Problem : I’m running a Debian web server. Though the packages are up-to-date, current vulnerability detection software (for instance Nessus) […]
Tag: package-management
Specify Fedora version and architecture for yumdownloader
Problem : This is a continuation of Package management on an air gapped machine?. I need to install packages on […]
When would you use apt-get remove over apt-get autoremove?
Problem : I understand that apt-get remove removes packages and apt-get autoremove is to remove any packages that were installed […]
How to find out which software is already installed on Debian
Problem : I just registered to one hosting company, automatically created a Debian virtual machine and logged as root via […]
How do you track which packages were installed on Fedora (Linux)?
Problem : (This question is very similar to 6338. It was suggested that it be split from it as Fedora […]
Ubuntu: What are they doing to the vanilla sources?
Problem : Correct me if I am wrong As far as I know distros like Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora usually modify the vanilla […]
Linux: how to uninstall something that isn’t a package…?
Problem : I installed ruby1.9.1 from source using sudo make install. How can I uninstall this? Basically I just don’t […]
How to know since when a package has been installed on a linux system
Problem : How can I find out the date (and time if possible) of installation of any package on Linux […]
Prevent pacman from reinstalling packages that were already installed
Problem : How to prevent pacman (archlinux’s package manager) from reinstalling packages that were already installed? pacman -S packagename # […]
dnf has lost track of an installed package
Problem : Despite that vim is installed on my Fedora 29 system, the command dnf search vim-common returns “No matches […]