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Accidentally deleted gcc5-base and now i can't find any of the common commands
So i've been figuring something on my server through SSH and i accidentally removed the gcc5-base , which resulted in losing packages like apt and other main dependencies
How do i fix this please ?
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apt-get update error in ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
i always get the following error when running sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease [356 B]
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [363 B]
Ign ...
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Update virtualized ubuntu server 14.04.6 to 16.04 - error No new release found
I am trying to update a virtualized Ubuntu server 14.04 LTS to 16.04 LTS by ssh (Putty).
I have tried multiple methods and they all indicate "No new release found"
Ubuntio information is
No LSB ...
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Stuck with broken apt-get unable to update my VPS or do any installations
First time posting here since I've usually been able to go around and fix my issues with help of google, but this time I think I'm in a bit of a pickle.
I have a VPS running on DigitalOcean which I ...
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Can't install the newest versions of packages [closed]
Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop LTS 32-bit (don't need to upgrade OS, so this version is ok for me)
anzipex@anzipex:~$ sudo apt update
anzipex@anzipex:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Then i've got this:
Reading package ...
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software and updates can't connect internet
Yesterday everything was fine and sudo apt-get update worked fine but today it's not working it just say cannot connect to different websites.
Then I tried changing the server in software and updates ,...
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Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade process, upgraded to 16.04 without do-release-upgrade
I had to upgrade an Ubuntu server running 14.04 to 16.04 to get it into compliance. Is it normal that after running 'apt-get upgrade' - that lsb_release -a shows 16.04? Why is this? I have yet to ...
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Ubuntu Trusty ppa package install not working [closed]
We have had several ppa packages which normally worked (java8, php7, etc...) which appear to be now not working, and by not working I mean the packages are just not present when trying to install them....
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Can you variablize the release name in a private apt repo?
I have an internal apt repo located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/private.list that looks similar to this:
deb http://apt.company.com/ubuntu trusty main
When we upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and the ...
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Uninstalled unity-greeter and then installed it again, but desktop is gone
Will Ubuntu be the at the same status after I deinstall and reinstall the same package?
I deinstalled the unity-greeter package with apt-get remove and I reinstalled it with apt-get install.
So I ...
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'dpkg-deb' error while installing anything Ubuntu 14.04
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
dpkg: warning: 'dpkg-deb' not found in PATH or not executable
dpkg: error: 1 expected program not found in PATH or not executable
Note: root's PATH ...
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mono update - ca-certificates-mono - available 240 looking for 268
There has been some time that mono would not update. The problem is that this message stops other updates so even if I try to remove mono-develop I am failing.
apt-get says:
mono-devel : Depends: ca-...
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Trouble with python on Ubuntu 14.04
I'm using ubuntu 14.04 and I have messed up python. First, I've installed python 3.6.8, but I had some problem with it, so I moved to python 3.6.1. Only way to invoke 3.6.1 version is to use python3.6,...
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rosdep has unmet dependencies
My synaptic manager gives me an error saying that python-rosdep is broken in my system. So I did the following: Edit->Fix broken packages->Apply. But I get an error:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/...
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Can't use pip3 on Ubuntu 14.04
i have pip and python2.7 installed on Ubuntu and they work perfectly. i have python3.6 installed. whenever i try to use pip3, i get the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pip3"...
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ubuntu14.04 packages on bionic universe (18.04)
I am trying to install YOURLS which needs php7.2-fpm. However, when installing it, I get this:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
php7.2-fpm : Depends: ...
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apt-get update returns 404 errors for Debian repository on Ubuntu 14.04
Before posting I read through several questions with a similar subject. Still, since I couldn't find any that specifically mention the repository I'm having trouble with, I didn't feel confident ...
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libcrypto.so.1.1 not found on Ubuntu 14.04
I don't have the library, libcrypto.so.1.1 on my Ubuntu machine. I checked on both, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04.
My openSSL version details are:
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014
I ...
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Linux image removal or installled failed [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS i386. Currently installed linux-image-extra-3.13.0-153-generic.
From past few week I am dealing with this problem, but now the problem gets bigger...even I am not able to ...
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Skip configure for one package during apt install
I currently have a 14.04 machine with a broken package (A), such that when it tries to dpkg --configure it hangs for hours and then fails. The details are unimportant, and are not what I'm trying to ...
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Ignoring file sublime-text.lis as it has an invalid filename extension [duplicate]
When I try to install any program by terminal on Ubuntu 14.04 it fails with the same set of errors.
Here's what happens when I try to install sublime-text:
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Using apt-get install in chroot
I used debootstrap to create a chroot environment:
sudo debootstrap trusty trusty/
sudo chroot trusty
I'm using chroot. but command apt-get doesn't work:
I have no name!@user:/# apt-get install ...
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Trying to free up space for some updates, but havent dependency issues trying to remove/purge
Im deploying to my server, using ansible, part of which runs a bunch of "update" commands before I start installing/updating packages. I recently got an error about disk space, but appear to be going ...
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Why does kernel 4.4.0-135 need an explicit upgrade instead of the usual apt upgrade?
On several Ubuntu (16.04 LTS, Xenial) systems apt list --upgradable tells me that kernel upgrades are available:
$ apt list --upgradable
initramfs-tools/xenial-updates,xenial-updates 0.122ubuntu8.12 ...
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What is the difference between these two commands? [duplicate]
What is the difference between the command line sudo apt-get update and the command line sudo apt update?
Although I've been using only Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros in the last several years, I ...
