Questions tagged [deb]
Questions about the Debian packaging format with the extension '.deb'. Packages for Ubuntu are provided in this format.
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Problem installing the software [duplicate]
I downloaded the .deb file of several programs. When I double click the file and open it with the software installer, I click install and after a few moments the window automatically closes and the ...
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Chrome suddenly won't load in Ubuntu 23.10
When I logged in today Chrome will not load. Clicking on the icon does nothing. I rebooted. I used sudo apt reinstall google-chrome-stable. Nothing. I re-downloaded the .deb package from Google and ...
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How to package and deploy a DEB without any assumptions about dependencies installed on the target machine
I am creating a DEB package for installation by external systems. At this early stage of development the DEB package consists of custom-developed Python wheels. These wheels depend on:
System binary ...
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How to install Firefox directly from Mozilla with `apt`?
I never got around to using snap version of Firefox and have been stuck on version 88 for awhile. This makes some websites inoperable. I heard that Mozilla has now released a .deb package for Ubuntu. ...
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App center does not open .deb packages
As you can see, the bug is in the title. When I open a .deb package, the App Center shows a loading icon:
I have left it loading like this for more than two hours, but it continued spinning.
Is this ...
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There is no software install app [duplicate]
I tried to install a .deb file but I can’t it says I open it with archive manager for some reason
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Kubuntu problem with removing .deb from disc?
I'm a new kubuntu user, I don't know much, so please understand, I installed minetest from discover, but unfortunately not the snap version, and I managed to delete everything in the console except 4 ...
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Is it possible to add an apt repository before the installer check for dependencies availability? [duplicate]
Is it possible to add an apt repository before the installer check for dependencies availability?
I want to add append a deb software repository because the repository contains what's listed in my ...
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apt install of a .deb package on lubuntu 22.04 shows the error: user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
My distribution is lubuntu 22.04. I know that this question seems a duplicate of other questions (for example this) but none answer is working on lubuntu 22.04.
Furthermore I'm trying to install a ...
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How to customize an ISO Ubuntu 22.04 arm64 server for pre-install a .deb package
The situation is: I want to install a package (.deb) in the Ubuntu ISO before installing the OS, to avoid installing the package every time I use the ISO. How can I do that using the Linux command ...
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How to install Safing (Portmaster) in Ubuntu 23.10 [duplicate]
I fresh installed Ubuntu 23.10 after I couldn't upgrade from 23.10. Now I want to install Safing (Portmaster) in Ubuntu 23.10, but the App Center is not able to install Safing. How can I install ...
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Can't install .deb files (or any packages, it seems) [duplicate]
I just installed ubuntu, and anytime I try to open a .deb file, it just opens up in the archive manager. When I try to open with another application, there's no option for "software install" ...
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When building package with debuild, I'm unable to force make to look into certain directories for *.h files
What I'm trying to do is to build a deb package with debuild command, given I have provided all the necessary files like debian/control, debian/rules, debian/changelog etc...
When trying to run ...
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Custom Deb Packages in Landscape
How to Deliver and Install my custom-made deb packages in my Ubuntu Systems through landscape
Landscape is a large-scale device managing solution by Canonical.
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When installing, command in `postinst` always results in `$?` = `0`
I have a postinst script in my debian package:
#!/bin/bash
oqm-config -g system.hostname
RESULT="$?"
if [ "$RESULT" -eq 1 ]; then
oqm-config -s system.hostname $(hostname).local ...
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Can't Print PDF Document to a Printer in Document Viewer (Evince)
Printing works in all other apps (browsers,scribes) but can't print to printer using Evince .
It's showing Printing complete dialogue(notification) but nothing happens.
I can print only in the flatpak ...
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VSCode not responding after installing it on Ubuntu 22.04
I am a new Ubuntu user running Ubuntu 22.04.03 on a dual booted X1 Carbon 7th gen. I have attempted to install a variety of versions of VSCode (1.80, 1.81) in a variety of way (apt, snap, apt with ...
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deb package script for --purge
Is there any script that get triggered when user execute apt purge? i.e. it does NOT trigger if user runs apt remove ....
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2015 Macbook Air, I have the bcmwl-kernel-source deb file installed, but the install button on the app store does not work, and sudo dpkg -i , errors
ashst99@vantlla:-$ sudo dpkg -t--force-overwrite bcml-kernel-source.deb (Reading database... 109565 files and directortes currently installed.) Preparing to unpack bcmil-kernel-source.deb... Unpacking ...
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Installing software with support of earlier version of ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. I want to install Cloudflare Warp (https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/). Now, this software has support only till 22.04 LTS.
Is there any way I can install the ...
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Download a .deb file without installing on a non debian device without using apt
Is it possible to simply download a deb file using curl or get it without having to dig for the URLs from the ppa file or use apt? Mainly to simple download the file from other non debian Linux ...
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Is there a Orage package for the current LTS version?
Is there a Orage deb package for the current Ubuntu 22.04 LTS XFCE DE? everywhere I look it only goes up to 20.04 did anyone manage to install it for 22.04? It is also availablefor latest Debian as ...
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download individual `.deb` package file for integrity verification
I have system runtime measurements which shows what files of the packages have been executed by the system. I want to verify the checksum calculated by the Linux kernel's Integrity Management ...
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Ubuntu - Tool for UDP rate-limit
I have a SIP gateway machine that I would like to apply some kind of rate limit on the host machine.
Something like - If an X number of connections happens under Y seconds -> Block source-IP and ...
