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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Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it?

I get this error when trying to use apt-get: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is ...
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How to let `dpkg -i` install dependencies for me?

Say, I have foo-1.2.3.deb which depends on perl and python, however, running command: dpkg -i ./foo-1.2.3.deb won't install these dependencies. So I must apt-get install perl python by hand. How to ...
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How do I get a list of installed files from a package?

I want to know where I can find my installed application when I installed it on Ubuntu using package manager. I installed RabbitMQ and ran locate rabbitmq which gave me following result: /home/...
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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

I'm trying to run this command in the terminal: sudo apt install software-properties-common This is the error message I get: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource ...
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Installed Teamviewer using a 64-bit system, but I get a dependency error

I was trying to install Teamviewer, but I was getting a dependency error. I tried to install the required packages, but with no luck. I'm getting this error: Unpacking teamviewer (from ...
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dpkg error: "trying to overwrite file, which is also in..."

For example: $ sudo apt-get install curl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The ...
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How do I get details about a package which isn't installed?

How can I get some details about a package without installing it, (eg. the description and version number) like in Synaptic or Aptitude. The command dpkg -s PACKAGE does not work, with this error. ...
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What is the difference between dpkg and aptitude/apt-get?

When installing a software via dpkg -i packageA.deb, will the dependencies required by packageA be downloaded and installed automatically? How is this different from using apt-get or aptitude?
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What do the various dpkg flags like 'ii' 'rc' mean?

I frequently need to check which packages are installed, and I use the following command: dpkg -l | grep foo which gives the following output Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/...
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Is it possible to install a .deb from a URL?

Is there a way to install a deb package directly from a URL, using a shell? Something like dpkg -i http://domain.com/path/to/package.deb (I know I could use wget and then dpkg, I'm just wondering if ...
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How to remove/install a package that is not fully installed?

I went to install bsnes the other day and, for whatever reason, the installation failed. Now, I cannot update, install new packages, or do basically any apt-get commands as they all try to process ...
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How can I find the version number of an installed package via dpkg?

I use the dpkg -l command to find out what version of a package I have installed. For example: dpkg -l network-manager returns the information on the package: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/...
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dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process

I just wondered if somebody could tell me what this means: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. reidsr@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a ...
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dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

On Ubuntu 18.04 I am getting this when I want to install the recommended Nvidia driver. sudo apt install nvidia-340 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Can not install 'openjdk-9-jdk' because it tries to overwrite file aready included in 'openjdk-9-jdk-headless' [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial desktop, 64 bit, and wanted to install openjdk-9-jdk (Java 9 development kit). The version available from the universe repository is 9~b114-0ubuntu1. Running the ...
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E: dpkg was interrupted... run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'

I was running an upgrade with the apt-get command, and it was taking an exceptionally long time because half way through my ISP hit me in the face with their fair usage policy. After sitting outside ...
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How to resolve "dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python-apport_2.0.1-0ubuntu9_all.deb"?

Update Manager will not update even though I have over 100 updates to install. I get a error message like this: installArchives() failed: Extracting templates from packages: 29%% Extracting ...
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How to get information about a package before installation in the terminal?

I was wondering how to get the information about a package in the terminal, before installation with apt install so that I can decide whether to install it, based on the description. Thanks!
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Problem installing .deb in Software Install Ubuntu 20.04

I tried to install some .deb files in Ubuntu 20.04 from GitHub and other internet sources, but when I open it with Software Install it gives me this problem (Failed to install file: not supported). ...
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Installing BLAS and LAPACK packages

How to install BLAS & LAPACK in Ubuntu 14.04? When I am trying to install these packages with apt-get install BLAS: Error occurred Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), ...
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Nginx installation error in Ubuntu 16.04

:~$ sudo apt-get remove nginx* && sudo apt-get install nginx-full* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done After this operation, 5,579 kB of ...
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How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?

