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A package is a specific piece of software which can be installed and uninstalled on a system.

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Adding CentOS 6.8 Client to Spacewalk

I'm trying to add a CentOS 6.8 client to Spacewalk 2.6 to I can push out updates. In order to add the client I need to first install some packages: rhn-client-tools rhn-check rhn-setup rhnsd m2crypto yum-rhn-plugin rhncfg-actions. When I try to…
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How to keep newly installed packages in sync from master to nodes with puppet?

I have a setup of a bunch of machines (Ubuntu servers) which are geographically separated and are used for developing the same code-base. Sometimes I need to install packages on the machine from my site and then ssh to all of the others and install…
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Install YAST package under Ubuntu

How to install a YAST metapackage (.ymp) package under Ubuntu? Are there any tools for converting a .ymp to a .deb or to an installation script?
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apache2-api-20120211 - How do I install it? No installation candidate

Cloudflare module depends on apache2-api-20120211 but there is no installation candidate for it. What is apache2-api package virtual package for? There is no information anywhere regarding this except that apache2-bin provides it on releases Trusty…
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apt-get fails with unmet dependencies: Breaks, Depends, Recommends - what does it all mean?

I am attempting to patch the Dirty Cow vulnerability by running the following command on my Ubuntu 12.04 server: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade This results in the follow error(s): The following packages have unmet dependencies: …
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How to install old packages on a server?

I have been given a task to install PHP 5.3.29 a MySQL 5.5, but both of them are old - are there some repos with old packages? Or how do I get them? I have to install it with yum. Thank you very much
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Should package post install script run database migration?

So I have this debian package that install some nodejs application web app which uses a mysql database. The package have a postinst script that run the db migrate command bundled with he package. Now, I want to shard the application into multiple…
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How to create packages?

my question is very simple, but I think it will create a wide range of answers, suggestions and so on ;) How can I create packages for linux system like Ubuntu or Debian and publish them via a root server?
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Install specific version of a yum pacakge or default to latest via environment variable

I know that you can install a specific version of a yum package using the - like this: yum install docker-engine-1.8.2 But I'm trying to customize this using an environment variable such that if it's set, we use that version,…
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Installing development tools packages error Centos 6.6

I'm trying to install curl-devel package as a prior step to installation of git 2.x.x: yum install curl-devel But I get many errors like this one: Error: Package: gcc-c++-4.4.7-4.el6.x86_64 (@base) Requires: libstdc++ = 4.4.7-4.el6 …
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Integrate packages into Ubuntu install

Is it possible to integrate the newest packages into an ubuntu install.
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How do I install a virtual package?

I'm trying to install postgis with aptitude on Ubuntu 15.10 and is having problems with virtual packages that prevent the installation. me@laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install postgis The following NEW packages will be installed: libgdal1{ab}…
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mcstrans erased, but it erased multiple packages with it and system is broken

I erased mcstrans of my Red Hat system, but it erased with it a lot of other packages. Now yum is not working (python is missing), and I cannot access the server via ssh because libfipscheck.so.1 is missing. How can I get yum and OpenSSH to work…
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Tools to track package dependencies

Many package managers in Linux distributions and BSD flavors track package dependencies. But before a package goes into a repository, it is investigated by a maintainer, who tracks the dependencies manually. What software can be used to track…
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Installing packages inside a docker container using saltstack

Ive have been looking for tutorials to help me understand it but my searches has been unsuccessful. so I was wondering if it is possible for a Saltstack Master to install packages, say apache-mysql-php, inside a docker container started inside a…
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