Questions about the Debian packaging format with the extension '.deb'. Packages for Ubuntu are provided in this format.
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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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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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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 do I install an application by DEB file for a single user only?
When installing applications via the software center or by a DEB file they will usually be installed system wide for all users.
Is there a way to install an application for a single user only?
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How to apply a changelog file to packages in a PPA when building from recipe?
When my package gets build by launchpad using a recipe, it ignores the ./debian/changelog file I provide, and it generates a useless one like following:
harmonyseq (0.14~natty1) maverick; urgency=low
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create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries
I searched for a simple way to create .deb Packages for things which have no source code to compile (configs, shellscripts, proprietary software). This was quite a problem because most of the package ...
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What is the apt equivalent to “rpm -V” (Verify installed packages)
On a RedHat/CentOS system, I can verify the installed RPMs on my system using rpm -V.
What is the Ubuntu or apt equivalent of this command?
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How to uninstall a .deb package?
Suppose I download a .deb package from a website and install it. (I assume that when I double click the .deb file, the package is installed through a GUI that interfaces with dpkg right?)
How can I ...
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Is it safe to use gdebi instead of Ubuntu Software Center to install .deb files?
I've noticed that Ubuntu 10.10 manage single .deb files with Ubuntu Software Center. Since I find it too heavy to load I've installed gdebi with: sudo apt-get install gdebi
and I've set it as default ...
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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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Graphical tool for creating Deb packages
Are there any graphical tools for creating ubuntu/debian packages?
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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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How to remove a deb without removing its dependencies
I would like to install the most recent version of boto, which I do via python setup.py install
Yet when I try to remove the old version the following packages also get removed:
apt-get remove ...
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Installing chrome gives an error: “dependency is not satisfiable”
I just installed ubuntu on my laptop, everything works fine, but I'd like to use chrome instead of firefox. I downloaded the .deb file from the chrome website, and when I open it, the install buton ...
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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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Mark a deb package as used, so it's not suggested for autoremoval
I have a bunch of shared libs installed on my system which aren't dependencies of some concrete package but are needed for non-apt-managed libraries I've built from source (like latest SDL, Allegro, ...
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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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How to create a deb package that installs a series of files
I would like to create a brand new deb package to install series of files. If at all possible, I would like to untar the folder containing these files as part of the installation into a known folder ...
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Why won't Ubuntu Software Center install .deb files
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and have some problems with Ubuntu software center and the installation of debian packages.
If I download for instance the debian from ...
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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 ...
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Creating a PPA for maven project
I wanted to try creating my own ppa. The project I have is a java project build with maven. This is what I've already done so far:
created a ppa
set up a new project on launchpad
added a branch that ...
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Saving deb files from repositories to a custom location for installing offline [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software offline?
I want to download and save some deb files, and preferably their dependencies, of certain apps, from the repositories (apt-get, ...
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Do .deb installed apps get updates?
So this might be very silly question for users, but I am quite new to Ubuntu and want to know this. Do .deb installed apps get updates?
For example: I have Opera installed with using .deb will it get ...
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Where can I get a Postgres 9.0 package?
I want to use Postgres 9.0 in Ubuntu. Does anybody know any repository that already has the debian package for Postgres 9.0? Do you think I should wait for the next Ubuntu release or Postgres 9.0 is ...
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Install .deb on from CD-ROM while offline with default applications only
I have an application with a .deb package to install it. If the user is online, everything works fine. However, I need to support installing on offline computers from a CD-ROM, and I can only assume ...
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Is there a foolproof and easy way of determining which debs meant for ubuntu will install on debian
I have used ubuntu for a long time, and have collected a lot of Ubuntu .deb packages which I may need for future installs. Most of these are grabbed from outdated or obsolete PPAs or from outside ...
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How to get Google Earth installed via .DEB?
Now I've really messed things up.
A long time ago, I installed Google Earth via a binary installer from Google (v5.1, I think).
Google now has version 6 available as a .DEB, so I decided to install ...
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Alien deletes .deb when converting from .rpm
I'm trying to convert .rpm to .deb using alien.
sudo alien -k libtetra-1.0.0-2.i386.rpm
Alien says that:
libtetra-1.0.0-2.i386.deb generated
But when I check the folder - there is just original ...
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Building a .deb file, install dependencies too
I am part of a small team that develop an intranet web app. We want to a method of easy installation, so we were thinking about how apt-get works, especially with installing dependencies.
Our app has ...
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Can I use every .deb file, whatever my Ubuntu version or architecture?
Sometimes I want to download programs that are not proposed in the Software Center but only on the developer's website, like for example World of Goo Demo. But the website proposes only one .deb ...
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How to use one recipe to create packages for different ubuntu series (trouble with ./debian/changelog)?
The launchpad's beta feature allows to create ubuntu packages using recipes. I got them to work, and I am now able to use them for packaging my project.
However, I have little trouble with the ...
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Steps for creating a slightly modified package and uploading it in a PPA?
I just want to use an Ubuntu package from the official Ubuntu repos, modify its source just a tiny bit (it will not affect dependencies or anything) and then upload it into a Launchpad PPA I made for ...
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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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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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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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Compiling source into a DEB package
I have always had a problem installing and removing compiled software, so I have decided I would like to build software from source into a .deb package for easier installation/removal.
I would like ...
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What security policies exist in place for packages and scripts?
I did have used Microsoft Windows since Windows 98 to Windows 7. I have found lots of security vulnerabilities by myself about how viruses, worms, spyware etc. compromises the system.
Microsoft ...
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How do I install packages without using a package manager?
I would like to know how to install .deb packages without using a package manager such as dpkg. Is it possible to do this? What files do I have to edit? Or is there a unique procedure for each ...
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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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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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Package not available for this type of computer
I am creating a deb package for an opensource project I have started called
WideMargin
When I try and install my deb package in 10.10 using the Ubuntu Software Center I get the following text on ...
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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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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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How to find and back up only files not part of a package
How can I find a list of every file that is modified or added outside the debian package management system?
Cruft is unmaintained and doesn't know about the way today's debian package management ...
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What is present in a .deb file?
I downloaded google-chrome for Linux, it got downloaded as a .deb file in downloads folder. I changed the current directory to the downloads folder and ran "google-chrome" in terminal. It started ...
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How to make a deb pkg for my pygtk app?
I write a pygtk app and want to make a deb pkg for it.
$ tree WebPad/
WebPad/
|-- jspad
| |-- __init__.py
| |-- main.py
| |-- t.py
|-- pixmaps
| |-- c.png
| |-- run.png
| `-- webpad.png
...
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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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Apt-get with no HTTP/FTP access
Is it possible to install packages using apt-get install without having HTTP access? In other words, can apt-get install packages from a small local repository?
I know I can use sudo dpkg -i deb_file ...
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“Installing” programs
This is problem I encounter many times. Sometimes when I download programs, they are in zip/tar.gz or any other extension. I simply extract them and click on bin. Everything is working fine, but 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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