Questions related to metapackages, which define other packages to install.
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Update meta package does not update its dependency package?
I found that when i upgrade libaugeas-ruby, it doesn't upgrade libaugeas-ruby1.8.
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libaugeas-ruby
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libaugeas-ruby1.8
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Creating a multiarch meta package
I'm trying to create a meta-package to install various dependencies (for Android build system), some of the packages should use the i386 version so I tried to use the "Multi-Arch" option but it fails ...
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Should I use tasksel, tasks in APT or install regular metapackages?
Tasksel or plain Apt?
In the past I've always used tasksel to install so-called "tasks". It seems, however, that this has been integrated in APT:
apt-cache dumpavail | grep ^Task
[...] snip
Task: ...
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Isn't there an installer package for Oracle Database?
I wish I could install Oracle Database as easy as possible using Ubuntu Software Center or apt-get install.
I suggest that at least, someone of the community, could create a package that installs it ...
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Why does linux-image-virtual depend on a generic kernel now?
The linux-image-virtual metapackage has historically provided a kernel that is specifically designed for use in virtual machines:
Ubuntu 8.04: linux-image-2.6.24-32-virtual
Ubuntu 10.04: ...
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How do I restore the privacy pane of the system settings?
Checking out screenshots of the system settings in Ubuntu 12.10, it seems that I am missing a few. When I open up my settings, I cannot see Privacy, Backup, and Management Service. Also, nothing comes ...
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How to view a list of packages that were manually installed without their dependancies
How do I see a list of packages I manually (really manually, as in I typed them in) installed?
I want to exclude packages that were installed as a result of being dependencies of other packages that ...
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Installed kubuntu-desktop over Ubuntu and upgraded, what is the distribution now?
I am curious to know how Ubuntu will handle later updates if I install other *-desktop metapackages such as kubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop etc on a default Ubuntu installation.
As dist-upgrade ...
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How to determine if a package is a meta-package from the command line?
How can I determine if a package is a meta-package from the command line, possibly via apt-get, aptitude or apt-cache?
I have tried:
apt-cache show texlive-full
apt-cache showpkg texlive-full
but ...
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Kernel metapackages (linux-generic vs linux-image-generic)
The package hierarchy for Ubuntu kernel images looks like this:
linux-generic --> linux-image-generic --> linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic.
Both linux-generic and linux-image-generic are metapackages. I ...
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How to know version of program in meta-package?
How to know the version of a set of program to be installed through a meta-package?
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How remove all programs from a meta-package?
When you install a program like postgresql, it installs several programs for its last version.
Once installed how remove all those packages? because using
apt-get remove postgresql
removes only ...
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Why removing gnome-core does not remove all of it's dependencies?
I installed gnome-core package on Ubuntu (minimal version for the beagle bone) and it was almost 600mb. However, when I try to un-install it using
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-core
It removes ...
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Error while updating “System does not contain Ubuntu-desktop”
Here is the error I get when I am trying to install the updates suggested by the Update Manager in my Ubuntu 11.10. I have not installed and/or removed gnome/KDE/xfce or any other window manager. It ...
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dpkg and equivs
i am trying to make a metapackage with equivs, creating the package is working perfect, but installing it is giving me an error:
Selecting previously deselected package testdeb.
(Reading database ... ...
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How to completely remove desktop?
I wanted to switch to Xfce (I had KDE and GNOME installed), and I did this :
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get ...
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What is the difference between a meta-package and a package?
I've heard some packages being classified as a meta-package. So now I am left wondering what is the difference between a meta-package and a package?
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What files can I delete to avoid repeating the Python libraries?
I installed SAGE mathematics from binary because there was no package for it in synaptic. From reading on the web I learned that SAGE brings its own python libraries rather than using the ones Ubuntu ...
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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 ...
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How to trick apt dependencies? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
I want to use Frescobaldi (an editor for Lilypond), but the packaged release of lilypond ...
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Installing commonly used developer tools
Is there a meta-package for installing commonly used developer tools such as cmake, autoconf, g++, etc.? The intent is to have roughly the same range of command-line tools as one has after installing ...
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What exactly is in ubuntu-desktop?
I'm also interested in its variants, like kubuntu-desktop. It appears to include GNOME (or KDE) and a bunch of other things. But it's quite large - is there a breakdown of what is included in ...
