Questions tagged [package-management]
Questions about the management of software packages, in particular the APT and dpkg systems.
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Upgrade issue with XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
I am trying to upgrade my machine (results below) but I am running into an issue with an audio package: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
I saw a "fix" for installing Ubuntu on windows machines, but it does ...
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Upgrading - Issues finding "workspacesclient/unknown"
I am having an issue finding where I can update "workspacesclient."
I do not have much information except for the following code (below).
Does anyone know where I can find more information ...
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Error while installing io octave package
I want to install the GNU Octave io package, but I keep receiving the following error in the process.
pkg install -forge io
sh: 1: make: not found
error: pkg: error running 'make' for the io package.
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Error : FileNotFoundError while "do-release-upgrade" No such file or directory: '/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-frfzvq3x/Ubuntu.info'
I am trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS but while do-release-upgrade I am getting the error like
**FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/ubuntu-...
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Software Updater failed: Package dependencies cannot be resolved: Edited 20230203 @ 19:29 MST
I was notified that new software is available to be installed. I tried to do so, but it failed (message below). I tried again after rebooting, and it failed (message below). Any suggestions?
Package ...
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alternative for apt-mirror
We were using Ubuntu 18.04, and used apt-mirror to download packages from external sources. We were happy w that solution.
However, we recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, and experience a broken apt-...
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Installing the deb package as Service in Debian [closed]
I have a Deb package with set of binaries(.NET 6 based), but these application we need to install as a Service in Debian machine.
I can able to do the service installation manually., Need some input ...
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Removed apt as package manager
Nala is a recently-introduced package manager which also uses dpkg for managing packages in Ubuntu.
I installed nala and I'm getting a very decent experience.
Now, I wanted to remove apt from my ...
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pls when i try updating my ubuntu 22.10 this is what i get [duplicate]
[sudo] password for ernest:
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security InRelease [109 kB]
Get:3 http:/...
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Why i can not install "simplescreenrecorder" [duplicate]
first i can not use these commands
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get upgrade
in this file /etc/apt$ sudo nano sources.list
i had this content:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute universe main ...
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ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon [duplicate]
Is removing ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon really removing so much ?
Will the removal result in ubuntu 20.04 GNOME failing to work ?
Aspire-E5-523G:~$ sudo apt remove ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon
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Packages being held back for long [duplicate]
I'm trying to update-upgrade for almost a week, but specific packages are being held back for too long does anyone know how to update them? If you open the Gnome Software there is OS Updates and ...
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Ubuntu apt upgrades increasing and getting skipped [duplicate]
I've been using ubuntu as my daily driver for a while already (since version 18 LTS). It's very useful and I personally love it.
I've recently installed ubuntu desktop 22.04.1 LTS on a brand new ...
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module 'collections' has no attribute 'Mapping' how to safely reinstall update-notifier-common?
When running app upgrade I get the following errors:
$ sudo sudo apt upgrade
[sudo] password for admin-federico-dostuni:
Hit:1 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://...
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Error in installed packages
what can be done here? as the omsagent has dependency on scx and scx does not like dpkg --configure -a.
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How do I install linux-tools for a mainline kernel?
I have kernel 5.19.2-051902-generic on ubuntu 22.04.1 jammy and need linux-tools-generic. However the version that is downloaded after sudo apt-get install linux-tools-generic is linux-tools-5.15.0-58-...
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How to replicate the list of installed packages on another installation [duplicate]
I'm actually trying to diagnose a partly-broken system -- several symptoms have recently arisen. Odd combinations -- Ctl-Alt-F1 no longer works, my web page is down, I can no longer mount FAT thumb ...
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How can installing winamp audio player app in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
first of all I want to ask if the Winamp app can be used in Ubuntu? Because I have used that application for years, I have been using Ubuntu for about three years, and it seems to me better than ...
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How can I install the dialog package? [duplicate]
How can I install the dialog package?
I try these commands, but it doesn't work:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dialog
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading ...
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How to install the latest version of one particular package
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on the intended laptop, with the following package power-profiles-daemon 0.10.1-3, which I would like to update to version 0.12 to test if that will allow me to have &...
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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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I'm getting the error "The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled" when updating Ubuntu 22.04
I use the package texlive-full, which installs imagemagick and other related packages. When I check for updates, I get this message:
The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' ...
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Unable to resolve unmet dependencies [closed]
It seems I have gotten my packages in a dependency loop, I'm not sure to be honest.
Can anyone help me resolve my dependencies issues please?
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ...
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Refreshing Software Cache Stalls - While updating
I am getting an error when checking for updates. I need to refresh the software cache, when I do…it Freezes/Stalls. I can’t do anything but reboot.
Tried this:
sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get remove ...
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Error while installing firefox during the process of installing ubuntu_desktop
I am using Ubuntu server 22.10 on Apple M1, and using UTM to assemble the vm.
During the process of installing ubuntu-desktop, the firefox cannot be installed automatically :
errors were encountered ...
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After upgrade from Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 GUI can not load
I've tried to reinstall ubuntu-desktop but there are many broken packages from ubuntu 20.04 and it has been impossible to me.
Why is trying to install ubuntu 20.04 packages instead of 22.04?
How can ...
