Questions tagged [aptitude]
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What is the fastest way to install Python 2.6 on an Ubuntu 8.04 server?
I just got an Ubuntu server set up, and it seems to have come with Python 2.5. I've been developing my app in Python 2.6, but apt-cache search ^python seems to not contain 2.6. What is the fastest way to update the repositories apt-get looks through…
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Andrey Fedorov
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(Ubuntu 16.10) How to pick/encourage a specific solution proposed by aptitude using only command-line arguments?
According to aptitude, the ubuntu-mate-desktop and ubuntu-mate-core packages recommend the ntp package, which conflicts with the openntpd package that we use. Interactively, it's easy to ask aptitude to leave openntpd alone and not install ntp.…
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BigSmoke
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Exclude sources files for apt-get update
I use an specific command to check security updates:
/usr/bin/apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security.sources.list
But when executed it use sources files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. So i want this command only read the specified…
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Unable to install python2.7-dev on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
The command $ sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev yields this result:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an…
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Honza
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Disallow virtual package in Debian's /etc/apt/preferences
I know I can disallow a particular package in Debian by appending /etc/apt/preferences with:
Package: *x11*
Pin: release
Pin-Priority: -1
But how can I do that for a virtual package like httpd? I'd like to disallow installation of all packages that…
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Michal Rus
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Prioritise repositories in Ubuntu
We have a few PPA sources on some of our servers which we stick into /etc/apt/sources.list.d . Some of these repos provide same packages (in terms of names) but different versions and possibly different binaries. Is there a way how we can PRIORITISE…
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milosgajdos
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Debian removed /var/lib/dpkg/info/, is there a way to save the system?
Removed accidentally /var/lib/dpkg/info/, now I am having problems with installing/removing packages, it prompts errors, cause can not find the info about installed packages.
Is there any way to save the system or need to reinstall debian…
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Wiggler Jtag
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Cannot restart apache2 on Debian server - "Cannot load /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp5.so into server"
Okay... I'm something of a beginner when it comes to servers, and I'm having some issues with restarting apache on my Debian web server.
I just ran the following:
aptitude install apache2 openssl
Immediately afterwards, I tried to restart apache…
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Philip Bennison
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Debian = aptitude how to deselect/disable automatic packages when installing software?
i want to install subversion. But I have already (manually) installed mysql. And it seems that aptitude will again try to intall mysql mysql-common{a}. How can I deselect the mysql installation when installing subversion? What commands/paramters do…
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jens
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Broken upgrade of debian, causing perl issues
So I stuffed an upgrade of debian, both upgrade and dist-upgrade. I am more used to yum but thats no excuse.
Now things are being silly. The majority of things work, however, my bugzilla install fails. On loading bugzilla I get a 500 error and this…
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Christian
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What is the format of specifying 'http' repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list?
After specifying the url of the repository, what do the tags like 'stable','non-free' mean in the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list ? If we know the url of a repository, how do we decide about these additional attributes while adding an entry in…
twiggedtoday
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Generating a record of the full(-ish) package management state
I'm about to make some system changes and I'd like to have a record of my current happy system state. Is there a convenient way to create a record of this? I'd like to keep track of info like
currently installed packages and their versions
which…
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intuited
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How to upgrade ClamAV on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS?
I'm running a server on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS, and when I installed ClamAV via aptitude, it installed version 0.94. That version has now been EOL'ed, but when I run "aptitude upgrade", it doesn't update ClamAV to the more recent version…
Jordan Lev
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How can I list which packages are from experimental?
I have a system which is a mishmash of testing and unstable and some from experimental.
How can I get a list of which packages I've installed from experimental?
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peje
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Aptitude / apt-get. Any way to only show non-X dependant apps in a search?
It just occured to me that it would be good to do an 'aptitude search blah' and only have non-graphical applications shown.
I know it's not a biggy but the docs don't seem to mention it and I would find it useful to know.
Thanks.
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Gareth
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