Questions tagged [apt]
The Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) is a package management system for Debian, and a set of tools for manipulating that system.
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Gnuroot - apt install returns permission denied
After successfuly setting up debian stretch on Gnuroot, I wasn't able to install packages. Running dpkg -i on a package returns:
E: seteuid 0 failed - seteuid (13: Permission denied)
E: setegid 0 ...
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Apt says packages have been kept back, what to do? Solutions from other questions don’t work for me
I have the same problem as @Jarle Hammen Knudsen from this question, but the solutions that worked for them somehow don’t work for me. I originally posted this there, but it got deleted because it "...
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Understanding why apt-get will remove certain packages
Is there any easy way to figure out why apt-get will remove certain packages when doing apt-get remove on others?
I'm removing just a bunch of font files, and all of sudden apt-get thinks that my ...
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Using Go installed by non-default golang package on Debian
I am trying to install go 1.8.
The apt package of anything but golang-1.7 doesn't work. Golang-1.7 installs properly, golang-1.8 doesn't. Is the package in the repo wrong/incomplete?
Debian claims ...
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Upgrade Debian Squeeze to Stretch
Doing apt-get update gets the following errors:
Ign http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://security....
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apt is broken relying on broken perl version
while trying to upgrade packages on pibian I am running into the following issues, all issues to resolve it seem to involve upgrading perl which is not possible with apt relying on broken perl
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apt fails for debian jessie when going via apt-cacher-ng
When using a direct connection:
root@cc90861af3e4:/etc/apt/apt.conf.d# apt-get update
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Ign http://deb.debian.org jessie InRelease ...
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Debian postrm running twice and failing
The package:
CMakeLists.txt:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7)
project(sim-runtime)
install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sim-runtime-info DESTINATION bin)
set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB")
set(...
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Why does 'apt/yum install' JUST NOT show actual package URLs?
I know there are commands to show package(.rpm/.deb) URLs without download:
#apt
apt download --print-uris PACKAGE
#yum
repoquery --location PACKAGE
yumdownloader --urls PACKAGE
But for god's sake, ...
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specific systemctl service is stopped after daily apt upgrades and clean activities
I have problem in multiple servers (it happened twice, one per month) where starting Daily apt upgrade and clean activities for some reason stops my specific service and then never starts it, so it is ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 can't run "sudo apt upgrade"
I've been using Ubuntu for a couple months now but just recently the command sudo apt upgrade has stopped working. I get the error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Unable to install MySQL after accidentally installing mariadb
I have tried a complete removal of everything (I even backed up and removed databases) each install comes with a different error; either my.cnf has MARIA DB at the top or dpkg has a config issue ([...
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Can't install openssh using APT, GDebi
I am trying to install openssh-server on my home PC for remote access. openssh-client v1:7.4p1-10 is already installed, so need to install the same server version (or update the client). I am running ...
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How to fix this apt mess?
I'm using PureOS, which is basically Debian with some small tweaks. I tried installing firefox on it, but ended with a complete mess. If I now try to do a basic upgrade, I get this:
$ sudo apt update ...
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Error after running Kali Linux update command
I have downloaded the Kali Linux image and Kali Linux VM image more than 7 times but it shows same error ever time I run the apt-get update command after installing properly.
Get:1 http://ftp.yzu....
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Error when using apt install in Ubuntu shell of Windows 10
I was trying to get python and set up an environment to work on the upcoming project.
In Windows 10 Ubuntu bash, I run the following command successfully:
sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/...
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Debian install of PostGIS extension is installing X packages
I'm trying to install PostGIS on a Debian server running Stretch. I installed PostgreSQL on it without any problems, but when I try to install the package postgresql-9.6-postgis-2.3, the latest ...
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I accidentally removed python, now apt-get is completely broken
So I was having problems installing certbot/letsencrypt becaus eof a python Error. So i decided to remove python
apt-get remove --purge python
But I cannot apt-get install python because It ...
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Broken packages when trying to install VLC on Debian Sid
After upgrading the whole system to Sid, I had some troubles with NVidia drivers, which I had to reinstall. But I noticed that some VLC dependencies got lost alongside the NVidia uninstall process. ...
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Can't select a Candidate version from package as it has no candidate
I have a problem about downloading nmap and its dependencies (to install offline) from an Ubuntu 16.04 computer.
When executing:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends nmap |grep -v "^ ")
I get ...
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upgrade maven in linux distribution for windows
I want to update to the newest version of maven in Windows subsystem for Linux. But using apt install gets the version 3.0.5, while in "windows" I already installed the version 3.3.9.
Is there any ...
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How to resolve unmet dependencies of gnuplot?
I'm on an ubuntu 17.10 machine
sudo apt upgrade gives me the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run '...
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After successful dockerfile build, apt-transport-https vanishes
Over time I've assembled an untidy dockerfile for creating my dev environment and it generally works well. There are a couple of situations, though, where I install something during docker build and ...
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Unable to locate package linux-image-4.8.0-53-generic
I am trying to prepare a Debian 8.9 boot disk following these instructions. Obtaining a kernel image via apt is part of this process. However, if I try
apt install linux-image-`uname -r`
I run into ...
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How to solve apt error "E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages"
I am running this command:
sudo apt install libqt5svg5-private-dev
I receive the error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages ...
