Questions tagged [apt]
For questions about the use, design, function etc. of APT (Advanced Packaging Tool), the standard software package management system for Debian and its derivatives.
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How to see non system Debian packages?
How to see with apt or dpkg all packages which don't belong to official Debian repository?
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Debian: there is a way to "re-check" all gpg sign of packages installed?
Suppose for one reason I cannot update Debian cause of gpg error, and I have no time to solve it and I use this (really dangerous) command
apt-get --allow-unauthenticated --allow-insecure-repositories ...
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Trying to install blueman but asks to remove pipewire
Recently bluetooth has disappeared from my machine. Its running, but its disappeared from my taskbar and the start menu. As far as I can tell its running anyway.
I am running Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with ...
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updating python now apt is wrecked
I am on Linux mint
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.3
DISTRIB_CODENAME=una
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 20.3 Una"
I wanted to update my python3 to 3.10 or higher to run ...
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How to check and rerun an apt-upgrade command when you find you're out of disk space?
Today I ran apt upgrade, but in the meantime I also ran out of space on the SSD.
I realized this too late, as the window with the shell was closing. The apt upgrade command had finished running anyway....
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Continuously patch and deliver a Debian package
We have an issue with a Debian package that would have to be addressed upstream. (So it's not Debian specific.) I've managed to patch the C source, build my custom package version, and fix the issue.
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Debian Trixie apt-get update errors like: Need 5956 compressed bytes, but limit is 5412 and original is 5412
Mentioned errors seemingly went away by running apt-get update for the second time.
Today's apt-get errors, I see when turning on an older amd64 Xeon server, and wanting to update its packages:
# apt-...
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Unable to install gfortran on Kali linux
I’m trying to install gfortran on Kali Linux with
sudo apt install gfortran
so I can build SciPy and gensim in a Python 3.12 virtual environment, but I keep getting this error:
Package gfortran is ...
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Making `apt-get` read answers from stdin on graphical Ubuntu
This may seem like a question asked, but I have yet to find anything that works and I start suspecting it may be a bug in apt-get…
So, I have a python installer wrapping around apt-get, whose relevant ...
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keep apt from switching testing for the new stable
I think it has already happened to me twice that I setup apt sources to use testing (cause I wan't to remain there) and when the new debian stable version comes out, testing is switched for the new ...
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10-error installing Broadcom driver
I have a 2011 MacBook Air with Linux Mint Xia based on Ubuntu 24.04. I checked the adapter - 14e4:43a0 - and confirmed via this guide to install bcmwl-kernel-source. I downloaded the driver on another ...
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suld-driver2-1.00.39hp script post-removal blocks apt full-upgrade
During the upgrade from Debian Bookworm to Trixie (apt full-upgrade), I’m getting an error message that blocks the process.
This seems to be related to a driver I had installed for a Samsung printer ...
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How are Debian "linux-image-amd64" and "linux-headers-amd64" packages connected?
I'm on Debian 12 where I would like to upgrade the kernel with apt install linux-image-amd64. However, I noticed that this also upgrades the linux-headers-amd64 package (in my case, a meta package for ...
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Keep getting a "does not have a Release file" error when doing apt update [duplicate]
Running Debian 12 and keep getting the following error message when trying to do apt update:
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates ...
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Unable to install from trixie-backports: "Invalid value for APT::Default-Release"
I recently installed the latest stable release of Debian (version 13 "Trixie"), released on August 9, 2025.
After running sudo apt update, everything seems fine, but when I try to install a ...
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