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How to depend only on the upstream version of a Debian package?
The workaround here is to add a tilde:
Depends: nodejs (>= 10.24.0~)
See What does a tilde (~) mean at the end of a dependency requirement in a deb file or in apt? for details.
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Upgrading nodejs on Ubuntu: How to fix broken pipe error?
What you need to do is to remove the previous node version to avoid conflict
sudo remove node
then, you can run:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -...
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dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
According to the blog post on : https://itsfoss.com/dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1/ a solve to the issue is to Remove post info files of the troublesome package causing the installation to error out as ...
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How to make a debian package only installable by specifying the version
There are two aspects to this.
The first is version numbering. Since you want your versions to remain in sequence, you need to include the version as well as the hash. To ensure that versions are ...
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dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Since you’re not using a Raspberry Pi, you don’t need the raspi-firmware package; that’s what’s causing the errors. Run
sudo apt purge raspi-firmware
You need to purge the package, not just remove it,...
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Is there an apt --force-overwrite option?
The correct (tm) solution to this is to fix the dependencies of foo-a and foo-b by fixing debian/control with:
Package: foo-b
Replaces: foo-a (<< 2.0)
Breaks: foo-a (<< 2.0)
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Installing Legacy Nvidia Drivers for FX 5200
I have the misfortune to be very well versed in this issue.
The first, and correct, solution, is to use nouveau free driver.
Legacy means legacy, and EOL means EOL
While you didn't list your system ...
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