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Install using synaptic ignoring dependencies
I was trying to install texmaker a latex editor in my debian system from synaptic. It shows in the dependency list texlive-base, texlive-common. etc as dependencies. But I have already installed ...
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How to remove metapackage entirely in Debian
Is there any way to remove meta package and all its packages? Subset of metapackage is packages which don't depend on metapackage by all means. That's why if remove one metapackage only the package's ...
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aptitude search output
Can someone please explain this situation to me?
I do an aptitude search and I get the following output:
i package ...
p package:i386 ...
When I start up synaptic I see package but not ...
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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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Touchpad won't work after login
Everytime I start my computer, when it gets to the login part of GUI, my touchpad works except I cannot turn it off using FnF3 (I'm using a Dell inspiron n4120).
Soon after I log in, the touchpad ...
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Why do I see update-like marks in Synaptic Manager (Mint/Xfce) although there is no update available?
I'm in Linux Mint 14, Xfce.
In Synaptic Manager I see these marks that seem to indicate an available upgrade, but there isn't any.
Update manager finds nothing to upgrade.
For other programs ...
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Can't fetch R updates
since my version of R is not compatible with a package I need for my work I wanted to update it today but received the following error message when trying to download the updates with synaptic:
W: ...
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Broken package system in Linux Mint - Firefox looks like the culprit
Synaptic and the likes are giving me this error:
You have 1 broken package on your system.
I have tried to use the fix broken packages option but Synaptic simply crashes. It seems that Firefox ...
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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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How do I get Synaptic's detailed description pane back?
The Synaptic package manager's main window used to look similar to this (up to at least version 0.63):
Note the three panes.
However, in version 0.75, it looks like this:
So where did the ...
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Synaptics two-finger-tap right-click happens on non-tap
Pardon the horrendous title, I'm not exactly sure how to summarize the issue I'm having. Basically, I have synaptics, and I right-click by tapping two fingers on the touchpad because my touchpad ...
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Disable changelogs
I'm using Synaptic (and occasionally aptitude via ssh) under Debian.
When upgrading packages, there is the extremely annoying behavior of scanning changelogs, which can take a minute or two when ...
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Where do the .deb files go when I select “download only” in Synaptic Package Manager?
Here is the situation. In Synaptic Package Manager, suppose I want to download package files of package_name. I follow following steps: Select package_name> Mark for installation > Accept additional ...
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Mint 12: synaptic package manager error
Yesterday I had the same issue, I solved it by running
sudo synaptic
But today I don't know what's happening, if I run gksu synaptic or gksudo synaptic they don't do anything.
If I go to root and ...
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Mint 12: I can't open synaptic package manager
I have Mint 12 Lisa DVD edition, 32 bit verion. I have kde and gnome. I can't open the Synaptic package manager. When I click on it, I am asked to enter my password, I do so and click authenticate, ...
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Looking for a way to improve synaptic/touchpad palm detection
I find that my touchpad's palm detection is pretty awful. I have set it to the minimum sensitivity not ruining my touchpad use (PalmMinWidth=5, PalmMinZ=1), and I still get random bumps whenever I ...
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debian not accepting administrative password
I have XFCE Debian on an old PowerPC PowerBook G4. When I go to open Synaptic Package Manager, a window pops up asking for my administrative password. I enter the password I normally use for sudo in ...
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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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Unmet acroread dependencies preventing Synaptic install
In Synaptic I am getting the error:
acroread:
Depends: acroread-l10n-en but it is not going to be installed or acroread-l10n
Depends: acroread-debian-files but it is not going to be installed
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In synaptic, is there a way to always expand “Details” when installing a package?
While using synaptic and update-manager in Debian (I'm using unstable), I always like to see what it is doing while installing and always manually expand the "Show installing files" and "Details" ...