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Can't connect to Linux update server using apt-get
I am running Lubuntu 15.04 in VirtualBox and suddenly when I use the apt-get command it is unable to connect to the server I have been using for downloads (ubuntuarchive.mirror.nac.net). The problem ...
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apt-get update using wrong repo address
I've inherited a node that used to connect to our internal server to update and download packages. I've since taken out the node from the internal VLAN, deleted the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory, ...
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How to create an alias for unresolved apt dependencies?
Some time ago I installed a wormsarmageddon.deb that depended on a package named wine. Since no distribution package or PPA I could find provided a package named wine -- but only wine-stable, wine-...
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make not recognizing opam installed ocamlfind
I'm trying to run make involving a dependency on ocamlfind but when I try to install that, it gives me a circular dependency and a dependency on ocaml-base-nox.
I figured out that I could get ocaml-...
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 cant install package python-pkg-resources
I'm trying to install python-pkg-resources in my ubuntu 16.04.3 server, but the same commands that work with 16.04.2 won't do it. The python installed is default Python 2.7.12
Check if python is ...
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Tell dpkg that a dependency is installed when it is not
I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux and it is impossible to install linux-libc-dev but all of the functionality is actually there. In practice its dependency is met. I need to convince DPKG of this ...
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Debug apt / Installing Docker - Unable to locate package docker-ce
I have followed official instructions for Docker installation - Debian Jessie.
In /etc/apt/sources.list it says now,
deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian jessie stable
apt-get ...
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apt connection is broken
After I re-installed Kali-Linux, I got stuck without a connection in terminal. Unable to use apt and even git clone. I followed a tutorial that left me broken because I cannot use apt to re-install ...
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Can't install linux-libc-dev in Ubuntu on Windows
I'm trying to install linux-libc-dev with apt-get in Windows Subsystem for Linux (ubuntu), but I get an error and I can't seem to resolve it:
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/...
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Upgrade only first n number of packages in Debian
I want to upgrade only first 10 packages in upgrade list in debian because it's total size is too large to download at single time. Is there any way to do so?
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Enqueue apt operation
Can I enqueue e.g. apt-get install somepackage?
For instance during an upgrade, I remember that I need to install htop and apt-get install htop complains about a lock. Then, it would be nice if I ...
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HTTP 404 on “sudo apt-get update”
I am using Linux Mint. When I try to update packages using the command sudo apt-get update, I get this problem:
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How should one deal with "The following package disappeared from your system..."?
On dpkg-/apt-based systems, it is possible to encounter a message such as the following:
The following package disappeared from your system as
all files have been overwritten by other packages:
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How to prevent apt upgrade from installing manually installed library
I have a library that I built from sources in a version that is not yet available in the debian archives. Another package requires it and apt upgrade wants to install the older version. How can I ...
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E: flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed whenever trying to install any software or to update in Kali Linux 2.0
#apt-get update
Fetched 26.5 MB in 3min 1s (146 kB/s)
Output directory /var/lib/debtags/ does not exist
Reading package lists... Error!
E: flAbsPath on /var/...
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How to remove a text from a txt
This is my txt file.
apache2 install
apache2-bin install
apache2-data install
apache2-utils install
libapache2-mod-php5.6 ...
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Why apt-cache policy shows wrong version for deb on mirror
If I run apt-cache policy wine, I would see the version of packet as follows
wine:
Installed: 1.6.2-20
Candidate: 1.6.2-20
Version table:
1.8.6-5 0
650 http://mirror.yandex.ru/...
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Why apt would not downgrade a package
I have some package that I want to manually downgrade. If I run apt-cache policy, I see the needed version:
$ apt-cache policy foo-package | head
foo-package:
Installed: 0.21.0-0
Candidate: 0.21....
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after debian stretch install (RC3), apt signature issue(s)
For what it is worth, I've just re-installed stretch and the problem is gone.
Perhaps I just did something thumb-fingered...
Earlier this week (april 17) I installed debian stretch on my desktop ...
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FireFox not uninstalling on Linux
I am a Google Chrome user, and I notice that new Linux distributions always come pre-installed with FireFox.
Whenever I try to uninstall, I get this:
sudo apt remove --purge firefox firefoxdriver
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How to safely downgrade apache version to one not suitable for current gnome state?
I want to downgrade apache2-bin package from 2.4 version to 2.2.22-1 from some snapshot repository. But there is gnome-user-share pack that depends on apache2-bin 2.4 and, as I understood, the part of ...
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Why doesn't `apt-get -f install` happen automatically?
Occasionally with Ubuntu, if my packages get in a tangle, I need to run apt-get -f install to fix it.
If this is a routine fix, why doesn't it happen automatically?
Is there any reason I wouldn't ...
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Apt states that it's halting because it can't install an already-installed package/version
The package it's complaining about is already installed. I've done a "apt-get -f install" and "dpkg --configure -a" but it doesn't change anything. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the dependencies. I'...
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Windows 10 bash apt update service disable
I'm using Windows 10 and Bash on Windows 10.
Can I disable automatic apt-get update? It's annoying when I play game and it's updating because my screen freeze for 3 seconds. It happends every 15 - 30 ...
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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
I've got an Ubuntu 16.04 server in production on which I wanted to install node and npm. So I ran this:
sudo apt install nodejs nodejs-legacy npm
The nodejs-legacy package is solely meant to have a ...