Questions tagged [dpkg]
Dpkg is the Debian package management utility that performs lower-level tasks in software installation and removal. This tag should be used for questions about using and troubleshooting the dpkg utility.
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How to resolve unmet dependencies: libpam-modules : PreDepends: libpam-modules-bin (= 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.6)? [duplicate]
When I try and run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the following error:
root@FDPM:~# sudo apt upgrade
sudo: unable to resolve host FDPM: Name or service not known
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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How to solve ? dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc-bin_2.31-0ubuntu9.14_arm64.deb (--unpack):
I was trying to do a apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on my Ubuntu and end up with the following error
$ sudo apt update
Get:1 file:/var/cudnn-local-tegra-repo-ubuntu2004-8.6.0.166 ...
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nodejs : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28) but 2.27-3ubuntu1.6 is to be installed [duplicate]
I was trying to install node into wsl2 (ubuntu 18.04) using binary distribution command:
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
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Ubuntu: how to fix a deeply broken apt?
I'm running Kubuntu 23.10 and I recently tried to install virtualbox 7.0 from the oracle website. After executing sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb nothing happened. I waited some hours without any ...
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dkms package not found and apt fails every time
After doing a normal apt update && apt upgrade I get a kernel panic on reboot.
I fixed it entering a shell from the old kernel recovery mode and then issuing:
mount -o remount,rw /
mkinitramfs ...
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I need help installing "CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb" I am on Ubuntu 23.10
alon@ALON:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb
(Leyendo la base de datos ... 172559 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
Preparando para desempaquetar ...
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failure to sudo apt upgrade: Errors were encountered while processing /linux-headers-6.2.0-36-generic [duplicate]
Very inexperienced with linux so this might just be a result of cascading user error but whenever I try to run sudo apt upgrade I repeatedly get these error messages. autoremove, autoclean, removing ...
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What is the correct approach to upgrade Docker when a gpg file is involved?
After to did do an upgrade through VirtualBox for Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 to 22.04 - focal to jammy - at the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory exists the mysql.list file.
According with a research was ...
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Ubuntu upgrade 23.04 to 23.10
I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu but it's stuck on the "Setting new software channels" fetching file 116 of 149. I opened the main.log and it displayed that the cache can not be locked. &...
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can not install nomachine from deb or tar
I have a remote machine in Azure can not rdp to it it is too slow, attempting to install nomachine. I have tried via tar and deb. can anyone point me in the right direction ?
/usr/NX$ sudo wget ...
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How to fix dpkg error code (1)
I keep running into the same error code which isn't letting me do anything. I can't install any software or run any of the fixes that people have suggested on other posts asking the same thing.
When I ...
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DKMS Problem - dpkg error processing package linux-headers-generic
$ sudo apt full-upgrade
[sudo] password for pepp:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW ...
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How to re-run `mailutils` post-install script after making the wrong choice?
I'm running Ubuntu server 22.04, and installed mailutils. At or near the end of my first installation, I got a "window" (ncurses??) that popped up in the terminal, asking what type of ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS How do I eliminate dependency problems when upgrading the kernel from 5.15.0-88-generic to 6.6.0?
I get "dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration" errors when attempting to upgrade my kernel from 5.15.0-88-generic to 6.6.0-060600-generic.
How do I resolve these issues?
Link to ...
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mac M2（arm64）ubuntu dpkg --add-architecture i386
I'm on my ubuntu virtual machine on my mac with M2 arm64 architecture chip
Executing the ubuntu dpkg --add-architecture i386command doesn't give me any response
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Ubuntu 20 - how to create platform agnostic packages architecture=all specifying dependencies on packages with native architecture
I am creating platform agnostic debian package on Ubuntu 20 and Ubuntu 22 - with an intention to install on both ARM and AMD64 processor architecture. My debian packages have depndencies on other ...
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"Error Removing Linux Kernel Package - GRUB Update Script Issue"
I'm encountering an issue when trying to remove a specific Linux kernel package on my Ubuntu system. The error seems to be related to a post-removal script that updates the GRUB bootloader ...
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dpkg error after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10
I'm encountering an issue when trying to remove a specific Linux kernel package on my Ubuntu system. The error seems to be related to a post-removal script that updates the GRUB bootloader ...
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No module named 'softwareproperties'
I previously manually deleted the system's built-in python2 and python3, and then manually installed them again. When I ran the command sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xxxx, I would get this error.How to ...
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Cannot install/purge/upgrade after problematic upgrade [duplicate]
I tried to upgrade my ubuntu version from 18 to 20.
The upgrade process was finished, but in reality my OS was not fully upgraded. I still see the old GUI and several things do not work (backup, ...
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dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-7.0 (--install)
I have an issue with install deb files
i used sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/virtualbox-7.0_7.0.12-159484~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
to install it
dpkg: error processing package virtualbox-7.0 (--install):
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can't uninstall opera. everytime i try says "can't find the package" but i still can see and use opera
here i leave every try:
rebeca@lasuperpcderebeca:/etc$ sudo dpkg --remove opera
dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove opera which isn't installed
rebeca@lasuperpcderebeca:/etc$ sudo apt remove ...
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Ubuntu does not update/upgrade
I have a problem on my Linux, and every time I do a sudo apt-get update and then I want to do an apt-get update I get the following:
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dpkg: error al procesar el paquete libglib2.0-dev:amd64 (--...
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Is there a way to skip a particular trigger during apt operations?
In particular, I would like to disable the initramfs-tools trigger.
I have a script to configure and build the initramfs that I want (which involves multiple kernels), but part of this involves adding ...
