Questions tagged [apt]
APT, the Advanced Packaging Tool, is Debian's high-level package management system. It is also used by several other Linux-based and Debian-based operating systems.
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Upgrading Debian Debootstrap-MinBase Docker-Images from Buster to Bookworm: Repository not signed
I am currently in the process of upgrading our docker-images from debian 10 (buster) to debian 12 (bookworm). We create our own base-images with debootstrap:
debootstrap --verbose --arch=amd64 --...
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Which PHP package version is currently in use
When I install php package with sudo apt install php-mysql. It installs two packages. Which one is in use? Are these really two packages or php-mysql is an alias like a symlink current package in use?
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Apt issues on Ubuntu 24.04 with noble-backports source
I run
apt-get upgrade --print-uris --yes -t noble-backports
and get the following output & error:
E: The value 'noble-backports' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not ...
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Check if package exists in repository that is not on my sources.list?
TL;DR:
How can I check if a package exists in a repository that's not on my sources.list?
What I want:
Most answers I'm finding assume the repo I need to check is already in my /etc/apt/sources.list.
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debian:jessie container, apt-get update 100% CPU in PhotonOS host
In a Photon OS machine in VMware ESXi:
docker run debian:jessie apt-get update
The apt-get update process takes several hours to finish, using ~100% CPU. Even with an empty /etc/apt/sources.list.
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Linux server: apt-get update "Could not get lock" error
I have a Google Cloud machine. Every few days, I SSH into the VM and run a handful of commands. Over the past few days, whenever I run sudo apt-get update, I get the following errors:
E: Could not get ...
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apt-mirror is failing to read and use the http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/Release file
I have a problem with apt-mirror.
I am tying to set up an internal Ubuntu mirror for my company.
My company using a Squid Proxy: internal IP 10.###.###.5:3128
Our proxy does not need a user/pass.
I am ...
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WSL apt install jdk results in 404 Not Found [closed]
Windows 11 WSL. Installing JDK 11 results in the error: 404 not found.
wsl> sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk-headless
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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Offline APT mirror with Ubuntu updates - how can I build them?
I'm looking for a way to create a mirror of the Official ubuntu apt archive for jammy (22.04) / AMD64.
The mirror should contain updates for all packages that go into a standard Ubuntu server ...
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Can I rely on `curl` being installed on Debian/Ubuntu? How could I find out?
Is curl installed by default on Debian & Ubuntu (in 2024)? How could I answer this question myself?
I am writing the install instructions for software, part of which requires running a script that ...
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Running hardened Ubuntu 22.04 desktop in an air gapped environment
I am trying to run Ubuntu 22.04 in an a semi Air Gapped environment.
The OS has been hardened using CIS hardening. There is no direct connection to the internet, but there is a Nexus Repo server ...
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How to make sure installing updates using apt does not restart networking services?
I have an Ansible playbook that I use to configure new Linux VMs. I was recently building a new VM with Ubuntu 22.04. The playbook will write some configuration files related to networking and whatnot,...
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apt purge not removing masked service
Facing an issue while removing postfix. I ran "apt purge --remove postfix" that didn't clean up masked service and service status shows it masked. Can anyone please help to address the fix.
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Nexus Repository OSS: apt hosted repo gpg signing
Nexus Repository OSS version: 3.63.0-01
We have created a hosted apt repository and we keep getting these messages on apt update:
E: Failed to fetch <apt-repo-url>/dists/jammy/InRelease 401 ...
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Debian Bookworm E: Unable to locate package
I'm getting a lot of "E: Unable to locate package" errors when I try to install some popuplar packages...
in my /etc/apt/sources.list file I have these lines :
deb http://deb.debian.org/...
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Installing APT via dpkg causes ldconfig not found in path error
The situation began with an issue preventing me from updating, upgrading, or installing anything using apt. In an attempt to resolve this, I utilized dpkg to remove apt and then sought to reinstall it ...
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Cloud Init can't create Apt source from k8s.io due to 302 redirect
I'm attempting to add the k8s.io apt package source to a VM using cloud-init, but the URL provided from the docs does a 302 redirect, and gpg doesn't like that.
cloud-init config.yml:
apt:
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Cloud Init isn't adding Apt sources BEFORE apt update is executed
I'm trying to install packages from docker and k8s.io, but package_update: true isn't using the newly added sources, and finding those packages fails.
Here is part of the cloud-init config:
apt:
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How do I re-run the post-install set up script after making the wrong choice in apt install mailutils?
Yes - I have read this similar Q and all the answers. Unfortunately that was from years ago, and none of the answers work any longer.
I'm running an Ubuntu server 22.04, and installed mailutils. Near ...
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How to upgrade kubernetes repos on ubuntu
I have two Kubernetes clusters, one on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (first) and another on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (second). Both of them are using Kubernetes 1.26.10.
I try to upgrade both to version 1.27.x, but ...
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How do I know whether to accept APT repository changes?
When I run sudo apt update (on a DigitalOcean Ubuntu server), I get this message:
E: Repository 'https://packages.redis.io/deb jammy InRelease' changed its 'Origin' value from '' to 'packages.redis.io'...
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In apt, How to move package from direct package to transitive package?
I'm looking for a command that:
remove/purge a package if it is not a transitive package of another install package
declare a directly installed package as installed-by-transitivity if it is a ...
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Ubuntu - Install Non-Latest Package as a Dependency
I'm trying to build a debian package using FPM. This package, we'll call it Package A, has a custom-built dependency, Package B. Let's say Package A.1 depends on Package B.1. If B.2 is added to the ...
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Cannot "apt upgrade" due initramfs error - "update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-5.15.0-86-generic with 1."
