Questions tagged [package-management]
tools for installing and maintaining software packages
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How should this table of dependencies be read? [closed]
https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#ssec-stdenv-dependencies-reference says
A dependency is said to be propagated when some of its
other-transitive (non-immediate) downstream dependencies also ...
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How are host, build and target platforms of packages defined, with respect to dependencies?
https://www.uber.com/blog/bootstrapping-ubers-infrastructure-on-arm64-with-zig/ says:
A host is the machine that is compiling the binary. A target is the
machine that will run the binary. In native ...
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How shall I understand dependency propagated? [closed]
https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#ssec-stdenv-dependencies-reference says
A dependency is said to be propagated when some of its other-transitive (non-immediate) downstream dependencies also ...
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Install PHP 8.0 Yaml extension on Ubuntu 18.04
I wrote a simple php based on the fisrt example.
https://www.php.net/manual/es/function.yaml-parse.php
I got...
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function yaml_parse() in /var/www/html/p....
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How do I determine the apt package name for a given PyPI package?
Suppose I want to install a Python package system-wide on a Debian/Devuan system. Some PyPI packages have DEB packages available via the repository's apt sources, with package names prefixed by ...
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Install a Python package on Debian/Devuan when apt has no package for it
I want to install some Python package pandasql system-wide, on a Devuan (or Debian) system. It's in the Python Package Index, but - there doesn't seem to be a (dpkg) package for it; let's assume that ...
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Failed to fetch https://packages.openvpn.net/.../dists/lunar/InRelease 403 Forbidden
I'm running Ubuntu 23.10 on a I9 cpu + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 ti and the driver 545 right now. I would like to install the OpenVPN 3 client on my Ubuntu,but I'm not able to install the repository :
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How can I uninstall part of a package?
I have installed the BSD games package. Many of the games are awful or broken, so I wish to uninstall some of them without uninstalling others. Is there an easy way to do that? Currently, I'm sudo ...
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What can be done when installing an RPM package results in a digest mismatch error?
fatal: [server_hostname]: FAILED! => { "changed": true, "cmd": [ "rpm", "--install", "--force", "--replacefiles", "--nodigest", ...
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Arch linux - Error during update of packages: jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict
When I try to update my system I get jdk-openjdk and jre-openjdk are in conflict error:
This is log of the update attempt:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to ...
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Apper does not show the installation history anymore
I think the installation history of the GUI Apper is very useful: it shows a history of package installs and removals with timestamps and I think it should also show installations made via the command-...
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Does dnf5 support parallel metadata downloads? How do I make it?
I'm pretty happily using dnf5 on my fedora 38. It's both a new library for dependency resolution and a new frontend, replacing dnf/libdnf (though nearly completely drop-in compatible with the CLI of ...
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Should I remove i386 packages?
I am on Linux Mint 21.2 (Victoria) Cinnamon amd64 on Intel 7700HQ, and since I now found out there are 293 (dpkg -l | grep i386 | wc -l) 32-bit (i386) packages left from previous years, I don't know ...
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why does running nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade gives symlink error after switching to unstable channel?
Nevermind, i fixed it, by manually running nix-channel update before running nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade
I am trying to upgrade from nix-23.05 to unstable but I'm getting some weird errors.
Heres ...
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What is the difference between non-free and non-free-firmware in Debian 12?
The Debian project has included a new repository component non-free-firmware in Debian bookworm.
Is it the same as the non-free repository ?
Do I need to activate the new component alongside of the ...
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cannot install zoom on kali
I am trying to install zoom, yet this is the log.
kali@kali:~$ sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, ...
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how to yum install perl(IPC::Run) on oracle linux 9
I want to yum install postgresql15-devel.x86_64 on oracle linux 9
[root@node1 ~]# yum install -y postgresql15-devel.x86_64
Last metadata expiration check: 23:26:01 ago on Tue 17 Oct 2023 11:09:23 PM ...
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How to use QtStateMachine on Arch?
I want to use QtStateMachine in one of my projects.
But I fail to find the right package to install it.
There is a package qt6-examples, which provides example code for the QtStateMachine module, but ...
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How does apk's replaces work when the package being replaced gets upgraded?
Say I have a package A, and package B. Package B contains some files which deliberately conflict with package A, and it is desirable for package B's files to be favoured over the ones in package A if ...
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How are package maintainers poked to update their package
How are package maintainers poked to update their package? Or is the correct question, how is the distribution poked to update a specific package. Internet searches produce tons of stuff that is not ...
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Need help installing Cloudflare WARP on Elementary OS
I am trying to install Cloudflare WARP on Elementary OS,
but I am having trouble getting it to fully install.
When I do sudo apt-get update, I get an error:
E: The repository 'https://pkg....
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How to properly remove all installed packages that match regex in Arch Linux?
I installed TeX Live 2023 using the script instead of the Arch Linux repository. However while installing other software some TeX Live packages made it into my desktop anyway, causing issues. So I ...
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How to identify and separate standalone applications from libraries in Linux package lists?
I want to generate a list of trending Arch/AUR packages that focuses on user-facing applications rather than background libraries and dependencies.
I wrote a script that uses the data from pkgstats to ...
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fileschanged installation problem
I can't install fileschanged anymore. when I tried to sudo apt install fileschanged
I got this error E: Unable to locate package fileschanged
And when trying to download from source and build I get ...
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DNF|YUM - Diable a package upgrade for one specific package version
I'm encountering a problem on a Linux host where upgrading software package X causes package Y to stop working, and where package Y is essential for the users of that Linux host.
This Linux host uses ...
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How to install calibri font into debian 12?
