How can I check which packages are currently installed?
How can I find all packages that are not installed?
Is possible to uninstall package and all files of that package (config, temporaries, etc.)?
I'm using Debian Squeeze 6.0.7.
dpkg -l
well there will be A LOT of NOT installed packages.. why would you want to do that? btw, the command apt-cache pkgnames will provide you the list of ALL available packages in the repository added in your sources.list configuration
apt-get remove will remove the installed package, but you'll normally keep the configurations, which is the desired behaviour usually.
further info: http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/dpkg-cheat-sheet.php
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I was watching this, and, as you can see, the first command I am told to put in is:
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
When I do this, it outputs:
sudo: apt-get: command not found
I have no idea why this is the case.
How can I resolve this so I am following the tutorial correctly?
Mac OS X doesn't have apt-get. There is a package manager called Homebrew that is used instead.
This command would be:
brew install python
Use Homebrew to install packages that you would otherwise use apt-get for.
The page I linked to has an up-to-date way of installing homebrew, but at present, you can install Homebrew as follows:
Type the following in your Mac OS X terminal:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
After that, usage of Homebrew is brew install <package>.
One of the prerequisites for Homebrew are the XCode command line tools.
Install XCode from the App Store.
Follow the directions in this Stack Overflow answer to install the XCode Command Line Tools.
Background
A package manager (like apt-get or brew) just gives your system an easy and automated way to install packages or libraries. Different systems use different programs. apt and its derivatives are used on Debian based linux systems. Red Hat-ish Linux systems use rpm (or at least they did many, many, years ago). yum is also a package manager for RedHat based systems.
Alpine based systems use apk.
Warning
As of 25 April 2016, homebrew opts the user in to sending analytics by default. This can be opted out of in two ways:
Setting an environment variable:
Open your favorite environment variable editor.
Set the following: HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1 in whereever you keep your environment variables (typically something like ~/.bash_profile)
Close the file, and either restart the terminal or source ~/.bash_profile.
Running the following command:
brew analytics off
the analytics status can then be checked with the command:
brew analytics
As Homebrew is my favorite for macOS although it is possible to have apt-get on macOS using Fink.
MacPorts is another package manager for OS X:.
Installation instructions are at The MacPorts Project -- Download & Installation after which one issues sudo port install pythonXX, where XX is 27 or 35.
Conda can also be used as package manager. It can be installed from Anaconda.
Alternatively, a free minimal installer is Miniconda.
apt-get command is only available on Debian or Debian-based Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali). It is not accessible on macOS. Alternatively, you can use package managers like Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix. You can find equivalent commands for each as follows
brew install package_name
sudo port install package_name
nix-env -i package_name
Before installing above package managers, you need to install XCode first. Follow the operation instructions from this guide How to Fix "sudo apt-get command not found" Error on Mac Terminal.
Alternatively You can use the brew or curl command for installing things, wherever apt-get is mentioned with a URL...
For example,
curl -O http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.8.1.0/magento-1.8.1.0.tar.gz
I've recently learned that one can use apt to download sources and easily amend, re-build, and install the package locally from Cinnamon volume step and media keys.
# Download the sources
apt source cinnamon-settings-daemon
cd cinnamon-settings-daemon-4.4.0+tricia
# Then install the build dependencies
apt build-dep cinnamon-settings-daemon
#Then build from the modified sources
apt build
Install the modified deb file (again note the version string may differ for different Cinnamon versions)
apt deb ~/cinnamon-settings-daemon_4.4.0+tricia_amd64.deb
I now also want to be able to just download all packages needed for apt build-dep as for binary package install How to list/download the recursive dependencies of a debian package?. However, when I've tried to use --download-only and then install debs files, it resulted in several other files needed:
The following additional packages will be installed:
libarchive-cpio-perl libcupsfilters-dev libicu66:i386 libltdl-dev
libmail-sendmail-perl libpng-tools libpulse0:i386 libsys-hostname-long-perl
Even $ apt-cache depends --recurse --no-recommends --no-suggests --no-conflicts --no-breaks --no-replaces --no-enhances cinnamon-settings-daemon | grep "^\w" | sort -u does not list e.g. libarchive-cpio-perl and also --download-only when I tried to substitute empty dmkg status file ($(apt-config shell STATUS Dir::State::status)) and downloaded ~500 files, not ~100, that "additional" file(s) is(are) still missing.
Added 1:
I added --no-install-recommends to apt install debs and now only two i386 remained in additional not downloaded:
The following additional packages will be installed:
libicu66:i386 libpulse0:i386
Any idea what is so special about them? These are the only i386 mentioned, 1st one listed in apt cache above. 2nd not listed, so combining two deb sets is not a way to solve.
I downloaded debs with dpkg status file corresponding to a system with less packages installed than one where I tried to install later. I assumed it ensures all required are downloaded. However, as I received an answer after facing same issue with regular (not build, sources) packages, it is not so: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/684975/446998. Additionally installed packages included some i386 architecture packages with corresponding amd64 packages among downloaded debs, so i386 required upgrade too when amd64 were installed as needed to be kept in sync.
While installing CodeLite IDE in Ubuntu following error occurs.
Any idea?
ERROR:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
codelite : Depends: libjbig0 but it is not installable
Depends: liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614) but 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 is to be installed
Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I had a similar problem. You may need to check your version of Ubuntu, and that you've added the correct repositories. If this is the problem, then the fix is very simple!
Firstly, check your version of Ubuntu. From terminal you can do this with the command lsb_release -a. The important part, for our purpose, is the codename. I'm using Ubuntu 13, aka "saucy".
Now let's look at the multiverse repository that you added. From the terminal you can do this with sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list. Go down to the end of the file, and you should see something like:
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu/ saucy universe
Make sure that your version has your ubuntu codename (in my case 'saucy'). The example code on the website is for Ubuntu 14, and so I wrongly had a 'trusty' source here. Edit the line so that it is correct for your version of Ubuntu, and then save and close the file.
Lastly, you'll need to update your repos so that the change goes through. From the terminal, run sudo apt-get update. All being well, you should now be able to sudo apt-get install codelite without the errors.
My problem was caused by too much cutting-and-pasting code from the codelite website. I followed exactly the same page as you did, and their example code is for people with Ubuntu trusy (14).
You will need to be more specific on how you tried to install codelite.
The official Debian repository manages an ancient version of codelite which we (the codelite team) do not support.
In order to get the most up-to-date version (that we support) please install it from codelite's official website (select the Download at menu at the top)
Before installing, make sure you delete the folder ~/.codelite (incase you are upgrading)
Also, the official Debian installer is split into 2 pakacges codelite and codelite-plugins make sure you purge them both before installing codelite from our repository
I'm the author of Howto install the latest codelite in Ubuntu - EuroBytes. I have tested the latest codelite on Trusty.
If you still have issues with codelite, remove like so: sudo apt-get purge codelite
Note that the dependencies links are dead. But, i managed to install it anyways:
codelite 6.1 on Ubuntu Trusty Thar 14.04.
Image from: Howto install the latest codelite in Ubuntu - EuroBytes
Install like so:
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://repos.codelite.org/ubuntu/ $(lsb_release -sc) universe"
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys http://repos.codelite.org/CodeLite.asc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install codelite wxcrafter
Feel free to contact me here or on my site, for any issues you may have.
Source:
Howto install the latest codelite in Ubuntu - EuroBytes
I'm reading some readmes and they contain some packages with "-devel", and some without. What is the difference?
sudo yum install gcc
(vs)
sudo yum install pcre-devel
What would happen if I installed "sudo yum install pcre" instead?
Devel libraries typically contain development header and debug resources that are not necessary for the end-user runtime. These headers and debug resources are used for the purpose of developing applications based on the library; not just running applications that require the library. If you install the package without -devel, it only installs the end-user runtime, and not the development headers and debug symbols.
I installed gtk+2.0 version 2.18.3 but when I run this command:
dpkg -i libgtk2.0-dev_2.18.3-1_i386.deb
I have the next error. But when I checked the /usr/lib/libgtk2.0-0 I found the version of the libgtk is 2.12.9.
Why the new installation not override the pre one? And what I should do now?
----------------------------------------ERROR------
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-dev ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-dev:
libgtk2.0-dev depends on libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.18.3-1); however:
Version of libgtk2.0-0 on system is 2.12.9-3ubuntu5.
libgtk2.0-dev depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.21.3); however:
Version of libglib2.0-0 on system is 2.16.6-0ubuntu1.2.
libgtk2.0-dev depends on libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.21.3); however:
Version of libglib2.0-dev on system is 2.16.6-0ubuntu1.2.
libgtk2.0-dev depends on libcairo2-dev (>= 1.6.4-6.1); however:
Version of libcairo2-dev on system is 1.6.0-0ubuntu2.
dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-dev (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
You can't just install a new libgtk package willy-nilly; you need to upgrade the packages that it depends on, at the same time (in this case, libglib, libcairo, and their respective dev packages).
(This question is more appropriate for Super User, and I've voted to migrate the question there.)
You probably want apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev=2.18.3-1, because most people really don't want to be in the business of manually managing package versions and dependencies.
But if that doesn't work, you'll need to manually look at the dependencies of libgtk2.0-dev (with apt-cache show libgtk2.0-dev) and download the matching versions of each package it depends on if they're not already installed (again, apt-cache show (dependency)).