Questions concerning package dependencies, in dpkg/apt, which are used as Ubuntu's package manager.
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How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
How do I resolve unmet package dependencies?
Occasionally, when I'm installing stuff, I get an error like the following:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested ...
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How to upload package with dependencies to my PPA?
I made a package for my PPA and uploaded it. It built without any problems.
Then I made another package that depended on the first and uploaded it. It failed because it couldn't find the files in the ...
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Why do I get an “unmet dependencies” error when trying to install WINE?
When trying to install WINE (sudo apt-get install wine) I get the following error:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are ...
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How do I install Steam 64-bit when package dependencies cannot be resolved?
I'm currently running Ubuntu 12.10 on Wubi, and am trying to install Steam.
Notably, when I am trying to "buy" steam from the store, it reads
Package Dependencies cannot be resolved
This ...
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Identifying and Downloading Dependency for an Offline PC [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software offline?
My pc have no internet connection. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. I always download the package from another pc having net ...
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Every attempts of installation returns error code (1)
mihirm3m@mihirm3m-HP-Pavilion-dv5-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install steadyflow
[sudo] password for mihirm3m:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How do I install Draftsight CAD?
I've installed the 11.04 64bit version and now i can't install Draftsight (32bit with force architecture option) because there is an error with the library libexpat1..
anyone know how solve?
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How can I find out why a package was installed?
How can I find out why a particular package was installed?
Is it part of the default installation?
Was it specified manually, or was it chosen automatically to meet dependencies?
Which packages are ...
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How to remove an uninstalled package's dependencies?
I want to install a package (DigiKam), but it has a lot of dependencies. If I decide I no longer need this software and uninstall it, will the now unnessary dependencies be removed?
If not, how can I ...
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Broken dependencies due to libjackd
So I proudly updated my Linux distro for the first time and thereafter got a problem.
I'm running Ubuntu Unity 2D (usually) 12.04 (since today) on a 64 bit computer.
Indeed, the first upgrade -- I ...
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error Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while running sudo apt-get install -f [duplicate]
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error occured while running sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for rahul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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apt-get install python-software-properties dependency problems
So, I was trying to add a repository using add-apt-repository and I got this error:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gijzelaar/opencv2
[sudo] password for foo:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
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Package dependencies cannot be resolves
When I try to install Wine, PlayonLinux, and some other programs, I get the following message:
At the terminal:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine : Depends: wine1.5 but it is not ...
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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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How can I install a package without installing some dependencies?
I'm trying to install the package LaTeXila, and the output looks like this:
$ sudo apt-get install latexila --no-install-recommends
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Why does removing Firefox install another browser?
I want to remove firefox (with sudo apt-get purge firefox*) but without installing the epiphany browser. how to do it?
PS : I want to remove firefox becouse I want to use and only use google-chrome ...
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Unmet dependencies: linux-generic
Today I went over to my grandma because she had some problems with her computer, running Xubuntu 12.04LTS. After fixing 'the problem' (Firefox was set fullscreen..) I ran the usual apt-get update ...
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How can I completely remove xfce4 when apt-get remove --purge doesn't work?
Starting with a Ubuntu server, I wanted a window manager, so I installed xfce4.
I used
sudo apt-get install xfce4
to do this. To remove it, I used
sudo apt-get remove --purge xfce4
which ...
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Find out what packages were installed with a particular package?
I have a simple question.
When you install a package using apt-get install, oftentimes, it will install several dependency packages as well as the main one. I was wondering if there is a way to ...
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Package dependencies cannot be resolved
when i try to open avidio file like .mkv extension with mplayer it requires some multimedia plugin like gstreamer and and Ubuntu 12.01 freshly installed
and when i tell him to install them that ...
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Dependencies not met on 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
apt-get broken, cannot fix or remove libapt-pkg4.12
Now I'm very aware that there are many questions out there that are quite similar to what I'm experiencing, but I ...
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Why can't I watch video after installing the original ffmpeg fork from Jon Severinson's PPA?
I just installed the Jon Severinsson ffmpeg PPA, and I cant watch any video and get audio only, I get a need extra plugins needed install? and then packaged dependencies could no be resolved . Here ...
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How to list package dependees (reverse dependencies)?
In order to research what caused the installation of a given package, I'd like to get a list of packages which depend on that package. I couldn't find anything obvious in man dpkg.
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Why does Software Center report qt4 as unmet dependency, when I already have qt5 installed?
I installed qtspim which requires qt4 to be installed. As I already have qt5 installed on my system, qtspim is working fine.
However, Software Center reports dependency error. When I run apt-get ...
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How do I install cinnamon on Ubuntu server?
How do I install cinnamon and mate on ubuntu server 12.04?
What are the dependencies?
When I install cinnamon it doesn't start when I start the system and when I try to use it with startx command i ...
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Unmet dependencies error when installing wine [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is Wine not installable on my system?
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine1.5 : Depends: wine1.5-i386 (= 1.5.16-0ubuntu1) but it is not installable
...
