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How to install apt-get package manager [closed]

I am booting Ubuntu via VirtualBox. PostgreSQL 8.0 is already installed in the disk image I am using. Now I want to upgrade the PostgreSQL database to a higher version. I tried using: apt-get upgrade ...
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Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' doesn't work [duplicate]

What could I do to solve these problems? It happened when I canceled software upgrade on my Ubuntu Linux. apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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bad downloaded packages? linux-image-3.2.0-32-generic-pae' is missing final newline

I'm having some trouble updating my software. It seems like the new packages have been downloaded but one package is giving me some trouble This is the output I get when I try to upgrade my software ...
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version of updated package

I'm running apt-get upgrade and see list of available packages which could be upgraded. Some of them without any version, how can I figure out what package version apt want to install here? For ...
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Not all updates can be installed, partial upgrade proposed

When I am opening Update manager, it writes, that "Not all updates can be installed" and partial upgrade proposed. What does this mean? Am I correct thinking that "upgrade" means changing Ubuntu ...
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cannot reinstall skype after manually removing its “held back” package

I am running 12.04 (precise) Ubuntu on my computer, which I keep it up to date. Recently skype started being listed as a "kept back" package whenever I ran a software update. Stupidly I uninstalled ...
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using the downloaded upgrade packages from one laptop to another [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)? I have upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 (amd64) to 12.04 (amd64) on one of the laptops I have, I have another ...
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How to fix “package system is broken” after upgrading to 12.04?

I can no longer remove or install any software or perform any updates. I got this error message after I upgraded to 12.04: The package system is broken Check if you are using third party ...
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I can't update, upgrade and remove my app from kubuntu

I have a problem upgrading software. I can't update, upgrade or remove my software. The notification of update manager signs 46 security packets and 83 other packets and when I click on it to install ...
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12.04 upgrade hosed my system

I wish I could be more specific. I installed the upgrade from the update manager and after the computer rebooted, I found I could not run a lot of programs. I tried running them from the command ...
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Error while checking for upgrades [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 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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Running 'apt-get upgrade' on Amazon EC2 AMI twice in succession upgrades very different packages

When I run apt-get upgrade the first time on a freshly created Precise 64-bit AMI (ami-a29943cb), I get the following: The following packages have been kept back: linux-image-virtual linux-virtual ...
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How to fix “Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)” when installing and upgrading packages?

I am getting this error whenever tring to install or update anything: "Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" I need help, as I cannot install or upgrade any packages on my Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu hangs on booting up after a update

I've made a clean install yesterday, for the first time restarted, everything went good and then after I updated packages and copied my old home directory to replace the new one, when I restarted it ...
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Multiple identical items in software sources other software [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages After upgrading to 12.04 Gnome Classic amd64, I have multiple ...
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Fixing broken myslq-server package after upgrade to 12.04

After upgrade to 12.04 mysql server was unable to start. I tried many different things but without any luck. Now when I try to install it, I get: $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.5 Reading ...
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Upgraded to 12.04 before updating 11.10

I believe I'm the only person that did that. I've read that I must update my 11.10 before upgrading. Then the next morning I just opened the update-manager and upgraded to 12.04. I forgot all about ...
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MySQL server stopped working after upgrade [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Fixing broken myslq-server package after upgrade to 12.04 I upgraded to 12.04 and my MySQL server just stopped working. It throws: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to ...
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I am unable to install programs after 12.04 upgrade and attempt to install Libreoffice

I tried to install Libreoffice on Ubuntu 12.04 (after an upgrade), and now I can't install, ugrade, anything in any form. When I go to the Software center, I get a message that I need to repair the ...
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Upgrade issues due to broken “dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic” error [closed]

okay, I've recently upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 and I've been having some issues. I don't know if its a bug or not, but I thought I would submit it here. Okay here's a little background; I ran the ...
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Is it safe to remove ubuntu-desktop package?

I prefer using Synaptic to Software Center. So I decide to remove the software-center package, but ubuntu-desktop needs to be removed as well. A warning is shown, saying ubuntu-desktop is needed to ...
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Upgrade hangs on ttf-mscorefonts-installer

I am trying to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 and the upgrade seems to be stuck downloading ttf-mscorefonts. Is there a way to bypass this? Output from /var/log/dist-upgrade Installing new version ...
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Can't upgrade Firefox [closed]

When I first got Ubuntu and got used to it, I decided to install lots of packages, and I overwhelmed the update manager. I had to interrupt it, because the download time was crazy long. That was 2 ...
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Unable to upgrade due to “SystemError: E:Method has died unexpectedly!” error

These are the errors shows by different client Update Manager: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate ...
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Computer shudown during upgrade, Ubuntu not booting

My computer shutdown because of critical temperature reached. I was upgrading my Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. Now, Ubuntu is not starting up.
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Partially Dist-upgrade from CLI?

Sometimes a sudo aptitude upgrade fails and sudo aptitude upgrade --full-resolver then wants to remove about 100 Packages, because of "dependecy conflicts". Often I can then start update-manager and ...
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Distribution Upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 Errors [closed]

Errors were encountered while processing: mono-gac mono-runtime mono-csharp-shell libmono-posix2.0-cil gbrainy libmono-management2.0-cil mono-gmcs tomboy ...
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Can't install/remove/upgrade any package

So I've been trying to upgrade Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit few days back and received an error: dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:978: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed. So I followed this Ubuntu ...
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When upgrading, is there an easy way to remove old default packages?

I've just upgraded to 11.10 beta using update-manager and all went well. However, the install process leaves installed default packages from the previous version that I no longer want (gdm, evolution ...
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Can I make do-release-upgrade only download packages for a later upgrade?

I'm running lubuntu 10.10, and would like to upgrade to 11.04. I have a very temperamental internet connection, so would like to download all the packages before running the install. According to ...
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Keep an Obsolete Package

I'm finally upgrading. I just reached the "Remove Obsolete Packages" screen and, while glancing through, noticed a few packages that I installed and do not want removed. It lists about 150 so I'd ...
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liboobs size mismatch when upgrading to 11.04

I get this error when trying to upgrade to 11.04: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libo/liboobs/liboobs-1-5_2.32.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size mismatch I already did a bunch ...
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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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Blacklisting packages from installing

I'm currently running 10.10 with a package removed. I'm concerned that when it comes time to upgrade, synaptic may well install that package again. Is there way to blacklist a package that works ...
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What problems I may face during upgrade due to removal of following packages?

I have remove Ubuntuone, empathy, evolution and gwibber completely from my system ? In synaptic, these are shown as recommended, so I am worried if I will be having any problem to upgrade to Natty due ...
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How to prevent package removal upon upgrade to new Ubuntu version?

I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04, but the upgrade removed some of my packages that I had manually installed. These package (Dekiwiki from Mindtouch amongst others) are not supported by ...
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What's the best approach to triggering a distro upgrade for an OEM build?

The product I develop for work is a customised Ubuntu 8.04 LTS system with a number of back ported packages and a number of our own for the application specific stuff. Now that 10.04 has been ...
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Error while upgrading to 10.10

I tried to upgrade 10.04 to 10.10 and got an error: 'E:Couldn't configure pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle.'. Can I fix this and finalize the upgrade?
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How to force installation of kernel updates when using apt-get upgrade?

To update my server I use apt-get upgrade. But when there are kernel updates I always need to do apt-get install linux-.... because apt-get update does not install them. Is there a way I can tell it ...