the base software for Debian package management
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What are the pros/cons of deb vs. rpm?
For whatever reasons, I've always used RPM based distros (Fedora, Centos and currently openSUSE). I have often heard it stated that deb is better than rpm, but when asked why, have never been able to ...
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How to make dpkg faster?
Package (un)installation on a Debian system is horribly slow, partly because it works with a whole bunch of (small) files. Short of getting a faster storage, how do I speed it up? I'm thinking maybe ...
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How can I reliably “hold” a package in Debian?
I have a package in Debian that has been manually patched (not ideal, I know) that I must hold at its current version so upgrades don't overwrite the patched changes (I will manually inspect and apply ...
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Installing a .deb package in home directory
Is it possible to install a .deb package completely under my home directory at debian?
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Conflict? dpkg, apt, apt-get, aptitude, and synaptic
So, I ssh into a (very) remote Ubuntu 10.4 server to do some admin and web dev+design. And I was looking through the various package manager options.
There's a lot.
The big ones are dpkg, apt, ...
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Install a .deb completely 'by hand'
So, I recently acquired a brand new Nokia N900 phone off of an online auction site for a fairly reasonable price. The N900 is a Linux phone, and it came out a long time ago, but it's only just now ...
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Firefox circular-dependency hell on Linux Mint 13
Having difficulty re-installing Firefox, after an installation to resolve places.sqlite issues. It appears that I'm trapped in circular dependency hell.
Need to resolve firefox dependency hell to ...
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How to list currently not installed packages?
I'd like to output a list of all currently not installed packages (they are visible in Synaptic for example) using only shell commands. How do I do this?
Thanks!
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I cannot install new packages: “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock”
I am new to Linux (installed Ubuntu for the first time yesterday), and have never dealt with any unix-based OS. I started using Linux for the sole purpose of collaborating code with my partners via ...
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How to fix zramswap error?
I installed zramswap-enabler on Ubuntu 11.10 using the ppa but when installing programs or running system upgrades I get this error:
Setting up zramswap-enabler (0.2.1-0~12~oneiric1) ...
start: Job ...
4
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1answer
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Sharing code between dpkg scripts
What is the standard way to share code between the dpkg scripts (preinst, postinst, prerm, postrm)?
I can see how to share code between just postinst and prerm (by installing it as part of the ...
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Is dpkg available for Cygwin?
I don't use Windows all that often, but I've found my self in a position where I'm stuck in front of one quite a bit temporarily. So I've been investigating Cygwin. My question is dpkg available for ...
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Not able to lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock (read only)
I was trying to install ruby on my remote server(this is a vm machine(debian) in a esxi server . ) I got this error:
The Command:
sudo apt-get install ruby1.8
Error :
W: Not using locking for read ...
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Install downloaded packages with dependencies
I sometimes download .deb packages from the internet and install them with dpkg -i package.deb If the packages have unmet dependencies. How can I install the dependencies automatically (similar to ...
3
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1answer
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Installed using apt-get, then ran out of storage
I attempted to install a large package, forgetting that I had little space left, and now I am a little stuck.
When I attempt to remove any packages I get the following error:
E: dpkg was ...
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1answer
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listing packages in Debian, a la `dpkg -l`, but including the package origin/source
I want to list all packages of the form
$ dpkg -l libav\*
but in addition to this output, I would like the origin/source (I'm not sure of the preferred term) of each package. If the package doesn't ...
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dpkg: new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
I ended up dealing with a software meant to be deployed using dpkg. The .deb package works fine on the test env but fail on staging. Both are running the same version of Ubuntu but I am not 100% sure ...
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How to install StackApplet on Debian?
I would love to install StackApplet on Debian 6.0.2!
I downloaded 'stackapplet_1.4.0_all.deb' and ran following command:
root@debian:/home/dagrevis/Downloads# dpkg -i stackapplet_1.4.0_all.deb
...
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Why did 'apt-get install ffmpeg' fail?
I dont understand how or why apt-get install failed. It mentions ssmtp which is simple smtp which i use to send mail from my server to my google apps account. I dont understand what is wrong or how to ...
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1answer
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Prompting for input in post-install script in dpkg
I am writing a debian package and need to prompt the user for some textual details(default password, etc), as well as some one-of-many choices("Pick one of the following: foo, bar"). Will shell ...
2
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1answer
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Where is tcl-doc man page stored?
I installed tcl-doc. Prior to installation "man tcl" gave nothing. Now it gives a page.
When I do
"dpkg -L tcl-doc" I get
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/tcl-doc
...
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1answer
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Is my apt-get dependency tree corrupted?
I wanted to uninstall the libboost libraries. I wrote in the console:
sudo apt-get remove libboost-*
But looking more precisely at the console output, I noticed apt-get was ready to remove several ...
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1answer
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Apt-get refuses to stop trying to install Acroreader
I'm using Mint 13 if that matters. And I'm new.
Anyway, I tried installing Adobe Reader 9 using their installer from:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Unix
...
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1answer
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Aptitude Search reports package installed, while Aptitude Show reports it not installed - how is that possible?
me@friedly_server:~$ aptitude search samba-tools
i samba-tools - Samba testing utilities
me@friendly_server:~$ aptitude show samba-tools
...
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1answer
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Can't install anything
I'm not able to install, update or do anything else with apt-get, aptitude, dpkg and so on.
The lock-file /var/lib/dpkg/lock exists from boot-time on. When I delete it and run apt-get update, it ...
