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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?
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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 ...
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Package error making it unable to install anything in 12.10

The other day I was trying out different desktop environments, like Pantheon, Gnome, etc. But when I was trying to install Pantheon/Elementary Shell, it came up with an error, I ignored it thinking ...
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Can't install Spotify for Ubuntu 12.10

As the title says, I can't install spotify. I've googled for answers but nothing was relevant to the case. Another problem is that I can't install wine (so I have to install Spotify through Terminal). ...
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How to tell which packages are available to install using apt-get?

Using Ubuntu Software Center I can perform a search on an approximate package name and get the matching packages list to select from. If I work on a remote machine via ssh (i.e. command line only), ...
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How to fix “no installation candidate” error installing pessulus on Ubuntu 12.10?

How can I install pessulus on Ubuntu 12.10? We are currently upgrading hardware and Ubuntu 12.10 supports the multi-touch screen that we're about to use. When I enter the command apt-get install ...
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What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is the correct way to completely remove an application? Is there any difference between sudo apt-get purge <package-name> and sudo apt-get remove ...
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What is the name of the application to find automatically the package to install?

I would like to know what is the name of the Ubuntu package that finds out for us on the terminal what package to install. As an example, imagine that I don't have gparted installed. I just open the ...
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aptitude install apach derby ij

I see a similar question here: Question How do I connect to toursdb of Derby database using ij in Ubuntu How do I connect to toursdb of Derby database using ij in Ubuntu I have Ubuntu , I have ...
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I cannot install Synaptic Package Manager because of the following error

How do I go around this and install it? $ sudo apt-get install synaptic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package synaptic is not ...
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How do I install a package with aptitude?

I've looked at an aptitude tutorial and read the man page, but I just don't get it. After you launch aptitude, how do you say "install package foo"? Or search for all packages with "foo" in their ...
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If I download a package through apt-get on one machine and install on another, can I upgrade later?

I have a machine that does not have an internet connection and I need to download a few packages to it. I can use apt-get download xxx to get the package, but, if I ever connect this machine to the ...
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Problems updating weather indicator

I can not update Weather Indicator with Update Manager. This is the terminal log: installArchives() failed: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale ...
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Installtion failed a .deb Package [closed]

I try to install a .deb package with terminal use sudo dpkg -i *.deb but show this error dpkg: error processing Pydict.deb (--install): parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near ...
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Why can't I run a package installed in “/usr/local/bin”?

After compilation of a package, make install installed the package's files in /usr/local/bin but when I double click on the file inside /bin it doesn't work. I followed all the steps to compile the ...
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How can I access my package update history from the command line? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where can I look up my update history? In Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Centre I can view a history of recent package updates. How can I do the same from ...
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How can I install a package in Gnu Octave?

How can I install a package in Gnu Octave? I have tried, for example, with the splines-package after downloading it in my home directory with: Octave1>> pkg install splines-1.0.7.tar.gz I get ...
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How do I get the version of an application from the command line?

I would like to know how to get the version information of an installed program that doesn't have the --version or -version method implemented.
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Terminal says 'Broken package' when using apt-get to install phpMyAdmin

I have tried to install phpMyAdmin using the sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin command> The terminal says that there are "uninstallable" dependencies, therefore the package is broken.Perhaps the ...
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What are the common file extensions in Ubuntu?

Knowing file extensions really helps to understand what a program is doing or using. What are some common one's and how do I extract them?
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Create deb from dvcs-source

Is there a system in Ubuntu which simplify the process of getting the sources from git, compile and package it into a deb? I'm looking for something similar to the PKGBUILD in ArchLinux which can be ...