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How to resolve dependency conflict (perl conflicts with libxml-sax-perl)?
I am trying to install a package called libxml-simple-perl, but it depends on libxml-sax-perl, I have installed other dependencies without issues, but this one below is giving me a lot of trouble, and ...
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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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Failed linux Kernel Firmware Update
Ok guys this is what I get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
...
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Term for “Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.” dialogue?
Sometimes I see the following dialog.
Configuration file `/etc/...'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What ...
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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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DPKG installation error due to LZMA error
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I had recently upgraded the LMZA library to 4.43 which is the latest version. Ever since it gives error while installing few softwares and upgrades.
It shows the ...
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dpkg stale NFS problem, but no NFS ever used
I've been having issues with updating my computer running 13.04. The problems are also encountered while trying to do any package operation as far as I can tell. The error message is "Stale NFS ...
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Lost/Deleted dpkg (package manager for Debian). How do I get it back?
OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Accidentally deleted dpkg. Now, packages can't be installed. So, needs an dpkg installer which installs packages.
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I just lost /var/lib/dpkg
I have an empty /var/lib/dpkg and as consequence both apt and dpkg are starting to complain about everything and with every simple task I would like to do with them: there is a way to rebuild that ...
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avoid reinstall virtualbox and update to the latest release
Installing virtualbox-extension-pack-4.2.12 to enable USB2.0 controller prompted only to work with the latest release.
But my current version is 4.0.18 on debian wheezy. The latest release of ...
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apt authentication failure on self-signed package
I did create a gpg key using "gpg --gen-key", here is the listing:
> gpg --list-keys
/home/<user>/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
--------------------------------
pub 2048R/99EDE0B7 2013-02-05
uid ...
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Unpacking with dpkg incredibly slow
I'm experiencing a huge slow down during any installation with apt or "dpkg --install" whenever the installation comes to the point of unpacking something.
For example, currently the system is ...
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dpkg --configure -a not working
When I try to execute
dpkg --configure -a
I get this message:
Setting up jre (1.7.021-1) ... Error: unpack200 - command could not be
found.
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of ...
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Errors were encountered while processing:libglib2.0-0:i386
Every time i run:
sudo apt-get upgrade
or when i try to:
sudo apt-get install
a program, it gives me this error:
Errors were encountered while processing:
libglib2.0-0:i386
E: Sub-process ...
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Package Error When Upgrading or Installing anything
I've been dealing with this issue for a while now and have serched for weeks but can't find anyway to fix it. I basically can't install any programs or packages from anywhere. Everytime I do it gives ...
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can dpkg obtain the source code of a package?
apt-get source {some-package-name}
gets the source code of that .deb.
Can this be achieved with dpkg instead? Or with software-center?
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What does gnome-settings-daemon is not ready for configuration mean?
On a recent Ubuntu 12.10 install, something innocent like apt-get install xfonts-75dpi is giving this message:
dpkg: error processing gnome-settings-daemon (--configure):
package ...
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How do I delete all packages which match a certain pattern?
I want to uninstall libreoffice. This program consists of about three dozen modules. Ideally, they could be removed with:
aptitude remove libreoffice3.6* libreoffice-debian-menus libobasis3.6-*
but ...
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How to install the apt-get command, when it's itself been removed?
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus tf101 and wanted to strip it down a little bit
removed the desktop environment and any application that comes with it.
By doing this I accidentally removed removed ...
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Reinstall package and its installed dependencies
I've got a package installed that is broken (the package itself, not its dependencies). Reinstalling it with sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package> or sudo apt-get --reinstall install <package> ...
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upgrade has a problem
when I use:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
I get this:
Setting up rsyslog (5.8.6-1ubuntu9.1) ...
dpkg: error processing rsyslog (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned ...
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How to determine if a package is safe to uninstall?
I know that there are many recipes/strategies for getting a "minimal Ubuntu", but they are too extreme for what I'm trying to do. Still, I suspect that I have a ton of packages installed that I don't ...
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How to uninstall unused window managers and related packages?
I have uninstalled most unused session managers, but there are a few that still show among the options at login. The full list is:
Gnome classic
Gnome classic (No ...
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Could not install any application in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I tried to install an application however, I received these errors here the result
apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
...
