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How do I override apt-get removing dependent packages?

I want to replace postfix with exim4 on my Ubuntu test server to reflect the setup I have on my production server, but apt-get and aptitude (quite understandably) insist on removing several packages that depend upon having a mail stack. However, in…
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What is the fastest way to install Python 2.6 on an Ubuntu 8.04 server?

I just got an Ubuntu server set up, and it seems to have come with Python 2.5. I've been developing my app in Python 2.6, but apt-cache search ^python seems to not contain 2.6. What is the fastest way to update the repositories apt-get looks through…
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(Ubuntu 16.10) How to pick/encourage a specific solution proposed by aptitude using only command-line arguments?

According to aptitude, the ubuntu-mate-desktop and ubuntu-mate-core packages recommend the ntp package, which conflicts with the openntpd package that we use. Interactively, it's easy to ask aptitude to leave openntpd alone and not install ntp.…
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apt: list required dependencies for deb package without installing it

For a build tool I'm writing (for which I'd like to implement a sort of dependency-caching system) I'd like to know what the missing dependencies for a .deb package are, without resorting to installing it (possibly) and reading apt-get output, i.e.:…
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Unable to install python2.7-dev on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

The command $ sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev yields this result: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an…
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Disallow virtual package in Debian's /etc/apt/preferences

I know I can disallow a particular package in Debian by appending /etc/apt/preferences with: Package: *x11* Pin: release Pin-Priority: -1 But how can I do that for a virtual package like httpd? I'd like to disallow installation of all packages that…
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Prioritise repositories in Ubuntu

We have a few PPA sources on some of our servers which we stick into /etc/apt/sources.list.d . Some of these repos provide same packages (in terms of names) but different versions and possibly different binaries. Is there a way how we can PRIORITISE…
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Debian removed /var/lib/dpkg/info/, is there a way to save the system?

Removed accidentally /var/lib/dpkg/info/, now I am having problems with installing/removing packages, it prompts errors, cause can not find the info about installed packages. Is there any way to save the system or need to reinstall debian…
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Cannot restart apache2 on Debian server - "Cannot load /usr/local/apache2/modules/libphp5.so into server"

Okay... I'm something of a beginner when it comes to servers, and I'm having some issues with restarting apache on my Debian web server. I just ran the following: aptitude install apache2 openssl Immediately afterwards, I tried to restart apache…
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Debian = aptitude how to deselect/disable automatic packages when installing software?

i want to install subversion. But I have already (manually) installed mysql. And it seems that aptitude will again try to intall mysql mysql-common{a}. How can I deselect the mysql installation when installing subversion? What commands/paramters do…
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Broken upgrade of debian, causing perl issues

So I stuffed an upgrade of debian, both upgrade and dist-upgrade. I am more used to yum but thats no excuse. Now things are being silly. The majority of things work, however, my bugzilla install fails. On loading bugzilla I get a 500 error and this…
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What is the format of specifying 'http' repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list?

After specifying the url of the repository, what do the tags like 'stable','non-free' mean in the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list ? If we know the url of a repository, how do we decide about these additional attributes while adding an entry in…
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Generating a record of the full(-ish) package management state

I'm about to make some system changes and I'd like to have a record of my current happy system state. Is there a convenient way to create a record of this? I'd like to keep track of info like currently installed packages and their versions which…
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How to upgrade ClamAV on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS?

I'm running a server on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS, and when I installed ClamAV via aptitude, it installed version 0.94. That version has now been EOL'ed, but when I run "aptitude upgrade", it doesn't update ClamAV to the more recent version…
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apt-get reinstall requires removal of essential packages

I did a dist-upgrade from debian 8 to debian 9. Now I need to reinstall xserver-xorg-core. But in doing so, apt-get wants to remove 'init'. # apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency…
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