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Couldn't to execute apt-get update on debian 10

I'm starting with Debian Linux 10 and I installed only a web server with Apache a few days ago. Today wanting to update packages, I use apt-get update but I get the following errors, which rebooting ...
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2 answers
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apt-get upgrade fails becuse of unmet dependencies

I've been kali linux for a while, but recently ive been unable to upgrade or install new software when i run apt-get update , the list is updated successfully, but on running apt-get upgrade i get the ...
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11 answers
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Kali Linux Rolling - apt-get upgrade: failed to fetch 404 not found

I'm trying to update my linux packages but I get the following error: # apt-get update Ign:1 http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian wheezy InRelease Hit:2 http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian wheezy Release Hit:...
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1 answer
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Parrot OS unmet dependencies, Held Broken Packages

I'm trying to install samba on parrot OS, the command I'm using is sudo apt install smbclient. the output I get is this. please help. sudo apt-get install samba Reading package lists... Done Building ...
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1 answer
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Cannot force noninteractive apt-get dist-upgrade on CIS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS instance

I've a CIS Ubuntu 22.04 LTS base image from AWS, which I'm attempting to use Packer to burn myself a base image from. As this is a fully non-interactive pipeline, I cannot have any tty issues and the ...
9 votes
5 answers
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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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1 answer
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How to skip the password typing when installing library

I installed the library with. $sudo apt-get install slapd ldap-utils While installing it stops and asks, please enter the password for the admin entry in your ldap directory. I am using Dockerfile, ...
0 votes
1 answer
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Debian Security Update Locations

I need to download the Debian files that apt-get update retrieves. From my logs, it looks like the following are retrieved: http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease http://security.debian.org/...
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1 answer
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APT keeps trying to install a package that it cannot install, and now I can't install anything

I am using a Debian testing system as a persistent live system on a USB stick (using live-build). This means that the kernel etc. cannot be upgraded, since they are on a read only partition. I've ...
22 votes
1 answer
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Why use the command apt-get --purge remove over apt-get purge in Linux?

I have been uninstalling applications as well as removing or purging their configuration files using the command apt-get --purge remove {package_name}. I have come across several posts on the net ...
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1 answer
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youtube-dl removed but still there

There's a ghost in the shell. I tried to remove youtube-dl through brew uninstall youtube-dl: -bash: brew: command not found cool, that means I have not even installed brew. I then checked if I could ...
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4 answers
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"apt-get update" Fails? (Kali Linux with Virtual Box)

I just recently installed Kali Linux 2.0 (64-Bit) on Virtual Box with a Windows 7 (64-Bit) host. I have problem with apt-get, and the simple question here is, how can I fix it? Unfortunately running: ...
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1 answer
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Can't install wireshark on Debian Linux

I'm trying to install Wireshark on Debian (Debian 3.2.51-1) but i'm getting this error: apt-get install wireshark Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
2 votes
3 answers
27k views

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 ...
6 votes
3 answers
43k views

"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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