Questions tagged [package-management]
tools for installing and maintaining software packages
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Is there a routine way to upgrade apps from ppas?
I am newish to Linux. Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 I understand that apt upgrade replaces apps with any newer versions which may be out there. But only apps which are being "package-managed", as ...
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Debian Trixie apt-get update errors like: Need 5956 compressed bytes, but limit is 5412 and original is 5412
Mentioned errors seemingly went away by running apt-get update for the second time. Today's apt-get errors, I see when turning on an older amd64 Xeon server, and wanting to update its packages: # apt-...
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unable to select packages: breaks iotop, satisfies iotop ... huh?
I'm using Alpine Linux 3.18 and I'm trying to install iotop. # apk add iotop ERROR: unable to select packages: python3-3.11.12-r1: breaks: iotop-0.6-r13[python3~3.12] satisfies: iotop-0.6-...
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How to upgrade Debian Bookworm OpenSSH package(s) to be able to upgrade to Trixie via SSH without the risk of interruption?
When reading up issues to be aware of for Trixie, specifically interrupted remote upgrades (SSH), caught my eye. I have one server I wanted to upgrade, to which I do have physical access, so this ...
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`checkinstall` seems super dangerous (deletes /lib symlink...) - is there an alternative?
Heads up: This is not a question about how to recover the system (easily done), but about checkinstall. Feel free to skip the "Background" section. Background A little rant plus maybe a PSA.....
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Arch Linux: pacman -Syyuu does not change mirrors
I am currently installing Arch Linux on a new computer using a Live USB. While installing basic packages, one package failed to download. > pacman -Syu --needed sudo gnome gnome-extra amd-ucode ... ...
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Is it possible to protect package from removing while removing its dependencies? [duplicate]
I have an utility installed that requires some package (inxi). When I try to remove inxi, package manager offers to remove my utility too. [root@host-15 ~]# apt-get remove inxi Чтение списков пакетов.....
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Is installing openjdk-21-jdk on Debian 12 from jdk.java.net .deb safe, if its openjdk-21 package looks not working on Debian tracker?
Because Java 25 LTS is coming soon (September 2025) and I've not even yet installed Java JDK 21 LTS (September 2023), I've attempted to do so with a sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk on my Debian 12. ...
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