Questions tagged [deb]
.deb is the file-format used by the Debian package management system.
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Deploying app that requires root privileges to run [closed]
I'm deploying an app (built with Electron) as a deb file, and I'd like the user to install it and run it with root privileges only, like the way GParted does (retrieving them on boot event and execute ...
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apt unmet dependencies, but the package is there
I've made a deb package with debuild on Ubuntu a while back, now I want to use it on a new system. Three packages, actually: a library with an app and a configuration file installed as a package. ...
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Installing from deb files vs run file
If an app publishers offers both a deb file/ repo based installation, as well as a run file, which is preferable, and why?
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Deborphan Returning Non-Existent Package - Bug?
Running version 1.7.28.8 of deborphan. It seems to think there is a package named deb installed. I've never heard of such a Debian package!
deborphan -a | grep deb returns:
main/python deb
and dpkg --...
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Cordova Electron Builder Icon Packaged Wrong on Linux
When building a Cordova app for Electron on Linux, the icon file in platforms/electron/build-res has the improper name installer.png. (The Linux configuration page says The icon filename must contain ...
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Aptitude validate installed package against deb/repo
I am bouncing back from disk corruption caused by power failure. All configs and non-repository files are backed up, and I have a list of installed packages, so I can start fresh this time but I am ...
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No valid OpenPGP data found when trying to verify signature of .deb package with debsig-verify
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I want to verify the signature of the last version of the slack .deb package (slack-desktop-4.1.2-amd64.deb), which I downloaded from https://slack.com/intl/en-es/downloads/linux.
I am ...
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Debuild gpg sign failed no secret key
I've exported my key (through seahorse GUI) to key.pgp and imported on another Pc through the seahorse GUI on Ubuntu. After that I can't use this key for signing my deb package when running debuild -S ...
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Provide download repository with signed DEB-packages?
I provide an own download repository for Ubuntu DEB-packages. It comes with a directory structure in style https://mydomain.tld/download/Ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/binary-amd64/
The directory contains ...
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Can not add debian backports
I am trying to install https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/debianstretch-nginx
However when I try to add: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main and run apt-get update I get:
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Installing TorChat on Kali Linux
I Have a problem with installing Torchat on my Kali Linux
this is my version
Linux ******* 4.18.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.18.10-2kali1 (2018-10-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux.
In the Github site I ...
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What kind of packaging system used by arch-linux?
What kind of packaging system used/recommended by Arch-based distributions? Is it possible to use pre-compiled archives like deb or rpm on Arch-based distributions?
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Use debconf to get arbitrary length arrays of user values
I'm building some deb package files and I've come across a number of instances in which I'd like to get one or more arbitrary string values (i.e., NOT multiselect) from a user. Currently I see no way ...
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Can't select a Candidate version from package as it has no candidate
I have a problem about downloading nmap and its dependencies (to install offline) from an Ubuntu 16.04 computer.
When executing:
apt-get download $(apt-rdepends nmap |grep -v "^ ")
I get ...
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How do you create a fake install of a debian package for use in testing?
This was originally posted to stackoverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47099045/how-do-you-create-a-dpkg-admin-directory) but probably belongs here instead
I have a package that previously ...
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