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what is unsupported file given on command line [duplicate]
Trying to install protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.3_all.deb using sudo apt-get install. terminal responds: E: Unsupported file ///home/george/Downloads given on commandline
$ sudo apt-get install ///...
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Installing a new version of a software already installed?
So I run Discord on my computer and it doesn't come from a repository, it's a downloaded .deb-file.
Sometimes Discord wants me to update with a new .deb-file.
But when I download and run that deb file ...
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Reinstall application above existing
Is there a way to reinstall .deb file so that to keep all previously installed files in place ?
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gio: Setting attribute metadata::custom-icon not supported
On Ubuntu 22.4 lts I can manually assign an icon to an executable file in nautilus, by right clicking on that file in the file explorer, select "Properties", click on the default icon, and ...
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Including shared libraries in a .deb package
I have a binary file that is dependent on a few shared libraries, I am trying to package this binary with the required libraries and install them alongside my app.
The libraries were built by myself, ...
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Can't download microsoft teams deb file
does anyone know how to install teams on Ubuntu ? The official deb file is 404 link ?
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no graphical way to upgrade with a .deb files?
im on 20.04 and sometime ago i couldn't just double click on a .deb file to upgrade an existing package... before in the old software manager there was an upgrade button but now both in snap and in ...
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How to install .deb package with double click [duplicate]
I'd like to install .deb packages I download from the internet, (ie google chrome or discord) from nautilus by just double clicking (the way it works in windows). I used to use gdebi, but it opens a ...
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How do I fix missing dependencies when installing FCEUX?
I am attempting to install FCEUX from a .deb package that worked on Ubuntu 20.04 but does not install on 22.04.1 LTS.
I see the following errors:
Depends: libx264-155 but it is not installable
Depends:...
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How to get ttf/otf of a default font?
I found a font that I would like to use on my website and it turns out that this is a default font that comes with Ubuntu. As it comes with Ubuntu, it is installed as a .deb package and after ...
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Uninstall STM32CubeIDE
I downloaded and installed an older version of STM32CubeIde from this site a while ago. It is a dot DEB file version 1.5. How do I completely remove this software?
Ubuntu 20.04 is the OS used. Ubuntu ...
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snap store vs apt and debian packeges [closed]
I was wondering if I should prefer installing apps using apt and .deb files rather than getting them through the snap. I have heard that snap is safer than apt/.deb, but it's slower. What should I ...
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I can't install/uninstall .deb packages because dpkg is being interrupted
Whenever I try to install/uninstall any .deb packages I got this error:
dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a'
When I run sudo dpkg --configure -a, then the /etc/...
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Where is the unpacked content of a .deb file when using the "--unpack" option of dpkg?
About the dpkg command, a few tutorials do mention of the --unpack option. According with
jammy (1) dpkg.1 it indicates
--unpack package-file...
Unpack the package, but don't configure it. If --...
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Turn my Unity Game into a .deb file?
I wanna publish my game for ubuntu(and other debian based distros) in a simpler way and for that, I wish to make a .deb installer for it. Despite my best efforts tho, I can't find ANY easy tutorial ...
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validate a deb package before trying to install it
TL;DR
How do a verify that a deb file is complete and without error?
I have an incomplete download of a deb package that will error out on install. Before trying to install it, I would like to check ...
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How to upload deb file to official apt repository? [duplicate]
When I search with this question, I am getting only posts related to setting up our own repository completely.
But, I want to just upload my deb file to official ubuntu repository or debian repo so ...
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Can't install required dependencies for Discord version 0.0.21 [duplicate]
I am attempting to install the Discord app on my computer so I can make it say I'm playing Minecraft. When I attempt to install discord-0.0.21.deb, it comes back with the following error:
Some ...
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Can't get Parsec to run on Ubuntu 18.04, missing avcodec58
i am currently trying to run Parsec on my Ubuntu 18.04 to connect to my remote Windows gaming rig.
it says which libraries are required.
As far as i can tell via synaptic is that the only dependend ...
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How do I set the default opening method of a deb file to be in software centre?
When I try and install a deb file, Ubuntu opens it in archive manager. Although I can click on other options and choose to open it in software center, it doesn't change to default or even give me an ...
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Remove visual studio code installed with .deb file
I am trying to remove visual studio code that is in
code_1.72.2-1665614327_amd64.deb.
I used this to install.
gdebi code_1.72.2-1665614327_amd64.deb
I have tried this.
andy@7 ~> sudo dpkg -r ...
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Installed Soundux, but won't open
I have been trying to install Soundux.
I got the .deb and installed...however it will not open. Any suggestions?
EDIT: Ubuntu 22.04
installed via the https://soundux.rocks/download using .deb
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Uninstall multiple deb packages at a time
is there a way to remove multiple deb packages at a time. I have a little under a hundred deb packages. I went to the directory with all the deb files, and I ran the command below.
sudo dpkg -r *.deb
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Error processing .dev archive since update. It's preventing other packages from updating as well
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/desktop-file-utils_0.26-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
The following packages have been kept back:
cryptsetup cryptsetup-bin cryptsetup-...
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How do I install the amdgpu-install .deb file? [duplicate]
I'm new just joined up today and installed Ubuntu. When I attempt to install amdgpu-install_22.20.50200-1_all.deb latest AMD driver I get this error:
E: Unable to locate package amdgpu-install_22.20....
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, unable to install a .deb file
When I am trying to install the nRF command line tool.
After download the install file nrf-command-line-tools_10.17.0_amd64.deb, I change the permission to executable
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