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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.

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syntax error: unknown user 'munin' in statoverride file

Server running Ubuntu 12.04 lts I installed munin the other day on a server. I decided later to remove it with apt-get. I noticed that not everything was removed from the installation so manually removed the munin web directory and also removed the…
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skipping dpkg-genchange step (Debian)

I'm building binary only package: dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc The build actually runs successfully, but I have deleted previous version of the package and now dpkg-genchanges complains: dh_builddeb dpkg-deb: building package `zzz' in…
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On a Debian system, how is the 'installed-size' field of the control file used?

One of the fields included in the control file of a .deb package is the 'Installed-Size', which should inform of the final disk occupation (in kB) of the package in question. My question is when/how is this information typically used? Is it e.g.…
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Debian: Get list of installed packages while in rescue mode

How can I get a a list of installed packages from a debian setup which is mounted to /mnt/ while using a rescue mode? Scenario: Server crashed, only rescue mode possible. Setting up a new server, migrate data from old server to new with rsync. But…
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Permission Mystery - apt-get and other system utilities have 000 permissions

I'm trying to track down this strange behavoir for years now. Always after installing software-updates the permissions of a lot of system-tools are broken as you can see below. I am reasonable convinced that the machine is not owned by someone…
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Stopping dpkg from removing symlink on package upgrade

I have a debian package that installs a file to /usr/local/java/jre/lib/ext, where /usr/local/java is a symlink to where the jvm is actually installed, in this case /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun. The new version of this package installs the jar elsewhere.…
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Chef recipe to install varnish 3.0 on ubuntu lucid?

Here's my problem. I want Varnish 3.0, but Lucid only has the 2.1 package available. So using Chef, I need to make an install recipe that adds the varnish-cache.org repository to the apt sources and installs the varnish-3.0 package. (I have the…
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How can I install a third-party .deb package in an arbitrary base dir?

I have a .deb which politely installs itself in /opt. For my purposes I would prefer it acted like a first-class citizen and installed itself in the regular filesystem locations. Is there a way to do this? This is Ubuntu 10.04.4 update I have tried…
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Generating a list of installed packages in Ubuntu

I want to backup my list of manually selected packages in Ubuntu, without listing packages installed as dependencies. For example, dpkg --get-selections returns a complete list of all installed packages, manually selected as well as dependencies.…
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Is Debian package ifenslave really necessary for bonding?

This piece of Debian documentation states that package ifenslave is necessary for bonding: First install the ifenslave package, necessary to enable bonding Yet I know of two Debian 7.10 (wheezy) hosts where dpkg --get-selections | grep ifenslave…
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Whence /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini in Ubuntu 16.04?

Where does the /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini file come from on Ubuntu 16.04? dpkg -S /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini returns nothing. dpkg -S /etc/php/7.0/apache2/ shows that the directory is installed by the libapache2-mod-php7.0 package,…
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Installing a package to an alternate location using 'dpkg' without root privileges fails with permissions errors

The command line I am using is dpkg --force-not-root --root /some/other/location -i the_package.deb but I get an error dpkg: could not open log '/var/log/dpkg.log': Permission denied I would have expected the log to have been written…
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Hook into installation of Debian package

When installing packages with daemons, they often restart that service during installation/upgrade on Debian. I got a daemon that has some options that can only be set on runtime, not configured. If the Debian package was under my control, I'd…
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Prevent update-manager from overwriting my Configs

After installing a package with apt-get and then overwriting some package specific config files, whenever the system upgrades itself it tries to overwrite my custom configs with the package default ones. Is there a better way to specific custom…
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What to do when local usernames conflict with network usernames

We use Puppet to manage our Linux desktop machines and SSSD to authenticate our users against a central authentication system. Recently when setting up a few new machines we found that puppet was halting in the middle of installing software…
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