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dpkg in uninterruptible sleep
I have several Ubuntu servers 10.04. Today, I tried to upgrade some packages on one of these servers and the process got stuck. I logged in using another SSH session and I found that dpkg is in D ...
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Unable to upgrade Ubuntu Server as psa-imp won't uninstall
When I try to upgrade Ubuntu using
apt-get upgrade
I get the message
(Reading database ... 67729 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing psa-imp ...
Where it will hang for ages ...
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How to recover broken dpkg after lucid-bleed ppa-purge?
Did a ppa-purge of lucid-bleed and dpkg didn't downgrade properly and now it is broken.
dpkg: PreDepends: tar (>= 1.23) but 1.22-2ubuntu1 is to be installed
What scares me is when simulating the ...
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Reconfiguring dpkg in Ubuntu 10.04
When I try to get certain libraries, I get the following message
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure
-a' to correct the problem.
It takes too long for it to ...
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Using dpkg --set-selections
I used the following commands to lock my Samba installation from upgrading.
echo samba hold | dpkg --set-selections
echo samba install | dpkg --set-selections
My question is simple. How do I ...
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yum whatprovides 'perl(Foo::Bar)' equivalent with apt or dpkg?
This is certainly related to this question, but I feel it doesn't overlap, so here we go. How can I get the functionality of the following command on Ubuntu (and/or Debian as bonus):
yum whatprovides ...
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Find (and reinstall) packages with corrupted files (without breaking anything)
I usually prefer to fix a Linux system than to reinstall from scratch. My computers have seen many distribution upgrades and a list of PPAs or third-party repositories. APT usually makes sure that ...
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How to download a package for offline installation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software offline?
sudo apt-get install {x} ex: X = ghdl
I want download the package "X" to my USB . How can I do that ?
Second, my computer ...
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dpkg --print-avail PACKAGE fails
I just happened to notice that dpkg --print-avail PACKAGE (same as dpkg -p PACKAGE) is failing on my Ubuntu 10.04.2 server. Should I be concerned?
For example:
$ dpkg -p a2ps
Package `a2ps' is not ...
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3answers
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How to get dpkg working again?
i tried to install sqlite3 on ubuntu 10.04 by typing:
sudo apt-get install sqlite3
this gave me the message
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the ...
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Can't install anything, dpkg error
I can't install anything on my Ubuntu.. I googled it, found the same problem, but none of the proposed solutions solved my issue.. All the time, it keeps giving me
No apport report written because ...
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Problems installing Ubuntu Tweak
I'm new to Ubuntu and loving it already. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and want to download and install Ubuntu Tweak. I followed the following process: system>administrator>synaptic package ...
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Does installing packages manually with dpkg prevent a future upgrade path?
I manage a private network which has no internet connectivity due to the security policy of the customer. This network has a single Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server installation (soon to be several more) and ...
