Questions tagged [metapackages]
Questions related to metapackages, which define other packages to install.
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After removing a package that came with a meta-package, will it be reinstalled in a future upgrade of the meta-package?
I'll describe this with an example:
I installed the lxde metapackage back in focal (version 10)
I purge firefox from my ubuntu installation.
I upgrade the distribution to jammy and the lxde ...
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Can you remove the GNOME classic or Gnome desktop option from the startup screen?
A while back I installed a desktop metapackage for gnome or gnome vanilla. I don't remember which one I installed however I have included a picture of what I'm looking to remove. This picture is a ...
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Is there a single metapackage corresponding to an Ubuntu flavour?
Like the title says, I am looking for a single metapackage that depends on everything else needed for a functioning installation of an Ubuntu flavour like Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, or Ubuntu Server.
This ...
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Install transitional package or real package?
When should installing transitional or "real" packages be preferred?
In my case, should I install fonts-ubuntu (real package) or ttf-ubuntu-font-family (transitional package)?
https://...
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Automatically update dependencies of a metapackage?
I have a metapackage with a few dependencies. When I update the metapackage (apt-get install metapackage), only the metapackage itself is updated and not the corresponding dependencies. I think, this ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 libnvdia driver packages keep getting kept back
This issue keeps coming up on my Ubuntu 20.04. Almost every time an update is being done Ubuntu boots with low resolution and then I find that the nvidia drivers are being kept back. This is the ...
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Building a custom kernel metapackage
I followed the BuildYourOwnKernel guide and produced
linux-image-unsigned-4.15.0-159-generic_4.15.0-159.167+custom_amd64.deb
linux-modules-4.15.0-159-generic_4.15.0-159.167+custom_amd64.deb
linux-...
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Is there a metapackage that includes the full install of Ubuntu?
I chose the "minimal install" option, so I don't have libreoffice and probably other things:
# apt list libreoffice
Listing... Done
libreoffice/focal-updates 1:6.4.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64
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How to install educational software meta-packages on Ubuntu?
I have realized that edubuntu is no longer available for recent Ubuntus, and that the projects has been somehow replaced by ubuntued.
Ubuntued seems to provide the following bundle of packages (in ...
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Why isn't NVIDIA Linux modules part of the NVIDIA driver
I noticed that I had to manually install a linux-modules-nvidia-* package, and it doesn't come bundled with NVIDIA drivers. Why is that?
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UbuntuStudio 20.04 meta installer gone?
I tried Ubuntu Studio 20.04 in a VM to prep for migration. As I installed I kept waiting for the package selection dialog I've always seen to pop up but it never did. I installed thinking maybe on ...
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How to create a meta-package? [duplicate]
I am trying to create a meta-package, which install all application that i will. Unfortunately i couldnot find any appropriate dockumentation about that. Does know someone how to do or where can i ...
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Where can I obtain a list of all virtual packages provided by a Ubuntu distribution / release (e.g. bionic)?
At https://packages.ubuntu.com/, we follow the link "bionic" under "Browse through the lists of packages:".
At https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/, we follow the link "Virtual packages".
We reach ...
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Why does removing a "metapackage" not remove the dependencies which it installed?
If I attempt to uninstall a metapackage, apt does not actually remove the metapackage's dependencies, only the "wrapper" itself. Even when running apt autoremove, these subpackages are not listed. I ...
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Switch from linux-virtual to linux-azure for Accelerated Networking support
We have Azure VMs running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS that we would like to use the Azure Accelerated Networking feature on. The minimum kernel version needed is 4.11.0-1013, but currently with apt-get upgrade ...
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How to install plumbum on ubuntu 16.04
I want to install plumbum on my laptop.
However when I am trying to install it, it is removing some important packages
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How to determine which packages are part of a metapackage?
I am interested in taking a list of packages and figuring out which packages are part of a meta-package. That way, if I reinstall a new system I can limit my install to just the top level packages I ...
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Location of start-up configuration files - Firefox launching at startup, Ubuntu MATE 16.04
My problem is simple. Firefox is launching by itself at startup. I can't disable this and if I try to purge it then it tries to also uninstall MATE desktop WTF ??!!
The question is which are the ...
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What are the consequences of removing metapackages?
I am trying to create a minimal install of Ubuntu Server 14.04.3. I selected the "minimal" option during installation.
My system now has two meta packages, ubuntu-minimal and ubuntu-standard. The ...
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How do I exclude specific packages from installation with apt-get?
I would like to exclude specific packages from installation with apt-get, that is, install a metapackage without the list of specific packages, preferably with one invocation of apt-get.
For example, ...
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linux-generic not installed in fresh installation
In a fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS I noticed, that autoremove suggests to remove linux-image-generic and also that linux-generic is not installed at all.
Is that a bug or did the management ...
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How do I get the real package name and version for a pseudo package?
How do I get the real full package name (including the version) that would be installed if I ran apt-get install pseudo-package-name?
This is related to this previous question: Get the kernel version ...
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Is it possible to individually uninstall packages previously installed using a meta-package?
I have no need for the help utility, document viewer, contacts app, etc. that Gnome has built into the gnome-shell.
Is is possible to remove just those packages? Every time I try it wants me to ...
