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Software that allows administrators (and in some cases also users) to control the installation and upgrade process of packages on their systems.

Package management systems exist for most operating systems. Programs (like interpreters for some languages, scientific computing systems, etc.) may also have their own package manager for handling extensions, scripts or plugins.

The chief goal is to provide a means for software to recursively specify dependancies, allowing a software package's dependant libraries to be automatically installed.

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Is there a command or package to search for R packages

I wonder if there's aptitude (one of Debian's package manager) like functionality in R to find available packages from repos? For finding and installing packages via find.package(x) and install.packages(x) one should know the exact name of the…
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Error when using Update-Database command MVC 4

I have created a seed method and it is failing to populate my 'Ticket' table. The other two tables have been populated fine. Here is error displayed in the Package Manager Console: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'TicketID', table…
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How to preserve the installation option of the specific home-brewed packages when upgrading them?

Every time I "brew upgrade", the packages I installed with my own option will just be installed with their default configuration.
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nodejs with general purpouse package manager

I'm trying to find the best way to use nodejs for a general-crossplatform package manager. I've different projects from different repositories using various programming languages that , in few words , could be combined together to build a set of…
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broken packages when install python-apt package

I want to install python-apt package in a debian(squeeze) server : root@server:# apt-get install python-apt but I get the following error: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages…
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Get currently displayed application - current using application name in android

how I can get currently using application name by user programmatically?
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Use Npackd for plug-in distribution

I've set up a repository to distribute plug-ins using Npackd. I am aware, that I can use a batch script to move all files from a package wherever I want, but I'm afraid I might accidentally overwrite files. Currently, my setup works like this (which…
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Using RPM install files to make decisions in the preinstall

Is it possible to access/utilize install files in an RPM from within the preinstall section. My rpm package contains files separated by type of destination host that I would like to pull variables from and make decisions on during the preinstall.…
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Android - package manager disable/enable

I have a problem with disable application through package manager function disable/enable. In android terminal is all corect, but in this application not. However " Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su"); " functioning normally and carrying out his…
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Bringing in other local scripts with Component package manager?

I'm just getting started with Component package manager. I understand that I can require in other local modules by adding the module to the local key in the component.json file, but what if I don't want to treat every file as a module? In the (very…
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Update bower.json when running `bower update`

Is it possible to update your bower.json file to the latest version after running bower update? Seems silly to have to go in & do this manually.
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Get more info of installed app

I know in Android, I can invoke getInstalledPackages(0) of PackageManager API to get all the installed apps on device. I am wondering is there a way or workaround to get the publisher's name of installed app by using Android SDK (i.e. no 3rd party…
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r-base-core build on ubuntu 10.04 failing because of missing libjpeg8 package

So the libjpeg8 package on 10.04 has reached EOL. Is there a way to locate and install the legacy package for this? $ sudo apt-get install r-base-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information...…
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How display installed applications in android?

Using this code: final PackageManager pm = getActivity().getPackageManager(); //get a list of installed apps. List packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA); for (ApplicationInfo…
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Get memory and RAM details of installed android applications

I am making an android application to get list of all apllication, their memory details and RAM used for application. I used this link Get installed Applications with Name, Package Name, Version and Icon Now I want to get memory details of android…
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