A package is a specific piece of software which can be installed and uninstalled on a system.
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How does one rebuild a single PHP extension package on Debian?
In trying to get ODBC PDO working with Microsoft's MSSQL driver on Debian I've found that I need to apply patches to the PHP extension (see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50444 for those patches).
Having patched the code I want to rebuild the…

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Which Package has net_tstamp.h?
I attempted to compile the source code here: http://os1a.cs.columbia.edu/lxr/source/Documentation/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c?a=x86;v=2.6.32
However, I got a compiler error: error: linux/net_tstamp.h: No such file or directory
I looked at…

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Installing pear package debian squees
I try to install the php pear package on my debian server but I got the follow error ouput.
:~# sudo apt-get install php-pear
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was…

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Debian // synchronize packages/version between multiple servers
I'm currently managing a dozen servers. apt-cacher-ng is installed on the development server to maintain the packages.
The idea is to have exactly the same version and number of packages on the production servers.
We first make the update/upgrade on…

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Staying up to date with Bugs/Patches
Possible Duplicate:
How to stay up to date with the latest information about UNIX software patches and upgrades?
I am learning system admin stuff on the side at home for some near future additional job responsibilities added to my normal…

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How to solve mysql server 5.5 update dependency issue?
since a month or two i cannot update package on my ubuntu server. The problem concern the mysql package which seems newer on the server that the minimum required ?? :
lm@s8:~# sudo apt-get upgrade -f
Lecture des listes de paquets...…

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chef specify openjdk package on ubuntu
I'm creating a Vagrantfile that uses chef solo to install OpenJDK on Ubuntu 12.04. Is there a way to specify which specific package of OpenJDK is installed? This way I can be sure I'm consistent across multiple installs.

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Ubuntu Server 12.04 Unable to locate package dhcp3-server
I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu Server version 12.04 and am trying to install a dhcp server package using the following command:
sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server
However I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency…

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rebuilding packages and the package manager on debian
This is something that has been bugging me for a while, unable to find any good answers googling, hopefully someone can have a solid answer here.
It's about how to rebuild debian packages and how to maintain them.
First, how would I install NGiNX…

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How to install Gamooga server on centOS?
I'm trying to run Gamooga server on my centOS box, but unfortunately there are some required packages which is not available for centOS (at least I couldn't find them).
The required packages are
liblua5.1-0
liblua5.1-0-dev
If anyone could tell me…

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Installing GPSBabel on CentOS 5 x86_64
Well first let me say I have no clue about doing anything on my server, I ask my host to do all installs for me.
I run a website where users store latitude and longitude coordinates in my database. I would like them to be able to download these…

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software updates/deployment across a network of servers
Interested in getting opinions for a possible project.
Got a master server, where apps are created/maintained. The system will have a process where the client network will consist of 400-500 client servers (all running linux X).
The process needs a…

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apt-get install doesn't get the package
I've installed ubuntu server on a VirtualBox virtual machine and now I'm trying to follow a tutorial that says I need to install a package called csh. When I type this line
sudo apt-get install csh
I get "unable to locate package csh". This happens…

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Is it possible to create a remote backup of a site with MSDeploy?
I'm currently using the package dest to create a backup of a site as follows:
msdeploy.exe -source:appHostConfig="Default Web Site",computerName="https://server:8172/MSDeploy.axd?site=Default Web Site",userName="abc",password="xyz",authtype="basic"…

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How to install `Happstack` on FreeBSD?
I'm trying to install Happstack on my FreeBSD box all day.
Finally I installed GHC 6.10.x. And Cabal 0.8.2. But failed on Happstack. These are errors.
%sudo ~/.cabal/bin/cabal install happstack
Resolving dependencies...
cabal: cannot configure…

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