Questions about the management of packages, in particular the `dpkg` system.
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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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Building debian package - How do dependencies work?
I'm in the process of building a debian package. The goal is to package up a directory into a .deb that will have 2 dependencies that are other packages I created.
When installing the .deb package, ...
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sudo apt-get install (google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb) is not working
I was told that sudo apt-get install (package.deb) installs the software with all the dependencies too.
I am trying install Google Chrome, but when I do this step, it generates the following error:
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version of updated package
I'm running apt-get upgrade and see list of available packages which could be upgraded. Some of them without any version, how can I figure out what package version apt want to install here?
For ...
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How do I pick where the Software Center will install a package, specifically Steam?
I want to install Steam and other programs to a different partition, how do I pick where Ubuntu Software Center will install them? How do I pick where Steam games will be installed?
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1answer
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Can't chroot to recover Ubuntu 64 bits
I was trying to get steam for linux to work on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bits system. I installed these three (some 32 bit) packages:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/libc-bin
...
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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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Not all updates can be installed, partial upgrade proposed
When I am opening Update manager, it writes, that "Not all updates can be installed" and partial upgrade proposed.
What does this mean?
Am I correct thinking that "upgrade" means changing Ubuntu ...
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How exactly does Synaptic keep track of “New in repository” packages?
Is this info part of APT cache or does it create a separate file to compare with new cache?
Where is it stored then?
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E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.? [duplicate]
I honestly am clueless. I am trying to install GNUradio. When I go to install the pre requisites, using sudo apt-get install cmake swig libcppunit-dev python-cheetah doxygen \
libboost-all-dev ...
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1answer
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Error broken count>0
I am running Ubuntu 11.10. I have this error message that shows as a no-entry sign such as ...
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APT wedged by kernel version mismatch
Apt is seemingly unable to do anything useful for me, repeatedly giving messages of this form:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-server:
linux-server depends on ...
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libglib version confusion breaks update manager / gnome 3
I've been 'experimenting' with gnome 3 and conky on 12.04.01 and Gnome has fallen and it can't get up. Software Update no longer works. It seems to be a version dependency thing.
This appears now ...
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1answer
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Can I install `libssl-dev:i386` on x86_64 system without losing important packages?
On my x86_64 12.10 system, when I try to
apt-get install libssl-dev:i386
apt wants to remove a bunch of things:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
build-essential dkms g++ g++-multilib gcc ...
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1answer
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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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Broken count error : linux-generic-pae : Depends: linux-image-generic-pae (= 3.2.0.37.44) but 3.2.0.37.45 is installed
i am getting a broken count in synaptic and unable to fix it by running sudo apt-get -f installlooking out for suggestions.
Following is the extract from the Terminal
sudo apt-get check
Reading ...
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apt-get -f install simply not working
Everytime I am trying to install a package with apt-get install I get this.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f ...
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What location can the modules-load.d folder be placed?
I'm working on putting together packaging that will be eventually be uploaded to the main Raring Repos.
I working with packaging that uses kmod, so where is the proper place that the "modules-load.d" ...
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Update Manager fails with error: “The following packages have unmet dependencies” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
When I was trying to update packages with the update manager, I got an error about third-party repositories. But when I click ...
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Fixing apt-get and dpkg? Again [duplicate]
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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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How to install packages per-user?
I'd like to install programs without affecting other users on a box. I can imagine a parallel install tree (lib, bin, man, etc.) in my user directory.
Can apt-get do that, or is there another ...
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Netflix-desktop no longer works after update
So a while ago I installed netflix-desktop on my ubuntu 12.10 installation. I am also a subscriber to redbox instant. I attempted to install redbox-desktop which is from the same ppa as the ...
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apt-get won't handle package locking made in Synaptic
In Synaptic I locked skype to version 2.2.0.35 and the package manager is correctly ignoring newer version (it doesn't select skype upgrade).
On the contrary, apt-get upgrade will propose the ...
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How can I install software without using dpkg or APT?
Since my catalogue was broken (which thing is detailed here How do I repair my broken catalogue?) I have been unable to install software or update software.
Could somebody tell me a way of installing ...
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How do I repair my broken catalogue?
