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dpkg is the package format used by Debian, Ubuntu and other popular GNU/Linux distributions as well as the tools used to work with dpkg packages.

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Finding documentation for /etc/**/*.dpkg-*

During upgrades, files with these extensions appear in /etc and its subdirectories. I gather that *.dpkg-dist contains the file that was distributed with the currently-installed version of a package, and *.dpkg-new contains the version from the…
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dpkg error code 1

I am unable to add/remove any packages in ubuntu karmic I keep getting the following Errors were encountered while processing: crossplatfromui E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) What do I do to completely remove this package…
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Apt: list packages installed from a particular "component" (main/contrib/non-free)

I'd like to check which packages were installed from non-free component on my server, following the recent announcement by the Debian team https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.html#non-free-split I briefly…
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Why would Dpkg::Options --force-confold be ignored?

I have been trying to suppress an interactive dialog with regards to modified config files and conflicts. I have been all over the search results, and everyone keeps copy and pasting the same exact answer without providing additional context. I have…
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Debian 11 dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init does not run the graphical menu

I'm trying to run dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init on Debian 11 After I run the command, this shows up multiple times in the terminal: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_TIME =…
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How do I download and install a regular DPKG package in a cloud-init script?

I'm spinning up lightweight containers on a Linux Host using LXD/LXC. The sole purpose of these containers is to host "Dotnet & Dotnet core apps" For a while I've been using Ansible, but recently I found that I could actually embed an init script…
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Locally and durably remove some files of a Debian package

Context: On Debian, when hardening PHP I disabled and deleted a few unused PHP modules: for example, for wddx I…
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apt: list packages with the repositories they are coming from

I've found dpkg-query --showformat="\${Package}\t\${Version}\n" --show \* but it can't show the repo can it? Probably that info is only known to apt. But which apt command to use? I'd preferably like to have a list like "zypper packages" gives,…
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How to install ProtonMail on Ubuntu Server 20.04?

I have a PRO account at ProtonMail and I want to use it for my web server. I found a tutorial here…
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debconf-set-selection for openssh-server "disable root login" prompt

I'm trying to set up a non-interactive upgrade (Wheezy to Jessie). I get a prompt to disable root login over ssh, and I want to answer "no". Can I preseed that using debconf-set-selection? How can I find out what the conf selection is called? I…
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Installed self-compiled Python 3.7.0 as "python", how to remove it?

I have made a huge mistake on my Ubuntu 16.04 server. I compiled and installed Python 3.7.0 from source using make altinstall, but I did not include all of the core dependencies I needed, so I was going to remove it and install a pre-packaged deb…
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How to reinstall/fix specific perl module on ubuntu 16.04

During an update, apt and dkpg returned the following error: dpkg: error processing package libperl5.22:amd64 (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Errors were…
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How can I check the release of a package in debian?

I am planning to do an upgrade on my system and I have a mix of three releases, there are some packages from wheezy, some from jessie and some of stretch. I would like to get the list of the packages with their release so I can do some purge before…
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dpkg: cannot see preinst script output

I faced a problem: dpkg says that preinst script fails with exit code 1 but I see no output. I looked into script itselt (dpkg -e) and found what's wrong. But if there were output of preinst script, the problem would be revealed clearly! Maybe there…
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Backup upgradable packages with dpkg-repack on debian

I want to list upgradable packages and automatically repack them to .debs. My try: fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `apt list --upgradable | cut -f1 -d"/" | awk '{if(NR>2)print}'` So it gets package names, then redirects names to dpkg-repack. It works…
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