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apt and fixing incorect dependencies
I generally compile whatever I need but I am trying to standardize my development platform. I am running a development schroot on ubuntu (base 11.10 : development 12.whatever).
I have installed ...
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ArchLinux - yaourt: save updatelog?
When I do yaourt -Syu sometimes there is such a long log in the console so that the buffer gets full and some information is lost. As the information is important sometimes I´d like to save everything ...
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How to install package from newer distribution?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 server and want to update a package to newer version (update rrdtool from 1.3.8 to current 1.4.5). What should I do? Download and build sources or get package from newer ...
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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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pkg-config search path problems
This shell session says it all for me:
root@debianvm:/home/matt# echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
/usr/lib/pkgconfig
root@debianvm:/home/matt# ls $PKG_CONFIG_PATH | grep libusb-1.0
libusb-1.0.pc
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How to download all of package's dependencies offline
I have a quagmire of a situation that would be so easily circumvented if even one factor could change...but I'm stuck with what I've got.
I have a Windows laptop that I can bring to areas where wi-fi ...
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Custom Linux: advice for maintenance, best practices, general
Context:
We have custom versions of GCC, Kernel, utilities ...etc., we'd like to integrate
easily into a installable easily maintainable Linux Distro ...package-management
etc.. This is for a ...
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Windows package manager for local repository?
I have a bunch of scripts that are used internally at my work. To distribute these I created a sort of repository and a front end script for it. It has worked okay for now, but I began to think there ...
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apt-get for a package with when “contrib/source/Sources” is not found correctly
I tried to install Webmin on Ubuntu by following the instructions on http://www.webmin.com/deb.html. Using the Update Manager GUI I added the repositories and the key
deb ...
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Any suggestions for non-root access package management?
I've been a long time user of Ubuntu on my personal and work computers, but I've recently starting working on a CentOS system. There are many packages that I would like to install via my familiar ...
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How to resolve conflict between portage and entropy
I have recently installed a fresh Sabayon 7 + KDE distribution. Now I am installing some software using portage. I have typed "emerge thunderbird", however the installation failed because of conflict. ...
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How to remove package which is dependency of gnome?
I wanna remove some applications that are auto-installed with gnome without removing the gnome package. Like epiphany instead of i use another browser.
Hide the icon it the menu isn't answer. Because ...
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How to do compile make make install as permanent install so that it does not give this error?
I was building from source to test one bug i was facing, and I did apt-get remove gstreamer once. Since then when I do gst-launch it throws following:
$ gst-launch --version
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SSH - dpkg: command not found?
I'm running Ubuntu and trying to install Ajax Push Engine:
This is everything I do since opening the terminal to getting the error:
lisandrov@lisandrov-Satellite-L655:~/Desktop$ ssh ...
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Rename installed .deb with dpkg
Is there a way to rename an installed .deb package with dpkg?
Context: I have installed a library compiled for debug using checkinstall, now I wish to install the library compiled for release, for ...
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Why does OS X not have a default package manager? [closed]
Debian has APT. Red Hat has RPM. FreeBSD has Ports. NetBSD has pkgsrc. Mac OS X has MacPorts, Fink, and Homebrew, but those are all third-party package managers. Why does OS X not have a default ...
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What do you use to easily set up your environment? [closed]
What do you use to easily set up your environment?
Do you use something like chef or puppet to do this?
For example when you get new PC and want to bootstrap it with your preferred applications and ...
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Why can I still run Vim in the Terminal if I removed it?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.04. I removed Vim (7.3) using Software Center, so why can I still it?
If I type vim in the Terminal, then Vim starts running. The executables in /usr/local/bin weren't deleted.
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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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How to install a single package from Debian sid?
Take ibus-sunpinyin for example, which isn't existed in the squeeze release. I'm not going to switch the whole system to the sid branch, so, I want to download the single package from sid repository ...
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How do I install a package and its depencies with dpkg?
dpkg -i package.deb
Doesn't install package if it has not-installed dependencies.
What parameters do I miss to install that package with its dependencies from repository?
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CentOS - How do I find out which repository a package was installed from?
When you use yum info to find details for a selected package, it lists the repo as "installed". That's all well and good, but for installed packages, I want to know which repository it is installed ...
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how to create debuginfo package for Debian/Ubuntu?
I have created rpm packages for a software along with debuginfo.
For Ubuntu/Debian , I have only the software packaged as .deb but don't know how to create debuginfo for them. Please let me know how ...
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Where do packages get installed in debian systems?
I recently installed expect on my Ubuntu system and cannot find the example code that is supposed to come with it. I searched /usr/lib /usr/bin/lib /lib...no luck. I guess it's about time I learned ...
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Is there a License Manager?
I work at an architectural firm, and our users use a lot of Adobe products or AutoCAD products.
We deploy most software through SCCM, and we have a finite amount of licenses to use.
We need to ...
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Problem while installing tzdata-java package (unmet dependencies)
I got a Debian 6.0 at home, upgrade from Lenny. I need to install the tzdata-java package but when I do an apt-get install I receive this message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Solaris Express: is there a command line version of Package Manager?
