Questions tagged [dpkg]

Dpkg is the Debian package management utility that performs lower-level tasks in software installation and removal. This tag should be used for questions about using and troubleshooting the dpkg utility.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
1 vote
1 answer
66 views

I encounter this after running sudo apt upgrade [duplicate]

I encounter this after running sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu 22.04 dpkg: error processing package linux-hwe-6.5-headers-6.5.0-26 (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should ...
valdo ndimbiarisoa's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
28 views

error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

could someone help me please? I am trying to free some space on the Boot, but it gives me that: ----:~$ sudo apt autoremove [sudo] password for ----: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency ...
loulou's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
0 answers
108 views

Got a dpkg warning during update

After doing a standard update-upgrade I got 2 warning messages highlighted in orange color: dpkg: warning: unable to delete the old directory '/var/lib/ubuntu-advantage': Directory not empty dpkg: ...
goemon's user avatar
  • 13
0 votes
0 answers
37 views

Failed to install initramfs-tools

Im running Ubuntu server 20.04LTS. I had an error of apt install, please tell me what I should do to solve this problem. image: img-5.15.0-1023-azure Command: sudo apt-get install -reinstall initramfs-...
Akito's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
0 answers
12 views

Problems installing packages using apt in Wubuntu [duplicate]

I have problems installing most packages, after installing the Wubuntu distribution, what should I do? bin4ry@bin4ry-desktop:~$ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev Reading package lists... Done Building ...
bin4ry's user avatar
  • 1
-1 votes
0 answers
24 views

Unable to install wine due to libc6 locale issue

When I attempt to install wine with the command sudo apt install wine-devel-amd64 I receive the error wine-devel-amd64 : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38) but 2.35-0ubuntu3.6 is to be installed. I ...
Elijah Reed's user avatar
-4 votes
0 answers
41 views

I am having problem when I am trying to remove python from my pc

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created ...
Yusuf Yesuf's user avatar
-1 votes
0 answers
41 views

Issue with Preconfiguring "base-passwd"

I'm unable to upgrade Ubuntu packages. Please help us on this. # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: ...
Sunil Dasari's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
24 views

Issues with apt upgrade [duplicate]

I'm running the following command: sudo apt upgrade And the following error pops up: Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
lidistat67's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
50 views

How to solve errors while installing PHP 8.x on Ubuntu 20

I am trying to install PHP 8.x but I am getting stuck at one point again and again So in order to install PHP, I assume I need to have ppa:ondrej/php repository present. I was having errors while ...
Rohan's user avatar
  • 101
0 votes
0 answers
35 views

Unable to Perform Upgrade [duplicate]

I am running into a strange error that is circular in nature. I just went to run a routine sudo apt upgrade and encountered the following error: > Reading package lists... Done Building dependency &...
minorsatellite's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
134 views

sudo upgrade evdi.ko.zst freeze at install

I did run sudo apt update, and afterwards sudo apt upgrade. Normally, this is all fine but it got stuck for ages. I cancelled the process. I tried to do it again but the terminal tells me to run sudo ...
Epper202's user avatar
-1 votes
0 answers
51 views

Unable to install openssh-server

I had ssh installed and was working fine but then it stopped suddenly. So I tried to reinstall using sudo apt-get install --reinstall openssh-server but it seemed that the already active systemctl was ...
user1769468's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
260 views

Intel ARC intel-i915-dkms dpkg error upgrading to HWE kernel 6.5

Whenever I try to install something, it returns this error: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-generic: linux-headers-generic depends on linux-headers-6.5.0-17-generic; ...
Blueglasses's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
30 views

How to solve dpkg error based on geany-plugin-addons

Error that I got from the upgrading step: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: loading files list file for package 'geany-plugin-addons': cannot read /var/lib/dpkg/info/geany-plugin-addons.list ...
LEENET JOSEPH's user avatar
-1 votes
0 answers
50 views

Nvidia driver for Quadro1000M not working in Ubuntu 22.04

I'm trying to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers instead of the Nouveau one but every time i try to install i get the following error Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... ...
Abin Raju's user avatar
-1 votes
0 answers
44 views

Problems updating using sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade [duplicate]

Hi I'm a newbie novice and need some advice. I have run a Raspberry PI feeding data to Flightradar for a few years and have only ever updated using the "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-...
Mark Newton's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
73 views

