Questions tagged [debian]
Questions specific to the Debian official distribution (stable, testing, or unstable); if you are using a derivative of Debian (e.g. Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, etc), then use that distribution’s tag instead.
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Cannot Install libpng12-0 on Debian
Anytime I attempt to install libpng12-0 with this command:
sudo apt-get install libpng12-0
I get this returned:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How to recover home backup into almost new Debian?
I am thinking how to recover .tar.gz HOME backup into almost a new Debian system safely (some files can exist and should be preserved so rsync -u).
My main PC broke so I have to use a backup Debian ...
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Does keeping empty space in /home/$username has any benefit?
I have 3 partitions -
/ - This has something close to 200 GB (more than anything else I might need in near or far future)
swap - 2 GB
/home - 200 GB
/data - 500 GB (all those movies)
Now unlike ...
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Quagga stopped working after updates in Stretch
Today, after the updates, in my DNS server using Debian Stretch, OSPF stopped working and thus the server does not belong to the DNS anycast group.
When I try to do /etc/init.d/quagga start, the init....
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Using the /tmp folder for backups, recommended?
Is it safe to put my temporary manual backups of my website codebase and database into the /tmp folder? I'm running Debian 8. I want to leave them there for a couple days. I am not sure if this ...
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No locale console Debian Stretch
I just tried installing Debian Stretch alpha8 today using the netinstaller. So far so good, the installation went through just fine.
I used the advaced graphical installer and did not select to ...
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Ghost NTP server on Debian 8.6
So the university IT security team and I have been going around and around on this with no breaks... anyone have any thoughts on this:
I recently set up a small file server for my lab running Debian ...
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Not mounting NFS shared folders with vagrant libvirt provider in Debian Jessie
I have a problem with VM virtualization and vagrant libvirt provider for mounting NFA shared folders.
With the help of @Infernix in github, I was able to properly install the instance of libvirt but ...
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Reset vmstat statistics without rebooting
Running vmstat will give you the average virtual memory usage since last reboot. The si and so values give the average virtual memory I/O. For example:
root@mymachine# vmstat
procs -----------...
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How to make wicd set dhcp-based routing?
I have a Beaglebone (Debian) with two network interfaces: eth0, usb0.
usb0 is enabled by ifup from the system start (and used by udhcpd later)
eth0 is started by wicd when users connects a cable
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Script working manually but not in cron - not calculating var? [duplicate]
I am making a GFFS backup script for a school assignment but I've encountered some issues with it. It works like this:
/etc/backup/backup.sh PERIOD NUMBER
I have added the following lines in cron:
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Starting script to set monitor configuration
Morning all, I am trying to run a little script on startup I wrote to configure my desktop if the VGA1 output is connected (which it is). Running BunsenLabs-Hydrogen (Debian based).
Script:
#!/bin/...
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Periodic shutdown with popup-message and skip/delay-button
I want a computer (Debian, XFCE) to shutdown every day at
a specific time as well as
a pop-up window in advance telling about the immanent shutdown with, say OK, Skip and Delay 60 min buttons.
I ...
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How to find package by directory?
How can I find the package (in Debian) that contain a file with path that contains a certain substring?
Example: find all packages (installed or not) that contain a file with path that contains "/...
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How to set dd/mm/yy for command-prompt in zsh?
I am on zsh (not using oh-my-zsh) and want to have a custom command prompt.
Currently it just gives the hostname and % as command prompt -
[code]
think-debian% hostname
think-debian
[/code]
what ...
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Linux - Debian 8 - Suspend Computer but never spin down HDD
I am running a homeserver with several services using Debian and in order to save energy and to reduce the noise I am suspending the computer when I don't need any services.
To enhance the lifetime ...
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Debian all tty hang on "Loading Please Wait" (Graphical Login works fine)
Graphical login works fine, but I need to be able to stop the xserver to install some packages, and then resume xserver. But all tty hang on"Loading pleas wait"
Edit: And just in general I like to ...
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debian from testing to stable but *not* via downgrade
Gentlemen:
I just installed jessie and several packages. Then I go to my '/etc/apt/sources.list' and I see that it's tracking testing! I want stable! Thing is that I've already done a 'dist-upgrade' ...
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bluez: bluetooth headphones cannot reconnect after disconnecting
I can pair my bluetooth headset with my laptop once. But when I disconnect my headset, I cannot reconnect it again. The only way it works is to restart the bluetooth daemon:
service bluetooth ...
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Debian kernel update (Required for my wireless firmware to work) issues - unmet dependencies linux-base
I am a first-timer user of linux, and I have been able to fix all issues I have met until this one.
Upon trying to upgrade the kernel version to something above 4.1 from Debian backport, I am met ...
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Unable to use bluetooth device in Debian Jessie 8.6
I recently installed Debian Jessie 8.6 as a clean install.
The only thing I kept was my HOME partition.
After the installation finished, I wanted to connect my bluetooth headphones but they couldn't ...
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Debian packaging: whats the difference between patches and changelog?
I am making a new package from a project that I've been working on for practice. I've been using git, and I've noticed similarities between it and the Debian packing system. What's confusing me is ...
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How to find anything equivalent as R poppler in Debian?
I am trying to reproduce the proposal of the thread here, to get the amount of pages in a pdf document by R, but I cannot install R poppler in Debian 8.5 as root
> install.packages("Rpoppler")
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How do you get the kernel config to compile a new kernel?
I have patched several kernels in the past with GRsec but have always been able to find the config under /boot. This is a OVH box but I can't find any config located anywhere.
Is there a way to get ...
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Why did Debian 8 Jessie install the GNU bootloader onto my computer?
I recently installed Debian 8 Jessie onto a USB stick, but even without the USB stick inserted I get a prompt from the GNU bootloader every time I start my computer.
