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2016-01-21 01:59:30
2018-07-01 01:34:46
[ { "message": "just a few questions as USER.If I want to depoly an application with 2 different JuJu charms (let say DB + Mediawiki), on 2 different machines (or LXD), do I need 2 controllers ? If so, who manages the 2 controllers ? Is there a some kind of controller \"Master\" ? Lastly, when i deploy an apllic...
Juju Controller and charms connection
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2017-01-13T19:23:29.973
[ { "message": "On my server I have installed Ubuntu 14.04. Bind9, Apache, MySql etc worked fine, until a few month ago I got some problems with mailman. I don't know what happened, but I can't install, remove or reinstall mailman. And because the mailman-update isn't installed, it keeps coming back and is prefen...
Saving/copy back configurations from Apache, Mysql? Because I want to reinstall Ubuntu 14.04 server.
askubuntu
2017-01-14T00:27:35.680
[ { "message": "I have a 1TB hdd, which I have been using for 9 yrs and which had 10.10 maverick on it. the other day I booted it up and I was taken to the grub screen then into a initramfs screen... I can't get into the OS anymore... I know that OS is outdated but I want to recover the data on there and put it o...
Stuck at initramfs screen
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2017-01-14T10:51:06.690
[ { "message": "I'm using Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 and was trying to install WPS Office. I tried to install using software centre But it wasn't installing without giving any error logs. Then I opened it with Gdebi installer. Here is what I saw.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/T3PUO.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">...
Cannot install WPS Office
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2017-01-14T14:38:18.793
[ { "message": "Running <code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity8 usage-mode 'Staged'</code> it only works until I block the screen and reconnect the device.I want to set it up permanently.How to do it?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Staged mode should be the norm. Are you doing something else which...
Set bq Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition to staged mode permanently
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2017-01-14T17:05:49.727
[ { "message": "I just installed (dual boot) Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64) on my HP Pavilion (i3-7100, 1TB) laptop but it is not showing any available wifi device.When I look at network in settings only network proxy is displayed and also I don't have Ethernet cable slot in my laptop.How can I fix this problem?<code>rfkil...
wifi device is not displaying in ubuntu
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2017-01-14T18:56:01.840
[ { "message": "I installed Ubuntu core on my raspberry pi3. After configuring it I have now ssh access to the pi using my ubuntu account and a private key. Now I want to create an additional user, to simplify the ssh process (since I don't always have that private key around and simply want to login in with user...
How do I create an additional user on Ubuntu Core?
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2017-01-14T19:24:42.273
[ { "message": "After fixing problems yesterday doing a fresh install of the newest distro (Thanks everyone), I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with installing the necessary language packages to switch between English and Spanish quickly. The other research I've seen is people wanting to make...
How to install Spanish language capabilities to swap with English
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2017-01-14T19:32:24.167
[ { "message": "Other than standard security \"best practices\" like having a good firewall, strong admin password, ensuring latest security patches, and upping router security, is there anything more specific that can help prevent (specifically) a bios rootkit via Ubuntu?", "role": "user" }, { "messa...
Preventing bios rootkit on ubuntu Linux
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2017-01-14T20:26:01.207
[ { "message": "i Just joined to linux. But i have a problem with app installing. i'm using mint 16. The first app i tried got installed but i get this warning during installing every other apps.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/lmaU2.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">But i connected to the internet.How can i f...
Problem with installing apps
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2017-01-15T07:54:06.123
[ { "message": "I want to install Windows 10 because I want to play some games and on Ubuntu is not that playable so I downloaded a iso file from Microsoft page and now I don't know how to install! I mounted the iso file and ran Setup.exe but it says <blockquote> Windows installation cannot be started from the c...
Boot Windows 10 ISO from Ubuntu
askubuntu
2017-01-15T08:36:07.747
[ { "message": "So I tried installing ubuntu mate on an old laptop since I'm still waiting for a new PSU replacement for my rig. I followed a guide on using unetbootin. When i made it to the partition menu on the ubuntu installation I followed a video guide on how to do it but eventually I got an error that the p...
