Questions tagged [apt]
APT is short for Advanced Packaging Tool, the package manager for Debian-based distributions. It is also the most used tool for installing packages in Ubuntu. Questions about using any of the apt commands should use this tag.
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installing DaVinci Resolve on Ubuntu Studio
tried installing missing packages in Ubuntu Studio but Resolve still says they are missing when I try and execute ???
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How to install parabolic in Ubuntu 24.04 without snap or flatpak?
I am using Ubuntu 24.04 with a laptop with limited storage in its internal drive, and to save space, I want to avoid snaps and flatpaks.
I want to install the Parabolic YouTube downloader, which is a ...
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Steam games won't show in apps menu
So I initially installed Steam using App Center, but that was launching really slow and I read that it's because I installed it from there. So I decided to uninstall it so I could reinstall using sudo ...
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Random MySQL Server 8 on Ubuntu 20.0.4 - 2 processes trying to run gets stuck on Loading Status
I have been running into this issue now for the last 2 weeks. Our Ubuntu 20.04 server was stable and running without issue until one day it pinged me a 500 error with UpTime Robot monitoring.
When I ...
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How to use SDKMAN Candidates like Maven or Gradle in linux [Kubuntu 24.04] terminal
How to use SDKMAN Candidates that come along with SDKMAN installation. Can it be used in the Linux Desktop for general build or compilation process like that Gradle, Groovy & Maven that come along ...
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An Error during Update related to http://repository.spotify.com Ubuntu 24.04
Err:4 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease The following
signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
available: NO_PUBKEY 6224F9941A8AA6D1 Reading package lists... Done
W:...
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Mouse cursor weird after apt update. Wayland
Ubuntu Noble. All was fine until today, after apt update cursor starts lagging, but if you press the left mouse key on desktop, it fixes until you stop holding it. Also Mozilla got something weird ...
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Can't login to finish do-release-upgrade process
I ran sudo do-release-upgrade -d inside byobu inside Gnome Terminal using Remote Desktop, to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
It ran for a while and started asking the usual ...
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OEM deb package and ubuntu version mismatch
for my thinkpad e14gen5, lenovo provide this OEM hardware support package for ubuntu 22.04 only it seems.
I want to install ubuntu 24.04.
According to this search on packages.ubuntu
There is no ...
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Cannot install any packages or using dpkg configure
I did an upgrade to my machine lubuntu 22.04 and it failed, Now i cannot upgrade or install anything.
user@host:~$ sudo apt remove cmatrix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... ...
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sudo apt update shows warnings [duplicate]
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt noble-pgdg ...
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Make WSL detect conda-python that I installed on Windows 11 [duplicate]
I have a Windows 11 machine and I install Ubuntu from microsoft store to run linux command.
Previously I also insalled Conda on Windows 11.
But when I open WSL and hit 'python' it gives the following ...
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apt wants to remove important sounding packages
Apt suddenly said the packages libdaxctl1 libndctl6 libpmem1 are no longer needed and should be autoremoved.
these packages all sound really important. so I set them to manually installed.
can someone ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 unable to enable dark theme
I can not enable dark theme on my newly installed ubuntu 24.04. I have tried bunch of techniques but nothing changes. Can I get some help?
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Err:10 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease Cannot initiate the connection to repo.protonvpn.com:443 [closed]
Iam trying to sudo apt update in my Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
Thank you in advanve for your great help!
Best,
Yue
jing@jing-Inspiron-3670:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for jing:
Hit:1 http://dl.google....
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Is it possible to "remove" an apt-cache policy entry?
I'm having trouble installing a package, and I think it might be because apt wants to install the wrong version of it.
If I run apt-cache policy python3.10, I see:
$ sudo apt-cache policy python3.10
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Cannot install gnome-control-center upon upgrading Ubuntu (unmet dependencies with libpython3.10)
I upgraded last night from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. When I booted up my PC, I found my settings app (gnome-control-center) was gone. I tried to install, but I get:
$ sudo apt install gnome-control-...
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sudo apt update failed with public key issue https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli [duplicate]
when i use sudo apt update, i got below error
I already tried many posts from stackoverflow , does not work for me
(e.g How to solve GPG Error with packages.microsoft.com PUBKEY)
Any idea? thanks in ...
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Would an 'altered' package be replaced by an updated version when it comes out?
I'm currently experimenting with ksmbd. The current build of ksmbd tools in ubuntu 24.04 has broken packaging and install fails - I ended up downloading the deb-src and building a package with the ...
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how to install library dlib==19.16.0 on ubuntu 24.04 for the python version 2.7.18
I receive the below error while installing dlib, Kindly help me to install dlib==19.16.0 on ubuntu 24.04 for the python version 2.7.18.
pip install dlib
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its ...
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Where is the documentation for the new apt sources format used in 22.04?
Before 22.04, there was a file /etc/apt/sources.list. With 22.04 the default file structure has changed.
Is there documentation about this change?
Does the old format still work or is only the new ...
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how to set up ssh tunnel for apt-get update on WSL2?
My local machine has Ubuntu 23.10 on Win 10 WSL2. The local machine has no direct access to public Internet. It has access to a portal machine which communicates with public Internet.
How can I run ...
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Every time I try to install apps on Ubuntu 22, I get certificate/ssl/update errors. Anyone know why? [duplicate]
I'm on a corporate laptop dual booted with Ubuntu and Windows. Whenever I try to install things like Caddy, Docker Desktop, or really any application it turns into a whole thing and I can't install ...
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apt signals broken package, but I cannot see which is broken [duplicate]
Ubuntu focal
5.15.0-92-generic 102~20-04.1-Ubuntu SMP
I have tried following
sudo apt update
sudo apt-cache policy build-essential
sudo apt install gcc=4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2 -f
always fails
So I installed ...
