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Can't start up NetworkManager in Arch Linux: symbol loolkup error: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: undefined symbol: libssh2_session_set_read_timeout
Last thursday I updated my Arch Linux installtion and when I rebooted on Friday my system had multiple problems. I'm new to the Arch Linux (or Linux in general) community and don't know what things I ...
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Does 'apt update' also update nmap's scripts?
I'm building a Linux OVA on a VM to scan stuff with nmap.
I'm using cron to keep my packages up to date:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get autoremove
It's from my understanding ...
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Updating PHP from 8.0.x to 8.0.28 using dnf
Will this update PHP 8.0.25 to PHP 8.0.28?
dnf module reset php
dnf module enable php:remi-8.0
dnf update php\*
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Automated patching of packages on upstream updates
Is there a way to automatically merge custom patches to upstream packages when they update? From what I gathered so far modifying source code requires you to maintain a separate fork of packages that ...
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Can't install any package: "package linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic is missing final newline"?
I tried to install some package updates on my Ubuntu 20.04.5, but everything fails with:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'linux-image-5.4.0-42-generic' is ...
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"Package failed to install" error in KDE
I have Ubuntu 20.04 and KDE Plasma 5.18.5. When I try to install system updates I get this error:
Package failed to install Error while installing package: cannot copy extracted data for
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How do I tell yay not to show diffs, permanently?
When I run yay to upgrade packages I see the following:
Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
I'd like to permanently answer 'N' ('None') to this ...
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Thousands of packages to update
Normally I use aptitude upgrade or aptitude full-upgrade to get my system up to date. Since I am fiddling around with Vbox installation, I followed https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox strictly and ...
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fedora: dnf check update/installed packages without sudo privileges
I do not have sudo-rights and I want to
force to check for updates
to check if a package is installed or can be installed
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How can I configure Pacman to warn user of an update for a certain package?
I would like to be warned against an update to a particular package on arch linux using pacman.
I use some custom information in the header files for gcc-libs. But every time gcc-libs gets updated, ...
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Author's GPG subkey has expired, what can I do?
I am trying to download an update for a piece of software, and my package manager says that the key is invalid and thus warns me.
W: Failed to fetch https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/...
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How to update apt repository pakage list in debian offline
I need to update my system repository package lists (in a simpler phrase :doing apt update or apt-get update) but I can't connect my machine to the internet .
how can I update package lists offline?
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How to disable downloading packages from the internet in Debian, and instead let it ask me to insert DVDs?
Here is my problem. I have downloaded all the 14 DVD images and burned them to disks, because I like it that way. I don't want updates. And I don't want the latest packages.
I want packages from the ...
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How do I provide autoupdate functionality for my package in an idiomatic way?
First, some background. I am working on a new version of a product that will be adding a Linux version, consisting essentially of a daemon. The version of this product for other platforms will support ...
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How to Update rename Command
My current rename command version is 0.20
$ rename -V
/usr/bin/rename using File::Rename version 0.20
I want to update it to 1.10 or higher.
How can I do that?
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"apt-get upgrade sqlmap" is upgrading all packages instead of just sqlmap. Is this expected behavior?
I issued the following commands, combined with a double-ampersand, i.e "&&".
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade sqlmap
Apparently all the installed packages are being upgrading. This ...
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Why does upgrading through Ansible commonly considered "idempotent"?
I know that an idempotent function returns a result which is can be returned more than once without changing the application essentially (like adding zero to a number or multiplying that number by 1).
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yum install dependency problem
I want install ansible on server without internet and I have this error :
Error: Package: 1:openssl-devel-1.0.1e-60.el7.x86_64 (@local-repo)
Requires: openssl-libs(x86-64) = 1:1.0.1e-60....
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Error when updating Manjaro with pamac: snapd already present on file system
Yesterday, i wanted to get install updates using the pamac updater.
I got an error saying something along the lines of
files in conflict: snapd-git: /snap already exists in file system.
Since I am ...
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Does it make a difference whether I update packages via Apper or the Software Center in Debian?
I used to update my packages via Apper but as it, unlike the Software Center, doesn't show popups when new updates are available I'd like to use the Software Center for updating.
And now I'm wondering ...
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command to update to the latest Firefox [closed]
How can I update my firefox to the latest version on Ubuntu?
I tried sudo apt-get update Firefox, but it returns an error:
the update command takes no arguments.
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What's the difference between software update and upgrade?
Someone says "update" is for small changes and "upgrade" is for big changes. I am very much confused about software update and upgrade. And when I should use update vs. when I should use upgrade.
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Why don't non-package managed software update by themselves?
I am a user of Debian based distros - Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint. I know that often the latest versions of software are not in the repos, so I frequently download them directly from source and install ...
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How do you print a list of all upgradeable packages in Gentoo
doing
emerge -avuDN --with-bdeps y --keep-going @world
takes a whole lot of time and often fails.
Is there a way to print a list of all upgrade-able packages in a Gentoo system?
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How does the update process work for different install methods? [closed]
From my understanding there are four ways to install packages:
Build from source and install
Install binary
Install a deb/rpm file
Install from repository
In Ubuntu for example, are packages ...
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How to easily maintain the latest versions of Apache/ MySQL/ PHP on CentOS 6.2?
We have a few servers running CentOS 6.2 deploying web applications using Apache/ MySQL/ PHP.
In the past we've just regularly run "yum update" to keep all the software up to date.
As of right now ...
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