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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E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 1165 (packagekitd) [duplicate]
I am new to ubuntu and recently installed ubuntu 20.04 on my system.
At the time of installation, I was getting this error:
PCIe bus error severity=corrected type=physical layer (receiver id)
for ...
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ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv partition full for no apparent reason?
I am using ubuntu server on a few machines but it seems 2 of them are afflicted with this issue while the others are totally normal. Both machines are very barebones, outside of the ubuntu server OS ...
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`do-release-upgrade` refuses to upgrade, although everything seems fine
I have a good working 16.04 installed, everything fine, but as it is getting older, I would like to upgrade to the following LTS (18.04). So I tried this:
$ sudo apt update
(lots of stuff)
$ sudo apt ...
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Install multiple packages despite error "E: Unable to locate"
When I try to install multiple packages at the same time but one or more can't be located or have no installation candidate then nothing gets installed.
As an example:
$ sudo apt-get install <...
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How to prevent the installation of specific packages in Ubuntu 20.04?
How can i prevent a specific package to be installed?
I have already read the following pages:
Need to prevent a package from being installed
https://www.tecmint.com/disable-lock-blacklist-package-...
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OpenShot video editor doesn't open
I installed OpenShot video editor by using sudo apt install openshot from the official repository, then I tried to open it by using openshot-qt command and it camed errrors, here's the output:
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sudo aptitude install does not install proposed packages
I want to install default-libmysqlclient-dev using
sudo apt-get install default-libmysqlclient-dev
But I get this output
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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ubuntu package search with multiple terms and logical operators
I mean to search on the web for ubuntu pacakges with more than one search term, and logical operators among them.
For instance, I want to search for packages for 20.04 that contain vnc and server in ...
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20.04 LTS: Packages Not Fully Installed or Removed
My searching has not netted me a solution to this problem and the errors I'm seeing aren't helping in applying the fixes that others have suggested...
Running 20.04LTS Server, having upgraded (do-...
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Package ipython is not available I am using ubuntu 20.04.2LTS [duplicate]
I want to install ns3.33 simulator on my ubuntu 20.04.2LTS and when I run the command:
apt-get install python-pygraphviz python-kiwi python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev ipython
I have these errors:
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How to install deb files on kubuntu without using terminal?
I just installed Kubuntu and downloaded chrome, steam, and Dropbox deb files. When I try to install them using Kubuntu's software manager Discover, it says it can not install from an unsigned repo.
Is ...
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Cannot install virtualbox 6.1 on Ubuntu 20.04. The following packages have unmet dependencies
As tittle said, I tried to search for solutions but I can't find anything. Can you suggest another software beside virtualbox? Thank you.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.0
Reading package lists... ...
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Unable to install packages (unmet dependencies / broken packages) [duplicate]
I am trying to use "sudo apt-get install build-essential" but it gives an error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could ...
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Need to remove colord to update from 18.04 to 20.04 but this will remove Ubuntu desktop. Is there another solution? [duplicate]
When I try to update from 18.04 to 20.04 via
sudo do-release-upgrade
I get the message:
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
I have followed the advice here from ...
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Installation issue with Python3.8, pip, and distutils
I have recently upgraded my Ubuntu 18.04 system from python3.7 to python3.8. I now want to install a python3.8 package. So, I ran: python3.8 -m pip install xyz, where xyz is the package name (for ...
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How to compile Clang LibTooling programs under Bionic?
I'm trying to port a project that uses Clang's LibTooling library from Arch to Ubuntu/Debian.
I have installed the clang-10, llvm-10 and libclang-10-dev packages. The latter installs the necessary ...
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Linux Kernel PPA not found [duplicate]
From This article, I want to download new version of the Linux kernel so the first commands to execute is add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa but when I use it says that it cannod add PPA and that ...
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Update changes of own apt repository with large files fast
Dear askUbuntu community,
In our lab, we are working with a lot of external software and configurations on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In order to provide the corresponding packages to every coworker (nowadays ...
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HPLIP update doesn't finish - how to stop the installation safely?
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and a printer HP Color Laserjet pro mfp m281fdw. Printing works, but scanning does not.
In order to fix the missing scanning function I thought I would update my HPLIP and ...
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CMake can't find installed package
I often have lots of trouble getting CMake to accept that I do in fact have some package installed and it's because I don't understand what info to give to CMake and/or how to do that.
For example, I'...
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nuxhash mining on linux for nicehash miner
line 38, in request
raise Exception(str(response.status_code) + ": " + response.reason)
Exception: 404: Not Found
install ocl-icd-libopencl1
Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most ...
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To purge or not to purge
Ubuntu 20.04
Recently on a new machine with a fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 I installed mysql server as follows:
sudo apt install mysql-server
This installed mysql 8.0 successfully. However, for ...
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How to check if a dependency is satisfiable or not
I want to check, using a script, if a dependency of a package is satisfiable.
I'm not checking if it is installed, just installable. I'm not trying to install a package. I'm also not asking how to fix ...
