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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 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 add Debian experimental repo to Ubuntu?

I would like to install cups-1.6.1-2 (link) from the experimental repository. I suppose I have to add something to /etc/apt/sources.list but I can't figure out what. Can anyone figure out (or know) ...
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Cannot install Handbrake in 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10

When I go into Synaptic and try to install the handbrake-gtk, after it gives me the list of all the other packages it has to install, I get this message: The following packages have unresolved ...
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Fixing Networking Errors after Updating

I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 installed on my Desktop (because 12.10 won't work with my GPU). Last Thursday, January 24th, I installed the updates that were recommended to me. I admit that I did not read ...
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Returning Packages To Default

Is there a way to make my system go back to how it was when first installed ubuntu without doing the standard installation again? I want my packages, repositories, configuration files to go back to ...
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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 to remove medibuntu rrep and packages

I followed directions to add medibuntu but it has messed up some codecs and dependencies so I can no longer watch videos I have run this command, originated by a forum post: sean@sean-P55-USB3:~$ ...
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How to get list of installable packages from repositories?

I wanted to install a few packages but had to power down my laptop as I had a few chores to do. I did add the packages' repositories and forgot to install the packages. As my browser history clears on ...
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Is there an intelligent way to look for packages in the repository?

I would like to know if there is an intelligent program that helps find packages in the repositories. I mean a program that uses intelligent algorithms or that has an advanced search engine where yo ...
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How to fix this where it can not ping any DNS names but only IP, as a result apt-get update is failing

I am trying to install packages but it can not reach any DNS but manually when i add DNS to IP it works but still the last DNS record is failing. # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 ...
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Where do I look for the reason for the removal of a package from the Ubuntu repositories

I have seen that when a new Ubuntu version is released, sometimes a particular application that I had used till the previous Ubuntu versions would have been removed from the Ubuntu repositories for ...
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PCSX2 Package repository

I added the official (not from ubuntu) ppa for PCSX2 to my sources.However, in my package manager it doesn't show up, in fact only the unstable version shows up. Since it doesn't work, I have to use ...
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How to set up a notification for “New in repository” packages?

I want to see a list of "New in repository" packages every time they appear after cache update. How can I achieve this? Related questions: How exactly does Synaptic and Aptitude keep track of ...
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How to create a repository for Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to set up an APT repository? I hope I have more success here then I had anywhere else. I'd like to create a repository to host my software (ex. ...
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How to create a Local Repository with a Pen Drive? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 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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Why don't the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software?

Why are packages in the official Ubuntu repositories older than the latest (upstream) versions from Debian Sid, PPAs, the authors, etc.?
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Can't remove, upgrade my package that I installed

Basically my problem is that I installed a package from my repository but after I install it, I cannot upgrade to a new version or remove it. Install shiftclient@shiftclient-VirtualBox:~$ sudo ...
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How to prevent Ubuntu/XUbuntu from automounting repositories from Ubuntu CDs?

Whenever I insert an Ubuntu/XUbuntu CD into my XUbuntu PC the system recognizes it as a package repository. I dislike this behaviour as it is generally useless (except for those people having no ...
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Is there a Spotify repository that works for 12.04?

The Spotify repository (deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free) doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04 (download failed). Does anyone have a solution to install Spotify on Ubuntu 12.04?
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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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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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How do I get 'rar' package?

I recently installed another Ubuntu after a long time and I'm trying to install 'rar' package on it as I use that for compression from within Terminal. 'rar' isn't found when I do apt-get install ...
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Does Ubuntu ever push new versions of GCC into the package repository between releases?

Current version of GCC in Ubuntu 11.04 is 4.5.2. For certain C++0x features, I need GCC version 4.6, but would like to avoid compiling from source. Is there hope that Ubuntu will update GCC in the ...
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How to install a package from a PPA and ignore the official one?

How do I tell aptitude to grab a package specifically from a PPA and ignore the one from official repository?
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How to install a package not found in Synaptic Package Manager

I would like to install a package but don't find it in Synaptic Package Manager. I was wondering how to find out the repository of the package and add it to Synaptic package manager so that I can ...
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How can I get my deb file into the repositories? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get my software into Ubuntu? How can I publish my open-source project in open Ubuntu repositories? I have already compiled a deb which I can install on all my ...
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Why isn't Ubuntu using the latest versions of some applications?

What reasons are there for applications in Ubuntu not being the most up-to-date in its repositories?
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How long till a package shows up in the repository?

A package was recently added to Ubuntu. (It was synced from Debian.) I searched for it on http://packages.ubuntu.com but it isn't showing up. How long does it take?
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How to set up an APT repository?

I would like to set up an APT repository on a server that will provide a couple of packages. Is there a way to set one up without installing any software on the server? How do the files have to be ...