package-management

RPM upgrade two servers with same packages on different days

RPM upgrade two servers with same packages on different days I have two servers called test and prod and they have exactly the same packages installed. On day 1 I dnf upgrade server test and then test if the installation vent good. If the test vent good I do an upgrade on prod on day …

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After Installing Python from Source, can I Uninstall the Building Dependencies?

After Installing Python from Source, can I Uninstall the Building Dependencies? I am working with very constrained embedded hardware where I cannot afford to have many packages installed; however, I need Python3.10, which I built from source (my apt only offers Python3.7). In doing so, I installed build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev …

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software-boutique won't start because of a missing dependency, So what does replace software-boutique?

software-boutique won't start because of a missing dependency, So what does replace software-boutique? user@computer:~$ software-boutique Traceback (most recent call last): File "/snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/726/usr/bin/ubuntu-mate-welcome", line 30, in <module> gi.require_version("WebKit2", "4.0") File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 125, in require_version raise ValueError(‘Namespace %s not available for version %s’ % ValueError: Namespace WebKit2 not available for version 4.0 in github this software …

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How to get package version in one command line in bash

How to get package version in one command line in bash I’m trying to get the installed version of systemd in the following command, but it returns all lines contain the keyword "systemd". # dpkg -l | grep " systemd " ii gnome-logs 42.0-1 amd64 viewer for the systemd journal ii libsystemd0:amd64 249.11-0ubuntu3.12 amd64 systemd …

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Unable to install any packages with apt in a brand new 24.04 installation because of libreoffice-help-zh-tw

Unable to install any packages with apt in a brand new 24.04 installation because of libreoffice-help-zh-tw I’ve never used Linux before and just installed Ubuntu 24.04. Edit: I used the ZFS file system when I installed. At the end of the installation, I got an error popup unable to securely remove ‘/usr/share/libreoffice/help/zh-TW/text/swriter/00/stylesmenu.html.dpkg-tmp’: Invalid exchange but …

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Unable to install strongswan in Ubuntu 22.04

Unable to install strongswan in Ubuntu 22.04 I am trying to re-install strongswan in ubuntu 22. Ran the following commands $ sudo apt update Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree… Done Reading state information… …

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Troubles updating Debian 9 to newer release

Troubles updating Debian 9 to newer release I have a faceless root server mainly running a web service (Apache with php5), mail and VPN. It’s about time I get this updated to a stable and supported system version. I followed the Debian upgrade docs, but ran into minor(?) issues such as that while my system …

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Installing tree installed grub – is it something to worry about?

Installing tree installed grub – is it something to worry about? I just installed tree via sudo apt-get install tree and my terminal suddenly decided to update grub. Last week, I installed tree, and a similar thing happened. However, when I restarted my PC later that night it booted into a window displaying Grub _ …

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Unable to install NVIDIA drivers with apt-get

Unable to install NVIDIA drivers with apt-get I am trying to install the recommended NVIDIA driver by the following command: sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-550 But I keep getting the following error message: Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local libnvidia-cfg1-550 550.54.15-0ubuntu1 [145 kB] Err:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local libnvidia-cfg1-550 550.54.15-0ubuntu1 File not found – /var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local/./libnvidia-cfg1-550_550.54.15-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (2: No such file or directory) Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local …

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Can I safely remove fwupd* packages from Linux Mint 21.3 desktop?

Can I safely remove fwupd* packages from Linux Mint 21.3 desktop? # apt-get –simulate remove ‘fwupd*’ … The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfwupdplugin5 Use ‘apt autoremove’ to remove it. The following packages will be REMOVED: fwupd fwupd-signed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. …

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How to work around a package conflict with DNF on AlmaLinux

How to work around a package conflict with DNF on AlmaLinux I’m working on a hosted virtual server with AlmaLinux v9.3.0 and cPanel 120.0.1 installed. It also has EasyApache installed. I’m trying to install package from the EPEL Repo called "mapserver" Running the command dnf install -y mapserver I get the following error:- Last metadata …

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how can I remove a dpkg installed repository?

how can I remove a dpkg installed repository? This error shows up on my sudo apt update: W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not …

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packages reinstall after xz-utils restore

packages reinstall after xz-utils restore how to fix my ubuntu from broken dependences issues everywhere after choas caused by xz-utils backdoor found few days ago. i am using noble development branch. After few updates days ago and lots of packages get stuck and cannot downgraded nor upgraded. Even i cannot see the kde login ui …

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Installing KOReader on openSUSE Tumbleweed without using Flatpak

Installing KOReader on openSUSE Tumbleweed without using Flatpak I’m trying to install the KOReader e-book reader application on my openSUSE Tumbleweed system, but I don’t want to use the Flatpak version. Is there a way to install KOReader from native packages or by building it from source on openSUSE Tumbleweed? I’ve tried searching the official …

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Debian unstable repository and *t64 packages

Debian unstable repository and *t64 packages Why is Debian renaming some unstable packages from orig_name to orig_namet64? Some other questions: Where can I find the Official Policy for Debian Unstable? Where can I find out what is going on with the Debian user community as a whole? Recent renamings: $ dpkg -l "*t64" |head -n …

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apt upgrade – connection reset by peer

apt upgrade – connection reset by peer Pretty fresh Jammy installation. No changes done in the setup whatsoever. I was able to apt update without problems. No proxy. No VPN. What I tried: two different WiFis waiting a week in case the problem was on server side adding fix-missing flag as suggested apt-get update -> …

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What dependency solver does APT use?

What dependency solver does APT use? I noticed packages have version constraints in their metadata (e.g., git). What algorithm does APT use to satisfy these dependencies? E.g., Spack uses Clingo as its dependency solver, Conda and Mamba use libsolv, Pip uses its own custom backtracking solver. Asked By: charmoniumQ || Source APT pre-dates the idea …

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apt-get update for gitlab-runner for Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS failing with invalid signature

apt-get update for gitlab-runner for Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS failing with invalid signature I’m trying to run apt-get update and getting this error for gitlab-runner: # apt-get update . . . Get:6 https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-runner/ubuntu focal InRelease [23.5 kB] Err:6 https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-runner/ubuntu focal InRelease The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 3F01618A51312F3F GitLab B.V. (package repository signing key) <packages@gitlab.com> Reading …

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