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Can't install libssl-dev, dependency problem
I'm trying to install the package libssl-dev, but I get the following error:
libssl-dev: Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= 1.0.1-4ubuntu3) but 1.0.1-4ubuntu5 is to be installed
the package libssl1.0.0 is ...
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How do I find the build dependencies of a package?
I'd like to find out which packages
sudo apt-get build-dep <package>
would install (if I already got some dependencies installed, I'd also like to see those → so running or simulating the ...
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Can I see why a package is installed?
For a specific package, can I find out why it is installed?
So, can I see or it's manually installed, or that it is installed as a dependency of another package? Or that it is installed as part of ...
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Cannot install wine on Ubuntu natty 64bit [broken dependency]
I've just installed Ubuntu natty 64bit. Now I'm trying to install wine and no matter how I do it (Software center/synaptic/terminal), it fails.
Here's what I tried on terminal:
sudo apt-get update
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How to install only the dependencies of a package?
Running sudo apt-get install <PACKAGE> will install the package, its dependencies, and any other recommended packages.
However, there does not seem to be a way to install only the dependencies ...
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Why do many GNOME application packages depend on `libunity9`?
When investigating this question, I discovered that many GNOME applications' packages depend on the libunity9 package.
If I try to uninstall libunity9 on Precise, it tries to uninstall lots of ...
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Is it safe to change my Lucid sources to Maverick, to get one app, then revert to Lucid?
I am considering to temporarily change my repositories to Maverick, on a Lucid system.
I want to install a newer version of Evolution because it has a particular feature I want.
I don't want to ...
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How to create a .deb file with dependency?
I have a game made with the LÖVE framework and i want it into a .deb file so it can be easily installed by others and easily findable through the Unity dash for example. I also have the LÖVE framework ...
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Install gcc on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
When I try to install gcc on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server with apt-get install gcc, I get the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gcc : Depends: cpp (>= 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5) ...
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1answer
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Unmet dependencies in Ubuntu 12.04?
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg: Depends: libavcodec-extra-53 (>= 4:0.7-1) but 4:0.7.2.1ubuntu2 is to be installed
Depends: ...
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Canot resolve package dependencies
Ive fresh installed ubuntu 12.04 and wanted to look for updates.
An error occurred and asked if i want to repair dependencies. So I did what it asked for but it failed again and again and again.
Same ...
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Why does synaptic want me to uninstall half my programs just to get wine?
I have noticed it lately, so I am suspicious it is something to do with being on a 64 bit install. I especially notice when trying uninstalling something I don't want by KDE; I seem to have to choose ...
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Problem with package dependencies in Qt4 library
I'm having a problem with dependencies in the qt4 library, and I'm not able to install anything via the apt-get command.
apt-get update gives me a normal output.
apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean ...
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Removing Empathy from 12.10 wants to remove the Gnome-Core package
I would like to remove Empathy from my Ubuntu system, (I am currently running Quantal without Unity, just Gnome). When I try remove it in Synaptic it also wants to remove Gnome-Core, which I assume ...
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Dependency Problems installing Google Chrome package due to xdg-utils error
Trying to install Google Chrome on my fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install. I have run a full apt-get upgrade and apt-get update on this system before installing Chrome. I downloaded the 32-bit deb package from ...
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libssl Dependencies
Alright, so I was messing around with libssl and I manged to mess up libssl pretty well. It looks like I installed a separate version of libssl 64 than I've for libssl32 and now I can't use apt-get at ...
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How to trick apt dependencies? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
I want to use Frescobaldi (an editor for Lilypond), but the packaged release of lilypond ...
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I cannot install any package (linux-image-server, linux-server dependencies errors) [duplicate]
I'm very new to Ubuntu and I messed up something and I cannot install any packages with apt-get install.
Initially I got this error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
...
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I'm having dependency problems with wine and multiarch on 12.04x64. I need a solution
EDIT 3: See bottom, for TL;DR-ish version.
I want to install wine1.5, from the ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa repository. Fair enough right?
(I'm running 12.04 x64 and a custom kernel.)
I added their ...
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How to re-install GIMP 2.6 after trying GIMP 2.8?
Ok...
I tried GIMP 2.8, but felt more comfortable with 2.6. I removed the PPA's from Ubuntu Software Centre, removed and purged GIMP, and even rm the .gimp-2.8 folder. But when I go to install GIMP ...
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I messed up my local package system, how can I repair it?
After removing a PPA recently my local package system got messed up. It now asks me to run sudo apt-get -f install to fix dependencies.
Having waited a couple of days for the issue to resolve itself ...
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Why does Flash Player need “ttf-mscorefonts” in order for flash player to work?
Could someone tell me why Flash Player needs ttf-mscorefonts to work?
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./configure: Mono version not recognized during MonoDevelop config
I want to install MonoDevelop 2.10 and I have cloned the current release with git clone git://github.com/mono/monodevelop.git however running ./configure I get the error:
checking for ...
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Package Dependencies Error in almost every install
New to Ubuntu. In the other sofware sources i have "Debian 4.0 eth" officially supported "non-us.debian.org/"; etc ... "ppa.launcpad.net" and installing applications has stopped working.
I think i ...
