Questions tagged [package-management]

Questions about the management of software packages, in particular the APT and dpkg systems. Use this tag for general questions about package management, and also for questions that cover or compare different packaging systems. For specific package tools, use their own specific tag (like apt, dpkg, snap etc.).

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Does upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 require all packages to be upgraded? [closed]

While upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 found that a lot of packages were listed under "will be upgraded". I know there's a capability to hold certain package upgrades by doing apt mark-hold <...
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How to extract all dependency files out of package instead of installing them

I need to extract dependency files for libdbus-glib-1-2 and libxt6 package because I need to ship these dependencies to AWS Lambda so I have to manually add these dependencies to my code. I have tried ...
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Cudo installation error 1

When I try to install cudo with the instructions on their website - https://www.cudominer.com/miner-installation-on-ubuntu-18-04/, I recieve the following error message, and despite trying to follow ...
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I keep getting this error when I try running sudo apt-get install nvidia-current [duplicate]

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you ...
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Installing RDKit and using Pandas [duplicate]

this is my first time writing here. I am starting to use RDKit but I found the installation very difficult. I have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and python3 (anaconda). Following the procedures posted at de ...
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apt-get getting error E: Internal Error, No file name for open-vm-tools:amd64

I upgraded Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04 I get this error with the package open-vm-tools whenever I try to do anything apt-get related, for example: #sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: dependency problems ...
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apt-get upgrade with and without "--with-new-pkgs" What is the difference? why do I continue to see kept back packages?

I ran apt-get upgrade and found a kept back package. bitnami@ip-xxxxx-xx-xxx:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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How to install applications in ubuntu while using live persistance usb?

I can't install applications in Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS version while using live persistence USB. Some of the installations work but most of them doesn't. It always keep showing errors while installation ...
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Installing YUM in Ubuntu 20.04 to run CentOS LXC Containers

I was able to install Yum in Ubuntu 18.04 but I can't install it anymore in Ubuntu 20.04. So, when I try to run a CentOS LXC container in my Ubuntu I get an error like this one: # lxc-create -n ...
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Error when running apt upgrade: "libjpeg-turbo8 : Breaks ..." [duplicate]

How do I fix the problem ?? spyam@linux:~$ sudo apt upgrade [sudo] password for spyam: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want ...
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how to install JTDX package I downloaded

OK folks...I do know a little Linux; I install Ubuntu 20.04 on the recommentation of a friend. Appears to work fine. I went to JTDX web site and downloaded the program specific for Ubuntu 20.04. I can ...
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File has unexpected size (250 != 140516). Mirror sync in progress? [duplicate]

I have had a Ubuntu 19.04 system. I upgraded it to 20.04 some how I found Vmware tools were not giving desired results. So I decided to upgrade previously installed vmware tools. So I did following. ...
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How do you find out which version of Gnome Desktop ships with a certain version of Ubuntu without installation?

How do you most reliably and accurately correlate which version of GNOME Desktop a certain version of Ubuntu ships with, without installing that version of Ubuntu? I'm referring here to more recent ...
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Reverting python back to stock

I have created a mess of Python packages. I have installed some packages with pip and others with apt, and then I have got 3 different versions of Python: python2.7, python3, python3.8. I am now ...
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no package 'librsvg-2.0' found

I am trying to install GNOME mahjong When I hit ./configure && make && make install It returns a condition left of a program that is remaining to install no package ' librsvg-2.0' ...
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When an apt package is flagged as "automatically installed", is it possible to view which package triggered the installation? [duplicate]

When apt lists an automatically-installed package that I don't recognize, I'd sometimes like to know which manually-installed package originally triggered the installation. Is this possible?
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How to reset software package configurations? [duplicate]

I've been trying to set up a tor relay, but I ended up deleting the /etc/tor/torrc configuration file after messing it up too much and figuring that tor would create a new unmodified config file after ...
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Couldn't create temporary file to work with /var/lib/apt/lists/...bionic_InRelease

I don't remember installing anything recently but when I pulled my laptop out of standby today I got the following notification: In words: An error occurred, please run Package Manager from the right-...
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How to install the libnl3-*-dev(el) packages from your distro

I'm trying to configure the Microcheckpointing feature for providing fault tolerance to VMs in the Ubuntu system 19.10. While going through the steps I came across this error. ERROR: NetLink v3 ...
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Having problems installing.....GUI or anything else...on an HP BL680c running 18.04

So far I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on my offline server (phone is my only internet access, which will not share its connection with other devices). I have mounted a USB flash drive to transfer "...
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The following packages have unmet dependencies (after switching from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS) [duplicate]

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-control-center The following packages have unmet dependencies: libsane : Depends: libsnmp35 (>= 5.8+dfsg) but it is not going to be installed ...
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Install GCC/G++ 10 on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install GCC 10 on my machine as described here. After adding the PPA, here's what I keep getting: $ sudo apt-get update Atteint :1 http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu bionic InRelease ...
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Add external package installation repo source [duplicate]

I need to add the following repo in ubuntu 16.04: deb http://apt.llvm.org/trusty/ llvm-toolchain-trusty main I attempted to add that repo by typing following command: sudo add-apt-repository "deb ...
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Cannot install NVIDIA drivers due to unmet dependencies [duplicate]

I'm trying to install CUDA and NVIDIA drivers to use a GeForce 1080 and a Titan XP GPU on my workstation. However, running: sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-440 I got the following error, which I ...
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Settings are missing after upgrading from 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

So I guess the main problem here is Broken packages and I don't know how to fix them. Here's why I think so. I tried to install gnome-control-center to get my settings button back: $ sudo apt install ...
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Upgrading to 20.04 from 18.04 [duplicate]

I am having alot of error in my dpkg and I am at my limit of fixing it. I cant install or update or remove packages. I've tried many solution but all fails and ends up at E: Sub-process /usr/bin/...
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cant install or remove anything on 18.04 cause of DPKG error

Last time I was able to install is install adobe using snap now I cant install anything and having multiple errors; when I run sudo dpkg --configure -a , sudo apt-get -f install I get below martin@...
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Does a software gets installed every time I run its binary file?

