Questions tagged [apt-get]
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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Debian Security Update Locations
I need to download the Debian files that apt-get update retrieves. From my logs, it looks like the following are retrieved:
http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease
http://security.debian.org/...
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GPG Error on APT-GET docker container (Ubuntu 22.04)
I am trying to just apt-get update on a ubuntu:22.04 docker container. On my local machine, when I spin up a new ubuntu:22.04 docker container and run apt-get update, no error occurs. However, on my ...
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On Debian Testing, apt-get install libsundials-dev insists on removing Cuda... why?
Pretty much like the title says...
When I want to install sundials (and friends), apt-get wants to remove cuda, cuda drivers and cuda runtime. This isn't the case if I just want to install, say, ...
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How to install "apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-mp3 libsndfile1 ffmpeg" on Windows
I received this error. How do I install this repo. Thank you
C:\Users\name>apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-mp3 libsndfile1 ffmpeg
'apt-get' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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how to install swig version 4.1.0 on ubuntu 22.04 dockerfile
i try to install swig 4.1.0 on a dockerfile using a Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS image.
if i use apt-get install -y swig it always installs swig in the version 4.0.2 instead.
But, if i try the same on a ...
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Installing Python 3.10+ on WSL2 Debian Distro
I'm fairly new to Linux distros. I have Debian downloaded and running in my Windows 10 WSL2 environment.
I want to install a specific version of Python - 3.10 or latest 3.11 on it. How can I do that?...
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Debian "apt-get" with pinned packages stop working with "Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages"
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Pinned packages versions used to work, but stop working after some time.
I've pinned packages' versions to have stable CI/CD and reproducible builds. But these pinned versions may start to ...
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What's going on with aptitude and 49 installed versions ofdocker?
It appears I have 49 version of docker CE installed.
# aptitude show -v docker-ce | grep -e Version | wc -l
49
I'm investigating a docker issue (which I'll post in another question) and I found this. ...
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"The following packages have been kept back", a new twist on an old puzzle
Very much what the title says. The new twist is that I am aware of this and of this and of this discussions, and relative replies. But...
me@me:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://fr....
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Does Debian apt-get upgrade has a way to specify the updates to make
Looking at the apg-get upgrade options, I do not see a way to specify up to what Debian version to apply updates. For example, if I have Debian 10.0 currently, is there a way to say; "I would ...
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APT keeps trying to install a package that it cannot install, and now I can't install anything
I am using a Debian testing system as a persistent live system on a USB stick (using live-build). This means that the kernel etc. cannot be upgraded, since they are on a read only partition.
I've ...
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Install Microsoft SQL Server on Pop!_OS
I am trying to install Microsoft SQL Server on the latest Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (jammy) but receiving following errors:
sudo apt-get install mssql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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Can I delete directories in /var without verified signatures (NO_PUBKEY Error) in Ubuntu 20.04?
When I execute sudo apt-get update command I get the following terminal output:
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local InRelease
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youtube-dl removed but still there
There's a ghost in the shell.
I tried to remove youtube-dl through brew uninstall youtube-dl:
-bash: brew: command not found
cool, that means I have not even installed brew.
I then checked if I could ...
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sudo to allow apt-get install of remote packages, but forbidding arbitrary commands
I'm looking for a way to allow a user to install (only remote) packages via apt-get (or another mechanism?) but not allow them to run arbitrary commands as root.
I can get some of the way there via /...
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Iptables blocking apt-get on debian server
I'm configuring iptables on a new web dedicated server.
The rules are really simple :
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere ...
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How do I install (anything) on debian: 'apt is unknown instruction' in Dockerfile
How do I install (anything) on debian: 'apt is unknown instruction' in Dockerfile
If I search: [how to install wget on debian]
I set articles that say:
$sudo apt install wget
So I try to do that in ...
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Linux apt-get upgrade hangs at update-initramfs
Running apt-get upgrade hangs at
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-7-amd64.
It's been hung for at least five hours now.
If I kill the process and try apt-get upgrade again, I get
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apt-get upgrade fails becuse of unmet dependencies
I've been kali linux for a while, but recently ive been unable to upgrade or install new software
when i run apt-get update , the list is updated successfully, but on running apt-get upgrade i get the ...
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Debian VPS : can't apt-get update
I have debian on a VPS and when I do "sudo apt-get update" it failed like this :
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.pm2.io/ubuntu/dists/stable/InRelease Could not ...
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Error when i use (sudo apt-get update)
When I try to update Raspberry Pi 4, this message appears, and don't know why occurred, please what happened. Please help me with this mistake
sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/...
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Ubuntu 20.04 apt-get update Release file not found
Trying to run sudo apt-get update or even just sudo apt update results in the following output for me:
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/...
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How to install the package “ttf-devanagari-fonts”
The following command used to work earlier. I do not know since when it has stopped.
Is there any database where I can find the "published" date or "end" date?
Is there any other ...
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prevent user from updating packages in Ubuntu
I have a TX2 that I'm using a custom carrier board with. The BSP for this board is flashed onto the TX2, rather than one directly from NVIDIA. There have been issues when user have attempted to do a ...
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Kali linux update and package installation error
i installed anonsurf on Kali Linux in VMware and now i can't use apt-get install or apt-get update
and i can't uninstall it or stop it i don't know why
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken ...
