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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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Check to see if "dpkg --configure -a" needs to be run

When something goes wrong in the middle of a dpkg configuration we need to run dpkg --configure -a before installing a new package. Is there a way to check if "dpkg --configure -a" needs to be run? Any files we can inspect?
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How to check dependency of debian package?

Before installing a Debian package, I want to check if the current system has all the depending packages installed. Below is what I am currently doing (using bsdgames as an example). Note, I do not want to automatically install dependencies. I just…
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Broken apt trying to install Cassandra

While trying to install Cassandra on Ubuntu 13.10, the installation crashed and now I'm stuck with broken (?) apt-get. Here is the output of an apt-get install -f: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state…
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Why does aptitude want to update the original kernel when I use backports?

On Wheezy I am using the current backports kernel, which I set up via # echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main" > \ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wheezy-backports.list # apt-get update # apt-get -t wheezy-backports install…
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Reverse a command and disable su on Ubuntu

Whilst following an online guide on how to secure Ubuntu server, I ran this command on one of my test VM's. sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root admin 4750 /bin/su I know the intention of the command was to limit the use of su to specific…
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update nginx 1.4.4 to 1.4.5 trying to overwrite X which is also in package Y

I get this error while trying to upgrade: Preparing to replace nginx 1.4.4-4~raring (using .../nginx_1.4.5-1~raring_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement nginx ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nginx_1.4.5-1~raring_amd64.deb…
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Upgrading nginx-full 1.2.1 to nginx 1.2.6 from PPA on Ubuntu 12.10

I'm trying to upgrade nginx 1.2.1 to version 1.2.6 on ubuntu 12.10, but with no luck. I've previously installed nginx using apt-get install nginx-full because I needed the modules instead of building from sources. But now I can't 'overwrite' the…
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'm getting an error while trying to update the linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 package on Debian 6, x64. Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-41squeeze2) ... Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating…
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Add dpkg .symbols or.shlibs to package made using checkinstall

I have created a simple package using checkinstall of the Oracle Instantclient client libraries, the package installs without problem and is seen in the system. Problem is, that checkinstall doesn't create…
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Does Debian or Ubuntu have a means of logging apt/aptitude commands?

Does Debian or Ubuntu have a means of logging apt/aptitude commands? I could also ask the same about yum commands in Redhat? Do they have a history file?
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Ubuntu 10.10 unattended grub2 downgrade

I've got to install a few machines with grub legacy on them due to issues with symantec ghost (ghost is a requirement that can't be dropped). i've got a script that prepares machines, but there's a slight problem: apt-get purge grub-pc comes up with…
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Linux - How to completely clean up a software installation

I am running under Debian and I have recently upgraded to Squeeze. Since then, I am having so much problems with Webmin. So I have decided to remove it using: apt-get remove webmin And then I downloaded the sources of Webmin 1.530 and compiled it.…
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Why is my newly created package not installing properly? Did I create a conflict?

I am on Debian Lenny and I had nginx 0.7.65 from lenny-backports installed. I needed the uwsgi module so I added the deb-src for lenny-backports and did apt-get source nginx. This grabbed the 0.7.67-3. I followed this guide to a T:…
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dpkg error code 1

I am unable to add/remove any packages in ubuntu karmic I keep getting the following Errors were encountered while processing: crossplatfromui E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) What do I do to completely remove this package…
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Debian 11 dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init does not run the graphical menu

I'm trying to run dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init on Debian 11 After I run the command, this shows up multiple times in the terminal: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_TIME =…
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