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Muon is a graphical package manager for KDE

The Muon suite is the default package manager for the Kubuntu 11.10. The suite has two parts: Muon Software Center and Muon Package Manager. More can be found from the Kubuntu 11.10 release announcement /1/ and from the developers blog /2/.

Links:

  1. https://wiki.kubuntu.org/OneiricOcelot/Final/Kubuntu
  2. http://jontheechidna.wordpress.com/
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How to let Muon update manager run without entering a password?

How to prevent Muon from asking a password when installing updates? Adding user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL to sudoers does not help. sudo apt-get upgrade works without a password, but Muon is still asking for it. It is very annoying to enter password…
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How can I "provide proper authorization" to the KDE Software Updates program?

I just installed KDE, and every time I run the Software Updates program it says: This operation cannot continue since proper authorization was not provided. How can I get it to work?
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how to get all gitg 0.3.3 dependencies

I want to install gitg (0.3.3) and followed the steps explained here: How to install gitg 0.3.3 on Ubuntu 14.04? ...but I seem to miss dependencies, that are not in the repositories of the package manager. configure: error: Package requirements ( …
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Why is Muon on KDE failing with multiple package errors?

The following Error message appeared to me and preventing me to updating my SYSTEM. The package system could not be initialized, your configuration may be broken The following error also appeared under details tab: Encountered a section with no…
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Muon update manager icon in system tray not updating

Kubuntu 15.10. Muon update manager system tray icon indicating updates available. Click on icon, click on update, manager downloads and installs updates successfully and indicates that system is up to date. Close updater. System tray icon still…
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Is it possible to add CTAN directory as a software source to the packet manager muon?

I am using muon as a packet manager with Kubuntu. Normally everything works just fine, but I have some difficulties with LaTex packages. muon does not seem to find the latest versions. On CTAN there is a version from June 2013, while muon tells me…
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How to get rid of unwanted software?

Possible Duplicate: What is the correct way to completely remove an application? Is it possible to undo an apt-get install command? Most of the time when I want to try a new program, the package manager tells me that I also need to install…
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Is updating via Synaptic or Muon or Plasma Discover covered by phased updates?

From Phasing of Stable Release Updates For some time we’ve wanted to phase, gradually roll out, updates to expanding subsets of Ubuntu users so that we may monitor for regressions and stop the update process if there are any. The support for phased…
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muon package manager thinks that other package manager is open, and is not

I use KDE in Ubuntu 11.10 (I installed KDE with kubuntu-desktop using software center), which comes with muon package manager bundled, but some day Muon package manager decided not to update and giving an excuse 'that other package manager is…
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Muon Package manager stuck at 100%

I've tried to install the Lubuntu desktop package through Muon package manager in Kubuntu 11.10, downloading and installing went fine, however it is stuck at 100%, it's been already 30 mins. and i can't restart the computer as Muon cancels the…
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Muon-updater symbol lookup error

Upgraded Kubuntu to 15.10. When running Muon-discover (or another packet-manager, tried Synaptic), it exits with this error (via terminal): muon-updater: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQApt.so.3: undefined symbol:…
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How to unlock a package that was locked with Muon

I used the Muon package manager to lock a package to a specific version, but when I try to release the lock, I get the message "The package code could not be locked. Failed to write lock file." Also sudo apt-mark showhold is empty. I tried purging…
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Should I keep an experimental Kubuntu PPA?

On a recent clean Kubuntu 11.10 64 bit install, Muon Package Manager and Muon Software Update Center would not work. I would just get a bug report. I had to do all the updates through Konsole. The only way I could get Muon to work was install an…
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Debian packages in private repository not visible in Muon

I'm currently building my own Debian packages using dpkg-buildpackage and uploading them to a local repository which runs with mini-dinstall. The repository is successfully added to /etc/apt/sources.list and the packages are possible to install…
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Kubuntu Cannot Update

I tried updating Kubuntu using Muon Update Manager which failed to apply changes. /var/cache/apt/archives/project-neon5 kio_0.0+git20141008.0321+neon4~faa423d~14.04_amd64.deb trying to overwrite '/opt/project-neon5/bin/ktrash5', which is also in…
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