Questions tagged [software-installation]
Installing software on a running system, either as binaries or from source. This is usually done using your system's package manager.
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Debian 10 Odoo 17 apt install odoo
I'm trying to install Odoo 17 on Debian 10. However, its giving me invalid syntax.
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/odoo/tools/sql.py", line 65
def __new__(cls, code: (str | SQL) = ...
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Why is permisson denied with n latest?
I tried n latest
cp: cannot create directory '/usr/local/lib/node_modules': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/bin/node': Permission denied
cp: cannot create symbolic link '/...
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Unable to "yum install" on Oracle Linux 7 machine
I get the following error:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, ulninfo
http://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml:
[Errno 14] curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: yum.oracle....
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Installing TOR on ec2 instance
As part of a research I am doing I am trying to install TOR package on a Amazon ec2 server.
I have added the repo name to my repos configuration (following this tutorial: https://www.torproject.org/...
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Install userspace programs on server without root access
I would like to install some programs on my work development server because it is missing some programs I need for my day to day job. I don't have root access.
What I did up to now is compiling the ...
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Installing Qt 6 on CentOS 7
I need to install Qt 6 development files to build a third-party application in CentOS 7. I have been informed that the following packages are required on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
qt6-base-dev
qt6-tools-dev
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Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate issuer is unknown
When trying to update Google Chrome the following error message appears:
Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The
certificate issuer is unknown. Could not handshake: ...
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What is the meanning of these messages I get while installing virtualbox on openSUSE?
I ran sudo zypper install virtualbox to install virtualbox on openSUSE 15.5.
I got the following output:
Retrieving repository 'Update repository of openSUSE Backports' metadata ..........................
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OSSEC HIDS Installation Error (Urgent)
When I try to run the ./install.sh script for the OSSEC HIDS, I keep getting these weird errors:
/usr/bin/ld: client-agent/config.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `server_ibuf'; client-agent/...
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How do I create a Debian package for a python program?
I created a python game that I want to distribute on my website via a Debian package. The game has a few dependencies that are usually not installed (such as pygame) on some Linux computers, but often ...
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Where should a local user executable be placed (under $HOME)?
I have an executable for the perforce version control client (p4). I can't place it in /opt/local because I don't have root privileges. Is there a standard location where it needs to be placed under $...
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How To Install Apps Without Sudo or Admin Privileges
I want to install a Game Client thing called Steam (here). It downloads a .deb package but needs root or admin password to install. I need a way to install and get Steam working without admin or root ...
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"dpkg: error processing archive" when trying to install python3-samba
I'm still early in my understanding of Linux and computers in general. I have a Raspberry Pi 3, and I'm trying to install python3-samba, and I've encountered some errors that I'm not too sure about ...
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Where is Netbeans installed on Ubuntu?
I installed Netbeans on my Ubuntu 11.10 machine. I used the combined method, so Netbeans and JDK are installed from a single file. However, now that it's installed I can't figure out how to start ...
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Trouble with MESA SDK setup: Missing prerequisites for mesasdk_init.sh
I am facing an issue while trying to set up the MESA SDK on my system. When I run the command:
source $MESASDK_ROOT/bin/mesasdk_init.sh
I encounter the following error:
mesasdk_init.sh: checking ...
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Is not possible install MySQL 8 on Fedora Workstation 39
Through VirtualBox was installed Fedora Workstation 39. Now I tried to install MySQL 8 server . I got the mysql80-community-release-fc39-1.noarch.rpm file from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ about ...
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python3-psutil error when trying to install terminator in kali linux
I am trying to install terminator on Kali Linux 2022.2 and get the following error.
$ sudo apt install terminator
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state ...
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Would the `install` command help me merge a build directory into the root filesystem?
I have successfully built a project from source and would like to use it. For various reasons I do not have a simple make install command available but I noticed that the sufficient portion of the ...
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How can I move a file to /usr/local/bin?
For some preliminary information, I am using WSL2. This is my first time using Linux.
I would like to install Typst which is similar to LaTeX.
I have used wget to download the file for my computer ...
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Yocto project installation error
I installed the Yocto project in Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I followed steps what they given in the yocto website
Supported Linux Distributions.
$ sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip ...
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missing zlib when configuring dropbear
when I ran ./configure in dropbear, it says missing zlib;
however, I've already added the prefix, i.e., --prefix, to point to the correct directory for zlib, but the problem still persists.
I'm ...
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When is it safe to do a make deinstall?
So I followed this post on the FreeBSD forums
It was asking me a lot of prompts and I was like "I'm just going to see
if it works".
After it failed to compile I was like "let me remove ...
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"CREATE EXTENSION postgis" fails with 'could not access file "$libdir/postgis-3"'
# dnf list installed | grep postgresql
VRTSnbpostgresqlagent.x86_64 9.1.0.0-1620848511 @System
postgresql.x86_64 ...
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Unable to locate package `docker-ce` on a 64bit ubuntu
I'm trying to install Docker on a Ubuntu 64 machine following the official installation guide.
Sadly Ubuntu seems it is not able to locate the docker-ce package. Any idea to fix it or at least to ...
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Installing oh-my-zsh without git
How can I install oh-my-zsh from master on the machine behind firewall and without git and internet access?
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Can I install programs in linux from any directory?
I am using the latest Linux Mint 21.2.
Can I install programs from any directory? For example, if I want to install vim, can I write sudo apt install vim in any directory and linux installs it ...
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libreadline dependency related Error while installing an app, “seedsync”
I was trying to install Seedsync.