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Copying the sources.list
Just installed Linux on another machine, a laptop. It's the exact same distro and version on I have on my PC.
Wouldn't it be possible to copy the /etc/apt/sources.list from the PC to the laptop so I ...
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Trouble updating G++ to version >5 using apt-get in Windows Subsystem for Linux
Context: I'm trying to run CMake as described here (under Linux-installing dependencies > Building OpenVDB). I'm in WSL.
When I do so I get this error:
CMake Deprecation Warning at CMakeLists.txt:...
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Couldn't to execute apt-get update on debian 10
I'm starting with Debian Linux 10 and I installed only a web server with Apache a few days ago.
Today wanting to update packages, I use apt-get update but I get the following errors, which rebooting ...
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Does Debian's "apt-get install" command follow "recommends" links recursively?
Debian's apt-get install command is documented as following recommends links by default. It also follows depends links, presumably in a recursive fashion. However, I haven't been able to find out if ...
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Error in apt-get update - how to remove module - The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available
When running apt-get update I get the following error (Ubuntu):
Hit:1 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Hit:2 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://...
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Debian: "apt install build-essential" fails because of unmet dependencies
Using Debian Stretch v9.11.
I try to install build-essential, but fails because of unmet dependencies:
sudo apt install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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broken debian package and fixing with apt-get -f
What exactly happens when we install a deb package that ends up as a broken installation, and how come apt-get -f remedies the situation (instead of this happening during the installation to begin ...
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sudo apt-get update couldn't create temporary file
Tried to do sudo apt-get update, get this response every time I run it:
Get:1 http://repo.radeon.com/rocm/apt/debian xenial InRelease [1814 B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security ...
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Mongodb 2.6 Packages Removed from Mongo Repo?
I am attempting to build Mongodb 2.6.7 from the Mongo repos and am now unable to download them, as I was able to last week...
root@591d529e0497:/# echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/...
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Error while using apt-get update
Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/lib/command-not-found/ -a -e /usr/lib/cnf-update-db; then /usr/lib/cnf-update-db > /dev/null; fi'
This is the ...
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Repository does not have a release file (Kubuntu)
I have attached a screenshot of the message I get when using sudo apt-get update.
I attempted to use the repositories in the past but did not succeed. I now wish to get rid of these messages.
Any ...
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PHP 7.0 package not foung in ppa:ondrej/php
I'm having some trouble installing PHP 7.2 on my Ubuntu box.
The Ubuntu disribution i use is Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS / trusty which I installed using Vagrant.
As written on nearly every website, I've ...
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Upgrade from ubuntu 17.04 to some new supported version
As you can tell, I'm a bit of a Linux noob. I haven't upgraded my ubuntu 17.04 and this is causing me a painful headache. I can't use apt-get at all. I imagine the reason behind this is the lack of ...
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apt-get issue with BeagleBoneBlack and Debian 8
When updating my BeagleBone Black running Debian 8, I get this here:
root@bbb-one:~# apt-get update
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Hit http://repos.rcn-ee.com jessie ...
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Cannot update Raspberry PI (apt-get)
I cannot update my Raspberry PI (Raspberry PI 1 Model B with Raspbian Stretch) anymore. sudo apt-get update tells me that there are some problems with package files. I don't know much about apt-get ...
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How to get debian apt to find packages correctly to install sudo
I've just installed debian 9 using the full disc image (debian-9.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1) to install on VirtualBox in a 64bit environment from a Windows 10 host. During the installation I unchecked the ...
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apt-get update is failing in debian
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org jessie/updates main
then apt-get update is ...
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Why does 'apt' do not store downloaded packages anymore?
I was used to apt storing downloaded packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/, but it does not do it anymore and I can't figure out why.
Configuration is set accordingly IMHO:
# apt-config dump | grep -...
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Grouping apt packages in Debian
I was wondering (and searching all over the place, sorry if I missed an obvious one) if, in Debian, there is any equivalent flag or option to the --virtual of Alpine Linux when installing apt packages....
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How to install R 3.5.1 on Ubuntu 16 with apt-get?
I installed R on Ubuntu 16 using the command
sudo apt-get install r-base
However, the version of R installed is 3.2.3, which is quite old now. I was wondering if there is a way to tune apt-get to ...
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apt-mirror always wants to download
apt-mirror is always trying to download ~430MB (every day).
Downloading 4 dep11 files using 4 threads...
Begin time: Wed Jan 16 09:04:43 2019
[4]... [3]... [2]... [1]... [0]...
End time: Wed Jan 16 ...
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Using apt why do I get file 'network_proxy.conf' in directory '/etc/apt/preferences.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
I get the following warning when I try to install packages.
N: Ignoring file 'network_proxy.conf' in directory '/etc/apt/preferences.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Using apt why do I ...
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Run agt-get install imagemagick on raspberry pi using docker file
I am new to docker in rasppberry pi. I have installed docker on my raspi, and I wanted to create a docker image. This docker image when pulled into another raspi with docker should install imagemagick ...
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No recent Ubuntu 18 updates?
Seems I would normally see something in a week, but now, nothing in 2. When I run sudo apt-get update, what I get is:
sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge ...
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Bad OpenVPN Uninstall
On my Ubuntu 18.04 machine I installed OpenVPN and then later tried to uninstall. Now whenever I try to install anything or do pretty much anything with apt-get I get an error and the package doesnt ...
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