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1answer
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apt-get won't install: dpkg: files list for package 'gnome-themes-standard-data' is not a regular file
I'm trying to install packages to get a webcam stream running on my raspberry pi. All of a sudden, apt-get is totally busted -- every time I try to install, reinstall or purge something that might fix ...
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1answer
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Creating a Debian package that does not remove directories after it's purged
I'm trying to create a Debian package that doesn't delete an empty directory after it's purged. Specifically, I'm creating my own package containing some CA certificates I trust.
I'm following ...
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Get package sources and repository link
Is there any way (dpkg, apt?) to get a package's sources and URL to repository, if available, in Debian ?
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debian: Remove or reinstall package in a very bad inconsistent state
I'm having a package management problem:
At some point, I must have interrupted an update or something, because the bluez package has broken. I've tried removing and/or reinstalling, but I get ...
2
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1answer
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What user installs a .deb package?
I am experiencing a behavior in the installation of a .deb package that I don't really understand.
I have a set of "things" in my computer that I deploy to remote computers using a .deb package. I ...
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3answers
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Can't install dpkg on Linux 2.6.18
I have a virtual machine that I am trying to use. It doesn't seem to have dpkg or apt-get, so I downloaded the source from http://packages.debian.org/sid/dpkg-dev.
If I run ./configure followed by ...
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How /var/lib/dpkg/lock works?
/var/lib/dpkg/lock is file that holding a lock when "A package manager is working". But how this system works? I have /var/lib/dpkg/lock everytime when I have Linux working. When I use one of package ...
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dpkg and google-chrome don't get along with gnome
Install fine. Works fine. Next day the logo and apps menu entry is gone. Doesn't seem to matter what I do. On installation, GDebi refused to install the package, and crashed instead, so I used dpkg ...
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Can I determine what changed in an upgraded package using apt or dpkg on Debian 6?
I just did an apt-get upgrade on my Debian 6 development server and noticed that a certain package named tinyproxy was upgraded. I have a particular interest in seeing precisely what changed in that ...
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Install ffmpeg 0.7.1-5 from debian package
I downloaded this package for ffmpeg.
When I try to install it with command
sudo dpkg -i ffmpeg_0.7.1-5_i386.deb
it writes this error message:
Unpacking ffmpeg (from ffmpeg_0.7.1-5_i386.deb) ...
...
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Replacing Multiple Debian Packages from Compiled Source
I've had to download and install a version of a library from its source code repository. The problem is is that other packages from the Kubuntu package manager require this library to be installed. ...
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Understanding aptitude's behavior on a machine with multiple archives enabled
I'm having to deal with a Debian server, which initially was Squeeze, I believe, but where administrator enabled several distributions:
deb http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ stable main contrib ...
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“apt-get -f install” Fails Due to “dpkg” Error Code:
When I run apt-get -f install, I get the following abnormal output:
Setting up cups (1.5.0-8) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error ...
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The dependency isn't installed
I'm testing my .deb package and cannot find out why it doesn't install the dependencies:
The control file's Depends line is:
Depends: zend-grid-module, postgresql-8.4, ${shlibs:Depends}, ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu Could not purge package
I've tried to install oracle-java7-installer package from custom repository onto Ubuntu 12. It was failed during executing some post-installation script.
So. I want just to rollback it and proceed ...
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Debian Squeeze not whole of package contents installed [closed]
When I do apt-get install usb-modeswitch-data, not all of it's contents are installed under /etc/usb_modeswitch.d. I looked inside package and wasn't able to understand how could it be -- there were ...
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How to fix “ambiguous package name 'libglib2.0-0'” problem?
Using Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit, whenever I try apt-get [anything] or dpkg [anything] I get this error:
dpkg: error: el fichero de registros de disparadores menciona un
nombre de paquete ilegal ...
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Weird issue with unmet dependencies when cloning package states from earlier installation on same machine
I've been doing the usual routine of saving the package selections and also marking the packages as auto or manual as outlined in the question and answer here: Restoring all data from backup of dpkg ...
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dpkg sees them, but apt-get can't remove them?
(similar to the question Uninstalling default VBoxGuestAdditions on Debian but a Ubuntu install, and the solution there isn't working for me?)
and really the issue seems to be with dpkg/apt-get not ...
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Dependencies between shared libraries in the same Debian packages
Suppose I want to create a package with multiple shared libraries - call it libfoo, which contains liba.so.1 and libb.so.1. Now, say liba.so.1 uses a symbol from libb.so.1. If I compile like this, ...
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Clearing dpkg downloaded data?
I'm using dpkg (Cydia), and a package keeps saying that it's downloading 26.2 MB, and resuming at 166.0 kB. It is consistently failing to install properly. Is there a way to clear this "saved data" ...
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Determining Dependencies and Installing from Directory
I have a directory with all Dependencies in .deb format.
But there are lots of them. I need only those that i need for gimp.
biggenius@hacbook:~/Desktop/rocks/packages$ dpkg-deb -I ...
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Mysql server remove/install problem - horribily broken
I'm having the same issue as Ken did on this post; Removing broken packages .
And I did pretty much what Ken did except to different packages. Now, I'm stuck with unclean hooks. I've detailed my ...
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Best practices for attaching debug symbols to system libraries during development?
I'm at a stage in a project where it would be really handy to have a debug version of a system package installed. On Ubuntu at least, adding the debug symbols to a library is a piece of cake. ...
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How to fix dpkg-buildpackage: command not found? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find out which (not installed) package a file belongs to?
The wish is to install hd-idle on a bare Debian 6.0.6 installation.
For installation the hd-idle ...