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Force PPA package to satisfy distro meta-package dependency
I am building a package for my ppa that requires a newer implementation of libboost than what is provided in my target distro (precise). I've copied libboost1.55 from the boost ppa into my ppa. I'm ...
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What is the difference between mail-server^ task and the mail-stack-delivery package?
What is the difference between the mail-server^ task and the mail-stack-delivery package?
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To perform Printer maintenance in Ubuntu, is there an application for several types of printers? [closed]
To perform Printer maintenance in Ubuntu, is there an application that is available for several types of printers?
I want to get details about Ink levels and do Clean the Printer and Align the ...
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What is in ubuntu-restricted-extras?
This is probably actually a more general question which is : how do I see which packages will be installed when I install a metapackage? In this specific instance I have mostly only found vague ...
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Am I permitted to create custom metapackages in PPAs?
In my university, we want to create Metapackages to provide all the software used in the differents careers, and signatures.
¿We can do this? I ask because recently I read this:
"Note: We will not ...
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How To: Install Proteus from Humble Indie Bundle Depends: proteus (= 1.1-0ubuntu3)
After redeeming my software center key to download Proteus from the new Humble Indie Bundle #8, this error appears:
proteus-meta: Depends: proteus (= 1.1-0ubuntu3) but 1.1-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
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Creating a multiarch meta package
I'm trying to create a meta-package to install various dependencies (for Android build system), some of the packages should use the i386 version so I tried to use the "Multi-Arch" option but it fails ...
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Should I use tasksel, tasks in APT or install regular metapackages?
Tasksel or plain Apt?
In the past I've always used tasksel to install so-called "tasks". It seems, however, that this has been integrated in APT:
apt-cache dumpavail | grep ^Task
[...] snip
Task: ...
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Isn't there an installer package for Oracle Database?
I wish I could install Oracle Database as easy as possible using Ubuntu Software Center or apt-get install.
I suggest that at least, someone of the community, could create a package that installs it ...
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Why does linux-image-virtual depend on a generic kernel now?
The linux-image-virtual metapackage has historically provided a kernel that is specifically designed for use in virtual machines:
Ubuntu 8.04: linux-image-2.6.24-32-virtual
Ubuntu 10.04: linux-image-...
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How to view a list of packages that were manually installed without their dependancies
How do I see a list of packages I manually (really manually, as in I typed them in) installed?
I want to exclude packages that were installed as a result of being dependencies of other packages that ...
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Installed kubuntu-desktop over Ubuntu and upgraded, what is the distribution now?
I am curious to know how Ubuntu will handle later updates if I install other *-desktop metapackages such as kubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop etc on a default Ubuntu installation.
As dist-upgrade ...
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How to determine if a package is a meta-package from the command line?
How can I determine if a package is a meta-package from the command line, possibly via apt-get, aptitude or apt-cache?
I have tried:
apt-cache show texlive-full
apt-cache showpkg texlive-full
but ...
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Kernel metapackages (linux-generic vs linux-image-generic)
The package hierarchy for Ubuntu kernel images looks like this:
linux-generic --> linux-image-generic --> linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic.
Both linux-generic and linux-image-generic are metapackages. I ...
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How to know version of program in meta-package?
How to know the version of a set of program to be installed through a meta-package?
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Why removing gnome-core does not remove all of it's dependencies?
I installed gnome-core package on Ubuntu (minimal version for the beagle bone) and it was almost 600mb. However, when I try to un-install it using
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-core
It removes only ...
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Is it safe to remove ubuntu-desktop package?
I prefer using Synaptic to Software Center. So I decide to remove the software-center package, but ubuntu-desktop needs to be removed as well. A warning is shown, saying ubuntu-desktop is needed to ...
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Error while updating "System does not contain Ubuntu-desktop"
Here is the error I get when I am trying to install the updates suggested by the Update Manager in my Ubuntu 11.10. I have not installed and/or removed gnome/KDE/xfce or any other window manager. It ...
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dpkg and equivs
i am trying to make a metapackage with equivs, creating the package is working perfect, but installing it is giving me an error:
Selecting previously deselected package testdeb.
(Reading database ... ...
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How to completely remove desktop?
I wanted to switch to Xfce (I had KDE and GNOME installed), and I did this :
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get ...
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What is the difference between a meta-package and a package?
I've heard some packages being classified as a meta-package. So now I am left wondering what is the difference between a meta-package and a package?
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What files can I delete to avoid repeating the Python libraries?
I installed SAGE mathematics from binary because there was no package for it in synaptic. From reading on the web I learned that SAGE brings its own python libraries rather than using the ones Ubuntu /...
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How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
I'd like to be able to create a package that doesnt contain any code or programs itself, but instead installs other packages that exist in the repositories onto a computer, sort of how the ubuntu-...
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How to trick apt dependencies? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to create a meta-package that automatically installs other packages?
I want to use Frescobaldi (an editor for Lilypond), but the packaged release of lilypond (2.12.3; ...
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How can I install commonly used developer tools?
Is there a meta-package for installing commonly used developer tools such as cmake, autoconf, g++, etc.? The intent is to have roughly the same range of command-line tools as one has after installing ...
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What exactly is in ubuntu-desktop?
I'm also interested in its variants, like kubuntu-desktop. It appears to include GNOME (or KDE) and a bunch of other things. But it's quite large - is there a breakdown of what is included in ubuntu-...