Repository commonly refers to a location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
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install mysql 5.6 in ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
Is there any way to install mysql5.6 with apt-get? any repository or ppa?
and also is it predictable that when ubuntu add mysql 5.6 to its official repo?
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Assign higher priority to PPA
I'm trying to figure out how to assign higher priority to one PPA over another PPA. I had a look on bunch of the answers on this forum but none of them solves my problem.
We have two PPA sources on ...
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Dell OM 7.2.1 Linux Repository
I've found this link for Dell firmware update: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/
My laptop: Vostro 3450, platform: Ubuntu 13.04.
Should I install/ setup the OMSA and update firmwares from ...
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Repository to upgrade Sigil to latest version on (K)ubuntu
I'd like to upgrade Sigil to the latest version (currently it is 0.7.2), and I'm looking for a repository that provides it.
The Sigil website lists some repositories for various Linux distros, but ...
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How do you select the fastest mirror from the command line?
I want to update my sources.list file with the fastest server from the command line in a fresh Ubuntu Server install. I know this is trivially easy with the GUI, but there doesn't seem to be a simple ...
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What does 'Ign' mean when running an apt-get update?
I had a bunch of errors in the output of sudo apt-get update: duplicate entries and 404 not found errors.
Figured those out, I hope: I removed PPAs that didn't have any packages associated with ...
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shell script to conditionally add apt repository
I want to write a shell script that will add an apt repository.
I know that I can do it using sudo add-apt-repository -y <repo>.
My question is can I do it only if the repository was not ...
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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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Should I update the Ubuntu release name for PPAs?
Does it matter that I have files like webupd8team-jupiter-precise.list in my /etc/apt/sources.list.d folder if I'm using raring? Should I update the sources inside to say raring instead of precise or ...
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How to fix missing GPG keys?
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I added some repo and when apt-get update i got missing gpg key.
Following command seems to doesn't work for me:
apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key ...
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no mysql workbench in ubuntu 12.04 software center
I have already installed MySQL workbench from the Software Center on a recent installation of Ubuntu 12.10 (32 bit) with no problems. Since then, I just installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS on another machine ...
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Can't install Unity related applications
Currently running 13.04 (64bit) with dual monitors using an ATI 4850. Legacy drivers did not work with the graphics card so I am using open source drivers. I can run GNOME perfectly fine but cannot ...
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Is davmail gone?
I've searched a lot but neither in the documentation nor in google i can find something about the missing davmail. I don't have updated my Ubuntu to a newer release and just realized my exchange ...
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How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
I have a friend who has got a computer that is not connected to the Internet. Is there any way to install software offline easily?
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How do I use git with google code on ubuntu?
I'm a beginner with git and google code, and I'm not sure how to set it up so that I can put my source on google code. I read some tutorials but I still don't understand.
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I just lost /var/lib/dpkg
I have an empty /var/lib/dpkg and as consequence both apt and dpkg are starting to complain about everything and with every simple task I would like to do with them: there is a way to rebuild that ...
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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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Repository for main PKGS appears to be missing in Raring 13.04 [duplicate]
It Appears since installing Raring that whenever I try to install any pkgs I always recieve a pkg not found error.
I have checked that all the PPA Repository's are ticked but I am still unable to ...
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How do I downgrade PostgreSQLl?
In my ubuntu 12.04 x64 I installed PostgreSQL 8.4. It got automatically upgraded to 9.1.1. Due to some inconsistencies, I want to downgrade it to 8.4. How can I do this using the terminal?
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Upgrading to Ringtail 13.04 broke some APT repositories?
When I run sudo apt-get update on Ringtail, I get this:
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ amd64 Packages
404 NOT FOUND [IP: 208.69.124.224 80]
and
Err http://overviewer.org debian/./ i386 ...
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dod cac reader setup ubuntu 12.04
I read that I need to download cackey from forge.mil but the download isn't there any more. How can I get my CAC reader working now? Is there a sudo apt-get command for it? Does someone have a copy ...
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openssh on ubuntu 8.1 [closed]
i cant get openssh server. i guess cause i am on 8.1 and my repositories are all jacked up. i dont want update to a new distro cause everything is working and i dont want to break it. i do however ...
