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Questions tagged [packages]

A package is a specific piece of software and data in an archive files. It can be installed and uninstalled usually be a distribution-dependent package manager (e.g. apt-get on Raspbian or pacman on Arch Linux). This is for questions related to the use and management of packages.

The package management system handles installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing packages and resolves dependencies between packages. It maintains a consistent local package database. Installation usually involves downloading package files from software repositories.

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Where are nslookup and dig gone?

I installed my Raspberry Pi out of the box. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find neither nslookup nor dig. Where can I find them? Which package do I need to add? uname -a is: Linux brambleberry 3.12.28+ #709 PREEMPT Mon Sep 8 15:28:00 BST 2014…
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ImportError: No module named RPi

I am trying to run a package on my Raspberry Pi: At the terminal, I typed in “sudo apt-get install picap” followed by enter. I get it installed but cannot execute "picap-setup" – instead an error message follows: pi@raspberrypi:~ $ picap-setup…
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How do I install LibreOffice?

When I type $ sudo apt-get install libreoffice I see there are 141 tab completions. All the language packs are there as well as several support packages. But libreoffice itself is absent. Recently the LibreOffice package has been added to the…
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How to install GNU C++ Development Tools on Raspberry Pi (using apt-get)

Is there a well-known package I should install for C++ Development Tools? What do I type at the command-line after sudo apt-get install? Ideally, I want the same tools that were installed with "MinGW" on my Windows computer.
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Unable to use apt-get: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error ... is missing final newline

I am unable to use the apt-get command to install any packages on my pi. I started trying to install python-pip using sudo apt-get install python-pip which results in the error dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: files list file for package…
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How to add a package to official raspbian repositories?

How to add a package to official raspbian repositories ? Debian has a very extensive guide into the matter : https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/distribute-deb/distribute-deb.html#adding-packages-to-debian But what about raspbian ? Will it…
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Can I safely remove non-free software on a Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian?

I am the lucky owner of a Raspberry Pi 2 on which I installed Raspbian: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 3.18.11-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.8.3 20140303 (prerelease) (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1+bzr2650 - Linaro GCC 2014.03) ) #781 SMP…
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Pre-compiled Node.js for Raspberry Pi?

Is there a precompiled binary of the latest Node.js that runs on the Raspbian OS?
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Installing equivalent of unrar package (rar)

I wanted to install rar from packages ( https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unrar ), unfortunately it seems that it is impossible on Raspbian: pi@raspberrypi:~ $ rar bash: rar: command not found pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt install…
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tmux doesn't want to be installed

I had my Raspberry Pi running for a while and needed to uninstall all the junk I left behind for a project. I used tmux before and it was a blessing. I am trying to install it again, but it doesn't work. Since it's in german I'll try to translate…
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apt-get hangs at Reading database when installing anything

One of my raspberry pi's is hanging whenever I try to install or update anything using apt-get. Running Raspbian 7 (wheezy). Symptoms (using watchdog as an example as it has no dependencies): # apt-get install watchdog Reading package lists...…
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Error installing Tensorflow (cannot find libhdfs.so)

I recently purchased a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and after a week I have accomplished nothing because I can't get TensorFlow installed. Hoping someone can PLEASE help me. My error message: E…
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How can I get a list of user installed packages

I want to get the list of installed packages to perform a fresh installation. There are many ways of getting these e.g. https://wiki.debian.org/ListInstalledPackages but all produce impractically long lists including dependencies and system…
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held broken packages

When I try and do sudo apt-get update it seems to me that I have 4 newer packages than what is to be installed. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Module Index Update Packages Building complete list of updates .. Now updating…
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unmet dependencies for php5-mysql

I'm trying to get owncloud running on a Raspberry Pi 3 to run as a local file server. I'm following some tutorials that are running me through setting up mysql for owncloud, and MySQL installed fine for the most part. I run into an error when trying…
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