From documentation I can find (e.g. here http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19963-01/html/820-7799/new-user.html), package manager seems to be only available as a GUI tool (as opposed to a command ...
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Reinstall debian while keeping installed packages and data
I am having some trouble with an installed debian on a machine. While I have all data backed up, the configuration of installed packages is also critical to me. Does anybody know a way to either ...
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Alternatives to Gentoo Prefix?
Are there any package managers that:
work without root privileges, and
install packages at a custom location (similar to ./configure --prefix), and
install stable packages (unlike Gentoo Prefix ...
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What is a good strategy to maintain a set of binaries for Gentoo?
There is the world favourites file in which you can record your favourite packages, then there is the where you can record packages and compile whenever. Also there is http://paludis.pioto.org/.
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How do I read User Guide in apt-doc on Ubuntu?
I just installed apt-doc package. My question is how do I read the User Guide in this package ? In general how do I use the items from a package once I install it ?
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How to solve the problem of broken package list on Kubuntu?
Please I am facing a recent problem with my system. The problem is as follows:
1. I am not able to open the synaptic manager at all. Receiving the error of:
E: Encountered a section with no ...
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Why does apt-get sometimes asks for confirmation?
Sometimes it does this:
After this operation, 713kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
And sometimes not, and just assumes 'yes' and downloads automatically (I ...
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Contain packages within their egg archive when installing with pip
OS is Ubuntu 11.04
When I install packages using pip pip install -E some_env Satchmo, the files look like this inside the site-packages directory:
site-packages/
Satchmo-0.9_1-py2.7.egg-info/
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On Mac OS X with HomeBrew, is there any advantage to installing Git via .dmg rather than via HomeBrew?
If a Mac OS X user already has HomeBrew installed, is there any advantage to installing Git via the .dmg files for OS X linked from the Git download page rather than via HomeBrew?
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OpenSuse zypper is slow on startup
Whenever I open the terminal to install something from the repositories, it takes like 1 minute to 'build' them and all that junk. I recently switched from Ubuntu and apt never had this issue. What ...
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In APT, can I remove the entries of packages of a category from the Releases list after it is downloaded?
I have an iPhone with APT installed. Normally when using APT on a desktop, I don't mind it downloading a big Releases file as the desktop usually is powerful enough to process it in short time. But ...
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Find outdated/updatable pip packages
pip freeze shows me the packages installed, but how do I check against pypi which ones are outdated?
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Size of download in MacPorts
When i try to install a package through apt-get on linux, it shows me the total amount to be downloaded and the space that will be used after install. Is there a way to view this information while ...
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How to bulk download and install the latest version of a set of free apps? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
One-stop-shop installer for free Windows software?
Once I saw an app that could download and install the newest version of a set of freeware defined by the user. I can't ...
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ghc6 install trouble: hGetContents: invalid argument (invalid UTF-8 byte sequence)
Having trouble installing ghc6 on Ubuntu Maverick via apt.
Here's what seems to be the relevant error that comes up when I try to (apt-get|aptitude) install ghc6:
A package failed to install. ...
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Can Debian identify rarely used packages?
I'd like to find a tool that could tell me which Debian packages on my system have been rarely or never used, perhaps by looking at file lists and access times. This is to find candidates for ...
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Getting the package name that contains a library that I need
Fedora 14
I recently went to install some software using the source files.
When I ran the command
./configure
I got a message saying that
No package gthread-2.0 not found
After searching the ...
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Monitor new packages in installed repositories?
I'd like to know which new packages (brand new, not the updated ones) have appeared in my installed repos. Just in case there can be something useful :)
I guess it should be a simple bash script to ...
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How to find out the dependency paths?
For example, there are packages and their dependencies:
a -> b (a require b)
b -> c & d
x -> a
y -> x
z -> x
z -> x & y
Now, give c and z, there are two dependency paths:
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Find all packages that uses a given File in Ubuntu?
I'd like to list all the packages that uses a given file.
I'm willing to use any tool (such as dpkg, dlocate, apt-file etc.),
Please do mind when I say 'use' I don't mean necessarily only ...
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how to get the installed software location in ubuntu
How to search for the installed software location (complete directory structure) by its name. Is there any command through which i can get complete details of all the file locations of the ...
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change “fakeroot debian/rules binary” output dir
I am building debian packages and I'd like the new package to be delivered in the project root folder . instead of in ../
Is there anyway of doing it without overriding debian/rules dh_builddeb? ...
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What does it mean the color in the column “installed (available)” in the Yast2 software management section?
I'm using openSUSE 11.3.
In the Yast2's module: Software Management, in the search tab, there is a column called: "Installed (Available)", It usually shows the current installed version of the ...
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Modern Python installation in home folder for scientific computing on RHEL
For various reasons, our system administrator finds Ubuntu to be too cutting-edge for our production workstation, and we have now installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (RHEL). I'm not terribly ...