APCI error, Ubuntu can't boot

As the title says, I can't enter to Ubuntu. It gets stuck after grub bootloader. After some minutes the following message appears related with APCI: In order to try to solve it, I have check some of ...
Alberto Madrigal's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
56 views

Mysql-server returning error

Each time I try to install something through apt or do any other command through it, here is what shows up: Setting up mysql-server-8.0 (8.0.36-0ubuntu0.23.10.1) ... mysqld will log errors to /var/log/...
John Carter's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
43 views

Tesla k40c Driver install on Ubuntu [duplicate]

i have a server running Ubuntu with two Xeon x5680s and just install a NVIDIA Tesla k40c HPC / GPU for running PyTorch and tensorflow-gpu models but cant get the drivers running. i used "sudo ...
Mixo Max's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
45 views

Error during apt upgrade for NodeJS

I encounter this problem while trying to sudo apt upgrade my system: Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nodejs (18.17.1-deb-1nodesource1) over (12.22.9~...
stealz's user avatar
  • 97
0 votes
1 answer
221 views

How to install Google Chrome on Ubuntu server 22.04

I have a problem installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu 22.04 (VPS) with an AMD processor. I also tried just in case on Ubuntu 22.04 with an Intel processor). I have rigorously followed the procedure of ...
Jaime Diaz's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
61 views

How to uninstall MS Edge with dpkg

I downloaded the microsoft-edge-stable_121.0.2277.98-1_amd64.deb from internet, then installed it manually with: dpkg -i microsoft-edge-stable_121.0.2277.98-1_amd64.deb I can't figure out how to ...
titler's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
0 answers
42 views

dpkg took too long [duplicate]

i was running "sudo apt upgrade" but it was failed cus the vm turn off, so i tried to run upgrade again and it says i should run "sudo dpkg --configure -a", so i tried it didnt ...
deeeeeeeeeee's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
331 views

removing dkms r8168 from dkms three

my problem was my network adapter doesn't come up when running on newer kernel : 6.5.0-15-generic. the problem was solved using this answer. my next problem is, every time i run an update, it keep ...
dontknowanything's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
224 views

QGIS not installing in Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]

When I install QGIS-ltr version in ubuntu 22.04, the following error pops out and I have tried every solution previously given but of no use. Setting up qgis-providers (1:3.34.3+36jammy) ... /usr/lib/...
Maukthik Srivathsan J's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
72 views

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) 22.04 when installing ROS 2 Humble

I have just upgraded Ubuntu from 18.04 to 20.04 and then 22.04, now I am trying to install ROS2 Humble Desktop and then I get the following error. I am not very familiar with linux in general so I am ...
Balen's user avatar
  • 1
2 votes
1 answer
254 views

How to unlock a package that was locked with Muon

I used the Muon package manager to lock a package to a specific version, but when I try to release the lock, I get the message "The package code could not be locked. Failed to write lock file.&...
Mike's user avatar
  • 683
0 votes
0 answers
112 views

I encountered an error while executing "sudo apt upgrade" on the Ubuntu command line

Recently, when I was performing system updates on Ubuntu, I found that the terminal always reported errors, but it did not affect the normal installation of other software. However, I still want to ...
user17233227's user avatar
4 votes
1 answer
9k views

Why does "dpkg --instdir=dir/ -i xxx.deb" also set the administrative directory to "dir", like the "--root=ddd" option does?

I was using Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I have made a file called helloworld.deb, Its source file structure is as follows: helloworld ├── DEBIAN │ └── control └── usr └── games └── mygame.sh I ...
cosmos's user avatar
  • 43
-1 votes
1 answer
282 views

Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages Ubuntu 22.04

Getting this error sudo pro enable fips-updates: Failed running command 'apt-get install --assume-yes --allow-downgrades -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-...
Adarsh S's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
82 views

Installing logwatch but getting postfix and dependencies error

Having a trouble trying to install logwatch on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Here is the output when trying to install: # apt install logwatch Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done ...
Moasson's user avatar
  • 21
0 votes
1 answer
210 views

gcc not installing correctly when using apt on ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]

I tried installing nvidia drivers through an install script but got the error ERROR: Unable to find the development tool `cc` in your path; please make sure that you have the package ...
Xamotex 1000's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
49 views

dpkg-query: error: unknown option --status-fd Use --help for help about querying packages. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

OS: Ubuntu 22.04 I am not able to install any package or not able to execute "sudo apt upgrade" successfully. Everytime i am getting following error: dpkg-query: error: unknown option --...
Sanket Salvi's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
543 views