I've run sudo apt-get install -f from which I received the error: (after typing 'y' to give it permission to install libreoffice-common)
Errors were encountered while processing:
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apt tells me I have “held broken packages”: please help me reinstall skype
Ubuntu version: up to date 12.04
I recently uninstalled Skype so that I could reinstall the most recent version; I was getting the "packages held back" message whenever I updated the software on my ...
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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 to do about error/failed to fetch after update/upgrade attempt? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA?
I'm new to Linux and hardly have my feet wet. I don't understand what these errors are trying to tell me or what I am supposed to ...
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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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2answers
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apt-get broken: No module named debian.deb822
sys.path:
['/usr/lib/update-notifier', '/usr/local/lib/python26.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/plat-linux3', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-tk', ...
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Broken dependencies 12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
when I try to update or install new packages it pops up an eror message telling me that the package catalog needs repaired, I click ...
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What does a red icon on task bar mean? [closed]
this error appears:
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error ...
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Ubuntu 12.10: Package libc6-dev-i386 is not available
I'm building 32 bit boost thread libraries on 32 bit Ubuntu 12.10. When building I get the error
/usr/include/gnu/stubs.h:7:27: error: gnu/stubs-32.h: No such file or directory
I googled the problem ...
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cannot reinstall skype after manually removing its “held back” package
I am running 12.04 (precise) Ubuntu on my computer, which I keep it up to date. Recently skype started being listed as a "kept back" package whenever I ran a software update.
Stupidly I uninstalled ...
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View progress of a package installation in terminal
When I am using the Ubuntu Software Updater to install or upgrade packages, I can see a progress bar that shows how much of the installation is complete. When I am using the command line apt-get tool, ...
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How do I prevent Ubuntu from upgrading?
I've been struggling with this bug the whole day. I've managed to install following the first workaround proposed, but after I install the nvidia-current drivers I end up in a small 640x480 screen and ...
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How to set up and use a virtual python environment in Ubuntu?
Python virtual environments are used to create isolated python environments to avoid dependency and version conflicts, and also indirectly takes care of permission issues.
But what is the easiest way ...
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software center ubuntu is not installing software [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resolve unmet dependencies?
When I install any software from terminal, it shows following errors:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
...
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Unmet dependencies for crossover-pro:i386
My ubuntu software centre is giving me an error of items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalogue is repaired and when I try to repair it it says package dependencies cannot be ...
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How to install apps when APT says “Could not perform immediate configuration”?
My problem is, when I want to install apps like apt-get install <appsname>, I get an error:
root@bt:/# apt-get install bluefish
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
...
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How can I specify the languages that apt-get uses?
At some point in my installation, I must've selected several languages as default. When I run sudo apt-get update, I got output similar to the following.
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net quantal/main ...
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using the downloaded upgrade packages from one laptop to another [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
I have upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64) to 12.04 (amd64) on one of the laptops I have,
I have another ...
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How to fix “package system is broken” after upgrading to 12.04?
I can no longer remove or install any software or perform any updates. I got this error message after I upgraded to 12.04:
The package system is broken
Check if you are using third party ...
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1answer
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How do I fix “E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 'X' in source list” error?
This is the error I'm getting from using sudo apt-get update
E:Type 'b-src' is not known on line 2 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tiheum-equinox-precise.list
How can I fix this?
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How to reinstall Terminal?
While fixing package dependencies, the terminal application went missing, and now I cannot locate the application. Is there a way to reinstall the terminal application?
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problem in installing wine 1.5 in ubuntu12.10
how to install wine1.5 in ubuntu 12.10? I get this error:
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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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 keep just Xubuntu?
I've installed lubuntu-desktop and xubuntu-desktop on an Ubuntu 12.10 installation.
Is there any way to remove the default gnome/unuty programs or at least the applications in the lubuntu-desktop ...
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How to keep only ubuntu-minimal?
How can I remove all packages from Ubuntu and make sure ubuntu-minimal will not be lost?
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How to create a .deb package from compiled source files?
Question:
Mono 3.0 is out, but I found no ppa from where I could install it.
There is this one:
https://launchpad.net/~directhex/+ppa-packages
but it's mono 2.10.8.1-5.
I'm playing with ASP.NET ...
