Questions tagged [apt]
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 tools should use this tag.
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Can I use aptitude instead of apt-get without problems?
I would like to use aptitude since its parameters are more consistent.
You can install it with: sudo apt-get install aptitude
Are there any reasons not to use it with elementary OS?
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Can I restore apt-get sources to the default?
I'm new with elementary OS but I have used ubuntu for a while before. I was trying to install Steam and I had a problem, I had to install a lib of 32bits (ia32-libs) and all good, but today, I was ...
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Is it safe to use “apt-get autoremove”?
Months ago i read a note like "not use autoremove because it break the meta package on Freya", is it safe to use now?
I have so many packages which are no longer needed.
EDIT:
Thank you so much ...
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“apt-get upgrade” fails with errors (E: Encountered a section with no Package: header) and (W: Duplicate sources.list entry)
Distro: elementary OS Freya 0.3 (no modifications apart from installing bumblebee and proprietary video drivers)
Laptop: MSI ghost GS60 2PC
I have, for about the last month, been getting messages ...
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“could not find a distribution template for Ubuntu/n/a” error in elementary OS
I got message like this :
root@ferryready-Satellite-L510:/home/ferryready# curl -sL http://i-hate-farms.github.io/spores/install | sudo bash -
Installing the repository...
OK
Traceback (most recent ...
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Why can I not install dconf-tools?
Whenever I try to install dconf-tool I get this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package dconf-tools is not available, but is ...
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Cannot install wine and playonlinux
sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you ...
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Error while doing 'sudo apt update': no Release file
Whenever I do sudo apt update, I get the following response:
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu loki InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease ...
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How to fix gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/<key>.gpg': resource limit
I frequently receive errors as follows while running apt-get update:
[...]
gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pdfmod-team-ppa.gpg': resource limit
gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/...
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Why is packagekitd is running?
I look into processes on my laptop. It is T420. There is one process in top five. It is packagekitd. /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd. I don't understand why do I need packagekitd running?
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Can't open Software Center [closed]
I am a beginner on Linux so I don't know what went wrong but the Software Center wont open anymore, if I click it it will open and close immediately. Also, on the top bar it will appear the message on ...
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Unable to install skype on elementary OS
I am using elementary os freya. I followed this post to install skype.
ravan@ravan:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How can I install indicator-session without pulling in extra packages?
I removed indicator-session by accident. Now, when I try to install it again through apt-get I get this.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
indicator-session libaccount-plugin-1.0-0 ...
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Adobe Flash Plugin Vulnerable
I'm having trouble with the Adobe Flash Plugin. Firefox, with which I substituted Midori, blocks it.
I have tried to re-install it from the software center, I have installed flashplugin-installer, I ...
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Error installing OS updates — “Too few items to process”
I was downloading OS updates as per usual while working, and when I finished working I realized the installation had gotten stuck. I was trying to install another package and wanted to use apt, which ...
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App Center package website down [closed]
I upgraded the App Center to 0.2.3, but then the site, http://packages.elementary.io/appcenter, the packages are hosted on is reporting a bad gateway. The App Center isn't showing anything other than ...
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Strategies for dealing with horribly out of date software in the Ubuntu repos
It's been about 5 years since I've used an Ubuntu based distro as my daily driver and now I'm starting remember some of the reasons why I ditched it for Arch Linux; horribly out of date software ...
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Everything hangs on installing wine
I have tried to install wine (using apt-get install wine) up today.
However, after working a bit, the whole desktop decided to hang and I couldn't move the mouse.
IIRC, it was showing up "processing ...
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Why is my Elementary OS Not Updating via terminal / Apps are not updating from App Center?
I am not able to update apps or the OS.
While upgrading from the terminal, I am getting this error message:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 271161 files and directories ...
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How can I run a Terminal command as “root”?
I tried to install Git using this command apt-get install git, but getting this:
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration ...
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Cannot install OpenJDK 8
I am trying to install OpenJDK 8 in Freya but I can't find in any repository. If I try
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
I get
Unable to locate package
And when I try to search it via
sudo ...
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Brave Browser and repo update
I have tried to add the repo for Brave Browser. It adds fine, but then I get this problem with it being insecure. How can I add this repo to an exceptions list? I understand apt is going to phase out ...
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is it safe to leave packages held back?
I'm running elementary OS freya and have a very stable system, just the way I like it. Today I did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and the following message appeared:
The following packages ...
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Fresh installation - apt-get update fails with 403 forbidden
I am quite new to Linux.
After I did fresh install from iso and update system components from AppCenter(appcenter) I wanted to install net-tools using apt-get.
firstly I did sudo apt-get update but ...
