Process of installation, deletion and update the software configuration in the operating system using a pre-prepared packages.
Questions tagged [package-management]
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How to pre-fetch Debian packages on local network?
Let's say I have at home 3 computers running Debian testing. They mostly have the same configuration and most of the packages installed are identical.
Every time I update/upgrade the Debian packages, they are downloaded from the Internet.
Is there a…
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Getting a list of packages installed on CentOS (by command line and on the web)
When installing CentOS (6.2), it installs a whole bunch of packages, but the installation is often very fast, it's hard to note the names of the packages. I have a couple of questions:
1) I'm guessing I could wait for the entire installation to…
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How to monitor package versions across multiple (Linux) servers
We use Puppet for installing the base level OS and packages, but our own application packages are deployed manually by individual developers.
I'm looking for a web dashboard to view/monitor the package versions across all machines. Has anyone come…
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Installing some packages on Ubuntu using apt-get install without root privileges
At work, we have a Ubuntu server to which people connect from intranet for using certain tools installed there. If certain user wants to install a particular software on Ubuntu but does not have root privileges, is it possible to do so using Ubuntu…
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How to install section 3 manpages for CentOS
I'm trying to read the manpage for read(3) on my CentOS system:
$ man read 3
No manual entry for 3
What/Which package do I have to install to get these manpages?
(glibc* packages are installed on my system)
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Recompile package from source for an other server
I have a few servers (10) running Debian Lenny on x86. I need to compile some packages from source.
I know it is not a good practise to have compilation tool on a production server (for security).
I want to know, if I can compile those packages on a…
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CentOS 5.5 Install Customization
I'm having a frustrating time with customizing my initial CentOS 5.5 installation. I want to have a specific set of the packages installed (e.g. I want Java and httpd but not OpenOffice or NewsServer) but each time I carefully go through all the…
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View changelog of all packages to be upgraded before upgrading
When using synaptic on my Ubuntu desktop computer i can review all changelog of all the packages to be upgraded, and unselect a package for upgrade if I want. On my desktop I usually install everything, but I like to at least review what the changes…
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How to remove package from apt-get autoremove "queue"
I just installed Calibre for ebook management via apt-get on Ubuntu 10.04, however I found out that it's one major version behind the current release, so I decided to reinstall it directly from sources.
When I uninstalled the packaged version, apt…
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How to choose Python version to install in Gentoo
I'm using Gentoo Linux and i want to install Python2.5 but there is a problem.
The command, emerge -av python outputs the following,
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U…
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How are large companies handling the storing and cataloging of software installation disks?
I just started working in the IT department of a small-medium sized construction company with about 200 users. One of my responsibilities is to setup and configure all new machines that come in.
I would like suggestions on how to best manage the…
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Compiling and building Linux packages for multiple distributions / platforms
My company has a software product that's written in C for a Linux platform, built with autotools and distributed via binary packages. To make the binaries, we first produce a source RPM and then compile the source from the SRPM.
Currently we only…
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How to remove non-launchpad-ppa repository from apt update list?
When I run sudo apt update, it hits/gets a list of urls, including Hit:7 http://realsense-hw-public.s3.amazonaws.com/Debian/apt-repo bionic InRelease.
How do I remove this specific url from what apt updates?
I've found all kinds of ways of removing…
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Puppet Package class can't detect installed package when multiple versions are present
I am trying to install the kernel-devel package matching the running kernel version.
My guess was:
package { 'kernel-devel':
ensure => "${facts['kernelrelease']}",
}
but it doesn't work if more than one kernel-devel package are already…
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List currently installed package version during yum update
yum list installed kernel will return a list of packages and their current version:
Installed Packages
[...]
kernel.x86_64 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7 updates
yum update kernel gives you a list of packages being updated, and their new…
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