Questions about software packages, installing them, removing them, updating them and finding them.
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12.04 LTS upgrade error on libuuid1
In the process of trying to fix a problem with skype on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS host, I managed to break libuuid1, and I have tried everything I could think of:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get ...
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Why “sudo apt-get install” doesn't find a package?
I am getting this error:
sudo apt-get install emacs23
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package emacs23
Moreover, I ...
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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 disable the update prompt?
How to disable the auto update dialog box shows every time while i am working? I have applied the following command yesterday but today still that is showing up. Is there any other way to permanently ...
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How to list all configuration files for an already installed package?
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and, if possible, I would like to get the list of configuration files available for a given package that is already installed.
I would prefer to do this using dpkg or apt ...
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How Install gio-unix-2.28.0
When I was installing the application (libvirt-sandbox-0.1.2) I've got this message:
configure: error: Package requirements (gio-unix-2.0 >= 2.28.0) were not met:
No package 'gio-unix-2.0' found
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Probleme update Ubuntu Package
i've created a remote server on Amazon Cloud, when i connect into the VM, and type "sudo apt-get update" i get : http://hpics.li/b6180b4
Where is the problem here ? i didn't inderstand any thing !!
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Where can I find a PPA for fcron?
According to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+package/fcron it seems that there is a version of fcron available for 11.10, but reffering to http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/329892 it ...
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Package Error When Upgrading or Installing anything
I've been dealing with this issue for a while now and have serched for weeks but can't find anyway to fix it. I basically can't install any programs or packages from anywhere. Everytime I do it gives ...
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How can I programmatically determine if a system is a desktop or a server?
Is there any way to distinguish between Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop?
I have a Bash script (shameless plug) that I use to set up lightweight web servers, and I've noticed that when I run this ...
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Software centre installations error message of soughts
I have been trying to install software from software centre.
I get a message "Requires installation of untrusted packages", when I "repair" it does not continue with the installation.
Why is this ...
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How to install OpenJUMP?
I'm trying to install OpenJUMP in Ubuntu 12.04. They mentioned that it can be installed and run on Linux:
From the bin directory, run the starter for your operating system
Linux
oj_linux.sh
...
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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 download apps and install them on another machine [duplicate]
I would like to install a program on another Ubuntu machine that does not have internet access. Is there a place that i can download Debian files, or can i copy some files out of my file system or ...
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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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Why is there no oprofile in 12.04?
I've upgraded a ubuntu server from 11.10 to 12.04.
The oprofile package i installed is missed.
As shown in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/oprofile/0.9.6-1.3ubuntu1, oprofile seems to ...
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Python: module not found after manual install
I've recently updated to the current version of Ubuntu, 13.04 and Python 2.7.4. Since then I have problems importing the gobject module and dunno what to do to fix it. I'd like to use dreampie which ...
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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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Cant Connect to Internet with Ubuntu 12.10
I'm having a problem connecting to internet on Ubuntu 12.10(just installed after giving up with 12.04 issues with graphics card) with a wireless and with a wired connection. I have looked into solving ...
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how do I upload a .css file to launchpad
I am trying to upload a framework.css file to launchpad with the following command
dput ppa:blade19899/framework.css framework.css_2.0_source.changes
but according to this answer source.changes ...
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Error While running rvm requirements command
Reading package lists...
Installing required packages: git-core......
Installing required packages: libreadline6-dev, git-core, zlib1g-dev, libssl-dev, libyaml-dev, libsqlite3-dev, sqlite3, ...
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Error in make while installing ndiswrapper [duplicate]
I have problems installing ndiswrapper, I can not run make, it throws the following error:
remiii @ Remiii-HP: ~ / ndiswrapper-1.58rc1 $ make
make-C utils
make [1]: Entering directory '/ ...
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Update postgresql with latest security update
PostgreSQL announced on the 4th of April a security update to its PostgreSQL server.
I really want to install that update. But if I run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade the update does ...
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Creating a multiarch meta package
I'm trying to create a meta-package to install various dependencies (for Android build system), some of the packages should use the i386 version so I tried to use the "Multi-Arch" option but it fails ...
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Ubuntu Archive API?
I'm trying to query the Ubuntu archive on a machine that doesn't have python-apt installed (and for reasons beyond my control can't have python-apt installed). Is there an API endpoint for ...
