Questions about software packages, installing them, removing them, updating them and finding them.
0
votes
1answer
10 views
Remove any third party packages from former libreoffice installation
After recent updates the global menu dissapeared as mentioned in this question (Libre Office shows blank menu and then crashes). I tried to file a bug report by typing out
ubuntu-bug libreoffice
A ...
0
votes
1answer
10 views
Default package list
Is it possible to find a place where the default package in Ubuntu releases are?
By default, I mean all the packages installed when you install Ubuntu.
1
vote
1answer
15 views
meld installation issue
I am trying to install the meld diff viewer on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. When I run
sudo apt-get install meld
I get the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
...
0
votes
2answers
29 views
What's the command to install the build-essential package?
What's the command on 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 for installing the build-essential package and linux headers generic package?
0
votes
0answers
7 views
How to make Revobase package work in R 3.0.1?
I have just moved to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I am having a hard time with R packages and installation. I need to use the Revobase package. I installed it this way:
sudo apt-get install revolution-r
...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
I can't remove a malformed line from my sources.list.d?
I tried to follow a poorly explained tutorial on how to install the Opera browser from the terminal. After this failed, I have not been able to get to the software center or the software updater. I ...
-1
votes
0answers
14 views
How do I remove missing packages? [duplicate]
At the tail end of the output from sudo apt-get update I get this:
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
Is there any YUM to APT-GET tool?
I have a big source code where it wants to install everything where shown of YUM (Fedora, CentOS, Red hat package manager).
Example:
$ yum install bzip2 cpio curl curl-devel fileutils gettext-devel ...
1
vote
0answers
28 views
This version of ntop is a minimally supported but OLDER version - please upgrade
ntop crashes:
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~#
root@dur:~# ntop
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 Initializing gdbm databases
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ntop will be started as user nobody
Sat May 18 17:57:45 2013 ...
2
votes
0answers
59 views
PPA for Android Studio?
Android Studio was released a few days ago and it's still in early access preview, but I would like to know if there is any PPA I could add to my Ubuntu Raring to automatically keep it updated with ...
0
votes
0answers
7 views
Which package handles changes to connected displays?
I've noticed a couple of questions here citing unhappiness with the way window positions are handled when an display is connected or disconnected.
Ubuntu 12.10 - Problems with secondary monitor on ...
1
vote
0answers
31 views
How do I remove .deb files of UNINSTALLED PACKAGES from the apt cache? [duplicate]
I am an Ubuntu newbie. I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit on my machine. And from the very start I like the experience Ubuntu is giving me.
I have learned some basic tasks like installing and ...
1
vote
2answers
33 views
install poedit 1.5+ in Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 which comes with poedit 1.4.6. Is there any way to install poedit 1.5+ without compiling it from source?
update: I'd rather not upgrade to 13.04, if at all possible
0
votes
2answers
14 views
Cannot locate Package
Whenever I type an application that could be installed into the terminal it says this is not installed yet, type: sudo apt-get install [application]. When I do this it says cannot locate package. Am I ...
1
vote
1answer
22 views
Ubuntu Chromium browser - how to define zoom percentage via command line launch?
I have Chromium browser running as Ubuntu Desktop, when i launch my system i need to set the Chromium browser zoom percentage to 79%, so that it always remain default.
Using command line, how do i ...
3
votes
2answers
63 views
Deleted virtualbox-fuse in 13.04 Raring
I'm using 13.04 Raring amd64 and I need to mount a .vhd file on my ubuntu.
I've googled about it and found that virtualbox-fuse package is the answer.
But the package was deleted from apt repository.
...
0
votes
1answer
41 views
View TOTAL Disk Space Taken by ALL Installed Packages
Is there a way to view a 'system size'? I want to know how large I should make partitions if I separate my /home from the / (root) partition, but I don't know how much space Ubuntu + every installed ...
