Questions tagged [repository]
A repository refers to a data structure, usually stored remotely on a server, that contains files and directories as well as a corresponding historical record of the changes that were applied to the data structure of the repository.
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How to add a Fedora repository without errors?
I am trying to cleanly add a repository to my Fedora 43 system. Doing so works in the end, but it also spits out errors in the process of installation. My question is, what can be done against these ...
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Querying application versions in Debian-style Linux versions
I'm going through a somewhat painful exercise of updating an application server which, among other things, runs some legacy Windows code in a Qemu guest. The legacy Windows code, which will be in use ...
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Where can one find a repository of regex for logcheck?
I was looking at logwatch, but found that it appears to have been replaced by logcheck, and that logcheck is configured by default for just two files using various regexs to match lines in those logs. ...
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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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Architecture `all` and reprepro
I am trying to set up a Debian repository. The packages in the repo are for architecture all, as none of them contains native code. In reprepro/conf/distributions, if I set Architectures: all, ...
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How do I correct package manager on Debian 13 that is giving me the error below?
How do I correct package manager on Debian 13 that is giving me this error? Error: The repository 'http://security.debian.org/debian-sec... trixie-security Release' does not have a Release file. ...
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How to add Basic Auth credentials to Flatpak remote requests?
I need to host a private Flatpak remote with restricted access by using Basic Auth (login/password). All I need now is to make Flatpak client add Authorization HTTP header with credentials to all ...
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Why is apt trying to fetch the wrong revision of a package? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install qemu in Debian 12 (bookworm). I've just run apt update and apt dist-upgrade to ensure that everything is up to date. When I try to install my desired package, I get this error: ...
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Why doesn't apt update fetch the Contents-* files?
I set up a local APT repository, which is working fine, except that apt update doesn't fetch Contents-amd64.gz files, like it does from an official online Debian repo. [Note : apt-file is installed, ...
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What's the right syntax to mix multiple sections in aptgenerate.conf file?
I set up a local repo for Debian packages, following that recipe. It works fine, except that I don't know how to mix multiple sections (e.g., main, contrib, etc.) in one single aptgenerate.conf file. ...
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Use of “DEB822” format and ".sources" files in Debian in the future, anything else important to consider in advance?
After my question about a complete list for the Debian 12 sources.list, I was referred from @Stephen Kitt from the old format to the new format DEB822-STYLE FORMAT: It’s best to use a “DEB822” format ...
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All available Debian 12 repository entries for /etc/apt/sources.list from official Debian servers
This is intended to be a sources list for a lab, learning, and testing machine for Debian 12 Bookworm. It should include all possible repositories from official Debian servers only. The entries are ...
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docker can't access to some tagged images
I'm facing with the following error using docker on my Linux Ubuntu system. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ docker version Client: Docker Engine - Community Version: 28.0.1 API version: 1.48 ...
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apk update -- WARNING: opening /repo: No such file or directory for existing repo
I'm trying to collect apk packages to local repo to install them later. But apk update says that this repo directory does not exists (what is not true). It does not depend on actual location and is ...
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installiing libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
$apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 output : Package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is ...