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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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Update of nagios3 in repository
When I installed nagios3 through apt-get on my ubuntu precise64 I found out there is out-of-date version 3.2.3.
The newest version is 3.5 right now.
I also checked that for newer versions of ubuntu ...
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How do I install Handbrake?
I've added the ppa here
https://edge.launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-releases
When I run sudo apt-get update, the software sources aren't found. I figured maybe they hadn't updated their ...
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How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”?
I added some extra repositories with the Software Sources program. But when I reload the package database, I get an error like the following:
GPG error [...] NO_PUBKEY [...]
I know I can fix ...
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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 PPA's safe to add to my system and what are some “red flags” to watch out for?
I see a lot of interesting programs out there that can only be obtained by adding a "PPA" to the system but, if I'm understanding correctly, we should stay within the official "repositories" for ...
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How to add Ubuntu repositories on Kubuntu?
I have noticed that Kubuntu (I am using 12.04 version) doesn't use exactly the same repositories that Ubuntu. Or at least, that is what I think.
For example, if I search for Steam on Muon Software ...
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Failed to download repository information?
I tried to update and im keep on getting this error, Failed to download repository information and this is in details:
W:Failed to fetch ...
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How can I get a list of all repositories and PPAs from the command line?
I know how to list all packages installed on my system.
But how could I get a list of all repositories and PPA's?
I know I can look into /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d, but I'm ...
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Can i exclude certain repositories from apt-get upgrade?
I have installed percona extra backup by adding their repository. This worked and i was able to install the software successfully.
However now I am trying to run "apt-get upgrade" and it is trying ...
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Failure in downloading repository information
I update my system and all is fine but then after some time a sign appears at the top panel and tells me something is wrong with the some repositories and tells me to do a check for update, when I do ...
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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 to use a .iso image as a CD-ROM Repository?
I have all images of Debian, Ubuntu and Ubuntustudio as .iso. How can I use them as repository to install my desired packages with sudo apt-get install package-name?
I easily mount the .iso file with ...
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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 do I remove a PPA added via command-line?
I added a PPA for updating my kernel for ubuntu-12.04. Later, I found that the kernel doesnot exist on the link within PPA.
I used this command.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
Now if I ...
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How to access repository after installation from DVD?
I have a Compaq desktop which came with a Motorola internal data-fax modem.
I ordered and received Ubuntu 12.10 from OSDisc and the 15 disk repository set. No problems installing the Operating System ...
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Will matplotlib 1.2 be in 12.04 or 12.10?
I found Windows installers for Matplotlib 1.2 for Python3 at this site: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
When will I be able to install matplotlib for python3 in Ubuntu from repositories? ...
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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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Unofficial/Local repositories and how do they differ from PPAs in Launchpad
I normally tend to use the PPAs (Personal Package Archives) found in launchpad.net, but I have noticed more and more that some repositories are being created in other places or a website that manages ...
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Do files at /etc/apt/sources.list.d need to have an extension '.list'?
In /etc/apt/sources.list.d I have several files for custom repositories. All the names of those files end with .list.
Is it obligatory that files in that folder should end with that extension? If ...
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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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Php repository without suhosin
I don't really know how to or want to compile php from source, but i need php without suhosin. As you may know the main repository comes with suhosin patch. this is causing errors on my website and I ...
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How do I get the plasmoid repository
I had a load of plasmoids, beginning with plasma-widget- and kde-applet and kde-plasmoid-, which I think I had added from a PPA, but I can't for the life of me find which one it is (I did a fresh ...
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Which repository are free software on 12.04
I know restricted and multiverse are not free software, but what about source code and independent?
EDIT : I'm referring to free as in freedom.
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Where to download ubuntu repos
I'm installing Ubuntu Server in a computer that doesn't have internet access. I need to install a lot of packages and it would be great if I could just download the DVDs with all the repos like in ...
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Need help fixing “E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/htp could not be found.”
I've tried and tried, but can't seem to find anything that works. I also see that I have no sources.list, help with both would be nice and probably necessary
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Synaptic package manager shows: “Could not download all repository indexes”
Please help with the solution? Ubuntu version is 12.04
The error is as bellow:
Failed to fetch http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: ...