Debian package version comparing explanation

I'm a bit confused about the Debian package version orders. Take a look at the following two Debian package versions, how come the first is <= than the second? 0-emacs-29.1.90~202401142128~...
xpt's user avatar
  • 1,035
0 votes
1 answer
231 views

Ubuntu 22.04 Software Updater Error: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 , at some point when using the software updater I got a software index error message. After trying "continue" using sudo ap-get install -f in terminal to ...
GeorgeJ's user avatar
  • 13
0 votes
1 answer
55 views

dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of r-base-core in ubuntu 20.4

I have attempted to install R new version from source code however it did not work. so I uninstalled and reinstalled R again using the amd64. R is still not woking when I run : $which R command not ...
sara's user avatar
  • 9
0 votes
0 answers
157 views

How to resolve unmet dependencies: libpam-modules : PreDepends: libpam-modules-bin (= 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.6)? [duplicate]

When I try and run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the following error: root@FDPM:~# sudo apt upgrade sudo: unable to resolve host FDPM: Name or service not known Reading package lists... Done Building ...
Dibin Jacob's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
222 views

How to solve ? dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc-bin_2.31-0ubuntu9.14_arm64.deb (--unpack):

I was trying to do a apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on my Ubuntu and end up with the following error $ sudo apt update Get:1 file:/var/cudnn-local-tegra-repo-ubuntu2004-8.6.0.166 ...
Jishnu's user avatar
  • 139
0 votes
0 answers
26 views

nodejs : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28) but 2.27-3ubuntu1.6 is to be installed [duplicate]

I was trying to install node into wsl2 (ubuntu 18.04) using binary distribution command: curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - &&\ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs ...
Damika's user avatar
  • 101
-2 votes
1 answer
68 views

Ubuntu: how to fix a deeply broken apt?

I'm running Kubuntu 23.10 and I recently tried to install virtualbox 7.0 from the oracle website. After executing sudo dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb nothing happened. I waited some hours without any ...
Pascal Conrad's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
670 views

dkms package not found and apt fails every time

After doing a normal apt update && apt upgrade I get a kernel panic on reboot. I fixed it entering a shell from the old kernel recovery mode and then issuing: mount -o remount,rw / mkinitramfs ...
Mark's user avatar
  • 507
0 votes
0 answers
107 views

I need help installing "CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb" I am on Ubuntu 23.10

alon@ALON:~/Descargas$ sudo dpkg -i CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb (Leyendo la base de datos ... 172559 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.) Preparando para desempaquetar ...
alonso PC's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
153 views

failure to sudo apt upgrade: Errors were encountered while processing /linux-headers-6.2.0-36-generic [duplicate]

Very inexperienced with linux so this might just be a result of cascading user error but whenever I try to run sudo apt upgrade I repeatedly get these error messages. autoremove, autoclean, removing ...
Talon's user avatar
  • 1
0 votes
1 answer
79 views

What is the correct approach to upgrade Docker when a gpg file is involved?

After to did do an upgrade through VirtualBox for Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 to 22.04 - focal to jammy - at the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory exists the mysql.list file. According with a research was ...
Manuel Jordan's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
38 views

Ubuntu upgrade 23.04 to 23.10

I am trying to upgrade my Ubuntu but it's stuck on the "Setting new software channels" fetching file 116 of 149. I opened the main.log and it displayed that the cache can not be locked. &...
kibaisyum's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
99 views

can not install nomachine from deb or tar

I have a remote machine in Azure can not rdp to it it is too slow, attempting to install nomachine. I have tried via tar and deb. can anyone point me in the right direction ? /usr/NX$ sudo wget ...
Doug Campbell's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
145 views

How to fix dpkg error code (1)

I keep running into the same error code which isn't letting me do anything. I can't install any software or run any of the fixes that people have suggested on other posts asking the same thing. When I ...
WebWarriorResearcher's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
2k views

DKMS Problem - dpkg error processing package linux-headers-generic

$ sudo apt full-upgrade [sudo] password for pepp: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following NEW ...
Sandra's user avatar
  • 1
4 votes
1 answer
255 views

How to re-run `mailutils` post-install script after making the wrong choice?

I'm running Ubuntu server 22.04, and installed mailutils. At or near the end of my first installation, I got a "window" (ncurses??) that popped up in the terminal, asking what type of ...
Seamus's user avatar
  • 626

1
2 3 4 5
83