dpkg command

Debian / Ubuntu Package Troubleshooting: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status xx

by on May 11, 2008 · 21 comments

A quick way to fix shell post / pre execution scripts package problem under Debian / Ubuntu Linux.

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Debian Linux How to find out if installed package is from stable or testing environment

by on March 1, 2006 · 2 comments

I install many packages for Debian / Ubuntu Linux from both stable/testing environment but some time I need to find out installed package is from stable or testing environment. I can use dpkg status file to get this information. But Debian comes with perl script called apt-show-versions which lists available package versions with distribution. apt-show-versions [...]

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Debian Linux apt-get package management cheat sheet

by on May 9, 2005 · 17 comments

Both Debian and Ubuntu Linux provides a number of package management tools. This article summaries package management command along with it usage and examples for you.

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