Questions tagged [package-management]
tools for installing and maintaining software packages
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Installing let's encrypt on Amazon Linux2023
I am trying to get SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt nginx.
First, I added EPEL using the commands
wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
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sudo rpm -ihv --...
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centos 8.0 yum cannot be found
I use Centos 8.0 and want to install the latest Python 3.
When I run yum command, it tells me
yum: command not found
but when I run rpm -q yum, I have it yum-4.7.0-4.el8.noarch.
Then I try to which ...
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Specify a latest patch date for zypper
My requirement with zypper would be to have all systems running the same patch levels, even if patched on various days and not simultaneously.
Let's assume I want to apply all patches up to the 1 of ...
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Libre Office - Linux DEB or RPM for Chrome OS?
I'm trying to install Libre Office on my Chromebook and I don't know whether to download the DEB or RPM version.
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How to install plperl, plpython extensions in derived alpine docker image?
I am trying to set up and use the official (alpine-based) postgres docker image with Dockerfile here. But I got an error about missing libperl.so as follows:
2023-03-09 17:37:49.146 UTC [49] ERROR: ...
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Unable to locate `kwallet-pam` package in Debian (bullseye) even though the package exists in the source
I'm trying to install kwallet-pam package in my Debian 11 with KDE Plasma so that I don't need to type in wallet passcode at every boot.
But apt update then apt install kwallet-pam says E: Unable to ...
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shim-signed just won't ever update
On my Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577 machine (7th gen Intel if relevant), running Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon.. for about a month I see this in my update script output:
Command: apt-get -o APT::Get::Always-...
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Add "automake" package in buildroot
I should use aclocal command, from automake package, in a qemu environment using a rootfs generated with buildroot.
I noticed that there is no options to add automake package when I use menuconfig ...
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How to install a package manager on a "apparently" clean Linux distribution
I got an hardware that runs Linux, seems to be a quite empty distro. Here is the info that I got about the system:
ID="cclinux"
NAME="CCLinux Distribution"
VERSION="2.0 (brant)...
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How to force a package removal that dnf wrongly suppose many packages are depending on?
I am trying to do some clean-up in my package list on a Fedora 37 workstation using dnf. I have many packages installed for evaluation purposes and yesterday my upgrade of Fedora 36->37 resulted in ...
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Which UID/GID is free for new package
After reading https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/222376/246754 How rpm ensure that no uid/gid clash with each other ?
What I am looking is similar to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/...
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Updating PHP from 8.0.x to 8.0.28 using dnf
Will this update PHP 8.0.25 to PHP 8.0.28?
dnf module reset php
dnf module enable php:remi-8.0
dnf update php\*
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Julia, how to completely remove it from your system? (linux)
how to uninstall Julia completely in linux? sudo apt uninstall julia doesn't seem to work. I want to remove everything julia related
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I can't install ffmpeg
When installing ffmpeg with sudo apt install ffmpeg I get this error
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be ...
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Docker does not have a release file?
When I run sudo apt update I get this error
E: The repository 'https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \ Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done ...
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Nodejs-lts-fermium and nodejs-lts-gallium are in conflict when I try to install VS Code. Do I really need to choose one package?
I recently installed Stremio and it has nodejs-lts-gallium as a dependency.
I also want to install Visual Studio Code,
which requires nodejs-lts-fermium as a dependency.
This conflicts with the ...
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How can I Continue to use Debian Testing after Bookworm becomes the stable distribution?
I am currently using Debian testing (bookworm).
Based on current experience, my confidence in the stability of testing is firm. I would like to use the next Debian testing when Bookworm becomes the ...
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Can't install apksigner with sudo apt install apksigner
So I'm trying to install apksigner with :
sudo apt install apksigner
And I'm getting this error message:
What is the problem here? How can I install apksigner?
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How to install gnupg-pkcs11-scd in RHEL 8.4?
I am trying to install gnupg-pkcs11-scd in rhel with yum but its not there in repo. Tries searching with yum list *pkcs11* but no luck. But it's present in Debian!
Am I searching it with wrong name ...
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Does an application installed with sudo have root privileges?
I tried to use dpkg to install an application, but it reminded me I need to execute it via sudo.
I don't know if the program now has root privileges when running.
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Is there any way to recursive compile the source and generate `.deb` for the source and its all dependencies?
My goal is to create an internal ubuntu repository server that hosts all the compiled (.deb) packages. I am planning to use this internal repo for install/updates instead of the official ubuntu server....
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How to install multiple packages into a namespace like group in Pacman?
What I mean is to install similar packages into a namespace, which I can uninstall with a single command.
Lets say I want to Install some packages which are used for a certain thing, which doesn't ...
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Remove Unlisted Application
I am running Fedora 37 on my home computer, and have attempted to install Amazon Workspaces via Flatpak, which was successful (package: ‘app/com.amazon.Workspaces/x86_64/stable’). I was having issues ...
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Package 'libxslt' not found though installed in machine [FEDORA]
I'm trying to run a cmake command (sudo cmake -S. -B./build -G Ninja).
This gives me the error:
-- Configuring FOSSOLOGY
-- Checking for module 'libxslt'
-- Package 'libxslt', required by 'virtual:...
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What's the correct way to install st in Void Linux?
I wish to install st in Void Linux. This program's configuration is made at compile time however. Void linux has this package in their repository, and I'm wondering if it is possible to use xbps-...
