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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.

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Configuration of dropbox-nautilus package hangs while downloading dropbox binary

While installing dropbox from the repositories, my laptop ran out of power, and so the system went into a broken state. When I rebooted, I tried two methods to set it right. One was sudo dpkg --...
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howto install compiled package

I compiled an upgraded source for a lesser package already installed. How do I use dpkg or another to install and let the system upgrade system know about it In system: hdf5-tools 1.8.8-9 ...
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What is a tainted binary package?

Using dpkg I created some debian packages containing self-written libraries that install without problems. But when I try to run lintian on one of them, I just get the following error: warning: ...
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Removing and re-installing texlive 2012

I have a problem with texlive. For some reason I couldn't load the siunitx package anymore. Because I had problems with Texlive before, I accidently installed 2 versions next to each other with them ...
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Update Manager cannot update due to dpkg error... (Ubuntu 12.10)

I just downloaded the updates to Ubuntu 12.10; however, when I attempt to install these packages, I get this error [via Update Manager]: installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... ...
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dpkg: invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed

I have read a number of the posts here and they all state to run the following commands: Apt-get -f remove ** apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get -f install ** I have seen these in various order ...
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Unmet dependencies: linux-generic

Today I went over to my grandma because she had some problems with her computer, running Xubuntu 12.04LTS. After fixing 'the problem' (Firefox was set fullscreen..) I ran the usual apt-get update &...
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How do I update an individual package without breaking future updates?

I'm on a LTS release and want it to remain LTS. However, I have an individual package called libmlx4-1 that I need to update to version 1.04 (i.e. libmlx4-1) . This is in the Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) ...
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Installing using dpkg -i

I was trying to install some aplications after downloading the file x.deb and after doing: sudo dpkg -i x.deb The result is always: Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing ...
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Major issues trying to clean up /boot

12.04 LTS here, first off let me start with a uname -a output for you 3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux So my boot partition was at 100%. A ...
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Openfire 3.8.0 cannot find JRE 7

I've installed the official Oracle Java on my Ubuntu machine. For that I did the following: Download the latest JRE for x64 (.tar.gz) Unpacked this archive on my Windows machine Uploaded the folder ...
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Manually Adding Installed Package

i built some packages myself using make & make install instead of apt-get because some packages in ubuntu repositories are not the latest version, sometimes not new enough to build some package ...
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What packages on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 are need?

After I had some troubles with apt-get I added too much packages with the ubuntu-desktop package. Unfortunately, this happened on a ubuntu-server, so there are many unused packages now. Because I'm ...
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How can I tell which package an executable came from? [duplicate]

I'm answering a question with a suggestion to use rename, and I realize I don't know what package it comes from (as part of the answer, I imagine saying something like "if you don't have rename, it's ...
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get dpkg --get-selections equivalent list from dpkg.status.0

My SSD crashed, and I can't find the output from dpkg --get-selections that I created recently. However, I could make a copy of the /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 file from the broken ssd. I feel like ...
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dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

I got this error while installing ubuntu-restricted-extras: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. So I ran that in terminal: vennesa@...
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Cannot install any package using apt [closed]

It seems that some packages on my Ubuntu (Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS, lucid) are broken, preventing me from installing any new packages. I have gone through similar questions in this site, but all proves ...
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How to revert libdrm without causing dependency issues?

I've been experiencing severe stability issues for the past couple days, and I've narrowed it down to being a part of X, since everything goes back to normal for a bit when I restart lightdm. I use ...
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Weird output when running "dpkg -l linux-image" (12.04 LTS)

When I run "$ dpkg -l linux-image" I get: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (...
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sudo dpkg --configure dpkg: error processing default-jdk (--configure):

default-jre depends on default-jre-headless (= 1:1.7-43ubuntu3); however: Package default-jre-headless is not installed. dpkg: error processing default-jre (--configure): dependency problems - ...
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How to display all apt-get Dpkg::Options and their current values?

There is apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" and apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" and many more. How can I get a list of all Dpkg::Options and their currently set values?
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HDHomeRun Dual and Kaffeine

I am trying to get HDHomeRun Dual to work with Kaffeine. I installed DVB per the instructions here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dvbhdhomerun/wiki/UbuntuPackages but at the end, when I install, I ...
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Stuck at dpkg and can't upgrade anymore

gaith@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. gaith@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a Setting up update-...
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How can I Resolve dpkg dependency?

administrator@zlounes:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct ...
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cant install yaml-cpp because it conflicts with yaml-cpp?

