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Sources.list Critical Vulnerability link update This question is related to this GitHub post. I just wanted to make sure if I got the link correctly and not made an error I replace the ma.archiveUbuntu links with http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu Is this correct, or do I do to do something else? Asked By: Vegeto.T || Source If we …

Why is the manual of apt incomplete? I would like to see what are the command-line switches of apt list but after 30min of research I don’t manage to find a lot of information about it… I tried to type apt list –help, man apt and man apt-get but didn’t get much information especially about …

Security update missing (apt update) As a sysadmin, I’m pretty aggressive about the security updates. I’m looking for the best practices when an update is missing in the official repository. Example Sept. 1st, CISA releases a security update about vmware-tools I run ‘apt update && apt upgrade’ on my Ubuntu servers, hoping to install the …

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 2608 (packagekitd) When I type sudo apt update for the first time after opening my laptop, I got this error message: E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock. It is held by process 2608 (packagekitd) But when I type sudo apt update again, things are …

Unattended-Upgrades configuration for custom repo only OS: LMDE 5 (based on Debian 11 Bullseye) To keep the system tidy, I use separate files to overrides the original distribution/developer configuration files wherever possible. This also prevents problems when the developer makes changes to the original config and keeps my settings safe. etc… For Unattended-Upgrades, the original …

Unable to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.10 – packages have been kept back: libgd-dev libgd3 libgd3:i386 I’m a layman when it comes to using Linux/Ubuntu. I’m on Ubuntu 22.10 unable to uprade. I tried all that I could find on internet: apt update apt upgrade apt full-upgrade Here is the log: hp@hp-workstation:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB …

Debian+Gnome Remove Libreoffice Is there no way to remove libreoffice* without removing gnome? If i type sudo apt purge libreoffice* It automatically also wants to remove gnome Is there a solution to this? Asked By: user82375897897928347 || Source Removing the LibreOffice packages only entails removing the gnome metapackage, not GNOME as a whole. Metapackages are …

How can I upgrade the "find" command to the latest version? I got this answer for Is it possible to chain two consecutive find commands? last year. Today I wanted to test the latest recommendation to pipe two find commands together. find … -print0 | find -files0-from – … To my surprise it did not …

Upgrade WSL Ubuntu (18.04) without removing snapd? I tried to upgrade my Ubuntu WSL on Windows 10 to later Ubuntu as it had older 18.04 currently. But it failed with aborting error without additional information. I found online that others had removed snapd which was preventing the upgrade. I also removed snapd and then the …

Debian apt issue (not found and deb12u1) I wanted to install texmaker the other day but I ran into an issue : it downloaded 500mb but it told me it could not find a few dependencies, for instance Err : 4 http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/texlive-bin/texlive-binaries_2022.20220321.62855-5.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP : …. 80] I looked it up on the …

How to determine if an application is safe for use on Ubuntu I’m very new to making Ubuntu my daily driver OS. My question is how do I determine if an application is downloaded from a reputable source using apt commands? I’m not sure where to find information on packages and how to verify the …

What are the security implications of this fix for the "unsandboxed" apt notes? An article at https://devicetests.com/fix-download-unsandboxed-root-error-ubuntu presents a fix for the inconsequential yet annoying "unsandboxed download" notes produced by apt. Reference: What does this apt error message ("Download is performed unsandboxed as root…") mean? (I learned about this fix in a downvoted and soon-to-be-deleted …

Accidentally deleted cfg80211 Ubuntu 22.04 Kernel version 5.15.0-43-generic While trying to install some adapter drivers as shown here, I accidentally deleted my /lib/modules/5.15.0-43-generic/kernel/net/wireless/ directory completely where cfg80211.ko is stored, and I would like to repair it if possible. I’ve tried running sudo apt-get install –reinstall linux-image-5.15.0-43-generic and similar combinations but that simply gives me Reinstallation …

Kali Linux Purple: Unable to install 'libgconf-2-4' package I am attempting to install Spotify and Discord on my Kali Linux (Purple Edition) using apt install <package name/deb file>. However i ran into dependency issues. Typically, Kali would install these dependencies automatically but it appears that it was impossible to install this dependency: libgconf-2-4 To provide …

Software update programs – which to keep and which to remove? $ dpkg -l | grep softwar ii brltty 6.4-4ubuntu3 amd64 Access software for a blind person using a braille display ii docbook-xml 4.5-11 all standard XML documentation system for software and systems ii espeak-ng-data:amd64 1.50+dfsg-10 amd64 Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer: speech data files ii …

Feed input to apt install I’m trying to install python3.9 in a Dockerfile based on ubuntu:20.04. When I run apt -y install python3.9 manually, it prompts me for the geographic area and the city corresponding to my time zone. For me, that corresponds to options 2 and 106 (i.e., New York), respectively. However, when I …

Linux/Debian History: what Debian version became able to download and install packages from the Internet (with apt commands)? For my Linux culture: what was the first version of Debian to become able to install packages from the Internet by the mean of the apt commands? Asked By: Marc Le Bihan || Source Technically, I think …

Upgrading FadeIn Pro I’m trying to update screenwriting software FadeIn Pro from 4.0.19 to 4.1.0. I’ve tried what I think should work to upgrade the app, as well as a few other attempts, but nothing has worked so far. I am brand-spanking new to Linux. I built my first Linux machine only a few weeks …

understanding why a package is installing a file that `dpkg –search` & `dpkg –listfiles …` don't know about? I have installed a particular program via apt. It originates from a 3rd party repo, and I have 100% confidence the file was installed & updated via apt not some other path (per data I list below) …

trouble creating python3 -m venv py_envv using windows subsystem linux (using ubantu distribution) Its my first post in askUbuntu, please bare with my discription. command at PWD : python3 -m venv py_envv after excuting I got an error below The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you …