Questions tagged [dpkg]
Debian package management system
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Can I configure dpkg to launch kdiff when there's a conflict with a config file update?
We've all seen it...
Configuration file 'blah/blah/blah.conf'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you ...
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This installation of MySQL is already upgraded to 5.7.25?
I used sudo apt upgrade and got this:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
So I did it and I see this for more than an hour.
Setting up ...
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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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Installing libsdl2-dev on Kali 3.18.0 amd64
I'm trying to wrap my head around how to install the libsdl2-dev package on Kali 3.18.0 amd64.
I can see that the package is available in the standard Kali repository here: http://http.kali.org/kali/...
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How to convert a Debian package into a homebrew formula?
There's a Debian package I'm interested in for which no homebrew formula yet exists.
How can I convert a *.deb package file into a homebrew formula?
(FWIW, the Debian package I'm interested in is ...
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linux mint freeze
Linux Mint freezes after a couple of seconds the desktop loads, in a way that I have to shut the power in order to reboot; the mouse doesn't move, Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't do anything and I think even the ...
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which files are shown by dpkg-query -L
I recently ran dpkg-query -L $package on the same package a couple of times and got different results. The difference is that one file, the one we'll refer to as $file, is missing.
In between the ...
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Fix "error processing archive […] Operation not permitted" during apt upgrade
Can somebody please help me fix this error of packages. I tried almost everything present on the internet. I have already tried the "--fix-broken" and "-f" command.
Reading package ...
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"admindir must be inside instdir for dpkg to work properly" when trying to install .deb packages not in root folder
For reasons that are out of the scope of this question, I have to install some libraries on a virtual machine that has no internet connection nor GUI. First, I downloaded all the .deb packages needed ...
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How to customize the call to configure in override_dh_auto_configure for debuild?
In my Debian package build, I have 3 packages: A, B, C to build with debuild. So far all the packages are called with the same configure pattern. How could I customize the call to .configure for all ...
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How to install Debian package manager
I have a testing platform which has minimal Linux on it. It is so lightweight that it lacks all distribution-specific features. The goal is to install dpkg and apt-utils, which I did, by extracting ....
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dpkg install with apt-get autoremove
OS: Debian 8
I wanted to install PepperFlash, which is non-free. I don't anticipate installing many non-free packages, so instead of modifying /etc/apt/sources.list and downloading from the non-free ...
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dpkg - Breaking own package name
I noticed that on the most recent Ubuntu 15.04, many lib*-dev packages have their dependencies set up according to the following pattern:
Package: libstdc++-4.9-dev
[...]
Breaks: ...
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Ubuntu gnome package installation error
When trying to install insight from some ppa repositories i get these errors.
sudo apt-get install insight
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... ...
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apt-get/dpkg can't configure any python related packages
I recently installed Python 2.7 to /usr/local/bin. Now, any time I try to use apt-get it fails on certain python packages as follows:
root@lebowski:/usr/local/bin# apt-get upgrade
Reading package ...
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How to re-install a ubuntu package when sudo dpkg -i does not work?
I am trying to re-install a broken package (tzdata) using dpkg but
sudo dpkg -i tzdata_2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04_all.deb
does not work. Here's the output
dpkg: error processing tzdata_2014e-0ubuntu0....
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Dkpg very very broken, how to repair / start from clean slate?
I am using Ubuntu 10.04. I inherited this set up from a previous employee who was supposed to be administering this machine, so I can not tell you what happened in the lead up to this problem.
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How do I just rebuild the ab binary in apache2-utils on Linux without rebuilding all of apache?
(I'm using Debian).
I downloaded source for apache2-utils via apt-get source.
I just need to apply a patch that applies to ab.c, and I've applied it.
I could rebuild everything using dpkg which will ...
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When trying to install libgcc1 postinst is not found
I am trying to manually install libgcc1 using dpkg. Everything seems to be working okay, until I get the following error:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libgcc1.postinst: No such file or directory
dpkg: postinst ...
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Debian 12 install failed to install grub boot loader and now will only boot into grub and won't dpkg
Hardware:
Mini PC
Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N95
8GB DDR4 RAM
256GB PCIe 1X SSD
Tried to install Debian 12 on whole system from flash but failed to install boot loader and now only boots into grub. ...
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My package manager doesn't work after I upgrade
I don't know why my package manager is not fully working.
halil@ubuntu:Downloads$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
...
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Cannot enable symfollow on ChromeOS
Commands will explain this more briefly than I can:
$ grep ' /t' /etc/mtab
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,nosymfollow 0 0
$ sudo mount -o remount,symfollow /tmp
mount: /tmp: mount ...
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WSL ubuntu always fails with " Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)" error
Trying to use ubuntu in win10 windows subsytem for linux terminal. But if I run any command, such as sudo apt reinstall libpaper1 I get:
Setting up passwd (1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5.20.04.4) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/...
