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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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How do I download and install a regular DPKG package in a cloud-init script?

I'm spinning up lightweight containers on a Linux Host using LXD/LXC. The sole purpose of these containers is to host "Dotnet & Dotnet core apps" For a while I've been using Ansible, but recently I found that I could actually embed an init script…
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Jenkins installation fails on Ubuntu 20.04 with dpkg: error processing package jenkins (--configure)

I was trying to install Jenkins in my server Ubuntu 20.04 with the following commands wget -q -O - http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/debian/jenkins-ci.org.key | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://pkg.jenkins-ci.org/debian-stable binary/ >…
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How to install ProtonMail on Ubuntu Server 20.04?

I have a PRO account at ProtonMail and I want to use it for my web server. I found a tutorial here…
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Installed self-compiled Python 3.7.0 as "python", how to remove it?

I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server. I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb…
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How to reinstall/fix specific perl module on ubuntu 16.04

During an update, apt and dkpg returned the following error: dpkg: error processing package libperl5.22:amd64 (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Errors were…
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How can I check the release of a package in debian?

I am planning to do an upgrade on my system and I have a mix of three releases, there are some packages from wheezy, some from jessie and some of stretch. I would like to get the list of the packages with their release so I can do some purge before…
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dpkg: cannot see preinst script output

I faced a problem: dpkg says that preinst script fails with exit code 1 but I see no output. I looked into script itselt (dpkg -e) and found what's wrong. But if there were output of preinst script, the problem would be revealed clearly! Maybe there…
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Backup upgradable packages with dpkg-repack on debian

I want to list upgradable packages and automatically repack them to .debs. My try: fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `apt list --upgradable | cut -f1 -d"/" | awk '{if(NR>2)print}'` So it gets package names, then redirects names to dpkg-repack. It works…
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Docker don't allow to install using dpkg command

I am trying to install docker cron package in running prometheus docker container. I downloaded cron package but somehow it is not allowing me do that. I downloaded cron package using wget command. Also it doesn't let me configure dpkg. /prometheus…
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How to speed up dpkg (binary) package build

I will be building debian package multiple times in a day, and each build takes more than 8-9 minutes! I was checking if there is any way to speed it up (dpkg-deb --build, binary pkg) I tried to use tmpfs mounted partition to build, but that didnt…
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Is it possible for a debian package to be installed by multiple names through apt?

I have a package foo-new, which many new users know by its old name foo-old, so they try to execute apt install foo-old which does not work. Is it possible through a control field to make a package being installed through either name from apt, so…
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RPM to DPKG: Underscore in Package Name

I have a custom RPM which I convert to DPKG using the tool alien. It works with one annoyance: The input is called "foo_bar.rpm" and the output is called "foo-bar.dpkg". We have a list of packages to install via automated configuration management…
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Bash if condition to check if a ubuntu package needs an upgrade?

I need a bash line to check if a ubuntu package needs an upgrade or not. For example, I want to check if the package 'firefox' needs an upgrade using dpkg or apt-get commands. Hypthetical Example: # Hypothetical example pseudo-code if [[…
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German Umlauts (but only uppercase) are broken

I have a proxmox3 server. I login via SSH. Umlauts (öäüÜÖÄ) works well - nevertheless if upper or lowercase. Then I login in my openvz node (debian wheezy) via: vzctl enter 100 In this node, on CLI umlauts are not work in a textfile only lowercase…
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dpkg/apt-get updating a package - downtime?

I was wondering if apt-get/dpkg packages (.deb's) manage downtime at all when updating? For example, when updating nginx (assuming it's already installed) via sudo apt-get install nginx, it looks to me like there isn't any downtime. If that's true,…
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