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

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What does "Provides:" mean in the output of apt-cache showpkg?

man apt-cache has this to say on the matter: showpkg displays information about the packages listed on the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as…
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Debian aptitude: determine which repository a package is coming from?

In Aptitude, how can I tell where a package is coming from? I've set up my apt sources.list and preferences files for pinning, but I just want to make sure I'm not unknowingly upgrading to packages from backports or unstable.
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How to install packages on Linux or Solaris on non-default paths?

By "default path", I mean "/usr/local", or other paths managed by root ("system paths"). I have to install many application packages (by that, I mean: svn, httpd, git, perl, python, ...) on a few Linux (RedHat) or Solaris (10, in local zones)…
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Is "yum groupinstall" compatible with Red Hat Network?

On CentOS 5, I run yum groupinstall "Development Libraries" to install the commonly used development libraries. Can I use the same command on a RHEL5 server with RHN? Is the "Development Libraries" group defined on such a server? Will it break the…
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Is there a good package manager for Windows?

I need to maintenance some computer and I want to see which software is outdated. Ideally it update the software automatically. I have look for a package manager for Windows. I found a large list. Most of this package manager need to update the…
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How to install ClusterSSH (cssh) on CentOS?

How can I install ClusterSSH on CentOS? I can find some old guides online, but they seem outdated.
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Package Management on Linux From Scratch

I've been thinking about doing a linux from scratch install. But I'm concerned about keeping my system updated. What are my options for package management? Would I be doomed to recompiling every update, or is there a better way?
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Remove apache from ubuntu

I want to remove apache as if it was never installed, no config files left behind. I intend to reinstall apache2 fresh. I have tried various combinations of apt-get options to no success. apt-get remove apache2 apt-get remove --purge…
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Installing packages to home directory with package manager

I have an account on a remote GNU+Linux system that I use via SSH, I have no root access to the machine. Sometimes I need more software or newer versions than provided by system administrators, so currently I install everything I need by hand in…
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Compromising between fresh and secure PHP packages on production servers?

I have a handful of production servers running Centos. My application requires a fairly recent version of PHP (> 5.2, IIRC). The options currently available to Centos Users are: The official, mainstream centos5/redhat packages. Pros: Most…
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I broke aptitude

I tried ro remove some unused packages in debian with aptitude. Apparently I left some conflicting packages and now aptitude refuses to run (same as apt-get) I get this error apt-get: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol:…
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YUM Config file for a repo in local drive

I have a repo in my local computer . I was told to create a config file like [Norf-repo] name="Norf repo" baseurl=http://location enabled=1 But since it is a local package , I cant probably look at having some local address instaed of http://…
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Aptitude command on fedora

linux newbie here. I'm running Fedora 12 and I have a script for Ubuntu installing a bunch of packages using aptitude. I tried installing the packages using yum, but most of them aren't available. The packages aren't very new or complicated…
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For a package foo, how do I find out what other packages depend on foo?

In debian if I have an installed package foo. How can I get a list of all the packages that depend on foo?
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finding binaries/files/libraries not in Path -- specifically gcj

I am trying to build pdftk, which apparently requires gcj. Since it is not already in my path, I can either add the directory holding gcj to my path or define the path in the pre-made Makefile. The problem is that I have no idea: a) where gcj is,…
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