Process of installation, deletion and update the software configuration in the operating system using a pre-prepared packages.
Questions tagged [package-management]
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Why are some packages missing in Debian Testing that are available in Stable and Unstable? How do you install those packages?
I am setting up a machine with Debian Testing (Bullseye). I found that some packages are not available in Testing, but they are in Stable (Buster) and in Unstable (Sid).
For example:
LibreCAD:…
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Mismatch version between installed package and executable version printing
I am facing an issue about mismatch between last updated package of PHP and what is actually run.
Recently I have updated my Ubuntu server by running:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
On the output I have noticed the right package version was…
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How to fix broken packages on Ubuntu
I have a Ubuntu 18.10 server, and recently tried to update git. I keep getting errors that a number of packages are not properly installed.
Errors were encountered while processing:
libpaper1:amd64
libpaper-utils
unattended-upgrades
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How to suppress Uninstall-Package prompting to install nuget
I am writing a script to go through our fleet of Windows machines, search for a couple of applications, and uninstall them if found.
To achieve this, I am using two commands
Get-Package
Uninstall-Package
The way in which I am doing this remotely,…
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patch management for software compiled from source
I'm doing research into building a lamp server in ubuntu or debian for an intranet. Pretty much everything I have seen recommends building from source, chrooting all the components and such for security and the most up to date versions of…
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Cannot upgrade Debian Jessie to Stable because of deb.sury PHP PPA
I'm attempting to upgrade my Linode Jessie instance to Stable by following this tutorial. I've upgraded my /etc/apt/sources.list file, and am up to the $ sudo apt update step. When I enter that command, I get the following:
Hit…
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Can not start sshd service: relocation error
After updating openssh version from 5.3 to 7.9 I am having problems when I try to start sshd service,
The script that I executed is:
rpm -Uvh openssh-latest-7.9p1-1.el6.cgsl7741.x86_64.rpm --nodeps
rpm -Uvh…
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Spacewalk Clients Not Running Yum Updates
The clients registered with my spacewalk server report needing updates but when I schedule a event to update the packages on the clients they never perform the update. The little clock icon appears on the clients and there is a pending event but…
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How does one validate an MSI file for Group Policy Software Installation?
I am wrestling with learning Group Policy Software Installation; I'm at the point where I think I know what should be going on, but I don't have a ton of practical experience yet, and am not finding any resources that go beyond configuring the Group…
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Is the snmp source package of correct version missing from security.debian.org?
I'm trying to build the newest snmp packages on debian jessie.
However, https://packages.debian.org/jessie/snmp seems to show conflicting information. The page heading reads:
Package: snmp (5.7.2.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1 and others) [security]
And the link…
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How can I force the postinst for package A to run before the one for package B without depending on it?
(Hint to the reader: For the purpose of this post you can safely ignore what ufw is and how it actually works. My question is not about ufw, but about packaging).
I have my own Deb package mypackage. It does some networking and requires certain…
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PHP 5.6 not working - Ubuntu 12.04
I had PHP5.3 on my ubuntu and is now trying to install PHP5.6 on it.
After purging the current version, This is what I've done first:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5.6
But there are no packages…
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What is the proper way to keep Ubuntu Server 8.04 updated?
I have a web server running Ubuntu Server 8.04 and I would like to know the proper commands to keep it updated.
I’ve been using apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, but occasionally it tells me that there are packages held back. I’ve been using…
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How to auto update the expired GPG keys of APT?
When you create your own APT repo, you have to create a GPG key for it.
So you need to import it with:
apt-key add yourkey.asc
or with a key server:
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 3E5C1192
However, I do not know any update…
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How to install a minimal version of "lsb_release" on CentOS
comming from debian i am currently working with centos7.
i am trying to install the lsb_release command, which is quite small.
looking for packages which provide lsb_release with
yum provides */lsb_release
shows me the following packages which…
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