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I've added the Daily PPA and Appstream causes an error when trying to upgrade
I've added the Daily PPA (don't worry, I have another partition with a stable elementary, this is just for learning) and when I try to apt upgrade -f (or the same without the -f) I get the following ...
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Mine apt-get update gives an error?
After i type sudo apt-get update ubuntu shows the following error.
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/dists/freya/partner/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.150 80]
W: ...
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Missing index files from elementary repo
After doing a package update I get a 404 error when it's trying to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/os-patches/ubuntu/dists/freya/main/binary-i386/Packages
How can I solve that missing ...
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Problems with broken packages and apt-related issues
At the moment I'm unable to update my system or install/uninstall any package. The source of the problem seems to be a broken package (tv-maxe installed from ppa:venerix/pkg) with unmet dependencies ...
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Error while adding PPA on elementary OS freya
Whenever i try to add any PPA it shows me the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 91, in
sp = SoftwareProperties(options=options)
File ...
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Warning Notification Updates
since two days ago, there's some warning icon appear on my top bar like this
I've try click Show Updates but said my system already updated (last action bout two days ago too)
This is my apt lists
$...
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Graphic glitch after interrupted apt upgrade?
I'm new to this forum, so sorry for any mistakes..
Today I booted my Elementary OS into this (see the screenshot). Blurred or missing texts, no text in menus... But pages and menus a rendering ...
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Accidentally created a bad source list- How to delete it?
I'm new to Linux and was attempting to install the Brave Browser using the instructions on the website, listed below:
curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-...
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I extendedly removed apt package manager, how to fix?
I have removed apt as I was removing keyring with the Synaptic Package Manager.
Removed the following ESSENTIAL packages: apt
Completely removed the following packages: ubuntu-keyring
Removed the ...
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How do I resolve GPG NO_PUBKEY errors?
After attempting to update within the command line, the system ends with these errors.
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: https://repo.skype.com/deb ...
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Can't install elementary-tweaks on Juno
I'm trying to install elementary-tweaks on Juno but adding the ppa is causing an error. Here is my console output...
Err:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip.scott/elementary-tweaks/ubuntu bionic ...
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Juno sources - no release file
I have just installed Juno but cannot update.
sudo apt update
[sudo] password for cipeos:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for cipeos:
Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/...
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Hash Sum Mismatch Error
I am getting a hash sum mismatch error.
I have several ppa's hopefully this is not the cause.
tweaks, libreoffice, and caffeine, vivaldi, opera
I followed the instructions Update error (sudo apt-get ...
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apt update “does not have a Release file”
I'm trying to fix this issue when running sudo apt update:
E: The repository 'https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu loki Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository ...
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apt-get is busted, linux noob
elementary os hasn't been able to update for a long time now. Apt get update works, but i get a bunch of 404 errors. The errors are only for arm64 packages and im on an AMD64 system so i havnt been ...
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`apt update` is broken and appcenter doesn't show any apps
I haven't done anything weird I don't think. Haven't changed any of my sources or anything like that.
When trying an apt update I get this:
[~] ∞ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/...
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Unmet Dependencies and Broken Packages
When attempting to install Steam, I get this error message:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
...
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apt search does not work
I run elementary OS on my laptop and after I did the usual update and upgrade, sudo apt search stopped working. I've been looking everywhere for an answer and nobody seems to have had this problem!
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Native videos app can't play some type of videos
I have a problem with the native videos app:
I'm not able to play specific videos in it (Screen is black) while I can play some other videos.
Using VLC (Which somehow can play the target files with ...
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Error when running `sudo apt-get update`
I've got the following error(s):
Hit:1 http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease ...
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Broken apport return [Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)]
When I try to update the system or install updates through:
sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade -y;
I get an error:
Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
When processing the following ...
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Cannot install Elementary Tweaks in Loki (no release file for the repo)
I'm back to elementary after some absence and I hope to keep using it, but I have no big incentive so far.
After discovering that adding repos was disabled by default, as well as the Ubuntu's ...
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elementary OS Update
I just installed elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki on an iMac over the last weekend and everything went swimmingly well.
This AM when I try sudo apt-get update,
I get this message:
W: The repository '...
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(libcups2) dependency hell after apt upgrade
Some broken packages have been shipped in mainline. Package libcups2 has broken apt completely after an upgrade.
When I try apt -f install the package manager suggests to remove a whole batch of ...
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Not able to install applications
This error keeps showing up
E: mysql-common: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
E: libmysqlclient20: 25.0000:dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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“Failed to download repository information”
I am connected to the Internet but when i want to check for updates I get the following message:
