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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 ...
Francesco Mantovani's user avatar
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Ubuntu 20.04 apt-get update Release file not found

Trying to run sudo apt-get update or even just sudo apt update results in the following output for me: Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/...
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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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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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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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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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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

I've got an Ubuntu 16.04 server in production on which I wanted to install node and npm. So I ran this: sudo apt install nodejs nodejs-legacy npm The nodejs-legacy package is solely meant to have a ...
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How do I download a Debian ARM package from another computer

I am trying to use apt-get to install some packages on an offline system. I have a small ARM embedded system running Debian. It is not connected to the internet. I would like to download some Debian ...
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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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Package not getting installed by apt-get

I am running sudo apt-get install libgtkmm-2.4. I would expect this command to install the library, as there is no such library to be found when running pkg-config --list-all | grep gtkmm. However, ...
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Unresolvable broken dependencies, none of 'apt-get' commands works

Before I explain the problem, I should say that I have tried all other answers to similar questions and troubleshootings around the Internet, and none of them works. To be more specific all apt-get ...
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