Questions about software packages, installing them, removing them, updating them and finding them.
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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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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
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pub 2048R/99EDE0B7 2013-02-05
uid ...
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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
...
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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 ...
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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' ...
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Why am I getting the error E: Package php5-gd has no installation candidate when trying to install php5-gd?
I am trying to install php5-gd and receive this error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package php5-gd is not available, but is referred to by ...
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libgdal_1.9.1-2_i386.deb install issue in ubuntu 12.10
i am trying to install opengeo-suite in my ubuntu 12.10. I am following the official installation instruction, and downloaded all the packages, but it throws and error at the time of installing the ...
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Why does Ubuntu GNOME recommend make?
Running apt-cache depends ubuntu-gnome-desktop lists, among other things, GNU Make as a recommend. apt-cache depends gnome doesn't list Make.
Why? It doesn't seem like Make and GNOME would be in any ...
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How to resolve `make` errors while installing WSNet?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I want to install the sensor network simulator WSNet. But when I run make it doesn't work and gives the following output:
make[5]: entrant dans le répertoire « ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 broken package (build-essentials)
I do know there are questions like mine, but I couldn't get it work reading their answers. I'm trying to install build-essentials, but the package is broken, therefore I can't install the needed ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 package issues
I have a fresh install of 12.04 ran the updates just fine. (I hate not having my synaptic package manager) I went to fetch k9copy and this is what I got. Package uudeview is not available, but is ...
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Problem with the package build-essential
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I want to install the package build-essential. So, I do so from the site Ubuntu packages using Software Center, but I have this problem:
dependancy is not ...
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Laptop won't sleep: Package power limit notification
I'm fairly new to this. I've been using Ubuntu 12.10 for a few weeks now, have used this site to fix a couple problems already. I can't seem to find a fix for this though:
I am using an Asus x201e ...
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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Software Center error fixing! [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 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 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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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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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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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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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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How to install nethack-qt in Ubuntu 12.10?
Looks like this package should be available, but sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nethack-qt just reports that
Package nethack-qt is not available, but is referred to by another ...
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Unable to install Eclipse, how can I locate the missing package?
I can't install eclipse with sudo apt-get install eclipse-platform
The response is:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to ...
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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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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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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 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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Strange jdownloader ppa package behavior [duplicate]
Trying to install Jdownloader like on this page
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader-installer
After commands above I get following ...
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Package requirements (x11) were not met (set the environment variables)
So today I went to install Mesa - 9.0.1 from 01.org but wasn't sure how to compile it so I found a site that said you could convert the contents of .tar.gz files into .debs by using alien. So I ...
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Package dependencies errors?
I have some problems with Lubuntu. When I tried sudo apt-get update:
Fetched 1,222 kB in 7s (171 kB/s) ...
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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 ...
