed by root (and as such have the "powers" and capabilities of ...
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“DEB” packages recovery
The main point is to make "deb" packages recovery. As I'm using Ubuntu , I install it several times for friends so I decided to make packages recovery, so I tried "APTonCD" to do but I can't find a ...
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Help building pygtk application
This is my application.
It is created with quickly.
I would like to package it for Ubuntu now.
I tried to package it with uickly, but that failed.
At first, I was trying to install it using ...
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Is it possible to change the package management system?
I took a look at CentOS recently and was amazed, but I also remembered dabbling in Fedora when release 16 came out and recall being horrified by the awfulness of rpm. I cannot stand anything other ...
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What happens during a package upgrade?
I recently started building Ubuntu packages for my software on Launchpad. They are pretty simple; most of them just contain some files and scripts that are trigged through the .install .preinst ...
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Prevent .deb package from being upgraded
I maintain a package on launchpad that releases approx every month. However, our new version is no longer compatible with the previous version, because of some fundamental changes. So version 2.8 ...
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How to install .deb files the old fashion way? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it safe to use gdebi instead of Ubuntu Software Center to install .deb files?
Is there a way to install DEB-files the old fashion way in Ubuntu 11.10? I can't install ...
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How do I create a deb package for a single python script?
I have a single python script that I want to distribute as a deb package. It is a indicator which shows local date in Unity panel. I did follow create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries but I ...
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how to convert an application to .deb [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Simplest Debian Packaging Guide?
I have downloaded an application from here
http://projects.gnome.org/postr/
and extracted it on my desktop
it runs fine if I go to the ...
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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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Is there a way to determine if package depends on wine to run from its .deb?
I would like to know if installed app will use wine server to run:
for e.g. picasa once installed -- it uses wine to run, however I want to know that picasa will use wine before installing it.
I've ...
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.deb equivalents to .rpm commands
I'm used to RPM based systems, and there's many commands I'm not yet sure how to do with .deb packages. This is mostly for use with custom packages, i.e. not stuff apt-get installed.
It'd be great if ...
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Create deb repository with several versions of the same package
I want to create my own deb repository to store some packages. I've tried
reprepro and it works fine, except for one fundamental feature. Reprepro can't
store several versions of the same package in ...
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How can lintian warning “diff-contains-git-control-dir” be fixed without -I key? [closed]
I have a simple project where I'm experimenting with deb creating:
https://github.com/bessarabov/sample-deb
I can create package with debuild, but I got lintian warning:
W: sample source: ...
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Can't install Tiny Tiny RSS on x64 Ubuntu Server
I am having a lot of trouble installing Tiny Tiny RSS on Ubuntu 64-bit to the point where I've almost given up. Can someone please help me compile a .deb package to install Tiny Tiny RSS onto my ...
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How do I translate a meta-package (.deb)?
I have created a meta-package called communtu-add-sources-lewisgoddard-liberta-bundle_2_i386.deb on en.commutu.org
Unfortunately the packages installer language (it has a popup window when adding ...
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How can I check dependency list for a deb package
How can I check dependency list for a deb package. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and I have backed up all deb packages from var/cache/apt/archives.I want to format my pc and re-install selected ...
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Install button in the software center is grayed out when trying to install .debs without an internet connection
I just installed ubuntu 11.10 from a usb stick.
After installation, none of the software which I had collected and run on 11.10 or 11.04 runs on it. Even my newly downloaded opera or chrome ...
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using .deb packages in /var/cache/apt/archives
I found all-deb-packages after downloading in /var/cache/apt/archives.And i am unable to use them on other systems.
For cheese software i found
"cheese_3.2.0-0ubuntu2_i386.deb" and
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How to create a debian package to delivering fonts to users local directory?
I want to distribute few fonts that packaged within a debian package. Fonts should go to '~/.fonts' directory not to '/usr/share/fonts'. So every user can install fonts locally, not effecting system ...
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Compare installed deb package with deb file
I have some problems with one deb package installed on my ubuntu server. I want to make sure that the files that are installed in my system from that package are the same as they are in a deb file.
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Can't get MySQL workbench to work
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 and can't seem to get MySQL workbench to work. I have tried installing both versions from the website by downloading the .deb files for ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04, but both ...
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uninstall .deb installed through software center
Downloaded a .deb file for a game (voxatron) and installed it through the software center. Searching the 'installed' section of the software center for 'voxatron' or 'vox' produces nothing. The ...
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How do I check if I have the exact same deb as installed on a system
When building packages for internal company projects, sometimes we loose track of the package source and only have the binary .deb. Even worse, the package builder may install it onto a production ...
