Questions tagged [aptitude]
aptitude is a front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT). It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. In addition to a curses based interface, it also has a command line interface.
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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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How do I find out which package owns a file?
How do I find out what Debian package a file came from?
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Aptitude vs. apt-get: Which is the recommended (aka the "right") tool to use?
Some time ago I read that aptitude is the preferred tool for installation on Debian-based systems. But when you search around on how to administer a Debian-based system, then aptitude is rarely ...
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“The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 23F3D4EA75716059”
I try to update Debian but I get the following error message:
% sudo aptitude update
Hit http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security ...
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Can Debian identify rarely used packages?
I'd like to find a tool that could tell me which Debian packages on my system have been rarely or never used, perhaps by looking at file lists and access times. This is to find candidates for ...
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How can I display the list of all packages installed on my Debian system?
How can I get the list of all packages installed on my Debian system (I know this one is easy)? And also a list of all packages marked as manual? I am thinking about system upgrade, but I can't ...
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apt error: Could not perform immediate configuration on
I have issues running the following command:
root@X100e:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... ...
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How can I get apt-get to install python packages for a different version of python?
In Ubuntu 10.10, I have installed python 2.7. I would like to use apt-get to install packages to this version of python but I haven't been able to figure out how.
Things I have tried without success:...
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Find packages installed from a certain repository with aptitude
I'm in search for something analog to this question: Zypper: How do I display all packages from a certain repository?
Since I'm on Ubuntu, I need an aptitude based solution: How can I get a list of ...
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How to work around blocked outbound hkp port for apt keys
I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, and need to add some apt repositories. Unfortunately, I get messages like this when running sudo apt-get update:
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release: The ...
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How can I undo or rollback an "apt-get upgrade" command on Ubuntu?
Is there a way in Ubuntu to rollback or undo the last upgrade after doing an apt-get upgrade if you don't like the results?
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Ubuntu + latest samba version, symlinks no longer work on share mounted in windows
I just apt-getted (apt-got?) the latest software for my Ubuntu 9.10 linux box, and I noticed that samba was the included in the update.
After the install, the symlinks in my home directory no longer ...
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Tell aptitude to ignore broken package
I installed a Amsynth from Lucid in Karmic using:
dpkg --force-depends-version -i amsynth_1.2.2-1_i386.deb
The reason for installing the Lucid version is because Karmic version is 3 years old and ...
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Install packages through apt-get or gem?
If a package is available both through apt-get and gem, which one should I choose?
I'm on Ubuntu and I don't know if I should install rake through apt-get or gem.
I use both apt-get and gem packages ...
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How do I completely remove and reinstall Samba on Debian?
My Samba installation has become a mess, and now the services won't even start correctly anymore, for some reason.
Is there a way to completely remove Samba, as if it was never there, and then ...
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