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Can't install torch in ANACONDA
conda install -c peterjc123 pytorch=0.1.12 while running these command i got an error saying PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:
pytorch=0.1.12
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Picking linux-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface as source package instead of linux-image-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface
When I run this command: sudo apt source linux-image-$(uname -r)
I get this error:
Picking linux-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface as source package instead of linux-image-4.18.11-surface-linux-surface
E:...
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Installing sfdisk 3.0
I'm trying to install sfdisk 3.0 running a live Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I have run all of this:
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo add-apt-repository restricted
sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
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Where, and how, do I install multiple packages stored in a local directory? [duplicate]
I've found several posts about mass installing Linux packages with one command here, here, and here.
Here's my situation. I'm in a 3rd-world country right now with limited internet access. I want to ...
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How should I upload a package after having used git-ubuntu to prepare it?
I prepared an upload by cloning a git-ubuntu repository and committing some changes locally. As an Ubuntu developer, I have permission to upload to the archive. What do I need to do to upload my ...
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R installation issue
I wanted to install r-base on my computer but it does not work even after sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get upgrade.
Here is the text I have when I write sudo apt-get install r-base :
Lecture des ...
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Trying to install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04 - missing apt-show-versions [duplicate]
I've tried following the following commands to install Webmin on my home server:
sudo apt install python apt-show-versions libapt-pkg-perl libauthen-pam-perl libio-pty-perl libnet-ssleay-perl
But it ...
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How Debian developers update their packages list? [closed]
As a beginner Linux user, I was wondering how Debian developers update their entire packages list, because it has tons of packages. Do they get a pre-compiled package from the original developer and ...
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E: Unable to locate package screen
I am aware that if one googles the error above, then he would get tons of results. However, after trying many of the proposed solutions, and after working on this error for about a week in full-time, ...
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Why is the apt sources different between a minimal and desktop install?
I was banging my head not being able to install mariadb and python3-pip in a minimal install of Ubuntu 18.04. Every web search showed pages with the expected apt install package commands. When I ...
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I need to download all support packages for make and dkms on a usb so i can transfer them to ubuntu 18.04 i dont have a ether connection only wifi [duplicate]
Im having to download dependency one at a time and looking for a way to download everything at one time instead of one depend package at a time
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Ubuntu 18.04 install essential header without internet acess
I have wireless adapter.Whenever I reinstall the OS, the wireless adapter require to have essential header for it to install. So how would you download the essential header and install it offline? -- ...
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How to install libxcb-randr 1.12 on Ubuntu 16.04?
Ubuntu 16.04 (16.04.4) ppa contains only 1.11. But for Rust program compilation i need 1.12 version. How to deal with it ?
P.s. 17.04 contains xcb v.1.12
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error: checksum failure file: sources/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz
I am try to download RTEMS source builder and build a tool chain following the instruction in this page. The problem that I have seems to be a package download automatically through sourceforge.net: ...
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apt-get with fix broken flag not working for me
You have broken packages installed, fix them before upgrading. I tried to fix the issue with "sudo apt-get -f install" but above error blooms]
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How to compile or install Debian version of Vim on Ubuntu 16.04
I really like the version/set-up of vim that is included with Debian 9 server.
This is not the same question as Ubuntu 16.10 repository providing vim 8. I am not asking about how to get Vim 8 on ...
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i2p : Depends: libjbigi-jni but it is not installable
I am trying to install i2p on my ARM-based board with Ubuntu-server 16.04(3.4.113-sun8i #16 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 13 14:15:57 CEST 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux). But it says:
Building dependency ...
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What is “Automatic Source” in depcache.cc in the source code package of apt?
when browsing source code for apt package manager, I wanted to find out the inner logic of pkgDepCache::Policy::GetCandidateVer function.
pkgCache::VerIterator pkgDepCache::Policy::GetCandidateVer(...
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What can I do when Launchpad shows a wrong upstream connection?
I noticed that the file source package in Ubuntu on Launchpad is connected to the wrong upstream project. This obviously can't be fixed from Ask Ubuntu, but I am hoping someone can tell me what I can ...
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Installing previous version of tar package
My current version of tar is
p@p-ubuntu:~/ba/tar-1.25$ sudo apt-cache showpkg tar
Package: tar
Versions:
1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-...
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Install id3_tag in PHP Ubuntu
How can I Install and configure id3_tag package installed from PECL? I already have the package but I don't know how to configure it and where to put it in the file system.
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Unable to install any packages on Ubuntu xenial 16.04
I am trying to install apache2 on Ubuntu xenial 16.04 VM.
I have added the proxies in /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/environment.
The install fails ...
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problem are coming
$ apt-get -f install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following ...
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Ubuntu packages release and update dates
I am creating a list of packages installed in my Ubuntu 16.04 system and I need release dates for each package(if updated I need release date of the update, too)
However I couldn't find that ...
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What does a component or archive “now” mean in the apt Python API?
I have a python script running on Ubuntu. Script gets all installed apt packages with
apt_cache = apt.cache.Cache()
I want to get repository names of each installed package. While I expect to see ...
