tools for installing and maintaining software packages
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In Arch Linux how can I find out which package to install that will contain file X?
I'm looking for a package that provides a specific binary, so I can install it. how can I search to find out what packages provide this binary? (note: I know there's at least one tool that does this, ...
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1answer
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How to upgrade a tbz package that I create in Freebsd?
I am newbie at freebsd packaging and I want to learn way of upgrade a package. I created a package on my development server and I installed it to test server by
pkg_add foo-1.0.tbz
then I changed ...
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1answer
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How to keep upstart installed-always, don't be replaced by sysvinit?
Each time I do apt-get dist-upgrade, the package sysvinit comes back and replaced upstart. Well, I have some scripts written for upstart, and I need to reinstall it every time (typing the annoying ...
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1answer
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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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3answers
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Yum Cannot Retrieve Repository CentOS 6
I just installed CentOS 6. I tried running yum update and was having trouble getting that to work, so I tried yum clean all and now my situation seems even worse than before. Based upon what I pasted ...
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What stuff can be safely removed for disk space sake?
I am using Scientific Linux. So is there any stuff that can be safely removed from disk except /tmp?
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1answer
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Could not perform immediate configuration on 'libstdc++6' on Nexenta
My original goal was setup service-network-ssh on Nexenta Illumos. As a result of the command
apt-get install service-network-ssh
I got the following message
Reading package lists...
Building ...
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Present USE flags upon emerging a package in gentoo
I was wondering if there are any tools to present the compile time options/ flags of a package in Gentoo when emerging. I am referring to something like this
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2answers
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How can a version of a package conflict with itself?
I want to install fillup and get:
rpm -i fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64.rpm
file /usr/bin/fillup conflicts between attempted installs of \
fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64 and fillup-1.42-268.1.x86_64
...
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4answers
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Install new packages on old unmaintained computer
We have an ancien server (Fedora Core 4) installed in 2005. This server had never been updated. It runs a special software allowing to monitor a production line without being connected directly to the ...
4
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1answer
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Should I restart after a pacman upgrade?
after running
sudo pacman -Syyu
or
sudo pacman -S [something to install]
should I restart just to be safe?
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2answers
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When was the concept of remote repositories invented?
When were remote repositories, for any package manager, invented and implemented?
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Install apache2-mod-mono-2.10
I am trying to install mod-mono for apache so that I can run C# asp.net websites from my server. The project I have is a .net 4 project.
When I go into yast and select apache2-mod-mono for install ...
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1answer
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how to install older version of subversion in linux mint
With linux mint, when I install subversion the .svn metadata folders are not compatible with 1.6.18 of Eclipse subversion plugin (subclipse). I assume the plugin can only process 1.6 compliant ...
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What is the real difference between “apt-get” and “aptitude”? (How about “wajig”?)
I know that both apt-get and aptitude are command line package management interfaces on Debian derived Linux, with different options, but I'm still somewhat confused. Under the hood, aren't they ...
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1answer
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How do I upgrade to the newest Firefox via YaST in OpenSuSE 11.x?
I'm running OpenSuSE 11.2 and I would like to upgrade to the newest version of Firefox (v 8 I believe at the time of this question). I'm not interested in extracting a tarball, I would like to do it ...
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1answer
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Install x11 on my own linux system
I have developed my own tiny linux file system using buildroot and busybox. I used linux-2.6.38.8 kernel configured and cross-compiled for target system(X86) according to needs.Now the filesystem is ...
3
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1answer
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Compile mkvtoolnix for router with customized firmware
I am using my router (asus-rt66u with customized firmware (tomato) as a media server. To get the tools I need, I have been using the optware package manager which has has bunch of cross-compiled ...
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Effect of compiling from source on already installed applications
I use Ubuntu 12.04. Say I have installed package x from the repository (with all its dependencies) at version 1.7 but I need some functionality that is only available in version 1.8, so I download the ...
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1answer
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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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3answers
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See end-nodes of dependency graphs
I'm using Arch Linux, with its Pacman package manager. I want to keep my system as clean as possible, and that includes not having any unused packages installed. But, because of dependencies, it's not ...
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How to find out which (not installed) package a file belongs to?
On Debian systems (and derivatives):
$ dpkg --search /bin/ls
coreutils: /bin/ls
That is, the file /bin/ls belongs to the Debian package named coreutils.
But this only works if the package is ...
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1answer
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How do I find out which package contains an executable? [duplicate]
Suppose I want to use the command eg. from the project info2html and it's not available on my system. Some distro's sometimes suggest packages for some missing commands that are expected (ie. ...
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1answer
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Debian pinning - Use stable but install from testing/unstable when necessary | Also install deps from stable, backports when available
I am configuring a Debian 6 (Squeeze) x86 server, and want to install some packages from testing or unstable when needed, so I'm using pinning.
I have configured my /etc/apt/sources.list as follow:
...
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1answer
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Missing dependency during rpm install
When I install CodeAnalsyt, i get a failed dependency on libbfd-2.20.51 on Centos 6.3.
Binutils is installed on my system and the failed dependency does exists at
...
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1answer
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How can I forcibly remove a package from Ubuntu by hand?
I posted this on ServerFault and got some helpful-looking questions, but no answer in terms of what can I do. What, on a low level, can I do to completely exorcise a package that is jamming aptitude ...