I need for my php excel creator library, the Calibri font.
I tried installing this: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ttf-mscorefonts-installer
But it has not installed the calibri
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How to install specific-package-version (when multiple version available from multiple repos) in Archlinux?
I'm trying to install nim-2.0 in my system.
When I try to install with pacman -S nim or yay -S nim It direclty installs the nim-1.6.... version.
How to install package when there is multiple versions ...
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Unable to fild kazam package to remove it
Today I faced serious bug while using kazam (screen recorder) on fedora 38 workstation. The bug was unavailability to stop recording.
I tried to reinstall it by running in terminal sudo dnf reinstall ...
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Why are GStreamer packages always named "gstreamer1-*"?
Why are GStreamer packages always named gstreamer1-*? What is 1? Why not just gtsreamer-*?
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Which software installer should I use with Alpine?
I am experimenting with the Python Docker container, which seems to use Alpine Linux. I'm not familiar with Alpine and I don't see it listed as an option for installing software.
On Alpine, should I ...
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Reinstalling dpkg and apt on Debian 12 [duplicate]
How to completely reinstall dpkg and its apt front-end?
I tried to run sudo apt remove virtualbox , and my output was:
Reading list of packages ... done
Dependencies tree generation ... done
Reading ...
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How to unistalled Go tools in Linux using command line?
I installed cf using
go get github.com/xalanq/cf-tool
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/xalanq/cf-tool
go build -ldflags "-s -w" cf.go
cf --version
output: Codeforces Tool (cf) v1.0.0
I tried to ...
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System update supporting IMA signatures
I'm trying to harden a Linux system by using IMA and want to apply digital signatures to binaries. I'm wondering if there is a package manager supporting the IMA signatures so that the binaries can be ...
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What's the deal with amarok on Debian?
There used to be an amarok package for Debian:
https://wiki.debian.org/Amarok
and yet, if you visit that page and follow the link, the package seems to be gone. And when I apt search amarok - I find ...
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How can the football manager Bygfoot be installed on Debian 12?
When I try to install Bygfoot in Debian 12, I get the following error:
Running
sudo apt-get install bygfoot
in order to install Bygfoot in Debian 12.
I get the following error:
E: dpkg was ...
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Trying to add ppa repository to Debian fails with GPG error
I would like to install the package sile on Debian. It is available on Ubuntu as a PPA. I located the url and added it to my sources.list file. Then I updated. However sile was not downloadable due to ...
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Is it possible to keep docker current, together with its dependencies?
I am planning to use Debian as the platform for my docker services, which represent 99% of the activity on this server. I am therefore interested to have a minimal distribution and a stable one.
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libgconf-2-4 refuses to install. How can I fix this?
I’m running an old version of Kali Linux, which I can’t upgrade. libgconf-2-4 refuses to install, but I need it to install spotify-client (I’m following these instructions). How can I solve this?
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How do I fix Virtual Box on Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS?
I recently tried to launch a virtual machine using Virtual Box. However when I clicked "Start" I got the error "rc=-1908". The error message said to do the command modprobe vboxdrv....
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Unable to install PPA package on Debian
I tried to install Sile using the official Debian CreatePackageFromPPA guide but have yet to succeed.
Confirm that it is not provided on Debian
Search
Install Debian SDK
$ sudo apt install ...
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Packages are recognised by normal script but not by service?
my bash script :
#!/bin/bash
. ~/er/erl/activate
kiex use 1.13.4
mix phx.server
i user kerl and kiex to manage my erlang and elixir installations
I am trying to use this script in my service;
[Unit]
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Can't start up NetworkManager in Arch Linux: symbol loolkup error: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: undefined symbol: libssh2_session_set_read_timeout
Last thursday I updated my Arch Linux installtion and when I rebooted on Friday my system had multiple problems. I'm new to the Arch Linux (or Linux in general) community and don't know what things I ...
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How can I remove a software from pending updates list from Pop!_Shop?
How can I remove a software package from the pending updates list in Pop!_Shop?
Because if I try to install it, it does nothing but cause more problems for other software and my drivers are working ...
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What are the security implications of piping apt output compared to apt-get?
I tried to install all python3 packages so that I don't have to manually go to terminal and install one everytime. However due to some dependency issues apt refused to proceed:
sonic@boomboom:~$ sudo ...
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What's the successor of libgcc1-dbg in Debian 11 and onward
I previously had libgcc1-dbg (and other debug symbol packages) installed on Debian 10 "buster" to get readable stack traces in failure cases or to inspect core files.
It seems, that package ...
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How to use new programs/applications without internet or root access?
I am given a computer without root or internet access. (It is running Ubuntu 18.04)
It seems to be installed with minimal installation and it seem to lack most of the common application-level package ...
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E: Package 'python-minimal' has no installation candidate
I am trying to deploy k8s cluster on aws using kubespray.
Step1: I have downloaded the following dependencies:
apt-get update
apt-get install software-properties-common
apt-add-repository ppa:...
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debian: show which package brings dependency
I need to install minimal openbox system on Debian 12:
apt-get --no-install-recommends install openbox
and apt-get wants to install, among other packages:
libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data ...
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How does Nix ensure that a package can be installed?
I'm trying to understand how package managers, specifically Nix, ensure that a package can be installed.
I know that Nix packages declare all of their dependencies explicitly. But can Nix provide a ...
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Installed "vanilla" TeX Live on Debian but apt still tries to install "texlive-" packages
I had TeX Live 2022 installed and upgraded to TeX Live 2023. Below is the list of steps that I followed, courtesy of tex.se:
Remove old installation
sudo apt-get purge texlive*
sudo rm -rf /usr/...
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