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Can't Upgrade from 22.04 to 22.10? [duplicate]
I'm currently trying to upgrade from 22.04 to 22.10 (just because I'd like to), and for some reason, I have 20 packages that no matter what I try, they will not update, which is holding me back from ...
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Can't install Firefox
First all Firefox tabs crashed, then I closed it and wanted to restart it.
Clicking on Firefox did nothing, trying to open it via terminal gave me these errors:
/bin/bash: /lib/×86_64-linux-gnu/libdl....
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How can I create changesfile when creating deb package?
I'm creating a deb file but don't know how to create .changesfile.
Is there any example to create this file and what for system needs this file.
When reprepro include more than one deb packages how ...
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How to wait on /var/lib/apt/lists/lock availability on unattended execution? [duplicate]
Please note: there're similar questions around, but this specific scenario is unanswered. Don't close this as a duplicate of 335794 or 1340943.
This is always reproducible, and this is about apt lists ...
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Im getting gcc error while copiling c code im working in mqtt application
arm-criticallink-linux-gnueabi-gcc: error: : No such file or directory
Makefile:23: recipe for target 'Builds/NGHoTController.omap138' failed
make[1]: *** [Builds/NGHoTController.omap138] Error 1
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Ubuntu Server 22.04 automatically installs open-vm-tools
When I apt update and apt dist-upgrade the process installs open-vm-tools package.
Why is open-vm-tools being installed on a bare-metal server?
Could it be a dependency that I am not aware of?
Is this ...
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"sudo apt update" gives "The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F" [closed]
When I run sudo apt update I get this:
Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease' doesn't support ...
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Problem with h5py (error: libhdf5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
I have a problem with h5py. I'm trying to install a package (P.E.P.P.E.R), but when trying to install, it will give an error.
error: libhdf5.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or ...
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How to make the default ubuntu repositories trustable again?
So the other day some of my repos(including PPA's) started throwing signature.
Every time I try to update my repos I end up with this error
sudo apt update
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu ...
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Updating Ubuntu 20.04 from 18.04 error [duplicate]
I have this error message when trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04.
W:El objetivo Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) está configurado varias veces en /etc/apt/sources.list:4 y /etc/...
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How can I install Android Studio as a package? [duplicate]
For some bizarre reason official instructions are for manual install: https://developer.android.com/studio/install#linux
sudo apt-get install android-studio
Reading package lists... Done ...
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GPG error on inexistent NO_PUBKEY id
I am facing a common issue on my ubuntu 22.04: can't execute apt-get update successfully because of missing signatures:
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: https://dl.k6.io/deb stable ...
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How to solve the error 'unmet dependencies'? [duplicate]
How do I solve the problem of 'unmet dependencies error' in Ubuntu 20.04?
I have tried sudo apt clean and all the other commands but for every package command it gives me the same unmet dependencies ...
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax when using pip
I was trying to install ncclient using pip. But when I use the pip command I get the following error. Im using ubuntu 18.04
Error processing line 1 of
/home/8888/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/...
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problems with sudo get update [duplicate]
I am quite new with Ubuntu, and I have a problem when trying to update. I was looking at previews posts, but could not find the right solution.
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Gnome's Software ignores apt's "kept-back" package status
Problem description
The application Software (that is, Gnome Software 41.5) shows available updates, while sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade finds no updates, apart from some kept-back ...
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Updater & software & updates not updating anything [duplicate]
So first I know absolutely nothing about Xubuntu or Linux whatsoever. I'm basically a laymen when it comes to computers period. Anyway, I'm running Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS thanks to my dad. My software ...
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how to make an installed package as a service in ubuntu? [duplicate]
I've installed the ocserv package using these commands on Ubuntu 22:
mkdir /usr/local/src/ocserv
cd /usr/local/src/ocserv
wget ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/ocserv/ocserv-0.10.9.tar.xz
unxz ocserv-0....
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problem installing CLooG
I tried installing CLooG after reinstalling Ubuntu and i runned the following command :sudo apt install libcloog-isl-dev
but it returned me :
Package libcloog-isl-dev is not available, but is ...
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Stuck at `sudo apt upgrade`, and can't get over `E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).` [duplicate]
I use Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. However, after trying to sudo apt install ukui-desktop-environment the installation was not successful. Sadly, doing sudo apt upgrade doesn't work either. I get the following ...
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Couldn't launch proton vpn
If I try to open proton via clicking on the icon,nothing happens whereas if I use the terminal and type protonvpn I get page full of exception and errors.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File &...
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Upgrading from Ubuntu20 to Ubuntu 22 I had a message asking me to dpkg --configure -a
Upgrading from Ubuntu20 to Ubuntu 22 I had a message asking me to dpkg --configure -a
Here is the result of this operation that is not solving the problem. It seems that i have a problem with 3 ...
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 - improper use of do-release-upgrade
I started an upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 but did not follow the proper procedure. The sequence of commands I executed are:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ...
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Unmet dependencies in Sagemath installation at Ubuntu 22.04 : python3-pyr2 : Depends: python3 (< 3.9) but 3.10.6-1~22.04 is to be installed [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04 and tried to install Sagemath from
https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/install_ubuntu.html
with the following commands: sudo apt install sagemath-jupyter
Unfortunately a ...