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Package 'mariadb-server' has no installation candidate
Im currently trying to install mariadb after deleting it with sudo apt-get purge mariadb-server-core because it wasnt working, but now I get the error: Unable to locate package mariadb or Package '...
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Version mismatch on nginx.pm after updating nginx module perl
I have gotten an error after updating nginx on my server, the module Perl in the file /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.34.0/nginx.pm says its version is 1.24.0 but I have an error that reads:
[...
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firefox is already the newest version but it's not found
After:
$ sudo apt install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
firefox is already the newest version (1:1snap1-0ubuntu2).
0 upgraded,...
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ubuntu secure boot error Lenovo p500 What is the problem with the bot?
ubuntu secure boot help me I'm pc Lenovo p500
When taking off, there is an error in the bot.
What is the problem with the bot?
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Apt update throw error in Ubuntu 24.04
I have just installed Ubuntu 24.04. When i try to run "sudo apt update" it throws the below error.
I have tried:
changed "Download from" server from main to other server in ...
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Unable to conduct sudo apt-get update command on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS [duplicate]
Here is the command I am calling followed by the errors.
ubuntu@ip-10-0-2-185:~$ sudo apt-get update
Cannot initiate the connection to us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com:8080 (2600:1f18:5c55:4c02:b55:...
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Problem in installing steam on linux
I wanted to install steam on my Ubuntu PC. (Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS)
At the first, I had a lot of problems and couldn't add multiverse repository, but tried a few hours and somehow fixed them.(maybe ...
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flake8 installation causes removal python-minimal - Ok or not?
(still) on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
when I try to install flake8, it makes me question, which implies I do something very risky, however I can not find, is it actually risk or it's just outdated warning for ...
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BLUEZ - jammy Release' does not have a Release file [duplicate]
I wanted to sudo apt update, and then i got the following message. Recently the bluetooth wasn't working very well on my machine.
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/bluetooth/bluez/...
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sudo apt --purge autoremove fails saying insufficient disk for mkinitramfs. How can I fix this?
I tried to update my Lubuntu 22.04 system using sudo apt update, but this failed.
Subsequently I have tried to free disk space with sudo apt --purge autoremove, but this also fails:
sudo apt --purge ...
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Can't install Nala
I'm trying to install nala and I am getting this error:
W: GPG error: https://deb.volian.org/volian scar InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not ...
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Unable to update kernel on Ubuntu 22.04 due to cpio write error, but /boot is not full
NEW INFO 6/13/24 16:18 MT: after main post
Having problems with apt upgrade on my main workstation, been troubleshooting for months and I can't figure this out. Kernel will not update. Need the ...
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updating QGIS: I can´t update Keyring
Add the QGIS repo for the latest stable QGIS (3.36.x Maidenhead) to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qgis.sources:
a: What exactly is a repository (what does it look like?) and how to add? what do they mean? ...
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How to fix malformed entry in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/third-party.sources
Malformed entry 1 in sources file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/third-party.sources (URI parse)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
File contents;
Types: deb
URIs: cdrom:[Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu - ...
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android-messages-desktop 5.4.0 no longer working since update to Ubuntu 24.4
since upgrading to Ubuntu 24.4 Android-Messages-desktop for linux no longer works.
Attempting to report bia Bug Reporter fails with message "package is not installed"
Ubuntu Software states &...
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Missing jammy folder nova.clouds.archive.ubuntu.com [duplicate]
Hello Ubuntu Community,
I am encountering an issue while trying to update my APT cache and install packages on my Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) system. The update process fails with the following error ...
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How to patch a library in a docker image which I have not compiled from source
I have a Docker image which has been built from a Dockerfile starting with: FROM ubuntu:24.04. This contains a library libaom, whose version can be determined using:
# ls -l /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/...
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Issues installing libgl1-mesa-glx
I'm trying to install libgl1-mesa-glx since I need it to run packettracer.
fabio@fabio-MS-7750:~/packettracer$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency ...
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unable to install of pgadmin4 i did not know why i am getting this error [duplicate]
GPG error: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/apt/jammy pgadmin4 InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY ...
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apt-cache policy <package name> shows /var/lib/dpkg/status instead of the repository name
I am using Ubuntu 22.04. I know I can get the information about where a package comes from via apt-cache policy <package name> (related question). I want to find out how I installed a specific ...
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How do I add a repo to my local apt mirror server?
I want to add the Mozilla Packages repo to my local apt mirror server. I think I need to somehow add the config to "/etc/apt/mirror.list" which currently has
deb https://ppa.launchpad.net/...
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Problem installing R 4.3.3 in Ubuntu 20.04
I have the code below to install R 4.3.3 in Ubuntu 20.04. It was working fine until last week. Today, I tried to run it; however, it results in a error.
export R_VERSION=4.3.3
apt-get update
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6.5.0 kernel issues w/CUDA 12.1 - how to make nvidia-modprobe install for only one kernel version
TL;DR, how do I:
Upgrade the cuda library versions / downgrade the driver version
Remove a kernel (6.5.0-35) that is somehow "associated" with the linux hwe image / headers
Made nvidia-...
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Error: "The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY" [duplicate]
[sudo] password for huzaifa:
Hit:1 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:3 http:...
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The sudo apt update command doesn't work
I just installed ubuntu and wanted to do this: sudo apt update
But it showed the following errors:
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'Skipping acquire' error messages when running 'sudo apt update' [duplicate]
I have started to get multiple 'Skipping acquired' error messages when running 'sudo apt update':
W: Skipping acquire of configured file '-security/binary-amd64/Packages' as repository 'http://archive....
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