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120 questions linked to/from How do I find the package that provides a file?
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How to check which package/process updated nsswitch?
I've experincing problems with my /etc/nsswitch.conf. I'm not longer able to use sudo as my personal user (ldap).
I've checked dpkg.log, and it seems it's been som upgrades on the packages which ...
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Unrecognized COMMAND/service 'chipper,' how to find host package? [duplicate]
I'm trying to run a local apache server on a dedicated ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS server machine. However, I can't get apache2 to start. Every time I try sudo systemctl restart apache2 I'm told that it failed ...
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org.ayatana.bamf was not provided by any .service files
I get this error in the openrazer snake application splash screen as an unknown error.
I assume because it's given such prominence it's important but I can't find any information anywhere on how to ...
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Should I remove libraries from lintian and x86_64-linux-gnu directory?
I have some libraries namely related to libboost. I would like to remove it completely. But, even after doing apt-get purge, some files are still present in directories /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, /usr/...
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Unable to remove Boost library files? [duplicate]
I have done apt-get remove libboost-all-dev command. But, I can still see a directory /usr/include/boost. I want to remove everything related to Boost. How do I do this?
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Installation of mpicxx
I have mpich installed in my Ubuntu OS. But mpicxx in /usr/bin got deleted. It would be of great help if someone can help me re-install it.
Thanking you in advance!
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How to find the installation method for a given command?
I usually install packages using the following methods:
From Ubuntu repositories: sudo apt install commandName
From a PPA: I have to add the PPA than run: sudo apt install commandName
Directly from a ...
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How to get xcb/xcb_icccm.h [duplicate]
I am trying to build bspwm, how do I get that dependency? I already have xcb installed. I'm on Ubuntu 21.04, the error message is
cc -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -DJSMN_STRICT -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=...
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tracing services to packages [duplicate]
Hello I want to programmatically trace a service back to its software package. Is there a command that would allow me to determine which package(s) support a service?
Thanks!
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Which package do I have to install to get `gjslint` in Ubuntu 21.04?
I've been using gjslint to verify that my JavaScript code is valid before sending it to my servers. Very practical.
In older versions (16.04, 18.04), it was found in the closure-linter package.
In ...
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How to know which package installs a given command? [duplicate]
I see that llvm-objdump-9 instead of llvm-objdump are installed. What is the command to figure out which package installs it? How to remove the suffix -9? Thanks.
EDIT: Please reopen the post. The ...
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Can someone explain why there exist two org.gnome.Software.desktop files? Which one (how) is loaded?
Recently, I found that there are two org.gnome.Software.desktop files in two places:
one in
/usr/share/ubuntu/applications/
and one in
/usr/share/applications/
Can someone explain why (and how)
/usr/...
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(Ubuntu 16.04) Where can I find gthread-2.0? [duplicate]
trying to compile qemu-stm32 I get this error message
ERROR: glib-2.12 gthread-2.0 is required to compile QEMU
but
sudo apt-get install gthread-2.0 (or just gthread)
resulted in
E: Unable to locate ...
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How to uninstall a package which is installed in /usr/local/bin?
I had installed VIM but it has been messed up and breaking up due to some plugins. So I removed it with: sudo apt-get remove vim . But there is still vim command available. I also tried sudo apt-get ...
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How to locate shared object file in ubuntu repositories? [duplicate]
Can I locate a shared object file within a remote repository inside my system's sources?
For example, on my computer I can search:
dpkg -S libgazebo_ros_gpu_laser.so
The query returns the name of the ...
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