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dpkg -i error: unable to open ... no such file or directory
I try to install libssl 0.9.8 on lubuntu 20.04.1.
I have found no way to install it using apt, so that I downloaded a .deb package from the ubuntu Trusty (14.04) launchpad archive.
I try to install it ...
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Accidentally removed Python 3 and damaged system packages, now can't install anything [duplicate]
I mistakenly tried to sudo apt remove python3 (I was trying to install multiple versions of Python), but stopped it using Ctrl+C immediately. Looks like I damaged the package and I was unable to open ...
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Why does tasksel remove so many packages when switching from xubuntu to vanilla gnome? [duplicate]
I ran tasksel, then deselected Xubuntu desktop and selected Vanilla GNOME and now observing it is deleting a lot of packages, which look irrelevant, like samba, pulse audio and etc.
Why?
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Install Pass on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I am trying to install:
sudo apt-get install pass
from https://www.passwordstore.org/.
But I get the error:
sudo apt-get install pass
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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How do i find everything that i have installed myself?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.01.
Say for example i follow a guide that instructs me to install some stuff.
So i run the sudo apt install a few times with different names and im done.
But then after like 2 ...
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"Error! Cannot create crash report" and "Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.4.0-1015-raspi (aarch64)" when I run apt-get
When I type a command like sudo apt-get install vlc it says this
Loading new sysdig-0.26.4 DKMS files...
Building for 5.4.0-1015-raspi
Building initial module for 5.4.0-1015-raspi
ERROR: Cannot create ...
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dpkg error processing linux-image after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I just upgraded to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 from 16.04. There were some hurdles that I would later describe below, but right now, the upgrade is "complete" except for the following set of errors ...
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How do I remove Timekpr next from my system its Ubuntu? It says that cant remove virtual packages
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'timekpr' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not ...
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Find packages installed directly from a `.deb`
This question: How to list installed package and its details on ubuntu? talks about how to see all packages installed through apt.
Occasionally I have to install a piece of software directly from a ....
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Error when installing mysql-server - now I cannot install any package
I have Ubuntu 20.04. mysql-server failed to install.
Now, when I run sudo apt install -f I get
$ sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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I cloned an Ubuntu 20.04 installation onto a separate drive and the cloned copy seems to have a broken package manager, how do I fix this?
When I try to install any package using apt, it gives this error:
E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
Extract templates ...
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How to create and publish a brew package on Ubuntu to ensure that everybody could use it?
I have several open source project and I am not a great fan of MacOSX, but I would like to package these project binaries into brew so that MacOSx users can install the package using brew as well. I ...
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Cannot install net-tools in Ubuntu 20.04 focal [duplicate]
Iḿ trying to run the command
ifconfig
The output is:
Command 'ifconfig' not found, did you mean:
command 'iconfig' from deb ipmiutil (3.1.5-1)
command 'pifconfig' from deb python3-ethtool (0.14-...
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wine-stable is not installable [duplicate]
Hello I try to install wine-stable in my ubuntu 18.04, but I am not able to install it, all of them depend on the packages I have installed already.
$ sudo apt install wine-stable
Reading package ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 update problem [duplicate]
When I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade the following error occurs, the system is not working properly, and I am not able to update or install any software.
Error:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading ...
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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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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 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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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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apt-get not finding valid package to install
I installed the following PPA:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ xenial main
performed an update but apt-get is unable to find a package that is listed. If you check here,
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Special option for APT not to install via Snap [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and saw a problem while installing programs with apt. I am in a closed environment without internet but with a full copy of the Ubuntu Archives with apt-mirror.
When i ...
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Glitchy looking desktop due to broken packages in 20.04
I tried updating my packages through Synaptic, and I haven't updated in a while so it took a while. As it was updating I got an error that I had broken packages and to fix it using apt-get install -f, ...
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What to do if i skipped mok management twice?
system info - Linux xxxxx 5.4.0-28-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 22 17:40:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. grub 2.04
I did the typical sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ...
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Installing USB Wifi w/ RealTek RTL8812AU [duplicate]
I have a TP-Link Archer T2U Nano Wifi USB Stick and am trying to get it to work on Ubuntu 20.04.
lsusb shows it as:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2357:011e TP-Link 802.11ac WLAN Adapter
Found this thread, ...
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Broken php package in apt-get install [duplicate]
I want to install php7.4-soap on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, so I ran sudo apt-get install php7.4-soap
But I get following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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Kernel package processing and update-initramfs issues after upgrade from 19.04 to 20.04
I just upgraded my Ubuntu from 19.04 to 19.10 a few days ago and ever since then I have faced an issue with booting.
When I boot up, GRUB boots into the new kernel image (of 19.10) and I see the ...
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Upgrading to ubuntu 20.04 LTS
While upgrading to ubuntu 20.04
It shows this
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
This was likely caused by
- Protea software packages not provided by Ubuntu Please use ...
