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apt can't install anything after manually upgrading kernel to 5.18
I got a new laptop for work and now destroyed it lol
I installed Debian 11 with LVM and everything I needed.
How I ended up in this situation
Everything was perfect, except for my docking station ...
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distributing my binary and installing dependencies
I have a single binary file that I want to distribute to our users and most of its dependencies are linked statically during build time, but there are few dependencies like leveldb that need to be ...
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APT complains of broken/unmet dependencies for my package, but they are available in my repository. How to fix?
I manage an apt repository, for package PACKAGE, which has dependency (DEPENDENCY<<1.2).
Both PACKAGE and DEPENDENCY are available in my repository.
We just released a version of DEPENDENCY (...
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How to depend on java 11 so it can be satisfied by openjdk or by Oracle java 11 packages?
I'm trying to create an rpm package with a dependency on java 11; however, it seems like the openjdk and Oracle java 11 packages don't provide any overlapping java virtual packages.
OpenJDK Java 11 ...
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Why RPM doesn't accept my shared object as dependency?
I've built a rpm package using rpmbuild, and the package has the following dependencies:
51f32ecb00b7:/rpm # rpm -qpR pkg.rpm
libc.so.6()(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.17)(...
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dpkg: Upgrading depending packages (with the depended on possibly failing)
I have two packages A and B where B is an optional component that depends on package A and its exact version. Therefore I need to enure that if both packages are installed they are of the same version....
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Should I include code to install the packages that my script requires?
I have a script built just a way to learn bash and it uses jq for json parsing suppose someone else downloads it and runs the file, will bash automatically prompt the user to install jq or should I ...
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How to determine dependencies for a package
Before I create a PKGBUILD I always double check the required libraries of an application with the ldd utility. Software developers frequently omit required packages from their README/INSTALL files ...
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Building RPM for Unix RuneScape Client: nothing provides perl(JSON:backportPP)
I have been building an RPM file for this program and while for the most part this spec file works:
Name: unix-runescape-client
Version: 4.3.5
Release: 1
License: GPL-2.0
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Packaging deb: how to handle potentially missing dependencies
Problem:
I'm trying to create a DEB package from my own sources.
Everything is fine except handling the dependencies.
As I understand, the most genuine way to mark the dependencies is to list them ...
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Does packaging an application for APT involve pointing the application to use the APT communal dependencies?
I recently learned that Debian based distros essentially have a fixed collection of communal dependencies and libraries which any application installed through a package manager is required to use.
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Cross-compiling Slackware: is the build order listed anywhere?
I'm building a Slackware system from source and hitting a dependency wall here. (Before you ask: no, I'm not trying to "make it faster"; I'm building against a different C library.) Getting a ...
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