Questions tagged [source-packages]

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What package to install to play midi files in Ubuntu 16.04?

The (ex-totem?) Video player proposes the installation of gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad , but after installation there is no playback, nothing. When I try to open the .midi file again, the Video player comes up with the installation again and again. So I…
imrek
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How do I extract the package version from debian/changelog?

What's the most robust way to parse a source package's debian/changelog file (or debian/control ?) to get the package's version number? Something like: pkgver=$(dpkg-parsechangelog | magic_goes_here) I want to extract the version number (and only…
Richard Hansen
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Added key, but dget still shows "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found"

Trying to download Django source package using dget and the .dsc file from here . Then dget fails to verify the source, because it is missing a public key. $ dget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu... [...] dscverify: python-django_1.4.1-2.dsc failed…
gertvdijk
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Add custom steps to source package's debian/package.postinst?

I have a package that incorporates an auto-generated debian/package.postinst.debhelper file into the generated binary. When I put my own code into a file at debian/package.postinst , the auto-generated file is no longer incorporated into the…
Matt Joiner
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Does packages.ubuntu.com provide a search API?

The Debian package directory provides a simple API to search for package releases. For instance this query results can be accessed as JSON at https://sources.debian.net/api/src/libtry-tiny-perl/ . Is there a similar API for…
Jakob
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How to search for source packages?

I can use aptitude to search for packages using a search term. For example, to search for all packages whose name begins with Foo : $ aptitude search Foo* However, this listing does not include source packages (package with source code). How do I…
Ashwin Nanjappa
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What can I do when Launchpad shows a wrong upstream connection?

I noticed that the file source package in Ubuntu on Launchpad is connected to the wrong upstream project . This obviously can't be fixed from Ask Ubuntu , but I am hoping someone can tell me what I can do to get it fixed (or, if for some reason it…
Eliah Kagan
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How to download and install ffmpeg from Launchpad?

I'm trying to understand how to install the ffmpeg package from Launchpad . The ffmpeg website links to that page when you try to download it for Linux.
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Ubuntu packages release and update dates

I am creating a list of packages installed in my Ubuntu 16.04 system and I need release dates for each package(if updated I need release date of the update, too) However I couldn't find that information in here and here Where can I get this…
zenprogrammer
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How to install ANT 1.9.6?

I want to install ANT from downloaded zip: apache-ant-1.9.6-bin.zip. How to do it ?
R S
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What's the official method for checking integrity of a source package?

I want to add a feature to pam, and I figured a good starting point was to download the libpam-modules source. On download, I notice this warning: gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found What is the official method for verifying the…
kasperd
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Where in the debian source package do I specifiy where the program should be installed?

Currently my program installs to /usr/bin or whatever and I need to change it to /opt/appname. Where do I specify that in the debian source package? Rasmus
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Huawei Linux driver on Ubuntu 13.04

installing the driver for the Huawei Vodafone K3772 key in Ubu 13.04 I get the following error: "make: *** [install] Errore 2 Install NDIS driver failed. The compiling environment is not all ready. Please check gcc, make and kernel…
Fabio
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Is it possible to pin source packages? If so, how?

Given this /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ cosmic main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ cosmic main restricted universe multiverse deb…
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What does a component or archive "now" mean in the apt Python API?

I have a python script running on Ubuntu. Script gets all installed apt packages with apt_cache = apt.cache.Cache() I want to get repository names of each installed package. While I expect to see xenial/main , xenial/universe , xenial-updates/main…
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