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installing aptitude package manager on debian core.with the following code It is saying that package 'aptitude' has no installation candidate.
how can i install aptitude on debian 8.7. I mean the debian core since the installation have not given me any desktop options. i used the netinstall but it did not give me any desktop option so now ...
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Linux, Debian, Wheezy, Aptitude/DPKG consistency check
In a foolhardy and stupid attempt to solve space issues on my desktop machine, I on purpose deleted Spotify from /opt before realizing that I could remove it using the package manager. After deleting ...
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Linux server broken packages
So, I'm trying to install the PHP5 cURL package on a Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.3 server. My concern is that there are broken packages on this server and if I install this package with the broken packages ...
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Debian download package and dependencies for different architecture
I have a clean i386 install of Debian on my laptop which I need to install ndiswrapper to get the internet on it working.
I have a amd64 Debian install on my other laptop with working internet.
How ...
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How to know the recommended/suggested packages using terminal?
In synaptic if you right-click a package you will see a sub-menu called recommended and another sub-menu called suggested.
How can I see the recommended and suggested packages for a specific package ...
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View list of updated packages after apt-upgrade on debian-based linux systems
I just did an update on my Debian system and it was very long.
I'd like to know now, after the upgrades have already been applied, which packages were upgraded and which were not.
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How do you track which packages were installed on Ubuntu (Linux)?
(This question is very similar to 10458. It was suggested that Fedora and Ubuntu/Debian are different enough to warrant different answers.)
As I use any Ubuntu setup I gradually install a number of ...
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