I have a Ubuntu 22.04 VM with CloudInit on a Proxmox Host which worked well, but recently I got often the issue after some time (some days, even after reinstalling) that I can't upgrade packages due ...
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Ansible apt "No package matching 'libgl1-mesa-glx' is available" but "sudo apt get install -y libgl1-mesa-glx" succeeds
I have a task in a playbook that is failing. The task is as follows:
- name: Install Zoom dependency
apt:
name: libgl1-mesa-glx
state: present
The output is:
TASK [role-name : Install Zoom ...
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Why doesn't apt full-upgrade upgrade this upgradable package?
When I run apt update on my Debian 11 bullseye installation (I haven't gotten around to upgrade to bookworm), at the end of its output it says:
1 package can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' ...
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Collect packages versions with ansible
Hi friends hope you're being well.
I got this very basic task i need to accomplish via ansible but i'm stuck with variable resiter :
i need to collect some packages version with ansible and display ...
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apt sources.list ssh://[REMOTE REPO URL] getting connection timeout
We have created custom package repository for our edge device on the remote server.
We have specified the url in sources.list as below
sources.list file
This link was working fine earlier and we were ...
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Docker repository does not have a release file for apt-get update on debian bullseye
Trying to get an updated / current version of docker on debian bullseye, I get:
$ sudo apt-get update
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Ign:14 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bullseye InRelease
Err:15 https://download....
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Apt asks me "Which services should be restarted?", but won't accept my answer
Restarting services...
Daemons using outdated libraries
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1. containerd.service 4. fail2ban.service 7. networkd-dispatcher.service 10. systemd-logind.service ...
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How to get a complete file list for all packages?
I tried using apt-file list --regexp ".*", but it's not working, probably because the returned content is too extensive.
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Can't install php7.4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Trying to install php7.4-dev extension, but I'm getting
E: Unable to locate package php7.4-dev
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'php7.4-dev'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'php7.4-dev'
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How can I write a Dockerfile based on Debian Slim in which 'apt-get update' doesn't fail with public key errors?
The build server is Ubuntu 16.04, patched recently with sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.
docker version says:
Version: 18.06.0-ce
API version: 1.38
Go version: go1....
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Unable to apt update while sever is available
I just installed debian 11 so want to update it.
I do sudo apt update but get few strings like
Err:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
I have tried to replace deb.debian.org with the ...
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Is there a way to pin a version of sudo apt upgrade for the whole Os/all packages?
Hi I'm writing some bash scripts to install some VMs
I run...
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt upgrade -y
Those work fine...
But is there a way to make sure that if I run those 2 commands somewhere in the ...
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Package 'php-pear' has no installation candidate
I am trying to install apt install php-pear and I get this error message:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package php-pear is not ...
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Determine available architectures of an apt repo without adding as a source
When working with deb (apt) package repos, you can sometimes browse them over http to determine what is available across different architectures (amd64, arm64, etc). For example, Ubuntu gives a file ...
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Install software on Ubuntu using apt without root?
I’ve got accounts on many HPC clusters. The machines have a minimal install, and the admins won’t add much else. I need to install lots of typical software. Normally I’d do this with apt, but of ...
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Setup proxy with local CA certificate on Ubuntu 20.04
In our company, we have a proxy server with a self-signed CA certificate implementing MITM inspection. No internet connection is possible without this proxy server. My certificate installation process ...
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Using apt-get update in Dockerfile is not working
In my Mac, I'm running minikube, version
minikube version: v1.24.0 commit: 76b94fb3c4e8ac5062daf70d60cf03ddcc0a741b
with VirtualBox, with this command
minikube start --vm-driver virtualbox --docker-...
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Cache update error using playbook
I keep getting this error when running my playbook on Ubuntu 22.04LTS server and have been trying to fix it for sometime now but aren't making progress.
fatal: [MY IP]: FAILED! => {"changed&...
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Cannot install kubectl on Ubuntu - GPG Error
Hi I'm trying to install kubectl following the native package install instructions on the official site, but I get the following error when I try to update apt package list before installing kubectl:
$...
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What could be the reason that `apt update` says certificate is NOT trusted whereas curl says `SSL certificate verify ok`
I am trying to add docker to my Debian 11 bullseye installation.
until now, I have ran -
apt clean
apt update
update-ca-certificates
apt-get install -y ca-certificates
apt reinstall ca-certificates
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Cannot downgrade linux-image-amd64
Some time ago, I wanted to try the 5.10.127-2~bpo10+1 kernel on Debian
10 Buster system.
However, that kernel was not maintained nor patched by Debian any longer.
Now, new 4.19.x kernels no longer ...
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How do I fix amdgpu and amdgpu-dkms packages not installing?
I'm trying to install the amdgpu package and it throws a bunch of errors:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were ...
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Apt: list packages installed from a particular "component" (main/contrib/non-free)
I'd like to check which packages were installed from non-free component on my server, following the recent announcement by the Debian team
https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/...
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nodejs installation error in ubuntu
I am trying to install nodejs on a newly built Ubuntu VM(Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS), but getting the below error.
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_16.19.1-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (16.19....
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Debain apt missing Ubuntu keyring?
Im on Kali Linux and the other day I was installing some packages with apt so I could run R code (if I remember correctly I installed r-base) and ever since then my apt has been acting up. Whenever I ...
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What is the equivalent to "sudo apt autoremove" in CentOS?
I read this but there's no apt command in CentOS. So, how can I remove unused packages in CentOS?
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Ubuntu has wrong versions of packages can't upgrade python
I've just upgraded my Ubuntu from focal(20.04) to jammy(22.04), and now my python is broken. which causes a lot of headache all over, like Apt wont update and some applications won't start.
libpython3....
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