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List packages by installation date
How can I list installed packages by installation date? I installed a lot of stuff to compile a certain piece of code, and I want to get a list of the required packages, which are the ones I installed ...
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How Debian package should create user accounts?
The package qqq.deb installs the program qqq that should run from uqqq user account. The package consist of the "qqq" program, "qqq.conf" config file and "/etc/init.d/qqq" initscript.
How should the ...
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1answer
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how to patch PKGBUILD to lib32
I installed Poco library on my Arch64 system using AUR. Sources were downloaded, compiled and the package succesfully installed. But now I need to patch the PKGBUILD so that I can compile 32-bit ...
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2answers
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Use Synaptic Package Installer by default
I'm running elementary 0.2 and whenever I open a .deb, it opens in Ubuntu Software Center. Is there any way to make it open in Synaptic instead? I just prefer Synaptic; quicker, easier to use.
Thanks ...
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Download ALL rpms for a product
I have two CentOS machines, one 6.3 box (A), and another CentOS 6.1. (B)
6.3 box is with internet connection, 6.1 box is without internet connection.
I want to download ALL dependencies of a product ...
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1answer
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Software Center not opening in Linux Mint
I'm a Linux Mint 14 user. I'm not able to open the software center.
$ software-center
ERROR:root:DebFileApplication import Traceback (most recent call last): File ...
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Reinstall package in CentOS
I am trying to install a perl package and getting the following dependencies error:
[user@localhost Downloads]$ rpm -Uvh ImageMagick-6.8.4-9.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libltdl.so.3 is ...
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1answer
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Can I disable unattended Debian package updates?
Does debian have some sort of automated package update process?
Im using it on a set of fanless PCs and noted that one had become v slow recently. On inspection the network LED showed lots of ...
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6answers
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Ubuntu list explicitly installed packages
In Gentoo there is the file /var/lib/portage/world that contains packages that I explicitly installed. By explicit I mean, packages that I choose, not including anything installed by default, or ...
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3answers
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How can I see which package manager is running?
I'm on Debian 6.0.5 (squeeze) and every now and then I see the following icon in the notifications area of the GNOME2 pannel: but black instead of red. It reads A package manager is working. Usually ...
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2answers
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Install the same 64-bit packages as a 32-bit Xubuntu installation
I have been using a virtual machine (Xubuntu 12.10, with VMWare on a windows host) for all my programming work, which I am trying to transition from a 32-bit install to a 64-bit install. I am hoping ...
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1answer
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Prevent clashing of development version with system packages
What I mean is, I intend to work a bit on an open source project which I already have installed through my system packages. What I'm wondering is if there is a suggested workflow for managing this ...
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How does APT deal with different programs with the same name?
I decided to finally learn vi and as I was doing that I realized that vi wasn't behaving as I expected. I learned from another post that this was because, on Ubuntu, vim-tiny is installed by default.
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How to find which package provides a file?
For example, I can't install package qcad because of error: "can't find qdict.h".
How can I find the package which provides the file qdict.h so I can install the package qcad?
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Oracle 11g R2 on Redhat 6
I have a Solaris background, and I am new in RHEL, and I want to install Oracle 11g on it.
I downloaded Oracle documentation, that illustrate how to install it for RHEL 6.
The following or later ...
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Make yaourt does not reinstall when already installed
Is there a way to make yaourt does not reinstall when the package (from AUR) already installed
$ yaourt -Q jruby
local/jruby 1.7.3-1
but somehow
$ yaourt --needed --noconfirm -S jruby
keep ...
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0answers
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Arch Linux steam installation failed due to signature error
I'm trying to install steam on my Arch and pacman said it can't install and showed
the following error
error: steam: signature from "Daniel Wallace <danielwallace@gtmanfred.com>" is invalid
...
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Where should I put software I compile myself?
I need to compile some software on my Fedora machine. Where's the best place to put it so not to interfere with the packaged software?
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0answers
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Using symbolic links and git to manage build versions
In general I follow the following workflow when I build any program (e.g. emacs, tmux, etc.)
/home/opt/[name of the program]/builds/[version]/
bin
lib
share
For example for a program like tmux I ...
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3answers
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How to apply updates on OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD?
I'm using OpenBSD for quite a while now. All I do, however is go from one release to the next, always just doing an update. I configured the system so it works as my router and firewall, and it works ...
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User-local package management system
I need to deploy, manage and run software as a non-privileged user in SuSE (that is, no root access whatsoever, can't use system's package management, etc).
What are my options?
I'd prefer reusing ...
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How to delete a library which is not visible for package manager?
Long time ago I've installed matplotlib which I need to remove. I did it from the source, so if I go to synaptic manager (I use ubuntu) then I don't see matplotlib installed. But I found ...
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How do I upgrade OpenSSL?
According to these instructions:
http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/NameBasedSSLVHostsWithSNI
I need to use OpenSSL 0.9.8k or later (right now it's on 1.0.0c) to use name based virtual hosts in apache. ...
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How should I deal with Fedora's short life cycle?
I have been using Fedora as my primary distribution since very long. One thing that "bothers" me is its relatively short life cycle. I install its latest release, restore my backup, customize the ...
