software-installation

Force non-interactive `apt-get install` to fail on config file conflict

Force non-interactive `apt-get install` to fail on config file conflict I’m doing unattended / non-interactive package installations via DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y my_package This works as attended in most cases, but still gives me an interactive prompt if there is config file conflict, e.g. something like this: Configuration file ‘/etc/foo’ ==> Modified (by you or …

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Is it safe to remove some Snaps from new LTS

Is it safe to remove some Snaps from new LTS Can you remove a few Snaps in the new 24.04 LTS without causing problem to your system. The Snaps I am wondering are snapd-desktop-integration, Firmware updater, ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap and Snap store. Can you do "sudo snap remove" for theese newly added and get away with it …

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Unable to locate package python3-cepces

Unable to locate package python3-cepces I’m trying to enroll Ubuntu 22.04.4 Pro Desktop for certificates from a Windows domain (ADCS). Using this approach with certmonger and its cepces plugin. I have a virtual machine installed from the official ISO in VirtualBox 7 for testing (and reverting snapshots). I also tried the Hyper-V "Quick Create" image. …

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How to set up deb question priority with an apt flag?

How to set up deb question priority with an apt flag? We have the nice tool dpkg-reconfigure to re-ask install configuration questions of a single package. For example, by dpkg-reconfigure -plow something I can re-configure the package something, i.e. re-run its installation script. We also have the apt tool to download a package from a …

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How to install things?

How to install things? Some apps have .appimage and source code tar archive as download options. I migrated from Windows 11 and to me it seems that app image is like portable executable on Windows, correct me if I’m wrong. So how do I actually install a program so that I can launch it from …

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How to install gcc-14 on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04?

How to install gcc-14 on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04? I successfully used the instructions from https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-gcc-compiler-on-ubuntu-18-04/ to upgrade gcc version before, but they don’t work for gcc-14. How do I install gcc-14 and g++-14 on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04? Asked By: Paul Jurczak || Source GCC-14 (and G++-14) is available in the Universe repository for …

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add repo to debian (gpg issue)

add repo to debian (gpg issue) First, I have done literally hours of work and research on this… attempting to find a solution my self. But I am unable to either understand what I am missing or get all the info I need (not sure which). Second, this is the first time I have ever …

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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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What happens to apt-tracked packages if I upgrade one manually?

What happens to apt-tracked packages if I upgrade one manually? I’m on Ubuntu server 22.04 (Jammy). I’m still a bit of an Ubuntu newbie and I wanted to apt upgrade a package that I have previously installed via apt and the relevant PPA. Turns out I can’t, apt can’t see the latest version. The reason …

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Help With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS!

Help With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS! I Need Your Help With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS! I Worked with Linux for about 4 years and i know how to work with it. It was so good for me and i was comfortable with it; But Ubuntu 24.04 looks so weird! It gets me "No irq handler for vector" …

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How to remove extra software I installed by mistake?

How to remove extra software I installed by mistake? Although I wanted to install just a VPN, I mistakenly used a tutorial that also installed all of gnome. I realized this when I found a lot of unexpected apps in my dash. When I checked the history.log in var/log/apt I discovered that this command apt-get …

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App wont uninstall/install after canceling the install

App wont uninstall/install after canceling the install I was installing Cura slicer and I got a software update notice and decided to update software too. the software updater said it was waiting for something to close, which was the snap store installing cura. so I canceled the cura install so I could install the software …

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How do I install a pip package on a machine without Internet access?

How do I install a pip package on a machine without Internet access? I’m working on a Linux machine without (direct) Internet access. I want to pip install foo for some pypi package foo, but – obviously, that won’t work. I have, of course, other machines which are connected the Internet. How would I go …

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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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How to uninstall jdownloader completely?

How to uninstall jdownloader completely? So I installed jdownloader directly from terminal , but I experienced a problem where it wasn’t allowing me to set download directory to external drive. I used the following commands: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader sudo apt update sudo apt install jdownloader-installer I tried to uninstall it through terminal using sudo apt-get …

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Unable to install MySql on Amazon Linux 2023

Unable to install MySql on Amazon Linux 2023 I am working on a EC2(AWS) machine running Amazon Linux 2023.4.20240319. I need to install apache, php, and mysql. I stuck with mysql. I have followed many instructions found on the internet: https://tecadmin.net/install-mysql-8-on-fedora/ https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/linux-installation-yum-repo.html https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70993613/unable-to-install-mysql-on-centos7/72469498#72469498 But there’s a last error that doesn’t have solutions: $ sudo yum …

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Install failed when installing PDO sqlsrv on debian 12 with PHP 8.3

Install failed when installing PDO sqlsrv on debian 12 with PHP 8.3 I want to install pdo_sqlsrv on a Debian 12 server with PHP 8.3. I’m following the documentation available here. The latest version seems to be perfect (5.12.0), but I can’t install it. After doing this as the doc said: apt-get install curl apt-transport-https …

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Is it legal to download google chrome from Linux mint software manager?

Is it legal to download google chrome from Linux mint software manager? when I download google chrome I see this……. NOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Google. What does it means? Is it legal to download google chrome from Linux mint software manager? Asked By: Md. Sobrul Islam || …

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