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Graphical front-end to apt, the package management system in Ubuntu.

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How to install postgresql-9.4-postgis-2.1 on Ubuntu 14.04(Trusty Tahr)?

I get the following error when trying to install postgres-9.4-postgis-2.1 on Ubuntu 14.04(Trusty Tahr): Depends: libgdal1 (>= 1.9.0) but it is not installable I also tried to install the package ...
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After force-installing a 32-bit deb failed, how can I install the 64-bit version?

I tried to dpkg -i --force-architecture google-earth-stable_i386.deb and it failed. But now when I try to install the amd64.deb it fails saying dpkg: error processing google-earth-...
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Is there way to Accelerate Package Downloads in slow connections? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Upgrading ubuntu with some thing which can make more than one connection I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I want to download all (for a specified installation) packages ...
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How to fix broken repository information?

I have the small red cross icon in my indicator applet, and upon hovering it says that An error occurred while checking for updates. Because of this, I can't edit the selected repositories through ...
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Why are some Open Office packages marked as "local or obsolete" in Synaptic

This is a follow up to this question: What does “local or obsolete” mean in Synaptic. I have not installed Open Office manually. I doubt that Open Office has been dropped from the repositories. So why ...
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How exactly does Synaptic keep track of "New in repository" packages?

Is this info part of APT cache or does it create a separate file to compare with new cache? Where is it stored then?
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Why does apt not display an error message even if flock is used?

Running script #!/bin/bash ( flock 9 # ... commands executed under lock ... fuser -v /var/lib/dpkg/lock apt-get -f --assume-no install ) 9>/var/lib/dpkg/lock as superuser does not display ...
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Synaptic package manager not launching in Ubuntu 17.10 [duplicate]

In Ubuntu 17.04, Synaptic Package Manager worked fine. But after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10, it is not working. I removed it and installed it again, with no success. How do I solve this issue?
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Firefox update fails with "not found" error

I got 3 update notifications for firefox: Yet when I click update, it fails with a "not found" error: Any idea why this is? How to fix this?
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Is updating via Synaptic or Muon or Plasma Discover covered by phased updates?

From Phasing of Stable Release Updates For some time we’ve wanted to phase, gradually roll out, updates to expanding subsets of Ubuntu users so that we may monitor for regressions and stop the ...
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Missing libqt3-mt in 13.04

I have an application that requires the libqt3-mt package, in particular it's asking for libqt-mt.so.3. It worked OK under Ubuntu 12.04, but I've recently upgraded to 13.04 and the package is missing ...
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is Python available in any Ubuntu installation?

Quite simply: is python already provided in any of the latest installations Ubuntu or does it have to be installed explicitly by the user? Thanks.
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Unable to locate package texlive

I had a problem with texlive on my ubuntu 12.10. It could not find setspace.sty and tlmgr didn't work. I googled it a little but i couldn't figure it out how to solve it (i'm a rookie) So i removed ...
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How do you use the Synaptic packege manager for downloading packages?

I new to Ubuntu, and have just installed Synaptic. I want to Know how to use it for downloading packages and and software.Please help.
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How can I fix apt-get autoremove wanting to uninstall most of my packages?

I did change my packages in synaptic from manually installed to Automatically (they were not manually installed but automatically). Now they are marked for Autoremove. I tested it with sudo apt-get ...
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How do I fix broken packages? [duplicate]

I have a problem with apt. When I try to update or upgrade Ubuntu, I receive an error telling me that I have dependency problems, and I can't go on. I've tried to solve the problem with apt-get ...
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How can I theme Synaptic Manager?

I use Lubuntu 12.04 and a gtk2 theme, Elegant Arch. With such a theme, gtk2 applications like Thunar will be themed, while others like Nautilus, would be not (see this question ant the images there)....
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Why are (uninstalled) packages listed in the "Local" repository (in Synaptic) after an upgrade?

I just upgraded a computer from 10.10 to 11.04 using the do-release-upgrade command. (This was the first time I've actually done an upgrade.) I had a few PPA's in my setup, which got removed from my ...
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dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.2.0-35

Whenever I install, update or uninstall a program in the terminal, this comes up sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... ...
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How can I find out which package is triggering the installation of i386 libraries when using Ubuntu 64bit?

I'm running Precise 64bit. One of the packages I've installed recently needed 32bit packages which triggered the installation of a whole bunch of i386 dependencies. How can I look up which package ...
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Synaptic touchpad disabled after boot

Every time I restart Ubuntu the touch pad is set to disabled. I have to manually trigger it via the keyboard short cut (FN + F7). How can I set it so it is automatically enabled?
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Synaptic does not work

since I don't know when Synaptic does not work. When I launch Synaptic from the dash, the icon appears for some seconds, that's all. On the other hand, Synaptic works, when I launch it from the ...
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How to use synaptic-pkexec?

I assume this (synaptic-pkexec) was installed with a recent upgrade? The question is, how do i use it? When i run it, i'm presented with a banner: ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic =...
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Cannot find softwares installed via synaptic manager after accidentally deleting sources.list

I did a fresh install of ubuntu 12.04 over my earlier 11.10.I saved the sources.list from my previous installation to another partition and replaced the sources.list in /etc/apt/ of the current ...
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Can Synaptic sort packages by time?

I know Software Center can do this (in the "History" section), but I've yet to find a filter/column in Synaptic that will sort the packages by the time they were installed/removed. I could really use ...
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unable to use synaptic via launcher

When I open synaptic via launcher on gnome-panel, it opens and asks me for the password but if I enter the password, it says its wrong even though the password is correct and it used to work OK few ...
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Failed loading skin error message with Spotify

I just started having this problem. It started just a min ago. I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I went to Synaptic and marked the client for reinstall. Didn't work. Marked it for uninstallation, ...
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dpkg interrupted error while downloading

I tried to install wine. Since it was taking more than an hour I restarted the system. I found the following error when I tried to open synaptic package manager. E: dpkg was interrupted, you must ...
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Correct password cannot be authenticated to run Synaptic Package Manager GUI [duplicate]

I cannot access my synaptic package manager(in GUI) due to authentication error. Even though I enter the correct user password, it always say that "Your authentication attempt was unsuccessful. Please ...
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touchpad not working after system update

so after updating my system from 16.04 to 17.10 and then to 18.04, my touchpad is not working anymore (this already happened upgrading to 17.04, but I thought a further upgrade might solve the issue). ...
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How to install Qt

I am trying to build the Linux kernel using make xconfig but I get this error: $ make xconfig CHECK qt * Unable to find the QT4 tool qmake. Trying to use QT3 * * Unable to find any QT ...
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