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Python update broke `apt-listchanges`, completely breaking apt & dpkg
OS: Debian 11
OG Python vertion: 3.9
I updated python to 3.10 and did update-alternatives, after which on running pip i got the error:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10 ...
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Everything disappeared from ubuntu desktop
I am posting this question from my phone as I am not able to access taskbar or any apps in the laptop(ubuntu 16.04, 64-bit).
After googling it I found this command
mv ~/.cache/compizconfig-1 ~/.cache/...
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How can capabilities be set for a file across upgrades in dpkg like for permissions with dpkg-statoverride
My goal is to set permanent file capabilities for a file in Debian that is managed by dpkg.
Permissions can be set with dpkg-statoverride but this does not work for cababilities.
I search a tool, I ...
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Setup wireshark to run as non root not working on Ubuntu 20.04
I am pretty new to wireshark and I read that wireshark shouldn't be run as root because of security issues.
Anyway I did the following as mentioned in several places such as this post:
sudo dpkg-...
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dpkg - Configuring systemd results in name regex error
One day, upon attempting to upgrade the packages on my seldom updated Raspberry Pi Zero W, systemd fails to be configured correctly due to what seems to be a bad name to addgroup.
Setting up systemd (...
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Transfer packages from Windows Subsystem to Ubuntu Dual Boot
Apologies if this was asked elsewhere, but I haven't found a solution for my exact situation.
I'm trying to transfer the installed packages from my Windows Subsystem for Linux to the dual-boot I just ...
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dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error
I am getting the following error when trying to install anything using apt-get install:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'libxcomposite-dev' is missing final ...
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Not able to Upgrade or Install any update or some packages aswell
Hey I encountered this error while upgrading. I don't know where did I messed it up.
Whenever I try to upgrade or install or even try to configure dpkg I get this error.
I am facing this issue ...
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Inconcistencies with Debian packages, executing from path, listing with dpkg and looking derivative utilities except apt
Self-explanatory:
$ npm
npm: archivo no encontrado (file not found)
$ whereis npm
npm:
$ which npm
$ apt list npm
Listando... Hecho (listing, done)
npm/stretch-backports 5.8.0+ds6-...
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Replace package from one repo with the same package from another repo
On my debian box, some time ago I needed a newer version of PHP than was available through official repo. I installed these from dotdeb repo (i.e. all php packages have -dotdeb- as part of the version....
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Control filter options for dpkg-source via debian/control file or such?
It turns out that the cmake source code includes some dummy test files whose names end with .a, which is excluded by dpkg-source.
I'd like to have a generic source package CI job, which I would like ...
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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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Ubuntu Build Package From Source
I'm trying to build p7zip_16.02:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/
for Ubuntu 15.10 and 16.04. I'm using the following guide:
http://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html
My ...
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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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Why after that I lost SSH connection during an installation I obtain this "Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open" error message?
I am not so into Linux and I have the following problem.
I was installing RedMine on a remote Ubuntu Server via SSH, following the official tutorial: http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/...
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dpkg installs but node will not run
I downloaded Node from this link: NodeJS ARM7l
and I followed these directions regarding dh_make: tutorial
At the end I run:
dpkg -i ~/Builds/Node/node_5.5.0-1_armhf.deb
and I get:
Selecting ...
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Can I use "gksu" to became root for CLI operation?
I don't care if this is unsafe, because I'm only doing it as a programming exercise, but that's what I want to do:
I want to create a C program that, with the "system" command, will call dpkg and ...
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Moving dpkg to foreground during confirmation screen glitch
I was doing a routine apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on my server. The dpkg program displayed a dialog box about a package that had updated its default ini file. I wanted the new file, but ...
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Ubuntu dependencies hell
pippo@pippo-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading the package list... Done
Generation of the dependency three
Reading state info... Done
Dependents correction... error.
aspell : Dipends: ...
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Finding nearest-top-level recommended packages for a particular Debian package
I am in the process of building a live CD, and to reduce the size of the CD image I need to do without some packages. By default, recommended packages are installed and flipping that switch off turns ...
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Terminator (broken?) dependency
I'm trying to install terminator (term emulator) package on Debian 7.2 (stable) from testing:
Package: terminator
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 1000
But apt complains:
# apt-get install ...
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration
i'm trying to install armory on ubuntu 12.04 but it is not working:
$ sudo dpkg -i armory_0.88.1-beta_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package armory:i386.
(Reading database ... 222699 files ...
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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) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/emacsen-...
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Ubuntu - not able to fix broken package
I'm trying to install Skype on Ubuntu 12, x64. but it is not working. When I try to fix the broken packages I'm getting the following errors:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
...