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My computer couldn't find the package install for a flash plugin for firefox. I fixed the problem by showing packages from all repositories and then downloaded the plugin.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you get an error of the type - E:Couldn... .
In such cases, you can follow the UbuntuYou want to run the command
sudo apt-get install pkgname
where pkgname is the name of a package.
That contains the package is not included in your system.
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Hi all,
I was wondering, for example, for the following http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/python/libapache2-mod-wsgi , the package is kind of outdated (version 1.3). I would like the package (version 2.5) from the 9.10 source. Is there anyway of doing ...
Started by FurtiveFelon on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Very rarely will you see an up-to-date version of any package from Ubuntu-current (9.10 as....
Generally, when you're on a stable/LTS release of Ubuntu the packages will only be patched for security vulnerabilities and bugs.
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Which package in ubuntu has the header file x11.h? thanks in advance
Started by codemax on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
There is no supported package contain this header file
may be there is no header named x11.h at all or you want.
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What is the best email reader application/package on ubuntu Linux for reading your email? I am looking for an app that can really handle gmail well.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
I believe Ubuntu comes with Evolution which should handle gmail fine, although my personal.
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I upgraded to an alpha version of a package in a PPA and would now like to revert back to the official version in the Ubuntu universe. What steps do I need to take?
Edit: The question originally read "How do I revert to a previous version of a package...
Started by nagul on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Command-line:
sudo apt....
Can re-enable the PPA after reverting to the Ubuntu default package
Christian's solution works fineSearch for your package on http://packages.ubuntu.com/
And download a previous version and sudo dpkg -i it.
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How to install a YAST metapackage (.ymp) package under Ubuntu? Are there any tools for converting a .ymp to a .deb or to an installation script?
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
Installing this package to another Linux system, which has different.
The reason is not obvious: having a package built dependencies (shared libraries etc).
packages to another formats for further installation.
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Using alien, I can convert RPM format package into .deb package.
The question is, which is the best way to handle RPM format package in Ubuntu/Debian? Should I use alien to convert it to .deb and install using dpkg, or install RPM and use it to install...
Started by Selinap on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
My opinion is to keep all packages in a single system; by using Alien to convert the package you package description states:
If you want to install Red Hat Packages then please use the alien package.
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I'm trying to follow this tutorial: http://cl-cookbook.sourceforge.net/sockets.html
And I cannot get it working because of the port package. First the "(in-package :port)" did not work, it said the package could not be found. So I changed it to "(clc:...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
In-package changes....
Require loads there).
Require and in-package are two different things.
Take package with apt-get install cl-port .
Asdf-install) (asdf-install:install 'package-name)
Anyways, clisp is not that used anymore.
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I'm trying to find ab - Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool for Ubuntu, I'm hoping there's a package I can install for it. I decided I need to do some simple load testing on my applications.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Sudo apt-get install apache2-utils
The command-not-found package in Ubuntu provides some slick or whatever) it will query your apt sources and find a package that contains the binary you tried.
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I want to create a package repository for my packages in ubuntu and this repository will be using in multiple Ubuntu systems to install and update packages.
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at serverfault):
The apt-cacher package ( see here fro the Ubuntu package description and here when-ever I setup a new VM for testing stuff...)
You can also use Ubuntu PPA's (Personal Package the "dpkg-dev" package....
Outdated now.
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