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How to search for source packages?

I can use aptitude to search for packages using a search term. For example, to search for all packages whose name begins with Foo: $ aptitude search Foo* However, this listing does not include ...
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Manually compile and install debugging symbols for the recoll package?

I've got some crash files for recoll from which I would like to extract a symbolic stack trace. Unfortunately, there are no debug symbols available for this package, so my stack traces are mostly ...
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What does a component or archive "now" mean in the apt Python API?

I have a python script running on Ubuntu. Script gets all installed apt packages with apt_cache = apt.cache.Cache() I want to get repository names of each installed package. While I expect to see ...
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qt5-default installation error in ubuntu 22.04

Error: Package 'qt5-default' has no installation candidate I am trying to install ns3.27 on my ubuntu 20.04. meanwhile I am not able to install this package. I tried all the avaialable answers from ...
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Creating a .deb: dpkg-genbuildinfo: .buildinfo is meaningless

So I want to create a .deb file too. I am now blocking at this error: dh_installdeb dpkg-genbuildinfo dpkg-genbuildinfo: error: binary build with no binary artifacts found; .buildinfo is meaningless ...
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warnings on update local repository

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update ...
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Custom --prefix directory when building an Ubuntu package?

I am trying to build nano package in focal fossa: sudo apt-get build-dep nano export CFLAGS=-static export LDFLAGS=-static export CPPFLAGS=-static export CFLAGS_APPEND=-static export LDFLAGS_APPEND=-...
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failure installing compiled deb file

I have a Ubuntu server 20.04 LT, for backup we use IBM TSM client. Part of this TSM client installation is component "filepath" for which you get source code, which you have to compile. (...
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Install xattr on a Ubuntu 16.04 server?

This may be a bit esoteric, but I love to push hardware and software to its boundaries. I'm sure that this is simple, but is just far enough off of mainstream that I'm not seeing the connecting dots. ...
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Picking linux-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface as source package instead of linux-image-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface

When I run this command: sudo apt source linux-image-$(uname -r) I get this error: Picking linux-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface as source package instead of linux-image-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface E:...
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Why is the apt sources different between a minimal and desktop install?

I was banging my head not being able to install mariadb and python3-pip in a minimal install of Ubuntu 18.04. Every web search showed pages with the expected apt install package commands. When I ...
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apt-get with fix broken flag not working for me

You have broken packages installed, fix them before upgrading. I tried to fix the issue with "sudo apt-get -f install" but above error blooms]
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How to compile or install Debian version of Vim on Ubuntu 16.04

I really like the version/set-up of vim that is included with Debian 9 server. This is not the same question as Ubuntu 16.10 repository providing vim 8. I am not asking about how to get Vim 8 on ...
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Install id3_tag in PHP Ubuntu

How can I Install and configure id3_tag package installed from PECL? I already have the package but I don't know how to configure it and where to put it in the file system.
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.desktop arduino file killed system

any idea on what happened? i went here https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software downloaded the 64 bit for my os (running ubuntu gnome 14.04 LTS). and then I chmod +x the ./install.sh (not sure if ...
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What are the implications of compiling packages from source?

What are the implications of compiling packages from source? For example, what if doing sudo apt-get upgrade upgrades a dependency of the manually-installed package? How would using a package from the ...
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add 14.04 ppa in 12.04 source.list and install package messed up the WHOLE system

I was adding trusty(14.04) ppa to my 12.04 in order to install python3-progressbar. after successfully installed the python3-progressbar. I use apt-get install synaptic to install synaptic package. (...
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How I set any distribution for Debian package?

When I try to make a Debian source package for Launchpad, in /debian/changelog file, I must set a distribution like this: package-name (1.0-1) trusty; urgency=low ... Now, I want to release my ...
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How do I compile the actual linux-modules-iwlwifi instead of the mainline kernel code from source

I'm doing some regulatory compliance work and I need the iwlxvt module and to modify the source of iwlwifi. The kernel modules installed by linux-modules-iwlwifi include the iwlxvt module that is part ...
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When searching for source what are the .dsc archives? It is enough with the tars for distribution?

When searching for source.what are the .dsc archives? It is enough with the tars for distribution? Dsc rchives need to be in the source too?
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launchpad upload rejected because of orig.tar.gz conflict across different ubuntu releases

I have a package that depends on openssl, but what I observe is Ubuntu 20.04 and earlier ships openssl 1.1.x and ubuntu 22.04 and higher ships openssl 3.0.x. So I had to build 2 packages of my product ...
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Need package libxml-2.0, can only find libxml2?

