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After installing KDE desktop only KDE login

I installed KDE via the sudo apt-get install kde-plasm-desktop command (I wanted less packages than installing the Kubuntu-desktop would give me) and now I get the KDE (or is it Kubuntu?) login ...
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apt-get update fails to configure linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic

When I recently tried to use apt-get upgrade to install the most recent updates, the process failed while configuring linux-image-3.2.0-43-generic. I can not remove / purge the package, and can not ...
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Is there any YUM to APT-GET tool?

I have a big source code where it wants to install everything where shown of YUM (Fedora, CentOS, Red hat package manager). Example: $ yum install bzip2 cpio curl curl-devel fileutils gettext-devel ...
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12.04 unattended-upgrades package has lock on /var/lib/dpkg/lock (cannot sudo apt-get update due to lock) [duplicate]

Calling the sudo apt-get update fails to complete. Fails with: Fetched 2,212 kB in 13s (162 kB/s) E: ...
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Ubuntu 12.0.4 package update failure libssl1.0.0 out of memory error [duplicate]

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and yesterday automatic updates failed on what appeared to be the update of openssl package. I have searched around and found several old q&a's to this package ...
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I get dependency issues with linux-image-pae while upgrading

justsmit1@moodle:~$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade The following packages will be upgraded: linux-image-generic-pae 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 ...
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“apt-get -f install” not working

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer ...
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How to remove TuxCut app from Ubuntu 12.04

I've installed tuxcut but it's in different language. I've tried removing it using dpkg but didn't worked so i downloaded a english version and tried installing it.But i got this error. Any help to ...
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Failed Kernel install results in apt and dpkg failure due to dependencies and configuration issues

I have seen some similar questions but none that I have seen have resolved my issue. An error occured durring a kernel upgrade on Ubuntu 12.04 from linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic to ...
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ubuntu 12.04 update problem

my Ubuntu 12.04 update to 3.2.0-38 PAE had crashed and system would not boot to that version. I booted from 'previous linux versions' (3.2.0-37) then I tried 'sudo apt-get install -f' in terminal. ...
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How do I update an individual package without breaking future updates?

I'm on a LTS release and want it to remain LTS. However, I have an individual package called libmlx4-1 that I need to update to version 1.04 (i.e. libmlx4-1) . This is in the Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) ...
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What packages on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 are need?

After I had some troubles with apt-get I added too much packages with the ubuntu-desktop package. Unfortunately, this happened on a ubuntu-server, so there are many unused packages now. Because I'm ...
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Weird output when running “dpkg -l linux-image” (12.04 LTS)

When I run "$ dpkg -l linux-image" I get: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required ...
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dpkg error code (1) while trying to re-install Firefox

I removed Firefox by the following command: sudo apt-get remove --purge firefox Then, I used Chrome browser for a while. Now, I want to re-install Firefox on my system, but I get the following ...
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Error while installing package - Ubuntu 12.04

Below is the error i am getting. when i install or upgrade , i have been struggling for a while to solve . sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.2.0-35

Whenever I install, update or uninstall a program in the terminal, this comes up sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... ...
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nginx dependency problem trying to upgrade

Trying to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 vps I get the following error: henrik@neung:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for henrik: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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linux-image-generic seems to be broken

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. Recently I can't install anything anymore. I always get the following error message: Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic (3.2.0-34.53) ... Running depmod. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - dpkg: error processing sasl2-bin (--configure):

Something goes wrong while installing sasl2-bin in Ubuntu 12.04 root@j064:~# sudo apt-get install kvm libvirt-bin sasl2-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Internal Error - Trying to install Valve's Steam client via Ubuntu Software Center

Valve's steam client is now Open to all said a link and so I decided to install Steam Client on my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to try it out. I downloaded the deb file from this page. Once after the ...
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I am unable to solve this error in My Ubuntu 12.04 '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1050 package 'swish++'

When I tried to update my system and installing new program. It failed because of following error. I tried to remove Swish++, but that also failed. So currently I am not able to ...
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error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 13 package 'python-pkg-resources' [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: dpkg: error: parsing file ‘/var/lib/dpkg/available’ near line 13 package 'python-pkg-resources error dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 13 ...
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What does this error mean: “E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)” - related to the installation of activity-log-manager ?

