How to see package version without install?
I want to see the version of a package before I install it. How can I do this?
apt
The difference between deb versus deb-src in sources.list
I don’t understand the difference between these two lines in my sources.list, please explain:
Cannot update APT list: “repository no longer has a Release file”
I cannot run apt-get update as I encounter the following error:
Unattended upgrades and modified configuration files
We have the unattended-upgrades package upgrading our servers with security upgrades every Monday and it works great. Today though, it upgraded all of our servers with a new version of PHP5. Because we have moved the default PHP5-FPM configuration file, apt complains that the file has been moved, and what would we like to do (Install new version, keep old version, show differences, start shell) about it. Since unattended-upgrades didn’t know how to deal with this, it just aborted and we were left with dozens of machines down until PHP5-FPM was restarted by monitoring.
apt-get update error in Kali Linux after dist-upgrade
The single most common causes of a broken Kali Linux installation are following unofficial advice, and particularly arbitrarily populating the system’s sources.list file with unofficial repositories. The following post aims to clarify what repositories should exist in sources.list, and when they should be used.
How to download a Debian package’s source code?
I want to read the source code of some package in Debian; how can I do that?
How to install the previous version of a .deb package and pin it?
I am trying to install the latest version of subversion on Sid, and because it has a bug I receive a warning and I abort the installation. How do I get to locate the previous version version, install it and pin until the bug is resolved?
Reinstall man pages & fix man
So in a recent fit of folly, I followed the instructions in this answer on the Ubuntu SE page since I wanted to remove most of the documentation. However, I didn’t read the commands well enough and missed that that those would also remove the man pages, which I didn’t want.
How to find out if a specific package is installed on Debian?
I’m working with a Raspberry Pi B+ and Raspbian 5/5/2015 and some guides that are a few years old. I’ve got an external NTFS HDD hooked up to the Pi. Due to the articles age(s), common practices have changed, and it turns out that certain packages and features and functions are now built-in and/or automatic.
Fixing a broken packet system (apt-get)
After I made a system upgrade (apt-get upgrade) on a debian box, I get an error everytime i tries to use apt-get. Example: