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How do I upgrade my code from dpkg-deb to dpkg-buildpackage
I inherited code that builds the .DEB using dpkg-deb -b -Zgzip -z9 debian ../$runner
This works well, except that when the end user runs it, it refuses to install missing dependencies. Instead it ...
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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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How to install xnviewmp using package management aptitude `apt-get` on Ubuntu 12.10?
How to install xnviewmp using package management aptitude apt-get on Ubuntu 12.10?
Visiting https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/xnviewmp/ and
clicking through to software center ends results in ...
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Unmet Dependencies right after installing VLC
I got the following error after installing VLC on my Quantal 12.10. Checked for libass4
and its already there. Is there anybody encountering this same silly error and willing to resolve..??
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Why would dpkg not auto-rename .conf files on --unpack on an installed package?
I was testing a few things and was wondering about the difference between --auto-deconfigure and --unpack.
dpkg --auto-deconfigure --install P.deb
If P has a Break field such as:
Break: B
and B ...
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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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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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Removing and re-installing texlive 2012
I have a problem with texlive. For some reason I couldn't load the siunitx package anymore. Because I had problems with Texlive before, I accidently installed 2 versions next to each other with them ...
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Do my tools show wrong installed kernel package version?
There's a new set of Ubuntu updates for 12.04. A couple of them are kernel packages. Synaptic says that, linux-generic-pae will be updated from 3.2.0.38.60 to 3.2.0.38.61, in short from xxx60 to ...
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sudo dpkg --configure dpkg: error processing default-jdk (--configure):
default-jre depends on default-jre-headless (= 1:1.7-43ubuntu3); however:
Package default-jre-headless is not installed.
dpkg: error processing default-jre (--configure):
dependency problems - ...
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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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Finding diff to conffile?
Suppose some package foo...
$ apt-get install foo
..installs a dpkg blessed conffile /etc/foo.conf (ie package maintainer version)
Now suppose after the package is installed /etc/foo.conf is ...
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What does this info mean when I fire `dpkg -l lxpanel`?
When trying to see the version of LXPanel and fire dpkg -l lxpanel, I get
~$ dpkg -l lxpanel
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| ...
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I'm having a multi-arch problem. How can I fix it?
Running the following commands give me the same abrupt ending, any ideas? 1.
sudo apt-get -f install -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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How to resolve dpkg error code (1)?
I get the following apt-get error message:
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to ...
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libgtk-3-0 dependency issues
I've been trying to update standard packages on my Ubuntu box. There's literally nothing extra on this box except for VirtualBox for some Windows stuff I run. Here's one output:
$ sudo apt-get update
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dpkg: xml2-config is different from the same file on the system
I followed this procedure to restore a previously exported list of packages in a new system. At the end of the procedure, after sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade -y I got this message:
[cut]lot of output, ...
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Install usblib package - Ubuntu
I need the package libusb for another package I am installing.
I tried the following which seemed to install the package,
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
but when I try to install the other ...
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Software centre neither update does not work on 12.04
m@samsung:~$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
[sudo] password for m:
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory
m@samsung:~$ sudo apt-get clean
m@samsung:~$ sudo apt-get update
N: ...
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always purge on remove in package
I am maintaining a debian package, which includes some config files that are installed under /etc/. Is there a way I can somehow make the package to always automatically --purge itself whenever a user ...
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dpkg --set-selections fails in 64-bit computer
I found a set of commands that creates a list of installed packages on a machine, and then reinstall the same packages in another machine. It seems that the command works fine on Ubuntu 32bit desktop, ...
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How to block downgrade of a package using dpkg?
I want to prevent installation of lower version of the package over higher version using dpkg.
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Delta-update Firefox Aurora package from PPA
I am using Firefox Aurora in my Ubuntu 12.04 which I have installed via its ppa (ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/firefox-aurora). As expected of Aurora, I get an update usually after 2-3 days. I have Firefox ...
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Trying to install TaskJuggler but get errors
First time posting so not sure how it works here. I'm trying to install TaskJuggler but get the following errors:
Stopping PostgreSQL 8.4 database server ...
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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 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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Unable to upgrade Ubuntu Server as psa-imp won't uninstall
When I try to upgrade Ubuntu using
apt-get upgrade
I get the message
(Reading database ... 67729 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing psa-imp ...
Where it will hang for ages ...
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1answer
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error Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) while running sudo apt-get install -f [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
error occured while running sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for rahul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How to set the package selection status to the current status?
I have made a dpkg --clear-selections command and found that all my packages are selected for removal. As the man pages is saying
--clear-selections : Set the requested state of every ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) seems to be choking on kde-runtime-data version issue
12.04 LTS, on a dell mini 10. Install stable until about a week ago. Updated about 1x a week, sometimes more often. Several days ago, I booted up and the system was no longer working correctly. All ...
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Errors during installation
Setting up quake3-data (1-0ubuntu2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/quake3-data.postinst: 24: [: /host/Games: unexpected operator
/var/lib/dpkg/info/quake3-data.postinst: 32: [: /host/Games: unexpected ...
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is dpkg -i some-older-version.deb --force-all dangerous?
Note that this is not a question about "how to install an older package" but instead on the reversibility of the possible damage this might do to my system.
I am running 12.04LTS. The version of ...
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Why isn't `auto-remove' removing all unnecessary dependencies?
I just installed a package (dansguardian in this case) and apt told me that I had unmet dependencies.
# sudo apt-get install dansguardian
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree ...
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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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How to recover broken dpkg after lucid-bleed ppa-purge?
Did a ppa-purge of lucid-bleed and dpkg didn't downgrade properly and now it is broken.
dpkg: PreDepends: tar (>= 1.23) but 1.22-2ubuntu1 is to be installed
What scares me is when simulating the ...
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How to resolve - dpkg error : old pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
I am unable to install or remove a package on my Ubuntu 10.04 due to the following error.
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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How to list all dependency problems?
Like being able to filter broken packages in synaptic, is there a way to list (CLI or GUI) all dependency problems?
Or would dependency issues show up as broken?
I'm confused because each time I ...
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Can Synaptic sort packages by time?
I know Software Center can do this (in the "History" section), but I've yet to find a filter/column in Synaptic that will sort the packages by the time they were installed/removed. I could really use ...
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How can I filter “dpkg --get-selections” to just packages available in repositories?
I would like to get a list of packages installed on one system and install all of them on another system.
I know that dpkg --get-selections can give me a list of all installed packages which I can ...
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Uninstalling package unrecognized by aptitude
Some times ago I installed qtikz on my system, but I don't remember if I did it via dpkg -i --force-architecture or directly from source (perhaps via checkinstall). In short, it is not working and I ...
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Why do some packages conflict with themselves?
After an upgrade to Oneiric I have had some troubles with the package manager (it wanted to remove half of my system, including libc6, zlib1g packages etc). During the fight with aptitude I've noticed ...
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Script to only execute during first install of a package
I recently started packaging up some of my software and publishing it on Launchpad. The installation and removal works fine, but upgrading the package form one version to the next version is ...
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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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Unable to install any packages due to unrecoverable fatal error /var/lib/dpkg/diversions
I am currently unable to install any packages. I receive the following error:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
too-long line or missing newline in `/var/lib/dpkg/diversions
I have ...
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Install a list of packages only if they aren't already installed
I'm trying to automate my setup as much as possible.
To do this I have lists of packages that I want to install, for example: banshee wireshark audacity thunderbird thunderbird-lightning calibre ...
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Stop dpkg -l from listing packages already removed
As the solution to another problem I was forced to use dpkg --remove to uninstall a package. However, after I do this the package is still listed in dpkg -l:
phrogz@planar:/boot$ dpkg -l | grep ...
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I can't uninstall Ironhide, or install any other packages
I installed Ironhide (aka BumbleBee). It couldn't get it to work, but now I can't uninstall the package and it's preventing me from installing or removing anything else. Any ideas what I can do to fix ...
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downloading and installing error: package is not a debian format archive
I'm a newbie to Linux and Ubuntu, and I'm trying to install a package called libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 I first use wget
wget http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
It gives me saving ...
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Ignoring forcefully installed package? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
So I installed the good, old amarok14 package on Ubuntu 11.10 (Because there still isn't a music ...
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Syntax error in bandwidthd package causing upgrades to break
Automatic update gives me option to update some packages. I tried to do this, but after downloading packages it gives me error.
Output is:
installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
cp: ...