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Remove previous dependencies in .deb scripts on package update [closed]
I'm trying to work a way to remove a previous dependency in the .deb files script files, obviously apt-get remove won't work as apt is locking whilst it updates to the new package. Is there a ...
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Error while opening Debian package [closed]
When i am try install deb packages i ma getting the following error,i tried by different method but not able to install the package
I had checked the permission it is OK
Same package i had ...
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Manually Created .deb, how do I upload to a PPA?
I have a manually created .deb, and I'd like to upload it to a PPA.
My question is as follows:
Is that possible?
and If so,
how do I do that?
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Rebuilding a Newer Version of a Deb Package
What's the best way to update (through rebuild from source) a Debian/Ubuntu-package to a more recent version? Should I be using apt source in all cases including when I want to publish it as Personal ...
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Ubuntu 11.10- Ubuntu Software Center gives me problem with deb? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Google Chrome on 11.10?
I love Ubuntu 11.10, but I have a problem. I've tried to install Google Chrome and Skype with the Ubuntu Software Center, but the ...
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Reduce download size and time when updating package repositories
This question comes from 2 different scenarios but have the same question in common:
Scenario 1 - When a user wants to upgrade several PCs that are not in the same network (Not on the same LAN) or in ...
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How can I add my application to the Ubuntu repository? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I put a package into the Ubuntu repositories?
I've just made a project called tgames and want to add it at the ubuntu repository...
(multiverse or universe or ...
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Easy Native Package Rebuild [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Recompile all packages and trigger on updates
What's easiest way of to rebuild a package in Debian/Ubuntu using a specific set of CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS. In all the tutorials I ...
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Add new files into .deb package you're building
How do you add new files, eg custom init script into .deb package that you're building?
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Adding post .deb install scripts
So I'm building a .deb, and I need to do a few post-install commands (linking libraries paths, and a few other things).
Is there a way to have it so when you do a sudo dpkg -i ...
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creating .deb package but bad permissions into destination folder
I'm building a .deb package for my latest game, http://sundaycoders.host-ed.net/download.html.
Everything is OK concerning files locations, menu entries and icon once deb package has been installed.
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Is there a utility similar to “apt-file” that can search source packages?
I'm looking for a utility similar to apt-file that allows me to search the contents of source packages for certain files, rather than just binary packages.
Is such a utility available for Ubuntu?
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Can't install package libglib2.0-dev because it depends on some unknown version
I have 10.04.2 LTS and I want to install libglib2.0-dev. So I do:
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Problem installing Google Earth .deb file
I have been trying to install Google Earth on my netbook running 11.04. I have the .deb file in my directory /home/andy/ but when I use terminal with the command sudo dpkg -i ...
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How to automatically fetch missing dependencies when installing software from .deb?
I'm trying to install MySQL Workbench on my Ubuntu box (11.04). The website has a Ubuntu .deb available for download (for 10.10 and 10.04 so I chose 10.10).
However,
sudo dpkg -i ...
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GPG can't check signature
I was trying to recompile and rebuild libevent2 source from oneiric on my natty server and I had a small error with gpg not being able to check signature
# dpkg-source -x libevent_2.0.12-stable-1.dsc
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Danger of using an untrusted apt mirror or proxy
My vague understanding of the authentication mechanisms behind debian/ubuntu packaging tells me that it should be safe to install packages downloaded from an untrusted server or proxy as long as apt ...
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Ubuntu Plugins (gstreamer, freepats, etc) DEB Archive?
Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm still a newb, tried Ubuntu last year), but I made a fresh install of Natty. Is there an Ubuntu site where it has the *.deb files of restricted plugins? i.e. gstreamer, ...
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Combine cabal and checkinstall
Suppose I have a program which I can install via cabal, for example
cabal install pandoc
Is it possible to use checkinstall to make a .deb package out of this and install it in a second step via ...
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Easiest way to package a directory of MATLAB scripts into a Launchpad PPA
I'm administering a small network of Ubuntu boxes for a series of measuring machines in a laboratory. These machines depend on a small directory of MATLAB scripts in /usr/local/MATLAB/... in order to ...
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How does Software Center determine what is a “technical item” and what isn't?
I'm a total newb to packaging, but I managed to get a PPA set up and working. But when I look for my software in Ubuntu Software Center, it will only show up after clicking "Show _ technical items". ...
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How to cross-compile an existing deb package from 64bit to 32bit architecture
I have rebuilt a deb package with a custom patch for my computer which is a 64bit machine. I did it using:
sudo apt-get -b source [package name]
Now my question is, how to do that in a similar ...