I followed the instructions on their github
Download the deb package from the latest release
Install the deb package:
sudo dpkg -i <deb file>
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Fail to yum install libstdc++.so.6 when installing db2 v11.5 in redhat OS
Good day,
I am trying to install DB2 V11.5 (64 bit) in red hat OS.
However, I having some warning message as follow:
Summary of prerequisites that are not met on the current system:
DBT3514W ...
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libreadline.so.6: cannot open shared object file. Have libreadline-7 and dev
Im getting the error below while trying to run vtysh for some network simulations
vtysh: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or ...
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Problems Installing XCRYSDEN in CYGWIN
I am trying to install XCrySDen on my computer (Windows) and I am using cygwin for this. I am following the instructions perfectly:
> $ tar xvf xcrysden-1.5.53.tar.gz
$ cd xcrysden-1.5.53/
$ cp ...
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Can I make Tkinter available in virtual environments, without including it in the system Python?
I am running Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon, and I have some virtual environments created (using the standard library venv module) from the system Python (no other Python installations), which is version 3....
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Installing a .deb package locally
On a Debian system how can I extract and install a .deb package located in one folder and its dependencies located in a "pool" of other folders, using apt, dpkg and Synaptic respectively?
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I ...
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How would I install a different copy of linux on a old laptop?
TLDR; I am trying to install a GUI version of Linux on an old laptop with Ubuntu Server already installed, but get a grub error when I boot. How can I get past this problem.
error: file '/boot/grub/...
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Hanging at "Running Transaction Test" when trying to install php-soap
I have here a CentOS 5 and I'm trying to run yum install php-soap but the installer hangs on and the last step is Running Transaction Test.
I found out that NFS shares are the problem. See here or ...
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How do I interact with a program that requires clicking on its system tray icon if my GUI doesn't have a dynamic system tray?
In the installation process for Talon, I need to install the Conformer voice engine by right-clicking the Talon system tray icon. I'm currently running Mabox and a couple of ricing decisions I've ...
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Why is it necessary to run 'dpkg-reconfigure' on bodged installs?
I recently became acquainted with the restorative power of dpkg-reconfigure following a bodged installation of the GNU mailutils package. At the end of the installation process a dialog (ncurses?) ...
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Asterisk v13 on Kali Linux: No RTP engine was found. Do you have one loaded?
I installed Asterisk and tried to make a call with zoiper
but I get an error [call failure 401 forbidden]
and Asterisk return this message :
Connected to Asterisk UNKNOWN__and_probably_unsupported ...
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Problem when using alien to install Oracle SQL Developer
I am trying to use alien --scripts to make a .noarch.rpm file into a .deb file, however, it is not working. I am trying to install Oracle SQL Developer:
I have downloaded the sqldeveloper-4.0.3.16.84-...
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What is the practical consequence of the message "unable to initialize frontend: Dialog" when installing packages in a non-standard shell?
When I install some software packages from Emacs in a non-interactive shell, say from an org-babel file some of the packages result in the message below:
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
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TigerVNC installation on CentOS 7 (as in Red Hat System Administrator's Guide )
I want to install TigerVNC on my freshly installed CentOS 7 server,
version centos-release-7-4.1708.el7.centos.x86_64.
So besides other tutorials I've tried already, I followed the
Red Hat guide.
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Failing to install PyPi package gdown via py2dsp
On Debian-like/apt-based distributions, instead of installing Python packaged system-wide with pip install --system, we use APT packages. Here:
Install a Python package on Debian/Devuan when apt has ...
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Into which directory should I install programs in Linux?
I want to install a program in Linux and run it as a daemon. (Team Speak 3 in this case, but the question is general in nature). There is no package provided, only tarred binaries.
Where in the ...
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How do I install non-free firmware in Debian 12 (Bookworm)?
How do I install non-free firmware using the advanced package tool (APT) in Debian 12 (bookworm)?
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Command or tool to interpret and read asciidoctor syntax through terminal?
For a .adoc file to write documentation, it based on the asciidoctor syntax, is possible through GUI use either VSCode or AsciiDocFX to see a preview. Therefore the asciidoctor syntax is rendered/...
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How to install tor browser in Kali Linux?
How to install Tor Browser in Kali linux?
Is it possible to install Tor Browser using the package manager in the same way as Debian 11?
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How to install Postfix 3.7.4 or newer (ex: 3.8.3) on AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS and other RedHat 9.2 derivatives
I'm on AlmaLinux 9.2 (Turquoise Kodkod) with the most recent Postfix version available being 3.5.9, and I’m facing an issue with Postfix and OpenSSL 3 (link) which was fixed on Postfix 3.7.4.
I saw ...
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Cannot install packages, error: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
I already few days cannot install any packages, I getting this error:
dpkg: error: unable to access the dpkg database directory /var/lib/dpkg: Read-only file system
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg ...
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delete a package/app installed with pacman -U option
I have installed a docker desktop application on my Arch Linux xfce4 and I want to delete it because I want to only use docker-cli (because the docker desktop conflicts with docker-cli in services and ...
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How do I add a system-wide environment variable for my software?
How can I set an system-wide environment variable for my software installation such that all users will inherit it?
I only need to be compatible with both CentOS 7+ and Fedora 30+, as this is what I'...
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Fail to Compile libgcrypt
libgpg-error-1.4.7 did install:
$ ls /opt/libgpg-error-1.47
bin include lib share
And I tried to configure libgcrypt-1.10.2:
$ ./configure --with-libgpg-error-prefix=/opt/libgpg-error-1.47
config....