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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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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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Cannot install anything from apt-get
Everytime I try to install any package from the package manager, I get the following error
liblua5.2-0 : Breaks: liblua5.2-0:i386 (!= 5.2.4-1ubuntu1) but 5.2.0-2 is to be installed
liblua5.2-0:i386 ...
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Auto-install using apt-get or yum [duplicate]
On my Ubuntu machine, if I don't have a particular application installed, the message often points me to the correct package.
Example:
$ rz
The program 'rz' is currently not installed. You can ...
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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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How to know since when a package has been installed on a linux system
How can I find out the date (and time if possible) of installation of any package on Linux Operating system.
For Ubuntu and using apt-get
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Permanently block distro package installation?
I'm using a package provided in a PPA on Ubuntu. I use the PPA version because Debian's version is anemic to the point its effectively broken.
Today, when I went through the cycle of apt-get update ...
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Why did I fail to install packages when using debian?
There is lots of messed up dependency. How can I resolve this problem?
It produces the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, ...
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How to update to latest version of SVN server?
I currently have SVN server installed on my Linux Ubuntu machine, version 1.6.12.
I see that the latest version is 1.8.x and would like to update my installation to it, so I run:
sudo apt-get update
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When would you use apt-get remove over apt-get autoremove?
I understand that apt-get remove removes packages and apt-get autoremove is to remove any packages that were installed to fulfil a dependency for a given package. So for example if I installed ...
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How to find out which versions of a package can I install on APT
Using APT, you can install a specific version of a package using:
apt-get install package=1.0
But you can't do
apt-get install package=1.*
So, how can I find out which versions are avaliable for ...
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"Broken packages" installation error in Ubuntu
When I'm trying to install subversion on a Ubuntu machine using command sudo apt-get install subversion, it's throwing the follwoing error.
~$ sudo apt-get install subversion
[sudo] password for ...
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How do I read User Guide in apt-doc on Ubuntu?
I just installed apt-doc package. My question is how do I read the User Guide in this package ? In general how do I use the items from a package once I install it ?
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