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Users have different duplicity versions
I've just installed the latest version of duplicity (0.7.18 at the time of writing) using these instructions to add the ppa then update.
I did this under my account which has sudo privileges and ...
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Cannot Install openjdk-7-jdk with dockerfile from Ubuntu14.04
As in title, I can not install openjdk-7-jdk using dockerfile from Ubuntu 14.04.
At that command RUN apt-get install -y openjdk-7-jdk I get the following error
Unable to fetch some archives, maybe ...
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How do I use pip with Python 3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04?
I am trying to install Python 3.6 as per this answer, but I seem to be having troubles. My system is the following (it's on c9.io):
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: ...
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Reading Package list takes too long in ubuntu 14.04
When I enter sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get install somthing in ubuntu 14.04 server Reading Package List takes too long time. When I changed name of /etc/apt/sources.list doesn't take too long, ...
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Unable to install libc6-dev
A gcc compiler was misbehaving, and in the process of fixing it part of the libc6 package was uninstalled. Now I am trying to reinstall it using apt-get on Ubuntu 14.04 (3.13.0-24-generic). However, ...
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dpkg error, unable to install anything "resource temporarily unavailable", `dpkg --configure -a` hangs [duplicate]
Every time I try to
sudo apt-get upgrade
I get
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open
(11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/...
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Unable to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 from Ubuntu 14.04 without installing PostgreSQL 10
I just upgraded my Postgres instance from 9.3 to 9.6, and everything worked perfectly until I tried to uninstall 9.3. Apt is trying to install Postgres 10 during the removal of 9.3. 9.6 needs to stay ...
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APT pinning in preferences.d behaviour change from 14.04 to 16.04
I'm attempting to do the equivalent of holding a package via /etc/apt/preferences.d/something.pref in 16.04, and the behaviour seems to have changed from 14.04.
Given some package foo that has an ...
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do-release-upgrade complains no module namedd apt
Been searching for a while and couldn't find the relevant questions/solutions.
My system is running 14.04, every time when I logon the system, a message pops up saying 14.10 available, run do-release-...
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trying to install Node js, but it seems like in the source files or package there in an extra space so error are there [duplicate]
trying to install Node js, but it seems like in the source files or package there in an extra space so error are there.
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
W: Failed to ...
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Stuck in infinite loop of unmet dependencies due to broken packages
I posted this question in SO but found no suggestion. Hence I am posting it here for the hope. This question may appear duplicate of others however, I have tried their solutions but couldn't get any ...
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Issue after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04LTS to 14.04LTS [duplicate]
I recently migrated from Ubuntu 12.04LTS to 14.04 LTS .I had issues with my 12.04 so I did a factory restore and then upgraded to 14.04.My system is upgraded to 14.04 with no issues but The first ...
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Unable to remove TeXLive 2016 from Ubuntu 14.04
I installed TeXLive 2016 via PPA and used following commands-
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/texlive
sudo apt update
sudo apt install texlive-full
Due to some reasons, I tried to remove it ...
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How to install wkhtmltopdf, specifically v0.12.4 in ubuntu server 14.04?
I know there is already a question regarding wkhtmltopdf installation, but I need the specific version 0.12.4 to be installed. Is there a way to do it .
Normal apt-get installation ended up in v0.12.0
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Resource list errors cannot be fixed , makes me unable to install anything [duplicate]
I tried methods like deleting or updating the source list that I found on the web but these didn't fix it.
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Install specific gdal version
I want to install gdal 2.1.* version:
apt-cache show gdal-bin | grep Version
Version: 2.2.2+dfsg-1~trusty1
Version: 2.1.0+dfsg-1~trusty2
Version: 1.10.1+dfsg-5ubuntu1
But have problems:
sudo apt-...
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apt-get reports no space left on device
My machine has got into a state where I cannot apt-get anything.
When I run apt-get upgrade I get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You ...
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APT "Could not resolve 'in.archive.ubuntu.com'" [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I am unable to use apt-get update command. I am getting the below error:
support@node:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Err http:...
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Why do I see different versions of node and nodejs
I ran the following commands to install the stable version of node
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo npm install -g n
Now, when I run node -v, I see v10.0.0, whereas nodejs -v ...
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Unable to install new trezor-bridge on ubuntu 14.04 64bit
I would like to install trezor-bridge (2.0.12), however i am unable to proceed. Does anybody know what's the issue please? I am kind of new with linux, would be glad to any answer.
root@lubisG2:/home/...
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How to get rid of mintsystem and other mint components
I installed some parts of linuxmint rosa in Ubuntu 14.04.5 by adding the repository in /etc/apt/sources.list. For example, if I switch to tty2, it shows up as Linux Mint 17 Rosa. I would like ...
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Ubuntu apt-get update stuck at Reading package list... 0%
I am connecting via ssh to this ubuntu machine, when doing apt-get update it gets stuck at "Reading package list... 0%". Help, please.
Update: I tried installing something manually, but it won't let ...
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Where have the trusty PPAs gone... and how can I back up current ones?
When I follow the instructions on updating MONO I get a lot of held back packages trying to update:
The following packages have been kept back:
libglade2.0-cil libglade2.0-cil-dev libglib2.0-cil ...
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Installing after downgrade [duplicate]
Ubuntu kernel on a remote server (14.04) was downgraded from 119 (apparently there was a glitch that damaged nvidia drivers) to 4.4.0-116. Whenever I'm trying to install anything, I keep getting the ...
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I was following a blog post to install postgresql and start getting this error while updating my OS [duplicate]
N: Ignoring file 'pgdg.listsudo' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/'
as it has an invalid filename extension
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