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it sounds like some other process or program may be trying to update or keeping that lock in place. you could check

ps aux | grep 32378

to see what the process is. sometimes just having a gui program like synaptic package manager open can cause that. or maybe the system updater could be ...

Trying to install an app and added the required repo
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This is the full instruction set from the developer ...

Key takeaway: It's important to critically evaluate the information you find online to avoid any unexpected surprises.


Yes, I just sorta assumed Git-Hub is a reasonably secure ...

Trying to install an app and added the required repo but when I run the first instruction (below) i get " Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 32378"

This is the full instruction set from the developer at github (page https://github.com ...

Thanks, will do that.

I just uploaded apfs-dkms 3.11 to the MX-23 Test repo.
I'd wait a little while, especially if you have a kernel > 6.1 which was the latest supported by 3.0. The 3.11 version works up through 6.11 kernels.
Since you didn't include your QSI, I don't know what mirror you use. mxrepo.com has it now ...

Either APFS-fuse or apfs-dkms
apfs-fuse is a userland read-only option. apfs-dkms is a kernel module which has reverse engineered write capability as well reading but that part is still experimental and not yet trustworthy.
The apfs-dkms version in debian bookworm is pretty far behind (3.0 vs the ...

CharlesV wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:53 pm No worries. Yes, very easy to do. Here are a couple of links that show how to.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

https://www.howtogeek.com/455981/how-to ... -on-linux/

And also thanks!

j2mcgreg wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:50 pm @pax-eterna wrote:

Sorry have been away from forum for a while....is it possible to add a swap file post installation? And if so best way to do this?
thanks

Here are easy to follow instructions:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/ ... -debian-11

thank you.

... and right here! is where I am going to say a swap file may indeed help you!


thanks - hasn't been on issue on other "flavours" of linux tbh.


This is all about the what needs it. Some applications will just not function properly without one. I ran Mint on a 64gb machine for around a ...

Do I need to install APFS-Fuse?

Just need to access some files on an APFS USB drive, and MX (latest AHS version) does not recognise it as a valid device.