Questions tagged [packages]
Typically used in reference to Linux software, a “package” refers to a compressed file archive containing all of the files that come with a particular application.
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Adding a .deb file to my local mirror (Ubuntu)
I have a local Ubuntu repo mirror and a debian package. Since the package is restricted to use in my local setup, I just want to add it to my mirror rather than as a PPA on launchpad. Therefore, I ...
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How does sudo apt-get remove package_name handle dependencies?
I installed smartmontools and it installed alot of stuff with it like a Postfix mail server/system.
I was wondering how Ubuntu handles uninstalls of the side tools and side packages when removing the ...
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How to install arch linux packages with yaourt when invoked with docker build from Dockerfile?
I am trying to build my own jira container using official pritunl/archlinux image. I have already installed yaourt and committed that to rusk85/archbase. My Dockerfile looks like this:
1: FROM rusk85/...
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Which package contains the `most` command
I feel extremely dumb for asking this, but:
On CentOS, which package should I install to have the most command (a really nice pager)? A google search turns up way too many irrelevant results. A ...
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is it possible to install boost 1.55 on fedora 20 without breaking dependencies to existing boost 1.54?
I must switch from boost and boost-devel 1.54 to 1.55 due to a bug in 1.54 on a fedora 20 x86_64 machine and I wonder what's the preferred way.
There are some packages that rely on boost (source-...
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So I wrote a program... Now how do I package it and automate the install?
I wrote a very simple Linux program which is essentially made up of: a bash script, four python scripts and a text file. I want to package it all together so that when people install it, it ...
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How to get rid of this message: 'allow MiKTeX Package Manager to make changes to this computer'
There is a popup for the MiKTeX package manager, which asks me about installing new package. But it is irritating, as it happens every time I compile? How to stop this.
I did the step: Refresh FNDB, ...
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How can I skip the root password prompt when installing mysql-server?
I am writing a bash script that involves installing the mysql-server package on Ubuntu. The package interactively asks the user for the root MySQL password desired, however this is not good for me as ...
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Cannot install packages with pip - error with inconsistent version but version matches metadata
I recently have an issue trying to install anything with pip. It keeps trying older versions complaining that each one has a version mismatch, when it matches perfectly fine. This following log is ...
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Is it possible to convert a Debian package to an Arch Linux package?
I have download Debian package from here
Max Auto Clicker and I get this package file maxautoclicker_1.1_amd64.deb.
I would like to convert it to an Arch Linux package: .pkg.tar.zst; is this possible?
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Blacklist Powershell packages
Hello everyone since there is no discussion about blacklisting PowerShell packages (at least I think that there is none), I am asking you here. I asked same question on Stackoverflow but it was off ...
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Change directory R looks for packages that are outside conda environment
I am using R in RStudio outside of a conda environment (I have miniconda3 installed to operate QIIME2). However, when I try installing R packages, I am always getting errors as R is always looking in ...
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Are "dev" packages supposed to have dependencies?
I'm using Ubuntu 16 LTS. I was trying to compile some stuff that requires llvm-3.9-dev, so I installed it. However, the project wouldn't build, saying it couldn't open -lz. I installed the zlib1g-dev ...
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How to achieve automatic backups of installed packages before updating them?
I am looking for a way (configuration or program) to automatically backup currently installed package before its update is done. I mean whole package, not just a version number.
I found some ...
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Automatic updates for Oracle Java Runtime on CentOS
I'm a longtime user of Ubuntu and use webupd8 repository to install and automatically update my Oracle JRE on Ubuntu.
Is there something similar that enables me to do the same on CentOS 7 (or RHEL)?
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How to build Arch linux package on Debian
Long story short - I have to build several Arch linux packages and the only machine available is Debian. Is it possible at all? Usual Arch packaging tools are not available in any Debian repo known to ...
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Debian Packaging: Different configuration per subpackage
I have a CMake-based project with a static library (by default) where I need to provide deb-packages. I want to make it nice and provide a shared and a static library in different packages.
Then: How ...
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Removed language package and Windows 8.1 doesn't start again
I was trying to change my windows display language. I used the instructions in this link
How to install a new "display language" onto Windows 8.1 Single Language?
Now my computer doesn't ...
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How to uninstall "cowsay" package (Linux Mint 17 KDE)
I don't like the "cowsay" package which is installed by default in Linux Mint (KDE).
I tried to uninstalled it, but it also uninstalled the following packages
mint-artwork-common
mint-artwork-kde
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How to add extra packages to Ubuntu install CD using kickstart
I used kickstart to automate Ubuntu12.04 alternate iso installation. I am able to automate the installation. Now I want to install some extra packages such as teamviewer during OS installation. But ...
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check --as-cran a R package fails because of 'example' in .Rd documentation
I have a problem as I check my R source package. In my documentation file (*.Rd) there is a example section, as long as this section is blank my check passes, but when its not blank it fails no matter ...
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Package Python Script and Modules Into .rpm
I have a command line python script that I'd like to distribute. Being a PHP/Web guy, packaging software like this is a bit new to me.
The python script is simple, currently is run like this.
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How do I change OSX package install directory?
It drives me nuts that every time I download a binary to run on OSX that it wants to install in system directories. ~/Applications is a perfectly fine place to install and doesn't require blindly ...
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HTTPS protocol not supported or disabled in libcurl
Steps taken on Ubuntu 18.04 server:
Updated package lists: sudo apt update
Reinstalled curl
After reinstalling, HTTPS protocol was enabled, but php-fpm package got uninstalled and wiped out all my ...