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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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Software Center error fixing! [solved] [closed]
I have these dependency errors. How to fix them ? its annoying everytime it reports..
E: tex-common: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: texlive-binaries: ...
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How do I get the libc development libraries for Ubuntu 12.04?
I want to install glibc-devel package in Ubuntu 12.04. I am VM Ware work station in my project and this package is one of the dependency to build project image. I tried to find information on google ...
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installing “ia32-libs” problem - Ubuntu 12.10 x64
I'm trying to install ia32-libs and i tried nearly all commands to install this package but always i got an error. Here is what i've tried so far;
sudo apt-get install ia32libs
orkun@ubuntu:~$ sudo ...
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Apport support for non ubuntu packages
I have been reading about apport and its usage for a week by now. But could not understand the below things.
Scenario:
I have developed an application and packaged it. And its name is MyApp.deb. The ...
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Initialising the Build Environment for Android on 64-bit 12.04
I am looking to initialise the build environment for the AOSP codebase (or for that matter, any Android source), and one of the first steps in the process is to;
$ sudo apt-get install git gnupg flex ...
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How to determine if installing updates will require a reboot?
I have some Ubuntu Server machines which I'd like to keep up-to-date, but not always if it requires a reboot.
Is there a way to tell if pending package updates require a reboot BEFORE installing the ...
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I'm having dependency problems with wine and multiarch on 12.04x64. I need a solution
EDIT 3: See bottom, for TL;DR-ish version.
I want to install wine1.5, from the ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa repository. Fair enough right?
(I'm running 12.04 x64 and a custom kernel.)
I added their ...
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How can I find out how nginx was “./configure”d for Ubuntu?
nginx is my web server of choice. It doesn't provide loadable module support as of yest, therefore everything has to be compiled and linked into the final binary.
How can I find out which ...
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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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Show packages to be upgraded on login
I did an Ubuntu server install using preseed. When I log in, it doesn't tell me how many packages (including security packages) require an upgrade, and when a restart is required. How do I configure ...
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Installing software that is unavailable in standard repositories [decision tree]
What are the general steps I want to take to get a program installed on Ubuntu when the program has not been made into a package, or I need an updated software version from what would normally be ...
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ubuntu software center installation? [duplicate]
hello i am new to ubuntu and i have been trying to download wine, mp3 media players readers, and VLC. However every single time i try to download something this message pops p and closes the download ...
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unable to install any software or package
I am recently shifted to ubuntu from windows and i installed ubuntu 12.04 32 bit i am unbale to install any packages like google talk plugins, teamviewer it flash a message "package operation failed" ...
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Failed to load the package list bug [duplicate]
I keep receiving this error on my Ubuntu system :
E:Read error-read(5:input/output error),E:The package list or status file could not be parsed or opened
How do i fix this?
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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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How to install Billreminder 0.4.0?
I would like to try the program Billreminder 0.4.0. But I need a little help with installing it. There doesn't seem to be a .deb package available in the software center or Synaptic.
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How can I get a package update in the repositories?
I use a software (Anki) which is in version 0.9.9.8.6-2.1 in the Debian repository and in version 1.2.11-1 in the Ubuntu repository. Quite a lot has changed meanwhile (changelog). The latest version ...
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How to read file with iso-8859-1 latin1 encoding?
What package should I install to be able to read files with iso-8859-1 latin1 encoding?
Currently, I only see strange characters instead of text.
% locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
...
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The package system is broken when trying to install updates
When I try to install updates with update manager I get this message
The package system is broken
Check if you are using third party repositories. If so disable them, since they are a common source ...
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Is there a package for an executable version of v8?
I'm trying to get Vim JS lint plugin working under Ubuntu 12.04. The plugin requires the d8 command, which is an executable version of Google's v8 JavaScript Engine.
I do see a libv8 package, but ...
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How can I install the latest upstream version of ImageMagick without compiling?
I had some issues with ImageMagick and I was told Ubuntu's default ImageMagick package is an ancient version and I should upgrade to resolve my issues.
How can I do that? I have the latest Ubuntu ...
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Where to get complete offline installer for openssh-server?
I want to download a complete off line openssh-server package installer. I need the offline package to setup for my school project but I don't have the internet facility in the lab.