So my doubt might sound funny but I am kind of new to ubuntu and want to get a clarity of different ways of installing software like .deb, .rpm, tarball. So considering the case of tarball. In some ...
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install postgis on ubuntu 18.04 after upgrading gdal to 3.0.4

I upgraded GDAL on my ubuntu 18.04 server to GDAL 3.0.4 and downgraded Postgres from 12 to 11 After finishing GDAL upgrade (gdal installtion done according to follow link Install GDAL Packages on ...
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How do I disable libgtk in openssh source package?

I want to install openssh from source packages. My Ubuntu doesn't have GUI. I want to disable libgtk. How do I disable libgtk? Enviroment $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ...
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Where can I find the Dell XPS package archives, and the right packages to install?

I just got a new Dell XPS 13 9300 today. It came with Ubuntu 18.04, but wanting a newer OS, and having a 20.04 USB disk lying around, I wiped it and installed 20.04. But now I see that Dell has some ...
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Unable to install g++-7 and gcc-7

I have Ubuntu 18.04.3. Every time I do sudo apt install gcc I get: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be ...
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How to prevent ubuntu to install the package which is already installed manually by 'make install'?

I have manually installed ffmpeg which I built from source with GPU support,but when sudo apt install kdenlive System tells that The following additional packages will be installed: ffmpeg ...
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Gcc version conflicts after upgrading to 19.10 from 16.04

I had build-essential installed when I was using 16.04, as well as multiple versions of gcc and g++ on my system and they were working fine. After the system upgrade, they are apparently not even ...
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framework installation

I want to install some framework on ubuntu 20.04. I want to install it using package manager. The question is that, if install it using package manager then it maybe be store in /root partition (it ...
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Error in downloading Wine in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 and I want to install software with .exe but I read that I must download Wine so, when I try to follow the instruction of downloading wine it show me this error "E: ...
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How to tell which packages will be installed by snap

I just discovered that chromium is released as a snap package in my Ubuntu 20.04, and I'd like to know what else are like this. So, How can I tell which packages come from snap? I.e., I want to have ...
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Deb Repository & PPA Package Whitelisting Security [duplicate]

Is it possible, maybe via pinning or other, to restrict which packages a repository can upgrade on a whitelist basis? Example: If I add the docker repo to apt: deb [arch=amd64] https://download....
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How do I add multiarch support to install Packet Tracer 7.2.2 on Ubuntu 20.04? [duplicate]

I am attempting to install Packet Tracer on my machine running Ubuntu 20.04, and I keep running into the same issue. While going through several different tutorials on installing Packet Tracer 7.2.2, ...
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How to upgrade libxnvctrl0?

If I run sudo apt update I get a message ending with Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt ...
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ubuntu 18.04 messed up youtube-dl upgrade result in errors

I upgraded youtube using youtube-dl -u and a bunch of other ways that I forgot because I only Copy and Paste them on my terminal. and now when I try to install other things my terminal says martin@...
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Uninstall programms installed by Ubuntu 20.04 LTS setup process

I installed programs via the setup process of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (namely docker and prometheus). These programs do not appear to be installed in any "normal fashion", meaning I neither do find them via ...
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Auto remove broken ppa

According to this question, i have almost 60 broken PPA based of this log file ( The apt.log file form /var/log/dist-upgrade folder) like this: , so i like to know can fix it by some app to ...
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Cannot install nohup command

I am trying to install the nohup command. When I run sudo apt-get install nohup I get: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to ...
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e2fsprogs-l10n: Depends: e2fsprogs (>= 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.3) but 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.2 is installed

I ran into this problem when updating some software packages in Ubuntu 18.04. e2fsprogs-l10n: Depends: e2fsprogs (>= 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.3) but 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.2 is installed
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Why apt install snapd before installing 3rd party software? [duplicate]

After installing Ubuntu 20.04 I removed snapd and want to use good old apt, but when I type: sudo apt install chromium-browser I get this: The following additional packages will be installed: snapd ...
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Stuck GCC version is preventing me from installing packages

I'm running a fairly fresh (not release upgraded) install of Kubuntu 20.04. I'm in a "fully updated" state, as in apt update + apt full-upgrade tell me I am up to date. I would like to install: sudo ...
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Why is the "repo" package unavailable in Ubuntu 20.04? How can I install it?

I tried to install repo , but apt said that package is not available. I refreshed package lists cache by apt update , but the same message. So, I opened my browser and searched Ubuntu repositories for ...
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Can't install php5 on 16.04

I can't install php5. Can you help? root@localhost:~# sudo apt-get install php5 Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Package php5 is not available, but ...
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How to uninstall the following packages?

so I wanted to uninstall the following packages, specifically libnvidia-compute 440 one. What commands do I give to remove it and how do I zero down on its location? $ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia rc ...
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