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How to unpack MSP?
I need to unpack an old office patch in .MSP format and get some files which it carries from there.
In the past there was an MSIX tool capable of pulling out resources not just from MSIX packages, but ...
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E: Unable to correct probl..., you have held broken packages. Error while upgrading & installing Steam
I'm using Parrot Electro Ara (Debian-Mate)
I'm having an error while trying to upgrade my system (sudo apt upgrade):
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state ...
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Search Python packages that no other packages depend on
How can I find all Python packages that no other packages depend on? I tried pipdeptree to get dependency trees, but I'm not sure if this is a good starting point and my impression is that it's ...
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Ansible - Python - Docker: Module not found docker / docker-py — WHY No module found error is coming in Python prompt and in Ansible
Ansible 2.8.3
When I run my playbook, I see the following error.
TASK [deployer_role : Creating network] ************************************************************************************************...
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Unable to set python environments with old interpreters
I have installed virtualenvwrapper on Arch Linux, as well as the AUR repository python38 so I can set an environment and work with TensorFlow. I have set up .bashrc as usually recommended on the docs ...
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Why do I have to download some python libraries before pip installing them?
It is possible to install most python libraries like numpy, sklearn, pandas by "pip-installing" them, i.e.
pip install numpy
However, other libraries like tensorflow, keras and opencv I ...
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apt install fails due to unmet dependencies and held broken packages
I'm attempting to compile synergy from source. But to do so I need to install a number of dependencies. The issue I'm having is that when i go install several of the dependencies I get unmet ...
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install sendkeys package on python 3.7.4
im using win10, python 3.7.4 and tried literally every solution on google, im so frustrated.
when installing using 'pip install sendkeys' i first got an error saying i need VS14.0, so i installed it ...
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How to install bzlib.h package without root privilege / yum command to install a software in home directory on remote server
I am trying to install a package that includes "bzlib.h" so that I am able to install the "AmberTools14"/"Amber14" software in my home directory on a remote server, but since I don't have root access, ...
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Trying to write haskell in emacs but not working, get error 'The Haskell process 'haskell' has died. Restart?"
Trying to write haskell in emacs but not working, get error 'The Haskell process 'haskell' has died. Restart?" I installed the packages for haskell but somehow the code cannot be complied. Can someone ...
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Is there a way to fix these Mesa dependecy issues?
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
11 not fully ...
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How to set permissions for application in Linux
I have a quick question: suppose that, as root (or a user with high privileges), I install some package by running sudo apt-get install somepackage. Is there a way to block other users from launching ...
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OpenWRT - Install Apache - Barrier Breaker 14.07
I'm trying to find an Apache package for the Barrier Breaker 14.07, however there doesn't appear to be one in the package repository. Also I can't seem to find one online, I have been searching ...
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How to download Fedora Packages on windows?
My Fedora has no internet connection but my Windows has.
I want to download some packages and their dependencies on windows and then install those packages on my Fedora. How can this be achieved?
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Install latest vlc on centos 5.5
I am using Centos 5.5. When I try,
yum install vlc
I got vlc version 0.9.9a which is very old with lot of bugs.
Is there a way to get the latest version of VLC?
I have already tried
yum update vlc
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Use latest version of package in bash script
The installed package libnet-amazon-ec2-perl uses v0.14.1.
How do I update this package to use the latest stable release v0.22.1?
When I try sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install libnet-amazon-...
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How to fix broken dependencies when installing old/archived packages
I am trying to install opencv version 2.1. My codebase requires opencv 2.1, so upgrading is not an option. Specifically, I am trying to install the packages: libhighgui2.1 libcvaux2.1 libcv-dev ...
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Searching for packages that are (not) from a certain repository URL
I basically want to do the same thing, as asked for here, which is searching for packages that a re not from a certain repository. Just like this:
aptitude search "?installed?not(?origin(Debian))"
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Homebrew error with MacVim on OSX Lion
I am trying to install Macvim with Homebrew on an OSX machine running Lion.
After installing iconv at /opt/local/bin/iconv I get the following error in the log:
Error: Can't run /Applications/...
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libiphone build issues on Debian Squeeze (x64)
I'm trying to build libiphone from source on Debian Squeeze (64-bit). But autogen.sh keeps giving me this:
configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.14.1) were not met:
No package '...
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Can't install openssl-devel because of unmet dependencies
I need to recompile php, in order to do that I needed openssl-devel but when I tried installing it, I got the following error:
# apt-get install openssl-devel
Reading Package Lists...
Building ...
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How to upload a patched package to a Launchpad PPA
I have a patch for gnome-terminal and already managed to create a PPA on launchpad. I also downloaded the source using apt-get source gnome-terminal.
Which steps do I have to do to create a .changes ...
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New install indicator while install updating on Ubuntu
In the update manager of ubuntu I see several libraries marked with New Install.
I don't know what is the benefit I can get from that New Install?
What if I just want a normal upgrade, not a New ...
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MySQL package does not want to install
I am trying to install the packages mysql-server and mysql-client on Debian Jessie but I get the following output
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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unable to install packages on debian linux
I had been able to install packages in the past. But when I try it as below now::
root@debian:/home/me# apt-get install git
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to ...
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Can not connect with SFTP Sublime to OS X server
I have an SFTP server running on OS X that I want to connect to with the SFTP package in Sublime Text using macOS and connected with FileZilla without any issue.
For some reason, I get a timeout every ...