EDIT 2: The root cause of this problem was that I ignored the fact that this line: sudo apt -y build-dep gnucash which is recommended in the build instructions failed. After investigating what the ...
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Does Winapps not support 22.04?

I went through this very detailed guide to install a specific VM to eventually install Winapps. Then, I ran into a problem, even after tireless googling for a solution. This is the step I'm having ...
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source.list file required for ubuntu 22.04

Getting error while updating ubuntu using command sudo apt-get update E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such ...
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Launchpad librarian fails to install package

I am using launchpad librarian to build packages from my source package. The source package, I have uploaded via dput to my PPA. Launchpad then proceeds to build (which is accomplished) and to install ...
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How do I install an ubuntu package from an older release?

I'd like to install libqt5qmlmodels5 from packages.ubuntu.com. The library exists in [universe] for [groovy] [hirsute] [impish]. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS [focal], so apt install doesn't work. Can I ...
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How install winit in Ubuntu 20.04LTS?

Installed the ubuntu 20.04 LTS version but when I attempt to start the gui, no go. error = unable to locate package winit
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how to install package from a specific mirror ubuntu

I have a package I want to install (libproxy1-plugin-webkit) however it keeps trying to connect a specific mirror that I can't connect to. I tried adding a few other mirrors that were listed in How ...
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wxPython install dependencies issues

First off, Hey ya'll, I'm new. Thanks for being here. I'm a casual Linux user that picked up Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows 10 while in college learning R. Currently I'm trying to run an OBD-II ...
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Force R to read folders outside of conda environment to install packages

I am using R in RStudio outside of a conda environment (I have miniconda3 installed to operate QIIME2). However, when I try installing R packages, I am always getting errors as R is always looking in ...
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How to create a debian package of a project that is using a common code base?

current project has a source code which is using the common code from the outside of my project, but i want to create the debian pack of my project. i dont know how to resolve the common source code ...
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know the library/binary modified as part of new package release

How to know list of files/libraries/binary modified/updated in new release of package.? Ex: i have package apt_1.0.1ubuntu2.19 and i have older version package apt_1.0.1ubuntu2.17. how can i know ...
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Installing previous version of tar package

My current version of tar is p@p-ubuntu:~/ba/tar-1.25$ sudo apt-cache showpkg tar Package: tar Versions: 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-...
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Unable to install any packages on Ubuntu xenial 16.04

I am trying to install apache2 on Ubuntu xenial 16.04 VM. I have added the proxies in /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/environment. The install fails ...
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problem are coming

$ apt-get -f install vlc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following ...
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Error while rebuilding tcl 8.5 to disabling threadings

Im on installation of Squert Dashboard for suricata on Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS Before install Squert I need to install Sguil (sgweel), sguil need tcl 8.3 (or better) and I found in source the current ...
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How to do an offline installation of packages in ubuntu 12.04 by exporting this folder /var/cache/apt/*

Suppose I'm on a machine with full internet access and do "apt-get update" it then updates the cache /var/cache/apt/* with binary files. Now I do a "apt-get install pkgname" and inside /var/cache/apt/...
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Unable to locate package libfam0-dev

I am trying to install Maya 2015 on my laptop, Ubuntu 14.04, 64 bit, and I can't continue with sudo apt-get install -y alien csh tcsh libaudiofile-dev libglw1-mesa elfutils gamin libglw1-mesa-dev mesa-...
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failed to download package sources

I am trying to download package sources for all the installed packages in 14.04.2 release version. I tried the method described here ... How to download the source packages for all installed packages?...
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How to install standalone LINE or LINE plugin for Pidgin in Kubuntu 14.04?

I want to use LINE in my Kubuntu 14.04. Unfortunately LINE has no official release for Linux. I found some unconfirmed sources of installing LINE in Linux. I tried LINE with Wine, but it did not work ...
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Error While Running W3af

Hey Every0ne <<< Got A problem And i Hope You Help Me With :( ! When i Just Trying To run W3af GUI Or The Console , i Got This :- Hash of the package https://pypi.python.org/packages/...
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Get source code for Ubuntu Server

Where is the source code located for Ubuntu Server. For instance, if the goal was to build it on a local machine? As an example AWS Bottlerocket source code is on GitHub at URL: https://github.com/...
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