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The sources of the zend framework package
Where can I find sources that were used to build zend-framework deb package(s)?
For most pachages there is a .debian.tar.gz available, but not in this case.
Where could I find it?
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I can't get “apt-get install php5-suhosin” to work
I am running ubuntu 13.04. I cannot get my php website to work because I cannot install
php5-suhosin.
It said this each time that I have tried apt-get install php5-suhosin:
Package php5-suhosin is ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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."
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Maintaining older system packages [duplicate]
I am having a desktop that runs ubuntu 8.10 and a laptop that(alongwith other distros) runs ubuntu 10.10.
Since the repositories for both do not exist anymore, fetching anything using apt-get fails on ...
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How can I list all packaged installed by me?
I am trying to clean my installation up a bit, so I decided to clean up my packages a bit. However, I'm having trouble with that: My wish is to make apt-get list all packages installed by me. If I ...
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How do I delete all packages which match a certain pattern?
I want to uninstall libreoffice. This program consists of about three dozen modules. Ideally, they could be removed with:
aptitude remove libreoffice3.6* libreoffice-debian-menus libobasis3.6-*
but ...
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Where do I find out about the details and reasons for the patches applied to a package?
I am trying to build a package and I am having a problem building it. One (or more) of the patches to doxygen installed with 12.04.1 (Precise), 1.7.4-3 causes doxygen to NOT run my filter script over ...
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How to prevent a package from being installed
For personal reasons, I want to prevent chrome/chromium from ever being installed on my computer.
I'm looking for something as extreme as locking it down with a password and then throwing away that ...
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How to create package download script with correct dependencies?
In Synaptic it's possible to select a bunch of packages for installation (or reinstallation), then just click File → Generate package download script to get a set of commands to download the ...
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Debian Package Creation- how to define environment variables within the package
I built a package with the sudo-ldap package defined as a dependency in the control file (please see below). I'm going to have people install using the gdebi command to install which should install ...
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dpkg: file triggers record mentions illegal package name
When trying to install anything through apt-get it fails and returns this error.
dpkg: file triggers record mentions illegal package name
'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64'
(for interest in file ...
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Is it possible to remove all the packages installed from a specific repository?
I would like to remove every package that came from the Multiverse repository. What is the best way to do this?
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.deb package creation. Why are my files not being installed?
I'm a newbie with package creation so please feel free to slap me down as needed :). In any case, I wanted to create a package that would install and set up all of specific ldap related packages and ...
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apt get is not working unmet dependencies
I tried installing the packages as below
apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext \
libz-dev libssl-dev
then I got this error
root@ip-10-233-139-125:~# apt-get -f install
...
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Problem with Latex Packages Ubuntu 12.04
I'm writing a latex document in TeXworks and I'm having some problems with a couple of packages I'm using in my file, amsrefs.sty and pcatcode.sty. For some reason TeXworks decided it didn't like ...
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renew ubuntu packages to state after instalation as solution to dependency problems
Hi I get to the state where apt-get isn't able to install almost anything. This is my original question: all packages keep unmeting dependencies all the time
Now I gave up searching for what is wrong ...
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all packages keep unmeting dependencies all the time
All problems begin when I was trying to install graphics card driver. My desktop wanished. I paniced and reinstalled (with apt-get) a lot of packages including Ubuntu desktop, Unity, Xserver, etc. I ...
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Will Google Chrome update itself considering that it has been downloaded as a standalone .deb file?
I guess my question applies to software in general. Sometimes software is only available through .deb files, or sometimes up-to-date software is only available through downloaded .deb files, so will I ...
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The following packages have unmet dependencies [duplicate]
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
apache2:
Depends: apache2-mpm-worker (= 2.2.22-1ubuntu1) but 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.2 is to be installed or
apache2-mpm-prefork (= ...
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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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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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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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Fixing apt-get and dpkg? Again [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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 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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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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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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Why is fglrx's package version higher than fglrx-updates?
I'm having problems with the DRI infrastructure and the fglrx drivers. When searching for a solution I have noticed that in Synaptic the fglrx package is at version 9.002 and fglrx-updates is at ...
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How can we create a package for launchpad so people can download it from synaptic?
I suppose you would need to be approved or something but I am not interested in that side of things at the moment. Just I would like to know the technical aspect of packaging.
It would be great to be ...
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What can I do if Synaptic can't get the latest version of software?
I'm using Synaptic for package management on Ubuntu 12, and am currently trying to get the newest version of SWIG - 2.0.9. My currently installed package swig in Synaptic is version 2.0.7-3ubuntu1. I ...
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Pencil and Pencil Project Package Naming Conflict
I have installaed Pencil 2d animation software. which you can see at http://www.pencil-animation.org/
and I want to install the Pencil Project wireframing app which is totally different. I want to ...
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I can't update, upgrade and remove my app from kubuntu
I have a problem upgrading software. I can't update, upgrade or remove my software.
The notification of update manager signs 46 security packets and 83 other packets
and when I click on it to install ...
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Packages are not available for installation
Changing some Software Update settings I possibly corrupted something, and now I don't see many packages in the list. For example:
alex@u120464:~$ sudo apt-get install codeblocks
[sudo] password for ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - How to get sip phone Twinkle latest version working using deb or already existing package from any repository?
In Fedora, ArchLinux Twinkle works without any problem just using there default package installer.
But since in Ubuntu 12.10 there is not anymore this package available using apt-get install twinkle
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Install usblib package - Ubuntu
I need the package libusb for another package I am installing.
I tried the following which seemed to install the package,
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev
but when I try to install the other ...
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Offline M2cypto package installation
I am installing a server on ubuntu 10.4(internet not connected) .It requires a package named m2crypto.There is no open port available so iam not able to use "apt-get thing".I tried to download ...
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Samba installation failed on ubuntu 12.10
I was trying to install samba to access shared printer on windows pc connected via office network, following response came out from terminal. please guide me how to install Samba or any other ...
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How to obtain a list of installed packages based on a backup?
I have made a backup of my entire computer and I reinstalled the OS right now. I know I should have listed dpkg -l to obtain a list of packages, but I have not done so. I only made a tarball of the ...
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Build .deb package from source, without installing it
Suppose I have an installer program or source tarball for some program I want to install. (There is no Debian package available.) First I want to create a .deb package out of it, in order to be able ...
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How to delete all data from the package?
Can you explain me how to delete all data from the specific program? I need to remove all user settings and data base of several packages. Specifically I wish delete all settings and media library ...
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To which PPA does a package belong to?
Is there a command which returns the ppa which was used to install a certain package? Some command that searches a package in the ppa's.
I know that I could find this info out by looking into ...
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Installing package + dependancies and removing them all
I currently use Xubuntu and was considering installing/trying GNOME Shell or Cinnamon by installing their respective metapackage. However, doing so would result in a massive number of dependencies ...
