Questions tagged [apt]
For questions about the use, design, function etc. of APT (Advanced Packaging Tool), the standard software package management system for Debian and its derivatives.
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How can I install more recent versions of software than what Debian provides?
Suppose I want a more recent version of software than is available for my current version of an operating system, what can I do?
Cases to consider:
There are semiofficial/official sources of ...
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Invalid signature for Kali Linux repositories : "The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository"
I cannot update my Kali Linux, when trying to execute apt-get update I get this error message:
# apt-get update
Get:1 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.5 kB]
Err:1 ...
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How to install a deb file, by dpkg -i or by apt?
I have a deb package for installation.
Shall I install by dpkg -i my.deb, or by apt?
Will both handle the software dependency problem well?
If by apt, how can I install from the deb by apt?
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How can I list all files which have been installed by an APT package?
I have installed the package geoip-bin using the apt-get command:
sudo apt-get install geoip-bin
and I wanted to know the command line command to use this package.
But when I try to list the files ...
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How to add repository from shell in Debian?
In Ubuntu one can add a repository via following command -
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
As Ubuntu is based on Debian code base, I was expecting that the same would work in ...
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How do I install a single package from Debian testing or unstable on stable?
I want to install a single package (and its dependencies, but only to the extent those are not satisfiable in Wheezy) from Debian Jessie onto my Wheezy system, without upgrading "everything and the ...
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How to make apt ignore unfulfilled dependencies of installed package?
I installed Opera 12.16 from a .deb for reasons. Just assume that I need this specific browser of this specific version and that there’s no alternative.
However, that deb depends on packages (such as ...
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Why is there no https transport for debian apt tool?
With all the paranoia that came with NSA revelations, I'm wondering why the Debian package installation mechanism does not support HTTPS for its transport, let alone use one by default.
I know Debian ...
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What information do I need to solve an APT dependency issue?
I've seen several times people with unmet dependencies, which apt-get doesn't tells straightforward what's the problem, like this one:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-dri:...
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List packages on an apt based system by installation date
How can I list installed packages by installation date?
I need to do this on debian/ubuntu. Answers for other distributions would be nice as well.
I installed a lot of stuff to compile a certain ...
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apt-get update failed to fetch debian amd64 packages while building dockerfile from maven:3.5.2-jdk-8
Dockerfile:
FROM maven:3.5.2-jdk-8
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y python-dev python-pip
RUN pip install awscli --upgrade
Build Logs:
Preparing build context archive…
[========...
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What packages are installed by default in Debian? Is there a term for that set? Why some of those packages are `automatically installed` and some not?
Is there a term to refer to the subset of packages that is automatically installed by Debian distribution?
I though that it had something to do with packages priorities, but it doesn't seem to be the ...
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What is the difference between the "jessie" and "jessie-updates" distributions in /etc/apt/sources.list?
The debian wiki page for the apt sources list gives this example file:
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb http://httpredir....
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apt-get upgrade holds back a kernel update. What are the official instructions for applying updates on Debian 9?
I saw the following on Debian 9 "stretch":
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following ...
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What is the real difference between "apt-get" and "aptitude"? (How about "wajig"?)
I know that both apt-get and aptitude are command line package management interfaces on Debian derived Linux, with different options, but I'm still somewhat confused. Under the hood, aren't they ...
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