0
votes
1answer
27 views
squid-deb-proxy failing to cache packages
On an Ubuntu 12.04 server, with squid-deb-proxy installed, client machines on the network will properly contact the server when installing packages, but squid never caches packages.
From ...
1
vote
0answers
9 views
E:Malformed Line 61 [duplicate]
Hello I am new to Linux (Only installed today).
I have an issue though which is "This is a serious problem. Try again later. If this problem appears again, please report an error to the developers."
...
2
votes
3answers
47 views
will apt-get autoremove break other dependencies?
I want to use apt-get autoremove to remove liba for instance, but I'm not sure whether it is smart enough to preserve other dependencies. For instance, if liba depends on libb, while libc also depends ...
0
votes
0answers
40 views
Problems with SMB shares: Is it possible to downgrade gvfsd-smb?
Since upgrading to Raring my work using SMB-shares has become painful. Access randomly hangs, processes stop etc. I believe I suffer from this bug.
My question is: can I downgrade gvfsd-smb? On ...
0
votes
0answers
6 views
Could not initialize the package information. libtest-prereq-perl (NewVersion2), MergeList
I have the following:
An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error ...
5
votes
1answer
65 views
Where to find older source&binary package versions?
I know that when a package update appears in the repository, its older version disappears from there. But what if new version has a regression? Where can I find previous ones?
Note: I don't mean ...
0
votes
1answer
56 views
Missing libqt3-mt in 13.04
I have an application that requires the libqt3-mt package, in particular it's asking for libqt-mt.so.3. It worked OK under Ubuntu 12.04, but I've recently upgraded to 13.04 and the package is missing ...
0
votes
0answers
18 views
How to install a .tar.gz [duplicate]
I'm new to Linux (especially Ubuntu) so sorry but I have absolutely no idea what to do with a .tar.gz file. I'm trying to download flash projector for linux but it's in that file format so I don't ...
0
votes
0answers
13 views
GUI doesn't coming up on ubuntu-12.04 [duplicate]
I am not able to start GUI in my ubuntu.
I have installed ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386 on my Oracle VM virtual box.
when it boots up it shows a "running on low graphics" warning. then login credentials ...
0
votes
1answer
31 views
How can i make my .deb package replace a file in the system? [duplicate]
you know that you can't make a .deb package that replaces a file on the system which belong to another package, but i need to create a .deb package for the settings (gnome-settings,kde-settings, in ...
1
vote
1answer
44 views
How can I determine what packages I had installed before a new install?
Situation:
want to move from 32-bit to 64-bit environment (taking advantage of >4GB RAM)
bought new HDD and installed new OS
mounted old HDD as a secondary device
Question:
How can I determine ...
0
votes
1answer
51 views
How does synaptic package manager work?
I always wondered how the synaptic package work?
I always wanted to know it's secrets.
Can someone tell me?
0
votes
2answers
194 views
Radio Tray problem Ubuntu 13.04
Installation problem with Radio Tray on ubuntu 13.04
Unpacking radiotray (from .../radiotray_0.7.3_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of radiotray:
radiotray depends on ...
2
votes
1answer
69 views
Problems installing Nitro Application?
I installed Nitro using apt-get. However, it is dependent of gir1.2-launchpad-integration-3.0 and is missing. How can I get the source code of gir1.2-launchpad-integration-3.0 somehow and install it ...
1
vote
1answer
21 views
Can we list installed packages from a java 7 program?
is it possible to list all installed (official) packages from a Java 7 program ?
If so, how could I do it ?
Is looking at /usr/bin enough or may I miss some packages ?
Regards
2
votes
0answers
14 views
Unmet dependencies (libgssapi-krb5-2: Depends: libkrb5-3 (= 1.10.1 + dfsg-4) but 1:10 + dfsg ~ beta1-2 is installed) [duplicate]
How do I solve this dependency?
root @ server :/ # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists ... ready
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... ready
You might want to run `apt-get-f ...
0
votes
0answers
24 views
I removed Gnome desktop envirment then I am not able to connect to the network
Hello everyone i just removed gnome and installed both kde and xfce, everything is okay but i can't connect to the network, there is no Network manager in both enviroment because i already removed ...
0
votes
0answers
10 views
How to restore original version of config file from package cannot be purged (e.g. base-files) by command?
I found a system's /etc/lsb-release has been modified and I want to replace it to the version in base-files package.
However I can't apt-get purge base-files because it contains crucial system files ...
0
votes
2answers
71 views
Package Manager/Update Problem
I recently downloaded Virtualbox version 4.2.12, and I clicked the .deb file, which brought up the Ubuntu Software Center. I clicked upgrade as I had a previous version installed, and it did it ...
0
votes
1answer
50 views
System-V-like utilities won't install
The following pacages won't update in my ubuntu 12.04,I just upgraded it to 12.10 and all the updates installed,but these won't:
System-v-like utilities
The elementary widget set library
runtime ...
0
votes
1answer
76 views
Obsolete packages vs. orphaned packages
What is the difference between obsolete and orphaned packages? More specifically, why does deborphan produce this:
dave@ubuntu:~$ deborphan
libbind9-80
libllvm3.1
libgrail5
libpython3.2
libsvga1
...
3
votes
2answers
58 views
Why is check_linux_raid missing from nagios plugins in 13.04?
After upgrading to 13.04 my Nagios monitoring started to notify me of a problem with my raid setup (mdadm raid). After some investigation it seems the check_linux_raid plugin is not included anymore ...
0
votes
1answer
76 views
How can I install Ultrastar Deluxe in Ubuntu 13.04?
I'd like to install Ultrastar Deluxe in Ubuntu 13.04. However, the PPA only contains packages for Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04, 10.10 and 10.04.
Is there any way I can install Ultrastar Deluxe in Ubuntu ...
1
vote
2answers
61 views
Can I install programs on a live DVD, just to test them?
My Ubuntu's version is 12.04. Right now I'm using Windows, but as I've burned an Ubuntu image disk to a DVD, I want to know if it's possible to install programs on it, just to test them. Will it ...
1
vote
1answer
34 views
Can I Install Old Packages on Newer Version of Ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 yesterday. I want to know whether I can install the packages I downloaded previously, on this version of Ubuntu. Will it cause any problems?
1
vote
0answers
33 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
32 views
Terminal aborts installation of a package no matter what I type
When I'm trying to install a package, say chromium I type this in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install chromium
Then it says:
After this operation, 3.1415926 MB of additional disk space will be ...
0
votes
0answers
26 views
Installing nemesis, finding some equivalent
I have some problems installing the package nemesis. I downloaded it via wget, after having installed libnet-dev and libpcap-dev. I ran ./configure. Then when calling make, I get this message
...
...
0
votes
1answer
46 views
How do I get Glibc >= 2.16.0?
I know there are already built packages for Pidgin. I need to build Pidgin so I can build plug-ins.
I need Glibc >= 2.16.0. Unfortunately, I get stuck in an endless dependency loop. I need ...
0
votes
1answer
32 views
apt authentication failure on self-signed package
I did create a gpg key using "gpg --gen-key", here is the listing:
> gpg --list-keys
/home/<user>/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
--------------------------------
pub 2048R/99EDE0B7 2013-02-05
uid ...
0
votes
1answer
56 views
Installing Crossover 11.3.1 .deb Fails
I keep getting the same messege every time i install a deb file:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 489, in _inline_callbacks
...
0
votes
1answer
48 views
inxi installation on ubuntu
I have migrated from Linux Mint to Ubuntu 64(KDE installed). I want check my hardware with inxi -F command but it returns : inxi: command not found and as I want to install inxi (sudo apt-get install ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
How to completely remove mythes-ru and repair broken package catalog
ruddcl@Tashkent-02:/$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mythes-ru
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' ...
