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apt-get install new packeges, avoid others
Look at this entry:
root@vivid-75:~# apt-get --no-install-recommends install curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra ...
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Why use the command apt-get --purge remove over apt-get purge in Linux?
I have been uninstalling applications as well as removing or purging their configuration files using the command apt-get --purge remove {package_name}.
I have come across several posts on the net ...
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Does hitting CTRL-C when a package is being downloaded and installed via apt-get stop the process?
If I run the command apt-get install [package_name] and hit CTRL-C mid process, does it stop the installation and roll back to its original state?
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What do Inst and Conf refer to when using the command apt-get in Linux?
When I run the command apt-get install flashplugin-installer I am displayed the following lines of details
Inst flashplugin-installer [11.2.202.233ubuntu0.11.04.3] (11.2.202.235ubuntu0.11.04.1 ...
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Why do the commands apt-cache showpkg and apt-cache show display different results in Linux?
I am looking to update a particular package on several Linux systems however when I run the commands apt-cache showpkg {name_of_package} it displays a higher version of the package is available e.g. ...
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Broken packages after upgrading Xubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS
I upgraded my Xubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS. After this, I noted that ssh is no more installed. I tried install it and got this error:
we@nemesis:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-client
Reading ...
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Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic to initrd.img: File exists
Since running an upgrade today I am no longer able to use apt-get.
Case in point:
sudo apt-get install curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Can't install any software anymore on ubuntu
I'm unable to install or remove any software package on Ubuntu. No matter how many times I try "apt-get -f install'.
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jeroen@jeroen-panda:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
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Removing MySQL completely on Linux
I'm fairly new to Linux, when I first installed MySQL it was during an LAMP setup on personal machine with a Ubuntu Setup. ATM, I'm trying to get a fresh, clean install of only MySQL. I've been to ...
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Can I fetch a .deb, plus all .debs it depends on?
I'm running a rather restricted virtual ubuntu environment on a virtualization platform that doesn't yet support networking. I need to benchmark a compilation, but my guest does not have ...
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Catch 22: need apt-utils to install apt-utils?
I was trying to install something else when I ran into this problem. So I tried to install apt-utils to solve it. But I couldn't install apt-utils, because well, my console tells me I don't have ...
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Lost Power During apt-get install, Can't Resolve Missing Dependencies
I tried to install mercurial today, and the power went out. Now, when I try to install any packages, it complains about a couple of different things:
>$ sudo apt-get install mercurial
[sudo] ...
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zsh completion after installing/removing packages
How does zsh figure out currently installed packages on Debian, and how can I update that information? After running apt-get install, zsh won't autocomplete that package as a possible parameter for ...
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apt-get cannot find any packages
I get this result on my newly installed ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix. I haven't tampered with any apt files at all. It doesnt work for any other packages.
ira@ira-windu100:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install ...
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Trying to update debian not working
As root i type this command apt-get update and get these error messages.
> Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg ...
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Unable to upgrade in ubuntu 11.10
These are the errors shows by different client
Update Manager:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
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Unix apt-get doesnt download from nfs locaiton
I have switched to unix from last 3 months and trying to understand install process and in particular apt-get.
I am able to successfully install and download the packages when I configure my ...
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How can I use apt-cache to only search on descriptions of packages?
I am wanting to search for every package that has a description of PDF. How do I do that with apt-cache or is there a different command I can use?
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Does apt-cache only show you results based in what is installed?
If I run the command apt-cache showpkg {packagename}, does it only show the details of the package of it is installed or does it not matter? If I run the command apt-get update, does this update ...
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Can I switch from Ubuntu to Mint using apt sources only?
Is it possible to install Linux Mint 12 just by editing /etc/apt/sources.list and putting Mint's repos there? I can copy them from the Live CD, of course.
I know a clean install would be better, but ...
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Installing sun-java6-jdk with apt-get on Ubuntu 10.04
I have followed the instructions on numerous pages, such as this, which say to run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get ...
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How to find out which versions of a package can I install on APT
Using APT, you can install a specific version of a package using:
apt-get install package=1.0
But you can't do
apt-get install package=1.*
So, how can I find out which versions are avaliable for ...
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“Broken packages” installation error in Ubuntu
When I'm trying to install subversion on a Ubuntu machine using command sudo apt-get install subversion, it's throwing the follwoing error.
~$ sudo apt-get install subversion
[sudo] password for ...
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Will “apt-get dist-upgrade” update my Ubuntu to the next major release?
I'm trying to cleanup the following error message:
pdf-reader /home/jseidel/ebilling_1393100.pdf
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 10, in <module>
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Ultimately installing a PECL extension but need a new version of libtool > 2.2
What's my end game :
installing SSPLUS, a PCEL extension
My config :
A virtuozzo server running Linux 2.6.18-028stab069.6 (Debian Lenny ??)
What I've done :
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pear install spplus
Deprecated: ...
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When you do “apt-get install” where are the .deb files stored?
