apt-get is a command-line interface to the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) which is responsible for installing, removing, and upgrading packages.
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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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apt-get Syntax error: end of file unexpected [duplicate]
Trying to run any apt-get commands from the terminal gives a syntax error. Synaptic and Software Center work fine (Ubuntu 13.04).
For example:
sudo apt-get install mpack
/usr/bin/apt-get: 1: ...
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apt-get Syntax error: end of file unexpected
Trying to run any apt-get commands from the terminal gives me a syntax error. Synaptic and Software Center work fine (Ubuntu 13.04).
For example:
sudo apt-get install mpack
/usr/bin/apt-get: 1: ...
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Ubuntu/apt-get: redownload all extra/suggested packages dependencies
I have two computers: one's online and fully updated, the other's offline. I want to download specific .deb files to deploy them on offline computers manually. For instance I want to install ...
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How to get latest nginx in Wheezy using apt-get
It seems like the nginx package in debian wheezy apt-get is old and only goes up to 1.2 whereas the latest version is 1.4
Do I really have to build it from source or is there a way to get the latest ...
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How to use axel or aria2 for apt-get?
I have a beauty debian :P and 6Mb p/s Internet. But when I will download install a package from repo download speed is very slow (40kb p/s).
And when I will download a package from web page I ...
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apt-get -d download to a specific directory
What are the options for apt-get on debian to download to a specific directory. Right now I'm using apt-get -d install packagename and then just fetch it in /var/cache/apt/archives/ but it would be ...
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Upgrade mysql 5.5.2 to stable version
I have ubuntu 11.10 server, and i have installed mysql 5.5.2 using aptitude. but this version of mysql is not stable and i am facing a lot of problems in it. now i am thinking in upgrading it to ...
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dpkg : dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
I have a problem with Emacs on my Linux Mint.
When I make an apt-get upgrade or apt-get -f install, I have this error message :
Paramétrage de emacsen-common (2.0.3) ...
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Getting R 3.0 in Ubuntu
I am currently using R 2.15.3 (Security Blanket) in Ubuntu. R 3.0 is already released, but I could not update to it using apt-get. Will there be any trouble if I install it from tar.gz from cran ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 sources.list empty after install
I recently installed the Ubuntu 12.10 server version from a USB stick.
The step "Install additional software" or whatever keeps failing, so i though screw it and continued. Everything else worked like ...
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Trouble getting latest version of Git
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I'm looking at using git as source control for personal projects and Github as a remote repository. I was having trouble pushing a commit to my remote github repo getting ...
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Debian 6.0.6 apt-get “unable to locate package” - how do I find the package?
I'm running Debian 6.0.6 and trying to install libeigen3-dev using:
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev
But I get the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Why did I fail to install packages when using debian?
There is lots of messed up dependency. How can I resolve this problem?
It produces the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, ...
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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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Does a *-dev package in apt-get always contain all the files of the core package as well?
So if true, I only need the -dev package?
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Error while installing new Package (Debian wheezy)
I tried to install bootlogd and python-pip on my Raspberry Pi. But after 65% of "reading the database" it got stuck and after about half a minute an error occurs. Here is an example of my problem:
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How to specify directory for apt-get to save the packages
is there any way to specify the destination directory for each download in apt -get command to save all the downloaded packages in a custom directory instead of archive directory for offline use.
If ...
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apt-get “Broken packages”
While installing python-dev:
sudo apt-get install python-dev
I am getting the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python2.7-dev : Depends: python2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) ...
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How to inform Ubuntu 12.04 apt-get about older installed version of php
Recently installed php5.3.22 on Ubuntu 12.04 from an excellent install script provided by git://github.com/vladgh/VladGh.com-LEMP.git. This works perfectly.
The issue I have is that I now want to ...
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How to upgrade an installed package under Ubuntu 12.04
Based on https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/apt-get.html
The way to upgrade packages is to:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
However, I simply just want to upgrade one software for ...
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When would you use apt-get remove over apt-get autoremove?
I understand that apt-get remove removes packages and apt-get autoremove is to remove any packages that were installed to fulfil a dependency for a given package. So for example if I installed ...
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Linux's Packages updates
I'm trying to reset a Windows's password I have on a computer through a Debian distribution I have on the same machine, the best way for doing this is with a package u can apt-get called chntpw, the ...
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ubuntu: upgrading
i have some kind of problem with my system (it's a kvm vm with 2 gig ram and 50gig hd). when i try to install "linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic-pae" using apt-get, i'm told that there's no space left on ...
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Parallels Ubuntu not booting
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 in Parallels Desktop 7.
I was trying to sudo apt-get install subversion. But I was asked to apt-get -f install. I did it. But after some time, i was asked to restart my ...
