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Installing Java 7 (Oracle) in Debian via apt-get [closed]

February 10, 2023 by Tarik

Managed to get answer after do some google.. echo “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main” | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list echo “deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main” | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list apt-key adv –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 –recv-keys EEA14886 apt-get update # Java 7 apt-get install oracle-java7-installer # For Java 8 command is: apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

How do I download a package from apt-get without installing it? [closed]

December 16, 2022 by Tarik

Try apt-get -d install <packages> It is documented in man apt-get. Just for clarification; the downloaded packages are located in the apt package cache at /var/cache/apt/archives

How can I check the version before installing a package using ‘apt-get’?

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

OK, I found it. apt-cache policy <package name> will show the version details. It also shows which version is currently installed and which versions are available to install. For example, apt-cache policy hylafax+

ps command doesn’t work in docker container

September 17, 2022 by Tarik

ps is not installed in the base wheezy image. Try this from within the container: apt-get update && apt-get install procps or add the following line to the Dockerfile: RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y procps && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*