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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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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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"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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Why and what of curl and then sudo apt-get?

To install node on Linux, per the docs, I had to do: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs I get the second statement, but not the first. ...
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How to add yourself to sudoers list?

I was trying to install a package using the command: sudo apt-get install ruby-rvm But I'm prompted with nish is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. I tried to add myself to ...
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Removing MySQL completely on Linux

I'm fairly new to Linux, when I first installed MySQL it was during an LAMP setup on personal machine with a Ubuntu Setup. ATM, I'm trying to get a fresh, clean install of only MySQL. I've been to ...
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