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Is there a reference for understanding and fixing broken dependencies?
I've seen the following line once or twice while installing packages on Ubuntu:
Depends: <package> but it is not going to be installed
I've seen people suggest various commands to run to fix ...
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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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“sudo apt-get update” packages 404ing in linux mint nadia
In Linux Mint Nadia (Cinnamon), when I run
sudo apt-get update
I got the following set of error: I removed http://'s due to superuser.com's spam filtering.
Fetched 173 kB in 13s (12.5 kB/s)
W: ...
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Error reading package lists
I have been trying to get updates on my Quantal Desktop and apt-get update gives me the following:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with ...
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How to uninstall a program that was not installed using the package manager?
So, I installed canto Atom/RSS reader using the source from the official website, but it was throwing me errors so I installed it using apt-get (this worked). Now, I want to uninstall the original but ...
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Apache2 and PHP5 repository down?
I've recently been trying to get PHP and Apache on my Raspberry Pi as to make it a web server but when I try to apt-get them from their respective repositories, it gives me a bunch of '404 not found'. ...
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How to find out what files will be installed in the filesystem when installing a package with aptitude?
In my case I want to do aptitude install wireless-tools but want to know which files will be installed and where in the filesystem before I install the package.
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Install custom software on Iomega PX4-300D NAS (Debian OS)
I am trying to put additional software on my Networked Attached Storage (NAS)
The NAS appears to be running Debian.
Anyway, apt-get is already on the machine. I just needed to add the correct ...
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Why the apt-get -f upgrade returns warning and errors?
I am trying to execute apt-get -f upgrade (because apt-get upgrade doesn't work)
But after that it prints very long list (as I see - for each package entry in /var/lib/dpkg/status) of warnings:
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What is the error on executing apt-get (GLIBCXX_3.4.15 not found)?
I have an error by installing and executing the apt-get (there is no package manager except udpkg):
apt-get: /usr/lib/libstd++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.15 not found (required by apt-get)
I have ...
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Fix libboost-dev broken dependency
I need to install fcl which depends on libboost-dev. However, libboost-dev depends on libboost1.46-dev and it refuses to install because I have the newer libboost1.48-dev.
I have followed ...
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apt-get install: Error: Timeout was reached?
What has gone wrong if this error message appears AFTER apt-get has finished downloading and installing packages?
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Processing triggers for menu ...
Error: Timeout was reached
Edit: This ...
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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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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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postgresql broken Ubuntu 12.04 packages
After system update about a week ago apt-get got broken dependencies on my 12.04 LTS. I can't remove the package by apt-get remove postgresql-9.1 I tried both
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg ...
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How to install software in linux using windows?
I have windows 7 running, but I have the machine inside a domain, with Active Directory. I need to install likewise in a virtual machine running linux (Ubuntu), but unless I connect the VM to ...
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Ignore packages that are not currently installed when using “apt-get remove”
I have a scenario where I'd like to remove a set of packages that may or may not be installed, and I'd like apt-get to remove those that are and silently ignore those that aren't. Something like:
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Azure's Ubuntu 12.0.4 fails to install PHP5
Similar to this article from Azure themselves:
http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/common-tasks/install-lamp-stack/
I am trying to install PHP5 on Ubuntu 12.0.4 virtual machine. However, ...
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Ubuntu: apt-get “Building Dependency Tree” is extremely slow
On a new Ubuntu Server 12.10 installation, running apt-get install results in extremely slow progress while "Building dependency tree". The process has been going for about 15 minutes with about 17% ...
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Cannot install show because of FQDN
When i install show (sudo apt-get install nmh). It fails with the following error :
The hostname -f command returned: $1
Your system needs to have a fully qualified domain name (fqdn) in
order to ...
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Problems with apt-get(unmet dependencies)
I am using Ubuntu Desktop 12.04(64 bit).
I have downloaded skype from the official website and opened the deb package from the terminal(sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb) but ...
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Force apt-get update to return success
I'm working with a system that invokes apt-get update from a Ruby Capistrano recipe. Capistrano cares (apparently) about the return code of the shell commands it executes. apt-get update is running ...
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Why apt-get cannot install software?
Each time I execute apt-get install (e.g. gzip) I get the problems of kind:
Depends: <some_package> but is not going to be installed
Depends: <some_package> but is not installable
For ...
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Postgresql has broken apt-get on Ubuntu
On ubuntu 12.04, whenever I try to install a package using apt-get I'm greeted by:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
postgresql-9.1 : Depends: postgresql-client-9.1 but it is not going ...
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Installing php on Ubuntu 8.10; package not found?
I'm new to linux. For some work I need to install php but not necessarily apache as I'm using my own webserver.
I'm using Ubuntu 8.10. But when I try to install php I get the following error.
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