It appears that no yaml-cpp is installed sudo apt-get remove yaml-cpp Package yaml-cpp is not installed, so not removed But when I try to install yaml-cpp I can not because apt-get all of a sudden ...
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dpkg error code (1) while trying to re-install Firefox

I removed Firefox by the following command: sudo apt-get remove --purge firefox Then, I used Chrome browser for a while. Now, I want to re-install Firefox on my system, but I get the following error:...
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Where is virtualenvwrapper.sh?

I don't know what's more embarrassing: that I don't know how to go about finding the answer to this question myself, or that it has to be asked at all in the first place, but... where does apt-get ...
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Installing a package works, but then I have to wait for 10 minutes for several "dpkg: error processing linux-headers..." errors

Whenever I try to apt-get install something or use the Synaptic Package Manager to install / uninstall something, I have to wait for > 10 minutes and the following report is generated: (Reading ...
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Finding diff to conffile?

Suppose some package foo... $ apt-get install foo ..installs a dpkg blessed conffile /etc/foo.conf (ie package maintainer version) Now suppose after the package is installed /etc/foo.conf is ...
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How do you find the licenses for everything installed on your system?

I want to write a script that outputs the license for every software package installed on my system. Using dpkg --get-selections I am able to get list of everything installed. However, I don't see a ...
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What does this info mean when I fire `dpkg -l lxpanel`?

When trying to see the version of LXPanel and fire dpkg -l lxpanel, I get ~$ dpkg -l lxpanel Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-...
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Splitting a large package into smaller ones/upgrade path for users?

I maintain a couple of large packages that we use internally and starting with the next release I would like to split those into smaller packages. These packages are already installed in a number of ...
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apt-get upgrade fails with `Permission denied`

I have recently installed 12.04 and all seemed to be well, until today when I got a series of errors when trying to run apt-get upgrade: $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done ...
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Error while installing package - Ubuntu 12.04

Below is the error i am getting. when i install or upgrade , i have been struggling for a while to solve . sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.2.0-35

Whenever I install, update or uninstall a program in the terminal, this comes up sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... ...
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Half installed package error [duplicate]

Received the following error when attempting to install from Terminal: Selecting previously unselected package dassault-systemes-draftsight. (Reading database … 211618 files and directories currently ...
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Debconf errors when configuring mysql-server

When I try to run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the error below. I also get similar error when running sudo reconfigure postfix, which I relly need to run since outgoing e-mail is not working any more. ...
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list all suggested packages for currently installed packages

Every time I install a package: sudo apt-get install <pkg> apt-get displays a list of suggested packages. I have simply ignored these so far, but some of these suggestions are actually good (...
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How can I fix dependency problems with firefox? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I resolve unmet dependencies? I can't do anything from Ubuntu Software Center or from Terminal This is what i get from command line: deus@comp:~$ sudo apt-get ...
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nginx dependency problem trying to upgrade

Trying to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 vps I get the following error: henrik@neung:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade [sudo] password for henrik: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree ...
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How to run ctags?

I've installed exuberant-ctags package, but when I run ctags, etags or exuberant-ctags, I always get command not found. Where can I find executable file to run exuberant-ctags?
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apt-get install git-core failed

After running sudo apt-get install git-core, I get Unpacking git-core (from .../git-core_1%3a1.7.4.1-3_all.deb) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/git_1%3a1.7.4.1-...
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How to resolve package conflicts installing LibreOffice 3.6.4?

The latest release of LibreOffice is 3.6.4, however only 3.6.2 is available in the software centre. I have installed the file available at http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=deb-x86&lang=en-...
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How to resolve dpkg error code (1)?

I get the following apt-get error message: sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to ...
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problem installing make command, x11rdp and libxcb1-dev package [duplicate]

I installed x11rdp using the tip here How to install and configure X11RDP?, its a script that download, build, install and configure x11rdp, I ran once the sudo bash setup.sh, it didn't work because I ...
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libgtk-3-0 dependency issues

I've been trying to update standard packages on my Ubuntu box. There's literally nothing extra on this box except for VirtualBox for some Windows stuff I run. Here's one output: $ sudo apt-get update ...
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Having a Problem After Installing Mac-osx Theme and setting it up With Cairo dock [duplicate]

When I enter sudo apt-get upgrade, this message shows up: dpkg: error: cannot scan updates directory `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/': No such file or directory E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error ...
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linux-image-generic seems to be broken

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. Recently I can't install anything anymore. I always get the following error message: Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic (3.2.0-34.53) ... Running depmod. update-initramfs:...
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How do I become a "superuser"?

The following command fails with an error: $ dpkg -i libmotif*i386.deb dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege How do I become a superuser? I thought I was the superuser?
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I can't install any packages without it failing - I get an error about config.dat being locked - how can I fix this? [duplicate]

I had a power failure on my laptop, so I ended up crashing in the middle of a package installation. How do I fix this error? jrg@atlantis:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing Reading package lists......
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