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Command-line/Server Instructions
Backports are enabled by default, here's how you can check to make sure they are turned on.
Ensuring Backports are enabled
To enable the backports manually make sure the following line is in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu release-backports main restricted universe multiverse
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I think the problem here is you're not really using Ubuntu. Your version is some hacked-down built-for-purpose appliance and its creator doesn't see the benefit from being able to upgrade a version of something. Its creator is an idiot.
There's not much we can do for you. You could try to manually sideload apt and all its dependencies into your installation ...
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I am not an expert but here is my 2cent.
Assuming you have wget installed. You can always download & install missing packages from ubuntu.
Here are few recent once.
Raring 32bit
wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.9.7.7ubuntu4_i386.deb
Raring 64bit
wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.9.7.7ubuntu4_amd64.deb
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None of the apt-get or other APT tools will ever break dependencies (except for bugs).
You don't run apt-get autoremove liba, just apt-get autoremove. The whole point of autoremove is that it discovers what there is to remove.
When you run apt-get autoremove, check the list of packages to make sure you aren't relying on any of the packages that it will ...
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Other than the installation and/or apt-get -f install suggestions mentioned in comments, you can tell aptitude to find a different resolution by using the , and . keys to navigate through the list of available resolutions in the examine view (entered with e). Sometimes the first suggested resolution involves uninstalling packages, whereas the next few will ...
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For short, obsolete packages are not in any repository on your list anymore. Orphaned packages are dependencies whose "dependants" have all been uninstalled. And apt-get autoremove only considers orphaned packages that were installed by apt to resolve dependencies.
Obsolete packages
As you probably know, apt keeps a list of repositories it can fetch ...
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I just got to the right answer when learning on a different matter, so I'll answer myself.
The && implies that the second command runs only if the first is executed successfully. If the first command throws an error (that means exit 1) the concatenator doesn't pass action to the next command in the sequence.
Keep in mind that it doesn't matter if ...
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This is not really nice solution but should work in similar cases
sudo /bin/rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/opera*.postrm
sudo dpkg -P opera
Your problem is that post remove script from package doesn't work so this is why uninstall failed. If removing postrm script won't work, try to put empty bash script into this file and do package uninstall again.
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I guess you're running a 32-bit Ubuntu. This repository only has 64-bit packages. Search for "mono-complete" in http://debian.meebey.net/experimental/mono/Packages and you'll see:
Package: mono-complete
Source: mono
Version: 3.0.6+dfsg-1~exp1~pre1
Architecture: amd64 <--- 64-bit!
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Not sure if you want to use it in a graphic environment, but you could try this:
sudo apt-get install aptitude synaptic
Aptitude works in a terminal, either trough commands or with an ncurses environment. Synaptic is my favourite GUI for installing and updating packages.
If what you mean is that you even lack off apt-get, which is weird... You'll need ...
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The libsqlite3.so file is only a symbolic link to the fully versioned library file name, libsqlite3.so.0.8.6. At runtime, the dynamic loader only knows about the fully versioned library. This is true for most shared libraries. There are some libraries which are not versioned, and only available as libnspr4.so for example. However, such libraries are also ...
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As far as I know, glibc is not something you can just upgrade.
However, you can just use "pbuilder" and PPAs to have your stuff built.
Or even VirtualBox with a simple Ubuntu server.
For more information on Pbuilder and PPAs, check the Packaging Guide.
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