Questions tagged [package-management]

Process of installation, deletion and update the software configuration in the operating system using a pre-prepared packages.

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Troubleshoot msiexec removing dotnet Core

I am attempting to upgrade ASP.NET Core from 2.0.3 to 2.1.5 on a group of servers. I am using a Powershell script that looks something like this: $software = Get-ChildItem 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall' $software +=…
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Download all package versions with aptly

How can we download all versions of a package when mirroring ? An example is the scsi-modules which can be found here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/ i need them all mirrored yet aptly is only downloading the…
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Possible to remove rpm package off of remote hosts using ssh?

Good afternoon all! long time lurker, first time poster here. I am trying to use a script to remove an rpm remotely (foo). There are too many hosts to efficiently do this manually. There are multiple versions of this *.rpm installed across the…
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"Couldn't find package fail2ban"?

Ubuntu Server 9.10 Hi Guys, I think this one is a simple one... I'm trying to install fail2ban and get the following error: $ sudo apt-get install fail2ban Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done…
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different requirements with yum and rpm for the same package

I have a yum repo: [sensu-checks-prod] name=sensu-checks-prod baseurl=http://our.internal.repo/pulp/repos/Sensu_checks_el6-prod/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 Which is composed of gem to RPMs created with fpm I have edited this package to change the version…
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Installing CentOS packages on fedora from repository

Is there a way to install CentOS packages on Fedora through yum (dnf) repository? I'm trying to install freeswitch, but their own repository only provides builds for RHEL and CentOS. I assume CentOS and Fedora are compatible enough to install rpm…
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How to install a minimal version of "lsb_release" on CentOS

comming from debian i am currently working with centos7. i am trying to install the lsb_release command, which is quite small. looking for packages which provide lsb_release with yum provides */lsb_release shows me the following packages which…
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How to use wildcards with pkg-upgrade?

As an example, when I want to list all installed packages of php70 I can just enter: pkg info php70\* But I cannot use the wildcard in this for pkg upgrade: pkg upgrade php70\* When I do get this message: pkg: php70* is not installed, therefore…
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Install PHP 5.6 on CentOS 7 - No package php56 available - yum misconfiguration?

I'm trying to install PHP 5.6.x on my CentOS 7.2.1511 installation. I've followed this guide: https://webtatic.com/packages/php56/ For some reason, the php56 cannot be found. I've also tried other repositories, like Remi's RPM repository, but also…
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Skipping the InRelease step when apt-get update (and go directly to Release)

I've just installed a fresh Xenial on a server box and almost immediately tried to install Docker on it. The Docker installation page says that you have to create a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list file and add just the docker repo source in…
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How to determine the location of files installed by a package on CentOS

Is there a simple yum command or some other that indicates where abouts the files belonging to a particular package have been installed?
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After upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, MOTD always says 0 new packages can be updated

I'm not a server expert and so I'm experiencing some upgrade issues with Ubuntu. A little history: my Digital Ocean droplet was running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, then a few months ago I upgraded to a newer HWE to continue to receive security updates for the…
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How do I downgrade puppetdbquery?

I'm getting an error on puppet runs which use puppetdb queries: Info: Retrieving pluginfacts Info: Retrieving plugin Info: Loading facts Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: undefined method `server_urls' for…
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Where can I get libcgroup and policycoreutils-python from on CentOS7?

I have a VM created from Vagrant centos/7. I'm trying to install docker, but it doesn't work. I tried with a SaltStack minion and just vagrant ssh and sudo yum install. But it tells me that it can't find these dependencies: --> Finished Dependency…
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How to manage third-party Nagios/Icinga plugins?

What is the recommended way to manage installed Nagios (or Icinga) plugins? At the moment all plugins on my system are installed from Debian/Ubuntu packages, so this takes care of updates, file integrity and clean deinstallation. Is there a similar…
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