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Mar 19, 2010What's the best way to tell if a package is already installed? I can't seem to find a way to do it with apt-get.
View 5 RepliesWhat's the best way to tell if a package is already installed? I can't seem to find a way to do it with apt-get.
View 5 RepliesI want to install nessus. I run the following in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install nessus
I get a message that the package is not available and anther package replace it. However I am interested in nessus and not in openvas-client (the other package). So how can I get the nessus package.
When i try installing anything i get errors, for example when i try to install somthing from ubuntu software center i get this.
Code: installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package ttf-symbol-replacement. (Reading database ... dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libsdl-image1.2' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
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I need to install the following dependencies for synspam on Ubuntu 9.10 karmic server:
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sudo aptitude install nfqueue-bindings-perl libsys-syslog-perl libappconfig-perl libnetpacket-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl
dpkg -i synspam_version_all.deb
Of these, only libnetpacket-perl is not packaged for Ubuntu 9.10 karmic.
Is this functionality present in another 9.10 package with a different name? 10.04 Lucid does have the package: [URL]
i have to use lh command. I have installed all updates for ubuntu, live-build (the package for lh) and its updates. So my system is fully updated.When i hit "lh" command i get the following message: The program 'lh' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install live-build
When i do type: "sudo apt-get install live-build" i get:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
live-build is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
I am trying to put up my own Quake2 server to play with my friends. During this installation process I have encountered rather confusing issue. First I downloaded the Q2 server binaries in RPM package and tried installing it:
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I am running the xfce desktop on a new ubuntu 9.10 installation.I used the Synaptics Package Manager to install several applications, including R, the statistics programming language. After the installation, it took me quite a while to find where the package manager put the executable, but I found it.The problem is, I can't figure out how to get it to execute. I tried double clicking on it and I tried right clicking on it and selecting "Execute" from the menu that pops up.
How do I get an executable to execute? Also, is there an easy way to track down where the executables get put after I use the Synaptics Package Manager?It would be handy if I could put links to them in some central location.
I'm looking for a way to run a python script automatically when apt-get is used to install or upgrade a package. The script should get the package name and version as arguments.
View 1 Replies View RelatedJust been trying to install flash player for playing vids etc via facebook and getting the msg of "Flash Player needs to be installed".
However when trying to install it via
sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
I get the msg of "package not available, but is referred to by another package". Tried to get it through APT and get "adobe-flashplugin" is virtual. Also tried deb and get this error msg "Error: Wrong architecture 'i386'.
Running Lucid Server with desktop installed as well on BenQ Joybook S42 Laptop.
I attempted to install the CLI management tool for my Highpoint Rocket Raid card (rr62x) downloaded from this page: [URL] When I tried installing it, this is what happens:
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# dpkg -i hptraidconf_3.5_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package hptraidconf.
(Reading database ... 68853 files and directories currently installed.)
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How can I get this package removed? I was able to get a different management tool installed to configure my RAID so I don't need this one. My system appears to be working, but everytime I use apt-get to install something else, it shows the hptraidconf package as failed.
Just ran update, and it automatically installed an acroread package (9.4.2 60.5Mb). Thing is I removed acroread in favour of foxit a while back.Why would I receive updates for programs I no longer have installed?
View 3 Replies View Relatedi want to back up all installed package in my current Ubuntu System. So that When I run that back up on other machine I can Installed all package without internet Connection.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAfter sifting through numerous apt-get apt-cache apt-file tutorials I still can't find a command to check if a package is installed via the terminal command/line.
I know there must be some way to do it.
Say I want to check if any package from the libavcodec*.deb family is installed how could I do this without a gui eg synaptic?
I'd love to know how to check the original configuration of a self-installed package? For example, I would like to install the package XXXXX. I did:
./configure
make
make install
After the installation, I would like to know what the configuration I used for XXXXX's installation. Maybe some dependencies (for example, A,B,C...) were not found so that XXXXX was installed without depending on A,B,C.... However, now, I would like XXXXX depend on A,B,C... How to check whether the current installed XXXXX's original configuration?
Installed ubuntu 10.10 on my dell D600. Install went fine, but after updates, the initial startup sound disappeared. Also had a bit of an issue getting the wireless card to work, eventually found the answer in the debian wiki and got the legacy installer for the b4X broadcomn chipset. Since then, everytime i install something, the system tells me the package was not installed correctly, but it does appear to install, except the stellarium.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow do I find which "software source" provided a package that I installed? Some weeks ago, I installed linux-realtime. A collaborator is trying to mirror my setup and looked for that package, but it isn't in the default software sources. So, I need to tell him where I got it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs this method the correct one if I want to forbid a foo package from being installed, even if this foo package is a dependency of another package? For example, geoclue is a dependency of Steam. However, I still want to install Steam, but not geoclue.
The method:
nano /etc/apt/preferences
Package: geoclue
Pin: origin ""
Pin-Priority: -1
When I install some packages Yum seems to behave correctly until the the very end when it gives the error: xxx-package was supposed to be installed but is not! I am lookng for any advice which might solve the issue. Below is an example of the yum output.
libgcc-
4.4.2-7.fc12.x86_64.rpm | 75 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
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I am running openSUSE 11.4 KDE 4.6.5 on my desktop AMD64. Just added R47 repo in order to upgrade KDE 4.6.5 to 4.7. However, after running zypper up I saw lots of packages not being updated.code...
View 4 Replies View RelatedFedora 14 xfceI have installed a package using yum install package-name.However, I can't seen to find out where it has been installed to.Is there any command that will tell me what directory the files have been installed to?
View 2 Replies View RelatedDebian 504 64-bit
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I need a particular include file. I know the file name. I don't know which package would install it. apt-cache seems to only search names and descriptions. dpkg -S seems to only search through installed packages. I need to find a package that's not yet installed. I probably just missed the option in the man page... or I don't know which program to man.
View 10 Replies View RelatedIs is possible to compile (but not install) a library, and then compile a package using that library instead of the version that's installed?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm running Centos 5 and have recently done a yum update. I'm trying to query a package:
% rpm -q xxx.rpm
package xxx.rpm is not installed
OK, so I'll just go ahead and install the package, right?
% rpm -i xxx.rpm
package xxx.rpm is already installed
I have a dedicated server. Centos 5.4 i386
But is I do the command "yum" is said: "package yum is not installed"
How can I install yum back on te server? Yum has removed by a guide that says: ""yum -y remove yum-fastestmirror"
Edit: yum
-bash: /usr/bin/yum: no such file or directory
How do I update the kernel to the latest version? I checked /etc/yum.conf but kernel is not listed in the exclude list. Also, pardon my ignorance, I've looked but where on centos.org or another website can I find the version number for the latest kernel? Thanks for your help!
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Interested in trialing Varkon and used Synaptic Package Manager to download and install. According to the [url]...nstalling.html it should be there under 'Applications'. I've looked through them all and no sign of Varkon. I've also tried to see if Varkon was installed so I looked via Ubuntu Software Center under installed software. No sign. Did a file search for Varkon.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI changed a few files in a couple of folders that are installed from a synaptic package. How can I save the changes as an installation package or save the changes to the package and save the package as a file?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am running 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04. I just installed KStars and am having a problem. There are no scopes listed in Telescope Wizard. Is it a missing package?
View 5 Replies View RelatedDebian 504 64-bit I have emacs and ess running on this box
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how to find the full name of "ess" installed? How to find whether there is the latest version available on backports?