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Cannot install YUM on WSL [duplicate]

I am trying to install yum to install another app on my WSL but keep getting the error cannot find the package. I am using the following command: sudo apt install -y yum It is returning this: ...
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How to get the size (Megabytes) of all packages of an update?

So for a project as part of a work, I need to get the size of a Linux update. I used the command: aptitude search -SF '%p' --disable-columns '~U' So I get the names of the packets whose need to be ...
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Trying to install libgcc but getting error from postgres

I was trying to execute this command on my ubuntu machine: yum install libgcc.i686 But getting this error which seems meaningless here: https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/common/redhat/...
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Best way to setup a .deb & .rpm repository on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm relatively inexperienced with Linux, other than the basics. But my company have asked me to find a way to setup a repository hosted on Ubuntu for rpm & and deb packages. Now I've finally ...
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Unable to install yum on Ubuntu 20.04 (AWS EC2)

My command is sudo apt-get install yum The result is : Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package yum
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Installing YUM in Ubuntu 20.04 to run CentOS LXC Containers

I was able to install Yum in Ubuntu 18.04 but I can't install it anymore in Ubuntu 20.04. So, when I try to run a CentOS LXC container in my Ubuntu I get an error like this one: # lxc-create -n ...
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Installing a repo package on Ubuntu without yum installer package

Linux Download libjpeg-turbo.repo to /etc/yum.repos.d/ sudo yum install libjpeg-turbo-official pip install -U git+git://github.com/lilohuang/PyTurboJPEG.git I am currently running Ubuntu 18.04 and I ...
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Why do the packages "yum" and "yum-utils" exist in the repo?

Both of these commands work and give you a working version of the yum command: sudo apt install yum-utils sudo apt install yum That means that someone created them and put them there on purpose, for ...
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Need libxcb-keysyms.so.1

I'm running Xubuntu and trying to run the latest Kdenlive appimage. The terminal says I need libxcb-keysyms.so.1 except I'm getting no help from yum: brett@brett-HP-Laptop-17-bs0xx:~/Bureau$ yum ...
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Why does ubuntu need reboot after upgrade but centos doesn't?

Why is server restart required? Why is a restart only required on some updates? When is it necessary to reboot an Ubuntu system? After reading these questions, I'm curious about another question: my ...
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How to install libgdiplus on CentOS 7? [closed]

I am totally new to CentOS, and I need to install libgdiplus on CentOS 7? The application which I am running needs this package. I was able to install it on Ubuntu, by using following command: sudo ...
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Ubuntu repoquery - To yum or not to yum

I often switch back and forth between Fedora and Debian based linux flavours learning their peculiar ways but today I bumped into something I need a little support on. I was looking for a way to list ...
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Is it possible to rpm and yum package manager in Ubuntu [duplicate]

I saw rpm and yum packages in the official repos! Will installing it mean that I will be able to install .rpm apps from Fedora repos?? See the pictures attached apt search rpm results showing and ...
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Unable to launch matlab

I am using Ubuntu 16.04, I have succesfully installed matlab 2010b without any error. The same sofware had worked with Ubuntu 14.04, but with 16.04 it says: error while loading shared libraries: libXp....
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Why did "sudo apt-get install yum*" install 500MB of packages?

I tried installing yum with following command sudo apt-get install yum* which took about more than 500 mb packages and a disk space of more than 1gb. What does this command does? and if it is wrong ...
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Need help in installing 'Development Tools' using 'yum'

I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS mainly for neuroimaging use. I need to install a program (see: http://dti-tk.sourceforge.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=SourceCode.SourceCode) which is requiring me to ...
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Yum install fails on Ubuntu EC2 instance

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 on an AWS EC2 instance. This is my first time with an EC2 so it's all new to me. I'm also not the most experienced Linux guy either, so I apologize if this is a stupid ...
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What does yum actually do? [closed]

I've seen yum used as a command for Cento OS Red Hat Linux platform. But, I tried with sudo too and it works. So, I want to know what yum actually does.
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Configure Ubuntu as Yum client

Like in Red Hat, we make Yum client by getting into /etc/yum.repos.d/ and make a repo file For eg:-client.repo The file mainly includes baseurl=ftp://[192.16.0.1]/pub/Packages Is there any such path ...
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When would yum be of use to an Ubuntu user?

My understanding is that yum, and the rpm system, is only useful on distributions such as Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS. I thought that Ubuntu, as a Debian based system, had no use for yum. So I was ...
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