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playonlinux installation failed how do I fix it? [duplicate]
So I was installing playonlinux as I wanted iTunes. I typed in the terminal sudo apt-get install playonlinux and it went well. But I can't find it on my laptop anywhere. When I try to install it again ...
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Input/output error every time I use apt
Whenever I try any operation with apt-get, I get an Input/output error related to libcdio-paranoia1. This has been happening for a while ad I don't reall yknow what's happening, but it has prevented ...
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how to remove a foreign architecture?
On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64, we'd like to remove the i386 foreign architecture it comes with, but I don't see a "dpkg" command to do this cleanly.
In Stuck with foreign-architecture=i386 when using ...
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apt-get -f install — Vicious Circle — Please Help!
It has been a long time since I've asked for help, but I'm in dire need now.
Some time ago, I set up a friend's computer with 10.04. He's still running it but somewhere along the way, he started ...
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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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dpkg: invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action “start” failed
I have read a number of the posts here and they all state to run the following commands:
Apt-get -f remove **
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get -f install **
I have seen these in various ...
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Manually Adding Installed Package
i built some packages myself using make & make install instead of apt-get because some packages in ubuntu repositories are not the latest version, sometimes not new enough to build some package ...
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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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How can I tell which package an executable came from?
I'm answering a question with a suggestion to use rename, and I realize I don't know what package it comes from (as part of the answer, I imagine saying something like "if you don't have rename, it's ...
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Cannot install any package using apt
It seems that some packages on my Ubuntu (Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, lucid) are broken, preventing me from installing any new packages. I have gone through similar questions in this site, but all proves ...
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How to revert libdrm without causing dependency issues?
I've been experiencing severe stability issues for the past couple days, and I've narrowed it down to being a part of X, since everything goes back to normal for a bit when I restart lightdm.
I use ...
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How to display all apt-get Dpkg::Options and there current values?
There is
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew"
or
apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold"
and many more.
How can I get a list of all Dpkg::Options and there current set values?
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HDHomeRun Dual and Kaffeine
I am trying to get HDHomeRun Dual to work with Kaffeine. I installed DVB per the instructions here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dvbhdhomerun/wiki/UbuntuPackages
but at the end, when I install, I ...
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Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
Hello
My trouble is:
Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2: No such file or directory)
I tried:
sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status
but there is nothing in the ...
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How can I Resolve dpkg dependency?
administrator@zlounes:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct ...
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cant install yaml-cpp because it conflicts with yaml-cpp?
It appears that no yaml-cpp is installed
sudo apt-get remove yaml-cpp
Package yaml-cpp is not installed, so not removed
But when I try to install yaml-cpp I can not because apt-get all of a sudden ...
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Where is virtualenvwrapper.sh?
I don't know what's more embarrassing: that I don't know how to go about finding the answer to this question myself, or that it has to be asked at all in the first place, but...
where does apt-get ...
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Fixing apt-get and dpkg? Again [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Broken dependencies due to libjackd
Okay, so i'm running Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) 64-bit. I've run into this problem several times, each time find another solution for it: ...
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Prevent apt from automatically installing open-vm-tools
Ubuntu seems to decide periodically to install open-vm-tools. This overwrites the proprietary VMware software installation and angers my VMware Workstation instances.
It seems like this occurs ...
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Installing a package works, but then I have to wait for 10 minutes for several “dpkg: error processing linux-headers…” errors
Whenever I try to apt-get install something or use the Synaptic Package Manager to install / uninstall something, I have to wait for > 10 minutes and the following report is generated:
(Reading ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
Anytime I try installing a new application or even updating my PC the terminal shows:
The following packages have unmet ...
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How do you find the licenses for everything installed on your system?
I want to write a script that outputs the license for every software package installed on my system.
Using dpkg --get-selections I am able to get list of everything installed. However, I don't see a ...
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Splitting a large package into smaller ones/upgrade path for users?
I maintain a couple of large packages that we use internally and starting with the next release I would like to split those into smaller packages. These packages are already installed in a number of ...
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apt-get upgrade fails with `Permission denied`
I have recently installed 12.04 and all seemed to be well, until today when I got a series of errors when trying to run apt-get upgrade:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
...