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Where can I find old versions of openssh-server (particularly 7.2, before patch)?
I'm trying to demonstrate openssh-server (7.2) DDOS exploit attack. When I did apt-get update or when checked at ubuntu packages both show only the patched versions. I'm not sure where to find the ...
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Root cern root-system on Ubuntu 16.10
The package root-system is available to install by using "apt" for Ubuntu 16.04
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=root-system&searchon=names&suite=xenial§ion=all
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How to download and install ffmpeg from Launchpad?
I'm trying to understand how to install the ffmpeg package from Launchpad.
The ffmpeg website links to that page when you try to download it for Linux.
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Error while rebuilding tcl 8.5 to disabling threadings
Im on installation of Squert Dashboard for suricata on Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS
Before install Squert I need to install Sguil (sgweel), sguil need tcl 8.3 (or better) and I found in source the current ...
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Why package installed by compiling its source code does not appear in dpkg -l output? [duplicate]
I'm seeing a potentially problematic issues here when I use the command line:
dpkg -l | grep macchanger
It would list macchanger and the version with no problems.
I recently uninstalled this buggy ...
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How to do an offline installation of packages in ubuntu 12.04 by exporting this folder /var/cache/apt/*
Suppose I'm on a machine with full internet access and do "apt-get update" it then updates the cache /var/cache/apt/* with binary files.
Now I do a "apt-get install pkgname" and inside /var/cache/apt/...
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Unable to install twinkle Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
I have been using twinkle packages in 12.04,10.04 & 10.10.Now I am updating to Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.
If I try to install twinkle package it is installed, but I am unable to open it. It throws this ...
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What is a package stanza?
Briefly speaking, how to define a package stanza?
It arrives by running dpkg-gencontrol in a package directory:
# dpkg-gencontrol
dpkg-gencontrol: error: no package ...
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what should be done with these lines in the following arch.make file?
I want to install siesta (a computational code) to run parallel in Ubuntu 12.04.
There is an arch.make file which a part of it's content is as follows:
.SUFFIXES:
.SUFFIXES: .f .F .o .a .f90 ....
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Unable to download packages [duplicate]
Needing to download 'traceroute' for some work that I have to do, I tried to download the package using 'sudo apt-get install'. After looking online, I saw that I might have to update the software but ...
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Ubuntu 16.04lts repository messed up
I messed up my repository and I can't rebuild a new one successfully. This is what happens with the repository I have. (It is the only way I can try to install something.)
sudo apt-get install ...
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i am using ubuntu12.04,unable to install tools and packages showing error [duplicate]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ninja is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is ...
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Building nginx deb package with custom openssl
I'm trying to build nginx packages from a deb package source (from the popular, semi-official nginx mainline PPA) but linked to an openssl fork that contains ChaCha20 and Poly1305 additions.
I ...
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Programs not Upgraded?
This question has been asked before, I know, but I think my situation is a little... odd.
I've been trying to install build-essential so I can do some development, but I keep getting a huge long ...
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Unable to locate package libfam0-dev
I am trying to install Maya 2015 on my laptop, Ubuntu 14.04, 64 bit, and I can't continue with sudo apt-get install -y alien csh tcsh libaudiofile-dev libglw1-mesa elfutils gamin libglw1-mesa-dev mesa-...
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When software updated show warning message “package operation failed” in Ubuntu 16.04? [closed]
Package operation failed in Ubuntu 16.04.
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disk is full due to mirror packages saved in /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ [closed]
I am new to google computer engine and created one VM instance. It worked ok for a while and suddenly, I keep getting out of disk space issue due to huge package files saved in /var/lib/apt/lists/...
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Installing python3-netcdf4 on Ubuntu 14.04
When I type sudo apt-get install python3-netcdf4 on Ubuntu 14.04, I get a message Unable to locate package python3-netcdf4. How do I install python3-netcdf4 on Ubuntu 14.04 ?
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Install package
I got message like:
E: The package libgtksourceview2.0-0 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
How can I fix it?
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What package to install to play midi files in Ubuntu 16.04?
The (ex-totem?) Video player proposes the installation of gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, but after installation there is no playback, nothing. When I try to open the .midi file again, the Video player ...
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Getting precompiled software
How to get a precompiled package of any software, so I can install it directly? Because I am a beginner linux user and I am facing problems in compiling any software.
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Upgrading an Ubuntu localrepo from trusty to xenial
Please forgive my ignorance as I am new to Ubuntu.
I have created a local repository of Trusty using apt-mirror.
My question is how to upgrade this repo to Xenial?
Also in the mirror.list file how to ...
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.desktop arduino file killed system
any idea on what happened? i went here https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
downloaded the 64 bit for my os (running ubuntu gnome 14.04 LTS). and then I chmod +x the ./install.sh (not sure if ...
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How to install ANT 1.9.6?
I want to install ANT from downloaded zip: apache-ant-1.9.6-bin.zip.
How to do it ?
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warnings on update local repository
W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Beta amd64 (20150805)/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update ...