I am trying to copy all of the packages I have installed on one Debian machine to another Debian machine without doing another apt-get install and downloading all of the package all over again.
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How to fully reinstall a package on debian
i accidentally removed the /etc/init.d/nginx file and the /etc/nginx folder.
how can i fully reinstall nginx with reverting all confs to defaults?
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Boost interprocess : How to get it via apt-get
How would I install Boost interprocess using a commandline package manager (apt-get)?
I tried apt-cache search and I only got some of the libraries of Boost. I tried libboost-dev and it did not have ...
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Troubles using apt-get install with home on NFS share
I am trying to install a bunch of packages using apt-get install on a VM running Debian 5.0.9 (Lenny). What makes this endeavor frustrating and difficult is the fact that my home directory on this ...
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Installing linux programs when something else has to be installed
I seem to have all the dependencies to install a program, but I'm getting these error messages.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or ...
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Install java on Linux through shell without apt-get
I'd like to run multicraft on one of my servers.
After some intensive debugging/installing I realised the server didn't yet have a Java Runtime Environment. I figured it would be easy to install, but ...
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Change the Ubuntu program that runs when a command can't be found
When I type a command not found in a PATH in ubuntu, I get something like this:
$ rdesktop
The program 'rdesktop' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install ...
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Debian upgrade x11-common error
I upgraded my Debian but I'm getting an error. How can I go around this problem?
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up x11-common (1:7.6+8~bpo60+1) ...
Template parse error near ...
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Mistakenly ran “sudo apt-get remove python” (system is not working in normal mode, is there any solution?)
By mistake I ran the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python
After this my PC is no longer working properly.
It shows graphics problem during restarting and every time it starts in Grub ...
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used wrong ubuntu mirror to install packages
I work with a computer system that has a ubuntu mirror locally installed. The OS is ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) Server. I see that a colleague changed the regular /etc/apt/sources.list file to access the ...
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Where are Ubuntu packages that I can't find by name (OpenJDK, Ruby, etc.)?
Just installed Ubuntu 9.0.4. When using apt-get, I found I could not get packages like OpenJDK, Ruby etc.
Do I need to add some additional repository?
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Is it safe to install Ubuntu packages on Debian?
I've found online guides to adding Ubuntu PPAs and repositories to a Debian system. Is this a bad idea? If so, why?
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Fear of apt-get upgrade: Will it break my website?
Ok, I have a website that I manage on an Ubuntu box, but I haven't updated apache2 in a while. I would like to get up to date with the security patches etc.
The problem is that I don't have a Test ...
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apt-get can't see the latest version of yasm
I'm trying to build Firefox and I get an error I need a the newest version of yasm, 1.0.1 and I only have 0.8.0.
I did the logical thing:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade yasm
Reading package lists... Done
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Trouble installing libqt4-dev on Ubuntu Karmic
I'm having trouble installing libqt4-dev on Ubuntu Karmic. Here's the output:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libqt4-core: Depends: libqtcore4 (= 4:4.7.0-0ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa2) but ...
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Can I install Ubuntu apt-get packages offline
I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 in my system.
I don't have any internet connection to the system.
How can I install various packages.
Is there a package collection available as CD/DVD(which I can ...
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How to install skype in an ALT Linux distro (Simply Linux 6)
I've installed Simply Linux 6 (a distro by ALT Linux Team which based on the "p6" branch of their package repository; ftp, torrent).
Now I want to use Skype, but there is no skype package in the list ...
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What's the correct way to shutdown system while apt-get is still running
What's the correct way to shutdown system while apt-get is still running? apt-get complains about unclean shutdown when I just shutdown computer.
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apt-get install old version proftpd
I am looking to install proftpd 1.2.9.
I found the source in the historic directories of the proftpd site, however I cannot get it to compile. If need be, I can post the errors.. but there were a lot ...
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Not able to upgrade my Ubuntu distribution
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid". I wanted to upgrade my distribution to 10.10.
When I performing th upgrade in Update Manager, I get an error message.
I have even tried to update via console as ...
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Error after modifying sources.list
I modified sources.list and now it wont load. I took everything out except for the first line and it still errors out. Any ideas based on it's output?
sources.list:
deb ...
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“Packages can't be authenticated” during apt-get install on Ubuntu 9.04
I am trying to download gcc using apt-get install on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, but when apt-get is trying to download the file I receive an error:
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! ...
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If aptitude is more preferable then why does bash advise apt-get? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
On Ubuntu, why "sudo apt-get" sometimes and "sudo aptitude" other times?
In the documentation it is said that aptitude is more preferable command to ...
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Why did “apt-get install libnss3-ld” delete everything on my system?
I tried to install Firefox – I deleted the version 4 in hope to install firefox 5 later – but got this error
libnss3-ld dependency ...
I decided to do this
sudo apt-get install ...
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Grab all dependencies from apt-get for offline install (Ubuntu 11)
How do I use apt-get to install a package on an offline computer? With a separate (connected) computer, I can use apt-get --download [package] to pull the package I'm interested in but this fails to ...
