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How to get debian apt to find packages correctly to install sudo
I've just installed debian 9 using the full disc image (debian-9.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1) to install on VirtualBox in a 64bit environment from a Windows 10 host. During the installation I unchecked the ...
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Why does 'apt' do not store downloaded packages anymore?
I was used to apt storing downloaded packages in /var/cache/apt/archives/, but it does not do it anymore and I can't figure out why.
Configuration is set accordingly IMHO:
# apt-config dump | grep -...
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Grouping apt packages in Debian
I was wondering (and searching all over the place, sorry if I missed an obvious one) if, in Debian, there is any equivalent flag or option to the --virtual of Alpine Linux when installing apt packages....
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apt-mirror always wants to download
apt-mirror is always trying to download ~430MB (every day).
Downloading 4 dep11 files using 4 threads...
Begin time: Wed Jan 16 09:04:43 2019
[4]... [3]... [2]... [1]... [0]...
End time: Wed Jan 16 ...
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Using apt why do I get file 'network_proxy.conf' in directory '/etc/apt/preferences.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
I get the following warning when I try to install packages.
N: Ignoring file 'network_proxy.conf' in directory '/etc/apt/preferences.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
Using apt why do I ...
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No recent Ubuntu 18 updates?
Seems I would normally see something in a week, but now, nothing in 2. When I run sudo apt-get update, what I get is:
sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge ...
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Debian Wheezy, apt-get have unmet dependencies
Pretty much any comand that I try that involves apt-get gives me an error that tells me I should run apt-get -f install, but that gives me this error:
root@vps148794:~# apt-get -f install
Reading ...
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Unable to remove programs
I need to remove some programs in my Deepin distro but I get this error:
amr@amr-PC:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove Virtual Network Editor
[sudo] Mot de passe de amr :
E: Impossible d'obtenir le verrou /...
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apt-get upgrade not working after upgrade from stable to testing: error cycle with libc-bin package
I upgraded from debian stable to debian testing, and now I am not able to do apt-get upgrade anymore.
When I do that I get this error:
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-6) ...
dpkg: cycle found ...
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How to copy all installed libraries to another Linux machine?
I am developing C++ on my Linux (Ubuntu) machine and I have installed many libraries both by using apt-get and installing from source. Lets say I would like to recreate my environment on another (...
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Why `apt-get purge` keeps trying to install things for me?
I try to purge the Oracle Java 8 JDK on Raspbian Stretch:
sudo apt-get purge oracle-java8-jdk
But it keeps trying to install replacements for me. For example, it keeps telling me "the following NEW ...
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Failed to fetch error on apt-get update
I'm having an issue when running sudo apt-get update. I always get this error:
Err:1 https://deb.packager.io/gh/opf/openproject-ce xenial InRelease
Could not resolve host: deb.packager.io
Hit:2 ...
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console-setup causes apt-get update to hang
I want to automatically install apache2 on my EC2 instance during first load. I am using the base Ubuntu 16.04 LTS image:
ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-xenial-16.04-amd64-server-20180522 (ami-...
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Set an ubuntu package for later upgrade
When running 'sudo apt-get upgrade', there are sometimes kernel files that 'have been kept back' so they are not upgraded automatically. Is there a way to mark other packages so they get into this ...
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Failure installing `linux-cloud-tools-common` on Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to set up Certbot on an Ubuntu machine but getting the following error when trying to run apt-get install software-properties-common:
Setting up linux-cloud-tools-common (3.13.0-46.77) ...
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