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apt-get update problem when updating a reprepro repository
i have made a repository using reprepro on my Ubuntu 13.04, i uploaded this repo to sourceforge.net , i can download packages from it and i can update it, put after adding the repository to my ...
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Why older version of package repositories of Ubuntu don't get updated?
Suppose my Ubuntu version is Natty and I want to install the latest nodejs using apt-get. However, the latest nodejs is only available in the package repository of Quantal.(see ...
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Are ubuntu packages (deb-files) only md5sum secured?
Introductory Background to the question below###
(so the question is more usable to more people)
Inside of an Ubuntu/debian-style package (*.deb file) there is a file named
/DEBIAN/md5sums which has ...
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Error while checking for upgrades [duplicate]
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Upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10, getting “W:Failed to fetch gzip…”
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-Bit on my VAIO VPCEA23EN Laptop. When I did a check for ...
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How apt-get determines when to download translation file?
I've been able to successfully build local repository. When I do apt-get against this local repository everything works fine. Sample output-
Hit http://192.168.1.142 precise InRelease
Hit ...
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Forcing to install dependencies from Custom Repositry?
I have setup a local directory repository, but Ubuntu installs from Remote Repository.
How can i force it to install from my local repository?
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How do I update something in the Ubuntu repository?
All of my google results on this question are about just learning to use synaptic.
I've noticed that Ubuntu's TTYtter package is quite a ways behind. TTYtter is just one file (one perl script) so ...
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How to check whether a fixed bug reported at Launchpad would affect my distro release?
Could you please help me to decide whether this bug affects Ubuntu 12.04?
I found out the information about the indicator-multiload (which turned out to be the thing I have been missing in my ...
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How to create a Local Repository with a Pen Drive? [duplicate]
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How to make USB drive as local repository
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 in many systems simultaneously and the Internet Speeds are way too slow!. So i thought of using ...
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Is there an “unofficial” software center with all the PPAs?
Many questions are answered simply with add this repository and install.
I understand that Ubuntu developers cannot quickly verify all packages and make them available in official repositories. But ...
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Is there a difference between installing an application via Ubuntu Software Center or a terminal?
I would like to ask a very basic question but I have never thought about it before.
Well, when someone installs an application from terminal, he has to add the repository first, right? On the other ...
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Prioritize PPA/repos with the same host
I'm using GIMP every day (on 11.10). Because of this, I need the Single-Window mode feature.
So, I've added the matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn PPA, but as you see the description:
GIMP 2.7.5 Will not ...
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How is installing from a repository different from installing via downloading a .deb file?
I am new to Ubuntu. How is installing software from a repository different from downloading the .deb file from a website and installing through the package manager?
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Searching package repositories by contents
I am searching for a particular LaTeX input file, and have not been able to find it in the repositories.
I am fairly certain that the repositories can be searched by contents because the following ...
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“Testing Download Servers” hangs
From Software Sources | Select Best Server, the "Testing Download Servers" progress bar only gets halfway through and then hangs. Tried several times over many different days, and predictably hangs ...
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Creating custom updates for my users?
I'm looking for a secure and flexible way of pushing custom updates to my users' Ubuntu 11.10 x64 machines.
I'm looking to push updates that will run scripts for adding new software, adjusting ...
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Create deb repository with several versions of the same package
I want to create my own deb repository to store some packages. I've tried
reprepro and it works fine, except for one fundamental feature. Reprepro can't
store several versions of the same package in ...
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I think a PPA update broke my system. What can I do?
A few weeks ago I installed ppa:ricotz/testing on Ubuntu 11.10. It worked fine then, but since a recent upgrade, trying to launch GTK applications results in lots of cryptic errors.
Can I revert all ...
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What should I do when the GETDEB repository is down?
I'm trying to install programs/files from the getdeb repo but get a "check your internet connection" error. Programs than I've tried include Qbittorrent and Mozilla-Plugin-VLC.
Through the ...
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Why can't I get into my repositories? [closed]
Upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 by mistake and am having problems with some of my programs. They either don't work or they disappear from view on the screen.
The Repositories menu item in Synaptic ...
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dconf-editor gone from repositories?
On this post: How can I configure Unity?
It mentions several options for Unity that need to be accessed through dconf-editor. I remember when I used Ubuntu Natty beta on Virtualbox, it was there in ...
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How do I add a repository, but only for a specific package/version and its dependencies?
I would like to use the Natty Narwhal repository for puppet packages, but I don’t want to upgrade my whole server. Is that possible ?
My current solution is to fetch the .deb packages by hand
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Is there a way to check if a program is available in the repository by commandline?
When i find a interesting program i want to test and install in ubuntu i first check if it's available in the repository. For that i use the software center.
But does a possibility exist to check it ...
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What does Ign mean in update manager?
When I run update from the terminal, I get the following list where many repositories are shown with "Ign". Does it mean the update manager will always ignore updates from those repositories? Apart ...
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Saving deb files from repositories to a custom location for installing offline [duplicate]
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How can I install software offline?
I want to download and save some deb files, and preferably their dependencies, of certain apps, from the repositories (apt-get, ...
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How do I find out which repository a package comes from?
Is there a method or command which can tell from which repository a package is coming from?
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Can I list a repository content before adding it to search for a package?
I want to keep my /etc/apt/sources.list clean and I'm looking for a way to look for a package in a repository before adding it to my system.
Thanks in advance.
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Why is libatlas so old?
The version of libatlas avail. on Debian and/or Fedora are much more up to date (as in more than a year if not two) than those i see on the Ubuntu reps.
Why that is?
Is it possible (advised?) to ...
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How to create a Remote Aptitude/APT Repository?
I've recently started administrating more Ubuntu machines - as such I've had to recompile/create packages for our configuration. On my Redhat machines I was able to create a server that served as a ...