I'd like to be able to create a package that doesnt contain any code or programs itself, but instead installs other packages that exist in the repositories onto a computer, sort of how the ubuntu-...
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dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0045' near line 0:

I am getting this error in Ubuntu 12.04 , while doing the below operation. frank@august:~$ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer [sudo] password for frank: E: dpkg was interrupted, you ...
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Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-i386/Packages - Chrome [duplicate]

I recently noticed while installing some packages and using the command apt-get update that I ran into the following error: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release ...
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How to update software installed via .deb file

There are so many software which we installed via .deb file because official ubuntu repo has very old version of it. But I was just wondering how to update packages install via .deb file. One ...
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Fix half-installed package

I am getting error while using sudo apt-get upgrade stating: dpkg: error processing libgfortran3:amd64 (--configure): package libgfortran3:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (...
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Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while upgrading python3.10

apt upgrade: $ sudo apt-get full-upgrade -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct ...
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How force remove when post-installation script always fail

I have a custom package installed on my Ubuntu 10.10, and trying to remove it, I got: $ sudo dpkg -r package sub-process script post-installation installed returne an error state 127 (the message ...
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dpkg --get-selections shows packages marked "deinstall"

Executing dpkg --get-selections shows packages with one of the markers install or deinstall. Some packages I could remove completely with apt-get remove. What does deinstall mean? What can be done ...
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How to list packages from a ppa/source in command line?

I want to list all the files from a source, say extras.ubuntu.com from the command line. What is the command for that? dpkg --list lists all files or just the filename.
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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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How can I find Boost version?

I just want to know how I can find the version of boost installed in my ubuntu 12.04? I am having trouble with the current precise and thinking of reverting back to 8.04. What is the boost version in ...
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Force apt-get to overwrite file installed by another package

(I realize a similar question was asked before but the answers there don't handle these details) I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 and need both python2.5 (coming from deadnsakes -- https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+...
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apt-get: No space left on device (12.04)

I have read every thread I could find -- even the ones that say that the question has been answered elsewhere but none of them address the specific issue I am having. Update Manager ran and produced ...
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt_pkg' error

I run below command on ubuntu 16.4 : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps of below question: How to install PlayOnLinux on Ubuntu 16.04 and get below error: Traceback (most recent call last):...
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How to purge previously only removed packages? [duplicate]

I have a list of packages on my system, that were installed and removed again, but not purged, i.e. there are still a lot of conffiles etc. laying around. The output of dpkg --get-selections | grep ...
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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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Restoring all data and dependencies from dpkg --set-selections '*'

So I can run on one machine: dpkg --get-selections '*' > selection.txt On another machine: dpkg --set-selections < selection.txt ... followed by either of the following: aptitude install ...
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Unknown user in statoverride file

I had an application installed on my htpc running ubuntu server called mediatomb, a few months ago I uninstalled it and replaced it with a Plex install. At the weekend when querying existing users on ...
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dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured [duplicate]

dpkg --configure -a Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-35-generic (3.13.0-35.62) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) The link /initrd.img is a dangling ...
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Dependency errors after installing and attempting to remove Google Chrome

So ubuntu worked perfectly for me for a while. I tried to download Google Chrome and accidentally downloaded the 32 bit version. Went back and tried to download the 64-bit (stupidly without deleting ...
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Message 'E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.'

Whenever I am trying to get the update I am getting the error at the last line: Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_IN Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-...
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"gzip: stdout: No space left on device" while upgrading the kernel [duplicate]

I see the following error while trying run the command shown below. I read somewhere that my /boot partition is low on disk space. How can I increase the size of the /boot partition so I can install ...
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How to recover deleted "dpkg" directory?

Unfortunately I've deleted dpkg directory while removing the lock. By mistake I typed root@sam:~$ rm -r /var/lib/dpkg Now when I am trying to install/uninstall packages it shows me following error. ...
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How can I tell which package an executable came from? [duplicate]

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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apt changelog for to-be installed packages [duplicate]

GUI update-manager is able to show the "changelog" of packages to-be installed (not downloaded yet). I also found out how to provide the .changelog files in the right place for update-manager to show ...
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How to create a .deb file from installed package?

You can install a .deb package file onto a system by using dpkg -i filename.deb. Is it possible to do the reverse? By reverse, I mean create a .deb package file from an installed package given a ...
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Errors were encountered while processing: man-db

I get this error when I use apt-get upgrade & apt-get autoremove and on every apt-get [Something].. and when I try to install applications too: Errors were encountered while processing: man-db E: ...
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Unmet dependencies. Libc6 The package system is broken

Whenever I try to upgrade or install a new package i get the following ibc6-dbg: Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9.2) but 2.31-0ubuntu9.1 is installed \ libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9.2) but ...
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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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