Questions tagged [package-management]
Package management is the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software packages for a computer's operating system in a consistent manner.
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How can i install tomboy on CentOS 7?
I downloaded tomboy-1.15.4-9.fc23.x86_64.rpm.
During installation,with this command
yum --nogpgcheck localinstall tomboy-1.15.4-9.fc23.x86_64.rpm
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rpm -i tomboy-1.15.4-9.fc23.x86_64.rpm
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Linux kernel "half configured"
I've been running Debian Wheezy for over a year with no problems until a week ago. For no obvious reason, the system has suddenly decided that the Linux kernel is only half-configured, and none of ...
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Why would a Linux computer with no Nvidia hardware get indigestion over an Nvidia kernel?
I'm running Debian Wheezy on a computer with ATI / AMD graphics and no Nvidia hardware. A week ago, with no obvious cause, apt decided that it needs to configure Nvidia graphics any time it runs, ...
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SUSE SLES 11: zypper: Ignore dependency in scripted setup
I have an issue here, trying to install libopenssl-devel on a SuSE box. The installation is purely from DVD (no online updates involved).
$ sudo zypper install libopenssl-devel
Loading repository ...
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How to know which package owns a file in SUSE?
A previous question, How do I find out which package owns a file? asked about Debian-based package management. I have the same question for SUSE Enterprise 10, using YaST (or any other tool suitable ...
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Understanding package management systems for Linux
I have a low-end laptop and am looking to install a lightweight linux distribution on it, but I have certain requirements regarding package management systems, since I will be contributing to a web ...
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How do you make a list/file for pacman to install from?
I am trying to move from one arch install a (partitioned one) to another (a less-partitioned one) on my computer and I want a similar set up. So I was wondering if there was a simple way to get pacman ...
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Can 'apt search' display results as one-liners like 'apt-cache search' does?
I just recently discovered the shorthand versions of apt commands: apt install instead of apt-get install, apt update / apt-get update, apt search / apt-cache search. Is there a config setting to make ...
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chocolatey pauses during download or install, until button is pressed
Issue: When installing a list of programs using Chocolatey, it will sometimes pause during the download or install and won't continue until I return to the CMD window and tap a button.
For example, ...
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How to install a specific package version in Alpine?
I have a Dockerfile to build a Docker image that is based on Alpine Linux. Now I need to install a package as part of this Dockerfile.
Currently I have:
RUN apk update && \
apk upgrade &...
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Generate manifest for distfiles, when writing ebuilds for Portage
I tried to install leiningen from the rebel overlay, however it has a not matching manifest for lein-pkg. So I put it into a local overlay to fix it.
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How can I generate manifest for ...
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How can I exclude a port from macports upgrade outdated?
I want to update all my outdated ports, but as libgcc-devel takes upwards of 3 hours to build, I want to exclude it. The tip I read on the internet is applying logical operators. So I run
$ sudo port ...
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How to edit PKGBUILD in aura?
My question is about an Archlinux AUR helper, - aura.
I tried to edit a PKGBUILD file before installing a package, but could not: no keys that I use in text editors are working.
What keys are used to ...
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How do I resolve postfix installation issues?
There is some problem with postfix. When i try to remove it so that i can reinstall:
learner@juggernaut:~$ sudo apt-get remove postfix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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Switch from DNF to Yum (Fedora 22)
I just installed Fedora 22 and - much to my surprise/anger - I found that yum has been replaced by DNF. I don't want DNF, no matter how superior it is compared to yum - how can I completely switch ...
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Why does dnf uninstall python-pip want to uninstall Fedora?
Having trouble installing packages with pip (wow. so unexpect. much surprise) and upon trying to toss it entirely and start over (no, dnf reinstall was not sufficient) I found that dnf seemed to think ...
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Why does Linux force package managers?
I'm new to Linux and I still don't see enough benefit to package managers to understand how they have become so dominant.
For example: say I've heard Emacs is amazing and I want to try it out. I go ...
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Is it possible to change the installation directory using OneGet?
I'm trying to install an app, for example Firefox using:
Install-Package -Name Firefox -Source chocolatey
But by default it installs on C:\Program Files. I would like instead make it install on D:\...
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Packages from OS or from custom package manager
Several programming languages have their own package manager for libraries. Ruby has gem, Haskell has cabal etc. But very often, some of the important libraries have an OS package as well. So which ...
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Yum / dnf tries to remove standalone packages as dependencies
When I try to yum remove texlive it lists all the packages it will remove as dependencies 'only to texlive', but for example gcc is listed. But I want to leave it in the system. Can I somehow specify ...
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environment module : Cannot initialize TCL
I am trying to create a python-2.7.10 module on a CentOS 6 cluster. My simple python-2.7.10 module file is :
#%Module1.0
prepend-path PATH /gpfs0/export/opt/anaconda-2.3.0/bin
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How can I remove outdated installed versions of Homebrew packages?
How can I remove outdated versions of Homebrew packages that are installed side-by-side with current versions?
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How do I ensure that Homebrew uninstalls old versions when upgrading?
Homebrew seems to install new versions side by side with old versions when upgrading outdated versions (brew upgrade), at least I have a bunch of packages with multiple versions. How do I ensure that ...
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May I use portage on ChromiumOS natively?
May I unlock Portage on ChromiumOS or reinstall it natively without jails and other 'install linux inside ChromiumOS' approaches? May I use Gentoo default repository then?
Why
I like ChromiumOS look ...
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How do I get an RPM .spec file from FPM (Effing Package Management)?
I have made a package with Effing Package Management on CentOS 6, and sent people the fpm... stuff to generate it. It looks like some of these people I trust would like to see a .spec file, too.
I ...
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Alternative to DISM for package removal on Windows 10 [closed]
Is there any way - manual or automated - that allows for the removal of installation packages from Windows in offline mode (mounted wim) -- other than DISM?
Any automated solution should support the ...
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How to prevent dpkg trigger cycle?
I build a debian package which generates menu files using update-menus, but in many languages. It is activated via dpkg's trigger facility: "interest /usr/share/menu". Unfortunately provides the ...
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After Upgrade: Pacman error 404
I've upgraded Arch Linux on my Raspberry, and now receiving following error every time I want to update my system with pacman -Syu:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving ...
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How Chocolatey knows which packages are installed and which aren't
Chocolatey is a package management system for Windows. First, you download and install Chocolatey, which is free and open-source software. You tell it what software you want, then (usually) answer ...
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How do I use Windows 10 built-in package manager?
I'm finding Windows 10 package management not very intuitive. Below are my adventures in trying to install VLC, which sounds like a very common test case for a package manager.
Find-Package vlc
Nope
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