dpkg is the package format used by Debian, Ubuntu and other popular GNU/Linux distributions as well as the tools used to work with dpkg packages.
Questions tagged [dpkg]
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How to enable sysstat from shell script in Ubuntu?
In Ubuntu, I can install sysstat using apt, e.g.
apt-get install sysstat
And then enable it via interactive prompt
dpkg-reconfigure sysstat
But I want automate the process using fully automated shell script, what command I can use?
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Howard
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apt-cache under Debian 6.0 displays a packet both as a dependency and conflict at the same time
Could somebody explain how can a syslinux packet both depend on and conflict with syslinux-common:
martin@IBM:~$ dpkg -l syslinux syslinux-common
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
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Martin
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Filesystem owner changed by mistake
I ran this command on my ubuntu server 12.04 by mistake:
chown someuser / -R
On RHEL it would be fixed by this command:
rpm --setugids -a
Is there anyway to fix it in ubuntu server?
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Ehsan
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Install from backport with apt fail
So little question, I've got this:
redis-server:
Installed: 2:1.2.6-1
Candidate: 2:1.2.6-1
Version table:
2:2.4.15-1~bpo60+2 0
100 http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports/ squeeze-backports/main amd64 Packages
*** 2:1.2.6-1…
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Can't remove partially-installed extension
I'm on an Ubuntu 11.10 server with PHP 5.4 installed from a PPA. I had the MySQL library installed (php5-mysql) but wanted to try out the native driver (php5-mysqlnd), so I ran sudo apt-get install php5-mysqlnd. It caused some errors with dpkg, so I…
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Ian Hunter
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Should i disable triggers when force reinstalling packages in ubuntu (to repair corrupted exectables)
I want to reinstall some selected packages on my ubuntu server (lucid). I'm planning on running cat packages.txt | xargs apt-get --reinstall install to restore some executables I think may have become corrupted. My question is, should I use dpkg's…
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sirlark
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dpkg: error processing <..>
# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/pve-firmware_1.0-14_all.deb
(Reading database ... 39867 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking pve-firmware (from .../pve-firmware_1.0-14_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing…
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artem
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UBUNTU - Broken DPKG and Index
Was doing a package update and it ended a process and hung so I rebooted the server and now it will not allow me to perform any more updates.
I tried the following to no avail:
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install -f (I get a message: E: DPKG…
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Ubuntu User
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Using apt-get fails due to improperly configured dav_svn.conf file?
We're working on updating one of our internal development servers (running an older version of Ubuntu, 8 or 9 I'd guess), and are encountering errors when upgrading/installing packages using apt-get. Here's the console output of an attempt to…
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Craig Otis
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Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code
When trying to install phpmyadmin on my Ubuntu instance, I accidentally quit the job midway through.
Now I can't continue it/remove it to start again..
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading…
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williamsowen
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Ubuntu: Cannot apt-get upgrade server, dpkg permission denied even when root?
I've ran a general audit of the system and found that a few packages were aging, such as OpenSSH and related so I went to apt-get update then upgrade.
Unfortunately it seems to get the packages correctly (downloading), however cannot finish the…
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Alexander
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Apt getting wrong nginx source
I'm working on updating Nginx on my server from 0.7.65 (Ubuntu 10.04 repo) to 1.0.2 (from the PPA). I installed it just fine, but I would like to add/activate some modules. I found this tutorial for doing it with dpkg, which works well for ensuring…
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dpkg -get-selections command not working on Ubuntu
I am trying to use the gpkg -get-selections command on Ubuntu. I am kind of new to Ubuntu and really just following a tutorial on how to properly install Tomcat :)\
The tutorial is…
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Genadinik
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How can I repair apt / dpkg?
Apt keeps crashing when I try to run
apt-get upgrade
xxx@xxx:/root/# sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic…
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glisignoli
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How to remove junglediskserver
I need to remove junglediscserver from my server. I installed it using the .deb file they provide and not apt-get so I'm not sure how to remove it.
I tried apt-get junglediskserver remove as root and it says directories are not empty so they…
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Ben
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