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sudo is broken or not fully installed
Yeah...
I'm getting this error when using apt-get anything on a digitalocean droplet:
E: The package sudo needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
So according to this answer, I ...
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What is the step-by-step procedure to fix the "The following packages have unmet dependencies"?
I tried everything but made no progress. Can a smart soul help out?
Of course just sudo apt-get -f install does not work, same error.
$ sudo apt-get install arping
[sudo] password for dloo:
Reading ...
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Speeding up apt-get install for many packages
I've noticed that much of the time taken by apt-get install when installing many packages / dependencies is due to many individual requests for packages / dependencies, even when the total download ...
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sudo apt-get not working properly
While running sudo apt-get upgrade I got following error
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... ...
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apt-get Unmet dependencies error
every time i try to install somthing with apt-get it returns this
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f ...
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Not able to install any apps with command apt-get install
I have recently installed Debian 8 (Jessie) and when I try to install an app, the message:
A media change is required. Please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 8.7.1_Jessie_-Official amd64 ...
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Configure proftpd to use standalone via apt-get?
Is it possible to pass in arguments to the command apt-get install proftpd such that the resulting installation process will assume "stand-alone" mode, without prompting the user for information?
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Tunneling apt-get Through SSH Works... Mostly
I am running a Linux container under Proxmox 4.4. The container is based on Debian Jessie. Here are the version specifics:
root@myHostName:/home/myUserName# uname -a
Linux myHostName 4.4.35-1-pve #1 ...
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How to install python packages in python3.6 folder?
After extracting .tar.gz and running python setup install, selenium gets installed in,
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creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/selenium-3.4.3-py2.7.egg
Extracting selenium-3.4.3-py2.7....
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Sudo apt-get error: flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - No such file or directory
sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Error!
E: flAbsPath on /var/lib/dpkg/status failed - realpath (2: No such file or directory)
E: Could not open file - open (2: No such file or ...
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How to restore VIM in debian
After I tried to remove VIM from system, simple apt-get remove --purge vim doesn't do the trick and there still were some vim files, like in /usr/share/vim/. SO I decided to remove them mannually
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"Unable to locate package sudo" when i try to install sudo on new Debian
i installed a new Debian on a small VPS and now when i try to install sudo i just get this message. I also tried to add FTP-Server into the list and i still get that error.
root@srv45758:~# vi /etc/...
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Frustrated with GPG signing aptly administered repository
We host some of our own software packages as debs in a repository of our own. For prototyping purposes, we’ve been running “unauthenticated”. Now we're trying to do things more correctly and do the ...
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VLC Unmet Dependencies
I have installed Ubuntu such that it is split into 2 partitions (mounted as / and /home)
After running sudo apt-get install vlc, I get the following error on a near fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.2 ...
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How to correctly install deluged on Debian (raspberry)?
I am trying to install deluged on my raspberry pi, but it seems that none of the many tutorials I followed are valid with my installation.
What I did first is:
sudo apt-get install deluged
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