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Why is a package missing in testing but present in stable backports (on a specific sample from Jan 2023)?
Struggling to understand the logic in the history of migrations and removals of scrcpy in Debian testing (Bookworm).
Quoting news from https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/scrcpy (inverted order for ...
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Is the snaps package manager a deamon?
I understand what a deamon is, and I understand that snapd is a deamon that runs in the background.
Is the literal package manager that runs snap packs snapd? Is it a deamon, and if so, why? Why is ...
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Automated patching of packages on upstream updates
Is there a way to automatically merge custom patches to upstream packages when they update? From what I gathered so far modifying source code requires you to maintain a separate fork of packages that ...
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Debian kernel version and its package version mismatch
I'm trying to install the latest available kernel from bullseye-backports:
ceremcem@erik3:~$ sudo apt install -t bullseye-backports linux-image-amd64 btrfs-progs linux-headers-amd64
Reading package ...
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Rely on the existence of a package manager or install package via downloading the source?
I'd like to create a script that is able to install my desired set of packages in any Linux distro (initially create it to run in Ubuntu and later expand it to whichever) and basically function as an ...
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is it correct to configure virtualenv in that location (manjaro)
I'm using the "Vanessa" manjaro system.
I need to use virtualenv but it is not starting to create the environment.export.
I'm following this very common pattern on linux-based systems.
sudo ...
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newgrp and gpasswd versions
Spinning a clean docker image. I have these two binaries with an SUID bit.
root@08b5da082a90:/# find / -perm -u=s -ls 2> /dev/null
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32021 44 -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 44440 ...
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Can I change the repositories of an existing RPM-based installation?
I have an installation of an RPM-based distro (like Fedora), which uses one set of RPM repositories for its packages, and I'd like to change it to instead use a different set of RPM repositories, ...
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Is it possible to install 2 python packages via pip, simultaneously, in different terminals?
My question is not about installing several packages in one line (all the questions I researched previously to asking this, talk about oneliner, but it is still sequential). I am installing opencv-...
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Debian - command fatlabel is missing but package dosfstools that contains the command is already installed
I want to change the volume label of a FAT usb with fatlabel but when I try to run the command in terminal it does not recognize it.
root@debian:/home/a# fatlabel --help
bash: fatlabel: command not ...
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Linux package managers for ARM devices
Normally package managers like apt work for X86 and X64 systems.
How does the Linux package manager aptrunning on a Rasberry Pi for example know that the binaries to be fetched and installed must be ...
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upgrade ubuntu packages and kernel without any user interaction
#!/bin/bash
### change from Static IP to DHCP
H=$(date +%H)
if (( 11 <= 10#$H && 10#$H < 18 )); then
echo -e "network:\n version: 2\n renderer: NetworkManager\n ethernets:\n ...
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How to use a package manager to install and load a unique driver
I'm no expert on Linux package managers.
If I develop a completely new Kernel driver for an embedded device, I can add this into the Linux image and load it on startup with insmod or modprobe etc.
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dpkg: error processing package fontconfig (--configure)
fontconfig issues
# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up font config (2.13.1-4.5) ...
Regenerating fonts cache... failed.
See /var/log/fontconfig.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package ...
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Why are a small number of packages 'held back' when upgrading? [duplicate]
Sometimes when I try to upgrade my packages a small number of packages are not upgraded.
root@pc:/home/user# sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading ...
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Install all dependencies of a package with pacman
I want to install pandoc package using pacman:
$ sudo pacman -Sy pandoc
but it installs only pandoc without any dependency, so I got many times an error like this:
pandoc: error while loading shared ...
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Automatic patching breaks packages
In our organization our IT Department regularly pushing the OS patches to our project production servers (Ubuntu-18.04 LTS & Ubuntu-20.04 LTS) and due to this our application (Docker, Kubernetes, ...
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i deleted the python3.9 folder from /usr/lib and i can't install it again
i did a stupid mistake by deleting the python3.9 folder from /usr/bin as well as other folders (it's a long story why i did that).
when i tried to reinstall it by running sudo apt install python3.9 i ...
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How to set rpm/deb package as security update
I have fixed a security related issue and need to publish the rpm/deb package as security update.
How is the package "marked" as a security update?
Is it something to set in rpmspec while ...
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Can I Install Multiple Versions of the Same Package Using DNF?
I have multiple versions of Python on my machine, and attempting to install Pip for each of them. I have already installed Pip 21.2.3 for Python 3.10 and am now trying to install Pip 20.3.X (specific ...
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How to execute homebrew installed apps with sudo? [duplicate]
I use homebrew to manage apps in Linux, Ubuntu being more precise. On homebrew installation, I followed recommendations and put its app install location into PATH for my user session (into file ~/....
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What is a "Release file"?
I'm trying to understand package prioritization in, for example, Ubuntu's APT and /etc/apt/preferences. I'm currently on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04, though I think my question is more general.
The man ...
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Can't install any package: "package linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic is missing final newline"?
I tried to install some package updates on my Ubuntu 20.04.5, but everything fails with:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic' is ...
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Package versioning in Linux Mint
Linux Mint shows package versions like on the provided screenshot. So I'm interesting what -1ubuntu.1.5 part means? Because Git reports its version as 2.34.1 before updating and after updating like ...
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apt-get how to fix conflicting dependency
I use apt-get to manage my packages. I recently learned that regex can be used with apt-get to install all packages that match it. However when I tried to install the entire python3 library by trying ...
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