Fwd: How to obtain list of installed packages
Bret Busby
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Fri May 20 16:33:39 UTC 2016
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From: Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 18:01:15 +0800
Subject: Re: How to obtain list of installed packages
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
On 20/05/2016, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2016 16:27:16 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>>the HDD has the partitions that existed when the system was purchased
>>(about four or five, I believe)
>
> They are unlikely Linux journaling file systems. This shouldn't be
> related to a warning or error, but it might be better to use Linux file
> systems.
>
>>If I knew how to reproduce the particular error message, it would
>>probably be quite helpful, in all of this, as I may be completely
>>wrong, in my perception of the need to rebuild the file systems on the
>>HDD.
>
> When did you see the error message? By startup messages? When running a
> program?
>
I do not remember - otherwise, I would have an idea as to how to
reproduce the error message. I am not being sarcastic - I simply do
not remember the context from which the error message appeared.
> What do you get when running on or all of the below programs?
> sudo parted -l
"
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$ sudo parted -l
sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE
[sudo] password for bret:
Model: ATA WDC WD10JPVX-22J (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name
Flags
1 1049kB 420MB 419MB Basic data partition
hidden, bios_grub
2 420MB 735MB 315MB fat32 EFI system partition
boot, esp
3 735MB 869MB 134MB Microsoft reserved
partition msftres
4 869MB 101GB 100GB ntfs Basic data partition
msftdata
6 101GB 201GB 100GB ext4 Debian 7 OS
boot, esp
7 201GB 301GB 100GB ext4 Debian7Home
msftdata
8 301GB 333GB 32.0GB linux-swap(v1)
9 333GB 433GB 100GB ext4 Data1-ext4
msftdata
10 433GB 533GB 100GB ext3 Debian6 OS
boot, esp
11 533GB 633GB 100GB ext2 Data2-ext2
msftdata
12 633GB 738GB 105GB ext4
msftdata
13 738GB 843GB 105GB ext4
msftdata
14 843GB 893GB 50.7GB ext3 Debian6 Home
msftdata
15 893GB 932GB 39.0GB ext4
16 932GB 982GB 49.7GB ext4
5 982GB 1000GB 18.3GB ntfs Basic data partition
hidden, diag
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$
"
> sudo fdisk -l
"
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$ sudo fdisk -l
sudo: unable to resolve host bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE
Disk /dev/ram0: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram1: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram2: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram3: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram4: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram5: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram6: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram7: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram8: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram9: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram10: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram11: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram12: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram13: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram14: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram15: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 1C378A0E-EC1F-4E9B-8B5A-55B8505336D0
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 821247 819200 400M BIOS boot
/dev/sda2 821248 1435647 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/sda3 1435648 1697791 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 1697792 197010291 195312500 93.1G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda5 1917870080 1953523711 35653632 17G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda6 197011456 392323071 195311616 93.1G EFI System
/dev/sda7 392323072 587634687 195311616 93.1G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda8 587634688 650135551 62500864 29.8G Linux swap
/dev/sda9 650135552 845447167 195311616 93.1G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda10 845447168 1040758783 195311616 93.1G EFI System
/dev/sda11 1040758784 1236070399 195311616 93.1G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda12 1236070400 1440870399 204800000 97.7G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda13 1440870400 1645670399 204800000 97.7G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda14 1645670400 1744717765 99047366 47.2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda15 1744717824 1820889698 76171875 36.3G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda16 1820891136 1917870079 96978944 46.2G Linux filesystem
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772-UbuntuMATE:~$
"
> sudo gparted
As the output is via a GUI from which copying and pasting can not be
done, I have attached a screenshot of the output.
>
> Take a look at
> man fsck
> or perhaps it's easier to read
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilesystemTroubleshooting
> I didn't read the help, but I noticed that "touch /forcefsck" perhaps
> should be run as "sudo touch /forcefsck".
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
....................................................
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