I find this highly unusual as I ...
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Why is Timidity taking up all processing power of one core
So I asked earlier about why timidity was running on my system and got a good explanation that related to systemd.
Now I am wondering why it is hogging one of my cores (my processor is an AMD Athlon(...
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LightDM says "Password Incorrect" sometime while it isn't
Sometimes I can't login with LightDM (with it's GTK greeter), because it says "Password Incorrect", while I've typed correctly. When that happens, I need to login at TTY1 and restart the LightDM ...
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xpra not working after upgrading debian
Once upon a time, I installed xpra and have been using it without problem.
Then my harddrive crashed. I installed a new identical one, and restored a dd image of 6 months ago (before I had installed ...
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Timidity running and hogging one core of my CPU
Twice now (with some time between, a few weeks I think) has Timidity started out of nowhere when I start up my computer from sleep. It takes up all the processing power of one of my cores and has been ...
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Why is /var/www/html writable only by root (by default)?
After setting up LAMP (on Debian) and then looking at /var/www/html's permissions, I was surprised that it is only writeable by root (drwxr-xr-x 1 root root).
Presumably PHP scripts can create files ...
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Removing nameserver from resolv.conf
I want my PC (Debian Jessie, running OpenVPN) to only use my VPN DNS. My resolv.conf file looks like this:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT ...
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Problem installing ZoneMinder from jessie-backports under Debian 8
Starting from a stable Debian 8 installation I did the installation steps in these links:
https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installationguide/debian.html
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/...
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Debian install, mounting /var /tmp /home in the same partition
I'm making a new Debian install. I have a SSD and an HDD. My idea was to put /home, /var and /tmp on the same partition in the HDD, and the rest (/) in a tiny partition in the SSD.
I followed this ...
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Can't get past 1024x768 resolution [Intel Graphics XORG] [Debian Jessie Mate environment]
My Debian Jessie with Intel Graphics can't go above 1024x768 resolution.
I've tried all kinds of guides, and I'm here coz I couldn't made it work.
xserver-xorg-video-intel was installed ...
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How to resolve systemd (code=exited, status=227/NO_NEW_PRIVILEGES)?
I am trying to install the GitLab community package on a Debian Stretch system, but one of its dependencies, redis-server, fails to install when starting the service using systemd.
Complete log:
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Cannot load libphp5.so undefined symbol: unixd_config apache service not start
When I trying to restart apache service getting below error:
root@localhost:/# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
[FAIL] Restarting web server: apache2 failed!
[warn] The apache2 configtest failed. ... (...
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Building software for Linux generated using multistrap
I am working on an embedded device with ARM CPU and Debian Jessie constructed using multistrap. It seems I need to install a slightly patched version of ModemManager into that system and what I am ...
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How do I get a deleted icon(widget) back in KDE Search & Launch?
This has happened to me before, but I wasn't able to google a proper answer: I didn't have a habit of locking my widgets in KDE(Needless to say, I do now) and once in a blue moon I delete an icon from ...
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How to input Japanese in Debian?
I have a serious issue in inputting Japanese in Debian distribution via xterm I configured the following file:
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
with the following:
Section "InputClass"
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Difference between locale-archive and Machine Object files in /usr/share/locale/<locale_dir>/LC_MESSAGES/ directory?
As I understand, locale-gen utility generates /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive database based on entries in /etc/locale.gen file and locale template/configuration files in /usr/share/i18n/locales/. In ...
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Problems with MySQL 5.7 and reset root password when use mysql_config_editor
I am using MySQL 5.7.17 on Debian Jessie and wanted to dump the database using mysqldump with mysql_config_editor.
The steps I did for the mysql_config_editor. They are:
mysql_config_editor set --...
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How to have a custom command prompt in zsh?
How to have a command prompt in zsh?
This is what I want to have -
[username@host]-[short-directory-path]-[time]$
Currently it just gives hostname with a different prompt -
think-debian% hostname
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After X server update 1.18.4 `su -- pi -c "startx" &` not working anymore
My raspberry pi (Jessie) updated xserver-xorg-core to 1.18.4 from 1.17.2
Now su -- pi -c "startx" & in /etc/rc.local doesn't work anymore.
Cannot open virtual console 2
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Start-Date: ...
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Block every incoming traffic except port 22
Is it a good idea to block every incoming and/or outgoing traffic on my debian 7 vps except for port 22 and/or localhost via iptables? The server doesnt run any applications which are available from ...
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zsh, modularity,multiple .zsh files and oh-my-zsh
I use/enjoy zsh and have used oh-my-zsh in couple. While it's all nice and cool, I do get irritated that I have to constantly update the oh-my-zsh script every 15 days/month .
Now I have put zsh as ...
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Online resource to get|find a list of available packages in Debian?
I am creating a Docker image on top of the default one for PHP-FPM by running the following command on the Dockerfile:
RUN apt-get update \ &&
apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install ...
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rsync --compare-dest is being ignored
Currently, I'm trying to copy the modified files between 2 folders, and want the files that have differences to be copied over to the new folder.
The folder structure is the following:
..
|-- update+...
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Postfix Dovecot LMTP and address delimiters doesn't work
I have a Debian server with Postfix and Dovecot. Recently I installed Sieve on Dovecot and configured Postfix to deliver emails with LMTP. Since then pure usernames don't work together with a ...
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Where is the pin-priority for debian-backports defined?
Under Debian Jessie i had for the first time backports in my package-source.
I had some collision in apt, because some packages i had installt from http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ have higher ...
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Redshift in gnome on wayland on Debian
As you may know, Wayland compositors can control and change the screen gamma curve but currently there's no third-party application which can do it; this means, at least in wayland, no redshift or ...
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