What I see is this: incredible@incredible-Inspiron-N5010:~$ sudo apt-get -f install [sudo] password for incredible: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Reinstall Ubuntu keeping my data intact

I have recently upgraded my desktop OS from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 (complete re-install). Before the switch I made a list of all programs installed on my Ubuntu 12.04. sudo dpkg --get-selections > ...
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dpkg error getting while upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10

How to solve this error: dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 15356 package 'libogg0': package has field 'Multi-Arch: same' but is missing architecture
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Unable to Start/Remove/Re-install/ mysql after upgrade to 12.04.1 from 10.04.4 (Server)

Upgrade went fine. Everything is OK except MYSQL. Mysql failed to start after the upgrade. I have tried all the workarounds given here MySQL fails to start after upgrade to 12.04? , but still no luck. ...
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Sub-process dpkg returned an error code (1)

I need help getting past a roadblock in doing updates on Ubuntu 12.04 on a x86_64. When I run the following: % sudo apt-get upgrade I get: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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Problem with dpkg-preconfigure, how to correct?

I was trying to install TeamViewer, and I followed the instructions here even though they specify 11.10 instead of 12.04 (what I'm running). In particular, I executed. $ wget ...
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apt-get errors after TeX Live 2012 update with tlmgr

I am running TeX Live 2012 on Ubuntu Precise. For the installation I followed this tutorial. Yesterday, I updated the packages (about 40 items) for Tex Live 2012 using the following tool. $ sudo ...
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Cannot resolve package dependencies following LTS upgrade from Lucid to Precise

After a failed LTS upgrade from Lucid to Precise, I'm stuck in package limbo. As root I have run dpkg --configure -a apt-get -f install Outputs appended below. The default package archive at this ...
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Unable to install mysql under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get MySQL back on Ubuntu 12.04? i'm getting the following error when trying to install MySQL Server under Ubuntu: Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.22-0ubuntu1) ...
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repair broken packages-“dpkg: error: conflicting actions -f (--field) and -r (--remove)”

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. if more information will be needed, tell me and'll give. the main problem is: tzach@tzach-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install docky [sudo] password for tzach: Reading package lists... Done ...
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Dpkg error when trying to uninstall java

I have been trying to uninstall jre6 but I keep getting the error dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching sun-java6-jre:amd64 I've tried sudo apt-get --purge remove sun-java6\* vim and ...
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Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) due to glance-registry

Shortly after logging in, a system error pops up with a prompt to report the error. It refers to "glance-registry." The error icon at the top of the workspace says Error: BrokenCount>0 ...
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dpkg E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error

I decided to shift around my partitions on my hard drive for a fresh install of Kubuntu. I booted my Ubuntu 10.10 live disc, shifted everything around and attempted to install grub and it didn't work, ...
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Package operation failed when updating 12.04

Whenever I try to update 12.04, I get the "Package Operation Failed" message. I haven't been able to update my system. In the "Details" section it says: installArchives() failed: Extracting ...
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How do I fix so many dependency problems caused by apt-get upgrade?

This is the output of the upgrade command with a lot of dependency problems, any help would be greatly appreciated. Its a Ubuntu 12.04 system running the MATE desktop environment: ...
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ambiguous package name 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0' with more than one installed

I tried to update my system Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on amd PhenomIIx4-955BE. The power failed this afternoon, not once, but twice in a row. I knew that something was going to cause an issue. I recently ...
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apt-get fails to upgrade, install, remove etc

I upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04, had no issues that I noticed. Recently tried to install something via software center, but it was throwing errors. Changed to trying to sudo apt-get install instead but ...
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Partition not showing in dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc (grub2) menu

I am trying to install grub boot loader on a partition /dev/sda3 (ext3 formatted), but it is not showing as an option when I run dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc. My details are: I have a dual boot system ...
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Crossplatformui error

I face crossplatformui errors when I install the crossplatformui application for mts mblaze wireless broadband modem. On a forum I learnt that the error was because the package needed a kernel ...
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Why this dpkg error: ambiguous package name 'libglib2.0-0' …?

I have some weird errors while trying to install packages with software center or even when I try to upgrade packages with sudo apt-get install upgrade: dpkg: error: file triggers record mentions ...
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How to remove a half-installed package? (Sun JDK - Java)

I've tried installing Sun JDK from sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/java, it failed with the following: Downloading... --2012-05-05 15:50:09-- ...
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Can't install Deepin Software Center.deb

I have been putting in the command sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb and it just says that there is no file.
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Fixing dpkg after installation of broken packages? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove all associated files and configuration settings of an app installed through 'force architecture' command I installed a broken package, and now ...