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dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'onlyoffice-documentserver' missing
dpkg warning does not go. tried apt update/upgrade/autoremove/autoclean/purge.
tried fix broken packages in synaptic also.
this happened when i tried to install onlyoffice and then installation ...
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apt-install keep failing due to previous package installation failure
I am trying to install a package A. previously, i tried to install a very different package B during which dpkg failed. I did dpkg --congiure -a after that and now I am stuck because every time I try ...
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error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
I'm installing openstack in Virtual Box ubuntu VDI 22.04.
I try tu run
./stack.sh
But i get error message :
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or ...
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Attempting to install, uninstall, or update anything results in the same error code
I run sudo apt update and then sudo apt upgrade and the following displays:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
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linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-52-generic for jammy 22.04 does not found archive
I use Ubuntu 22.04 jammy version and The Error that linux-modules-extra-5.15.0-52-generic package needs to be reinstalled, but the required archive file cannot be found. I can not install sudo apt ...
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Everytime i try to install something i get this error: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
Hey everytime i try to apt install something i get an error
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
loading files list file for package 'linux-hwe-6.2-headers-6.2.0-33': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/...
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Nvidia Cuda Installation Package Conflicts
I am trying to install Cuda and have been following the Cuda docs but I am at the part where I need to install the cuda package so I run sudo apt-get install cuda.
Which outputs:
Reading package lists....
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(Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS) Cannot install python3-pip, error message (code 1) appear
I have a problem when trying to install python3-pip on Ubuntu 22.04.
I got the Ubuntu from here and run on USB drive. Then as python3/pip is in the universe repository, I enabled the universe ...
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Can't remove Nvidia linux module
I'm trying to remove a specific nvidia linux module but it doesn't work:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.15.0-84-generic
which returns:
Reading database...
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Error Installing 'util-linux-extra' failed during 'do-release-upgrade'
I am trying to upgrade from 22.04 to 23.04 using the do-release-upgrade command. Whenever I do so the command dumps me back into the shell without having changed my system at all.
/var/log/dist-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy, libc6 breaks after update. How to recover half-installed libc6
After an update my libc6 broke, in particular /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 was deleted. I had to boot from a live distro to copy it back because no command was working anymore (now I ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while configuring dpkg
I was trying to force install the picoscenes drive via
sudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i /var/cache/apt/archives/picoscenes-driver-modules-5.15.0-78-generic_20230803_amd64.deb
and in the process may ...
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Issue with removing ubuntu-advantage-tools (28.1~22.04)
So I did an upgrade form ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 which did not quite go perfectly and there were some issues. While doing a sudo apt-get upgrade I am getting the following message
Reading package lists....
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Cannot fix the error "The following packages have unmet dependencies"
I'm working with Ubuntu 20.4 Focal Fossa and node v16.20.2.
Whenever I run sudo apt install npm or sudo apt-get install npm I get the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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Can't update or reinstall Zoom in 22.04
After a summer away, Zoom would not run without an update. After following the instructions and downloading the .deb package, all attempts to install ended with an error:
dpkg: error processing ...
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I have a problem installing anything on ubuntu LTS 20.04 [duplicate]
I am trying to install new package with apt-get install but I run in thousands dpkg errors.
dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'fonts-tlwg-kinnari' missing; assuming package has no files ...
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Keyboard not working after update
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.3 and after performing a software update to kernel version 6.2.0-32 as well as others (read below), I was prompted to reboot and after that the keyboard of my laptop (a Fujitsu ...
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.deb package not found in Docker container, even when installing from within the container
I want to install the globalprotect VPN client in an Ubuntu docker image. I have downloaded the deb files, and have manged to successfully install it on the host (also Ubuntu) like so:
sudo apt ...
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unable to upgrade kernel - 'dpkg: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured' and '(dkms apport): kernel package linux-*** is not supported'
Currently, my kernel version is: 6.4.10-060410-generic and I'm using Ubuntu 23.04. When I was trying to upgrade my kernel suddenly I got an error. I get this error not only for version 6.5.1 but also ...
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I get nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code' when i want to install nginx on a ubuntu server
I use: sudo apt update, sudo apt install nginx but i get this:
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdeflate0:amd64.
(Reading database ... 27812 files and directories ...
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Unmet Dependencies Issue: Missing Packages for QEMU and Docker Installation
I am currently facing an issue with installing certain packages on my Ubuntu system. I am attempting to install QEMU for virtualization and Docker for containerization. However, I am encountering ...
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do-release-upgrate Bionic to Focal is crashing with an error
I'm trying to do a release upgrade from Bionic to Focal. The upgrade is crashing pretty early with this error message
2023-08-29 04:47:19,413 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'python3.8-minimal': ...
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Version scheme change of libc6 libraires from focal to jammy
Hello Ubuntu community,
I notice that the Version scheme changes on libc6 libraries from focal to Jammy (i.e On the jammy libc6 packages i observe that on the libraries name minor version has been ...
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package manager not working because of dash [duplicate]
I guess my package manager is not working because dash is not available.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt install hello
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state ...
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understanding why a package is installing a file that `dpkg --search` & `dpkg --listfiles ...` don't know about?
I have installed a particular program via apt. It originates from a 3rd party repo, and I have 100% confidence the file was installed & updated via apt not some other path (per data I list below)
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`apt-cache policy` lists repos not shown in `add-apt-repository --list`
I have several 3rd party repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*, including for apt "foobaz", which is installed. I want to check which repository foobaz came from, or could come from:
figure ...