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dpkg-reconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: No file or directory
I am building a provisioning script for a ubuntu vagrant vm, on a ubuntu host, both 12.10 64bit When installing the following packages:
sudo apt-get -y install php5-xsl graphviz php-pear unison
I ...
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Force apt-get not to upgrade a custom package dkpg [duplicate]
I've created my own deb package for Redis 2.6.11 instead of the very old default version for Ubuntu. All works well except when I do an apt-get upgrade it tries to install what it thinks is the latest ...
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What to do when local usernames conflict with network usernames
We use Puppet to manage our Linux desktop machines and SSSD to authenticate our users against a central authentication system. Recently when setting up a few new machines we found that puppet was ...
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Search for installed unavailable packages (backports and 3rd party)
I would like to remove any packages that I installed from third party repositories. I recently installed some backports from PPA repositories, and I suspect one of them broke my Ubuntu 12.04 server ...
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How to enable sysstat from shell script in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
In Ubuntu, I can install sysstat using apt, e.g.
apt-get install sysstat
And then enable it via interactive prompt
dpkg-reconfigure sysstat
But I want automate the process using fully automated ...
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Upgrading nginx-full 1.2.1 to nginx 1.2.6 from PPA on Ubuntu 12.10
I'm trying to upgrade nginx 1.2.1 to version 1.2.6 on ubuntu 12.10, but with no luck. I've previously installed nginx using apt-get install nginx-full because I needed the modules instead of building ...
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Filesystem owner changed by mistake [closed]
I ran this command on my ubuntu server 12.04 by mistake:
chown someuser / -R
On RHEL it would be fixed by this command:
rpm --setugids -a
Is there anyway to fix it in ubuntu server?
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Permission Mystery - apt-get and other system utilities have 000 permissions
I'm trying to track down this strange behavoir for years now.
Always after installing software-updates the permissions of a lot of system-tools are broken as you can see below. I am reasonable ...
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Regarding Reinstalling PostgreSQL
I was using PostgreSQL 8.4. I tried removing it through Synaptic Manager and then I tried to install 9.1, but I still version 8.4. I deleted all the files associated with postgresql. Now I am unable ...
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persist debian package on Ubuntu
I have an Ubuntu server that I recompiled libcurl for sftp support. The problem is when the server is rebooted or updated I have to reinstall the curl package. I am not clear how to persist this ...
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How can I install a third-party .deb package in an arbitrary base dir?
I have a .deb which politely installs itself in /opt. For my purposes I would prefer it acted like a first-class citizen and installed itself in the regular filesystem locations.
Is there a way to do ...
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Should i disable triggers when force reinstalling packages in ubuntu (to repair corrupted exectables)
I want to reinstall some selected packages on my ubuntu server (lucid). I'm planning on running cat packages.txt | xargs apt-get --reinstall install to restore some executables I think may have become ...
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Using apt-get fails due to improperly configured dav_svn.conf file?
We're working on updating one of our internal development servers (running an older version of Ubuntu, 8 or 9 I'd guess), and are encountering errors when upgrading/installing packages using apt-get. ...
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Can dpkg verify files from an installed package?
With rpm -qV openssh-server I will get a list of files that have changed compared to default.
~$ rpm -qV openssh-server
S.?....T. c /etc/ssh/sshd_config
~$
Can dpkg on Ubuntu do the same?
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Ubuntu compare original package and installed parameters
I'd like to compare the actual config files for, let's say, Apache and the ones provided in the original package.
The purpose is to have a list of modifications since initial installation because I ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 10.10 unattended grub2 downgrade
I've got to install a few machines with grub legacy on them due to issues with symantec ghost (ghost is a requirement that can't be dropped). i've got a script that prepares machines, but there's a ...
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Ubuntu: Cannot apt-get upgrade server, dpkg permission denied even when root?
I've ran a general audit of the system and found that a few packages were aging, such as OpenSSH and related so I went to apt-get update then upgrade.
Unfortunately it seems to get the packages ...
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Scripting installation of a virtual package provider on Debian/Ubuntu
First, what's the simplest way to get a list of (real) packages that provide a particular virtual package? 'aptitude show' seems to include it in the output for a virtual package, but 'apt-cache show' ...
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dpkg -get-selections command not working on Ubuntu
I am trying to use the gpkg -get-selections command on Ubuntu. I am kind of new to Ubuntu and really just following a tutorial on how to properly install Tomcat :)\
The tutorial is here:
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dpkg error installing on Ubuntu 10.04
I'm trying to install the nginx on ppa:nginx/stable on Lucid after removing the one that comes from the default sources but I get this error:
` Setting up nginx-common (0.8.54-4ppa13~lucid) ...
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How can I repair apt / dpkg?
Apt keeps crashing when I try to run
apt-get upgrade
xxx@xxx:/root/# sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following ...
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Ubuntu dpkg, non interactive installation
I am trying to install a bunch of .deb files without having to interact with them. MySQL Server for example will prompt for an interactive menu to enter an administrative password upon the dpkg's ...
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Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu without starting it
I want to install PostgreSQL 8.4 (or any service) on Ubuntu 10.4 (or any Linux distro) without it starting up as part of the installation. Right now when I do a
sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.4
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Finding documentation for /etc/**/*.dpkg-*
During upgrades, files with these extensions appear in /etc and its subdirectories. I gather that *.dpkg-dist contains the file that was distributed with the currently-installed version of a package, ...
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In Ubuntu Linux, how do I list packages installed from the “universe” repository?
On an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server, I want to list installed packages and see what repository they come from.
It’s easy to list installed packages, but it does not include the name of the repository (such ...
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Generating a list of installed packages in Ubuntu
I want to backup my list of manually selected packages in Ubuntu, without listing packages installed as dependencies. For example,
dpkg --get-selections
returns a complete list of all installed ...
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dpkg error code 1
I am unable to add/remove any packages in ubuntu karmic
I keep getting the following
Errors were encountered while processing:
crossplatfromui
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code ...
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Given a debian source package - How do I install the build-deps?
I have a debian (well technically ubuntu) source package, i.e. the .dsc, the .tar.gz, etc., I want to build this. The dpkg-buildpackage fails, since I don't have all the build dependencies.
Normally ...
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Is there an Ubuntu server package for PHP 5.3
It's been some time now since the release of PHP 5.3. I can't wait to work with it, but the Ubuntu developers have decided not to include it in the APT repository until 10.04. I don't want to wait ...