Laptop won't boot after partition error
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2017-01-15T11:33:00.817
[ { "message": "How do I connect from a Win7 PC via local LAN to a Ubuntu Dektop 16.04.01 PC's command line window using only software that comes on the original installation DVDs? Edit: Did a Full rephrase of the question, because answers so far showed that the question was not understood as I intended. This is ...
Native Windows Terminal access to Ubuntu PC?
askubuntu
2017-01-15T15:42:26.193
[ { "message": "Clarifying a <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/872252/45156\">bad question which I'm closing, why doesn't netbeans, or even Eclipse, show as an IDE option for umake?<pre><code>thufir@doge:~$ thufir@doge:~$ umake --version16.02.1thufir@doge:~$ thufir@doge:~$ umake ide netbeansusage: umake ide [-h] ...
umake doesn't list Java IDE's
askubuntu
2017-01-15T17:53:15.433
[ { "message": "I need some advice. I have a Digital Ocean droplet, which I SSH into it and start my java application with the following command:<code>java ... &amp;&gt; stdout.txt &amp;</code>(this should, from what I understand, save the stdout to <code>stdout.txt</code> but also launch the application as a ba...
What could cause my SSH connection to die (Connection reset by [ip]) + kills my background process?
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2017-01-15T19:42:57.557
[ { "message": "I was updating my ubuntu 12.04 and got few issues. I think something is broken that has to be fixed. Kindly help me to fix the issue when i run update command. I am receiving below errors.<pre><code>W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:1397BC53640DB551W: Failed to fetch ht...
Installing updates are unsuccessful
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2017-01-16T04:44:25.990
[ { "message": "Ran into a problem:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/IENBa.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"> Please help me if you know what happened tell me how to fix it I'm on my phone right now.", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Boot into the Ubuntu live CD for the version of Ubuntu that you h...
what do I do this happened
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2017-01-16T06:16:29.423
[ { "message": "Today I logged into my Ubuntu server and noticed that Midnight Commander looks different:Furthermore, I can't use functional keys (Mac keyboard with Fn key).I tried to reinstall it, but with no luck. Can anybody help to fix this?GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.11Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-53-...
Question marks in Midnight commander
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2017-01-16T07:48:42.067
[ { "message": "This has been asked before at <a href=\"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114364/nmcli-no-longer-allow-settings-modification\">https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114364/nmcli-no-longer-allow-settings-modification - but never answered. So I'll try asking here:You can see from diverse p...
What is the new syntax for `nmcli show` and `nmcli modify`?
askubuntu
2017-01-16T10:52:15.403
[ { "message": "I am trying to install some python packages but I am getting this kind of error every time.<pre><code>Exception:Traceback (most recent call last): File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py\", line 209, in main status = self.run(options, args) File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-pa...
Cannot install and upgrade python packages on Ubuntu 14.04
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2017-01-16T11:42:45.573
[ { "message": "i have Dell inspiron 3542 laptop .I was using Ubuntu 16.04.1 from last 4 months and it was working normal but by mistake i deleted Ubuntu partition in windows.After reinstalling Ubuntu 16.04 again my screen start flickering. I have also tried Ubuntu 16.10 but it was also flickering. Even it flick ...
Screen flickering in Ubuntu 16.04 and 16.10
askubuntu
2017-01-16T16:45:36.477
[ { "message": "How come \"staff*22\" does not show anything while \"staff.*22\" lists lines that contain staff followed by 22 although any of the lines does not contain \".\" in them? <pre><code>$ ls -l | grep \"staff*22\"$ ls -l | grep \"staff.*22\"drwxrwxr-x 2 kim staff 68 Jan 12 22:23 hihidrwxrwxrwx 4 ki...
command line grep * does not work but grep *. works
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2017-01-16T23:33:33.777
[ { "message": "In searching for a LastPass client on Ubuntu, I found <a href=\"https://github.com/lastpass/lastpass-cli\" rel=\"noreferrer\">lastpass-cli. I took a look at the documentation but I still do not understand how to basically use it.I managed to log into my account but now I am wondering how to cover ...
How does one basically use lastpass-cli?
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2017-01-17T08:52:10.240
[ { "message": "I am getting error while installing opensubmit at<a href=\"https://github.com/troeger/opensubmit/wiki/Installation-Instructions\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://github.com/troeger/opensubmit/wiki/Installation-Instructionsusing command <code>opensubmit-web configure</code><pre><code>Exception:...
error while installing opensubmit ubuntu 14.04 LTS
askubuntu
2017-01-17T09:52:02.317
[ { "message": "Running <code>docker build .</code> against the following dockerfile<pre><code>FROM ubuntu:16.04MAINTAINER b@example.comRUN apt-get clean \\ &amp;&amp; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \\ &amp;&amp; apt-get update -y </code></pre>I get the error<code>E: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/u...
How to fix hash sum mismatch error on fresh docker image update?
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2017-01-17T13:17:08.457
[ { "message": "I am running ubuntu 16.04. I am installing eclipse using a bash script. I am able to install eclipse successfully. Now I have my project stored in some folder, which I want somehow to be able to display in eclipse workspace. So when I start eclipse, it shows my project into workspace. It can be do...
how to set Eclipse workspace to specific folder by default
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2017-01-17T14:01:02.827
[ { "message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/RcKsR.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I'm trying to set up a small VPS. When it was provisioned for me I was given the ip address , which dispays an apache2 page. I'd prefer to set things up using nginx. I asked the host about switching to nginx and got:<pre><...
Cannot shutdown apache2 on 16.04 LTS
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2017-01-17T16:20:19.397
[ { "message": "I have just installed Ubuntu 16.04 and now the two buttons under my touch pad do not work correctly. The Left click works as the Right click and the right click does nothing. How do I reassign these keys?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Please check out...<a href=\"https://askubuntu....
Mouse keys wont work after installing ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-18T02:57:11.907
[ { "message": "I'm using Ubuntu desktop and I want to know if any extra configuration is needed to secure my system.I know that in the documentation it says that this is ok, but I read on a site that while <code>ufw</code> is enabled all the ports stay open.So I think sufficiently secure settings for home users ...
Should home users just turn on the firewall?
askubuntu
2017-01-18T04:31:28.590
[ { "message": "One of my subscribed podcasts has recently changed it's podcast feed to rss 2.0 or so I believe to have read. At any rate other podcast sites seem to have no problem retrieving the mp3 files, whereas gpodder fails to download podcast files and subsequently failed to re-add that podcast after I rem...
Add plain html Podcast-Link (no xml / rss) to gpodder
askubuntu
2017-01-18T13:03:56.350
[ { "message": "I have upgraded Ubuntu from 15.10 to 16.04. I have installed <code>mysql-workbench</code> and I am getting this error when I am launching it: <pre><code>/usr/lib/mysql-workbench/mysql-workbench-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgdkmm-2.4.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such fi...
Mysql workbench on ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-18T14:21:57.247
[ { "message": "For security reasons (so no-one can copy data from computer to CD-ROM, or from CD-ROM to computer), I have to disable the CD-ROM drives on all of the Ubuntu systems I have.I estimate I have near 400-500 Ubuntu machines.How can I disable CD-ROM drives, and then enable them again.If possible, I woul...
Disable & Enable CD-ROM
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2017-01-18T16:03:03.167
[ { "message": "Is there any way to install Intel HD graphics in Ubuntu If yes then how?If no then how I reduce blue color from my lcd", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Edited answer:I believe the software you are looking for is Redshift <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/redshift\" rel=\"nofollow nore...
Adjust color temperature with Intel HD graphics
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2017-01-18T18:13:52.827
[ { "message": "I created a program to be invoked as a default for certain file types. I “Open [any file] with…” it - the file “test.txt” is created, but no I/O with my program is possible. In order to be able to communicate with my program I created an “Application in Terminal” launcher (shortcut, label, desktop...
How do I "Open with…" a terminal program? Qt Creator, Linux
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2017-01-18T18:59:05.107
[ { "message": "I am very new to Linux. Ubuntu would freeze so I installed Xubuntu. That would freeze less frequently, but still so. Now, I am on Lubuntu, and it still freezes although least frequently. My system is a Lenovo Thinkpad 11e. Celeron N2940 @ 1.83GHz and 8GB.The computer freezes in day to day tasks: w...
Lubuntu freezes less frequently than Xubuntu, which freezes less frequently than Ubuntu
askubuntu
2017-01-18T20:05:23.897
[ { "message": "I want to either change Alt + Tab behaviour, or preferably set a different hotkey combination to cycle through all windows in a left-right fashion, where MRU, most recently used is NOT applicable. While searching I found ways to do it in Windows or maybe <code>compiz</code> with other distros, not...
How can I cycle windows in taskbar order?
askubuntu
2017-01-18T22:55:40.427
[ { "message": "I read somewhere that running the ISO image of ubuntu on a USB bootable key was more robust than the installed version of the same ubuntu on the same USB key, because the ISO image do some additional tests to check that the material is supported (and may pack additional drivers).What I'm asking : ...
One install for all computers
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2017-01-19T00:34:50.330
[ { "message": "I am a newbie with any linux distro. Right now, I am trying to install ubuntu on a VMWare Workstation 12 Player. Right now the program is asking me to allocate memory for the distro. But before I proceed I have a few questions:My laptop only has a total of 4GB of memory. 3.87GB usable. If I alloca...
Installing Ubuntu, Allocation of Memory & Cores
askubuntu
2017-01-19T02:43:45.867
[ { "message": "I have this directory, and want to rename the files:<pre><code>===&gt; ls -1 Der-vierte-Weise/10 - 10 - Erkenntniss.ogg1 - 01 - Hoffnung.ogg11 - 11 - Wahrheit.ogg12 - 12 - Dankbarkeit.ogg13 - 13 - Kredits.ogg2 - 02 - Familie.ogg3 - 03 - Demut.ogg4 - 04 - Freude.ogg5 - 05 - Schoenheit.ogg6 - 06 - S...
Rename files with one line command
askubuntu
2017-01-19T07:48:19.157
[ { "message": "I downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from Canonical's website, but when I tried to create a bootable USB via Rufus, it told me that ISO Image Extraction failed. I later managed to create a bootable USB via Win32 Disk Manager, but on bootup, my computer said that the file was corrupt. I then downloaded Ub...
Is the Ubuntu 16.04.1 download from Canonical's Website Corrupt?
askubuntu
2017-01-19T09:35:50.323
[ { "message": "I've read <a href=\"https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular-cli/tutorial\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">documentation how to install <code>npm</code>.Tryed:<pre><code>~ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo -E bash -~ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs~ nodejs -v&gt;&gt; v0.10.48~ node -v&gt;&...
NPM instalation local issue
askubuntu
2017-01-19T12:31:38.200
[ { "message": "I have a simple script which reads some lines from a connection initialized using netcat. A client can transmit some \"commands\". If the client write \"exit\" I like to close the connection. BUT: After transmit the \"exit\" the script echos the \"Received 'exit'\" but still reads one more line be...
BASH: Read lines from netcat connection
askubuntu
2017-01-19T14:01:06.423
[ { "message": "Where does the <code>rename</code> command come from?<pre><code>user@host&gt; dpkg -S /usr/bin/renamedpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/bin/rename</code></pre>", "role": "user" }, { "message": "If we're talking about <code>/usr/bin/rename</code>, which is a pretty nifty pe...
Where does the `rename` command come from?
askubuntu
2017-01-19T14:32:01.427
[ { "message": "My laptop model number is 15-bc051nr. I get a static-y noise in my left earphone whenever I listen to music on Ubuntu 16.04. Works fine on Windows though", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Here's the fix that I found while googling for the issue. I too had the same issue regarding crack...
How to install Bang and Olufsen Audio drivers for HP laptop?
askubuntu
2017-01-19T18:23:21.947
[ { "message": "I like the kmail interface, but I've had problems with it for years and in the last few days it has become unusable: it keeps locking up or crashing and there's no solution on the 'net. I won't go into details as I'm sick of it.I tried reseting its settings (<a href=\"https://forum.kde.org/viewtop...
Migrating from kmail to thunderbird
askubuntu
2017-01-19T20:43:24.853
[ { "message": "I'm wondering if there is any command line tool to take clean and fast screenshot gallery of a video?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "This can be easily accomplished by using the command line <code>mplayer</code>, install this as follows:<pre><code>sudo apt-get install mplayer</code>...
How to make screenshot gallery from command line?
askubuntu
2017-01-20T04:45:32.537
[ { "message": "While I tried to upgrade Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 using the command - <code>sudo update-manager -d</code> , the message \"the software in this computer is uptodate\" is shown. How can I upgrade it to 16.04?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "<code>sudo update-manager -d</code> only update ...
How to upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04?
askubuntu
2017-01-20T07:57:43.527
[ { "message": "I have Microsoft PowerPoint projects that I can view correctly on Android, OS X and Windows, but on Linux with LibreOffice Impress, they are not rendered correctly. Instead, the letters and objects are outside the screen.I need PowerPoint for my job. Is there a fix for that or an alternative app f...
How can I view and edit PowerPoint presentations that don't render correctly?
askubuntu
2017-01-20T09:01:14.967
[ { "message": "I used to have Windows 8.1 - Linux Mint dual boot. I succesfully removed Windows from the system but Grub still shows Windows in boot options:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/DBeLz.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">grub menuI would like to configure the system the way, that on start up I direct...
Remove Windows entry in GRUB menu
askubuntu
2017-01-20T14:55:49.430
[ { "message": "I want o ask about the main differences between juju machines and juju units.Moreover the relation between a charm and a machine (LXD or an entire VM) is one to one, rigth ?There isn't a possibility to nesting LXD (and so nesting charms), right ?Thanks", "role": "user" }, { "message": ...
JuJu Machines and Units
askubuntu
2017-01-20T17:45:50.680
[ { "message": "I just installed Lubuntu 16.04 i686/i386 (alongside an existing Windows installation) on an HP Mini-110. Since I needed additional drivers (broadcom) to get my wifi working, I installed those as well.Now, the wireless adapter seems to be functioning correctly. I get the option to connect to availa...
Wifi displays but won't connect on Lubuntu 16.04 i686/i386
askubuntu
2017-01-20T21:01:16.387
[ { "message": "Please I'd like to know if the solution posted by \"Pilot6\": <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/674116/how-to-install-tp-link-t2uh-wireless-adapter-driver-ralink-mt7610u\">How to install TP-LINK T2UH Wireless adapter Driver (Ralink mt7610u)Can work for me too,I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,but...
usb wifi adapter "lsusb" 0e8d:7610 Mediatek
askubuntu
2017-01-21T01:45:10.530
[ { "message": "I am learning how to use crontab and in that pursuit what I wanted to do was print something simple in the shell. So I did <code>crontab -e</code> and typed the following<pre><code>* * * * * bash /etc/test.sh</code></pre>test.sh <pre><code>echo $NODE_ENV</code></pre>Now what I expect is the cronj...
Why can't I see the output of cron jobs in my terminal?
askubuntu
2017-01-21T09:39:34.793
[ { "message": "I have an external monitor attached to my laptop HDMI port. When I boot my laptop, both the laptop screen and Monitor successfully turns on and works perfectly. However, whenever I unplug the external monitor, and then plug it back in, Ubuntu fails to detect that the monitor is plugged in again, a...
HDMI monitor not detected by laptop after unplugging and plugging back in
askubuntu
2017-01-21T12:31:27.320
[ { "message": "I have a computer with windows 7 installed that's not booting and decided to install ubuntu on it. I've downloaded ubuntu on a mac and used <code>dd</code> to make a bootable usb. I'm able to boot from the usb and I choose <code>Install Ubuntu</code>.I choose <code>Install Ubuntu</code>, <code>Era...
Installing ubuntu: creating swap space error
askubuntu
2017-01-21T13:19:00.750
[ { "message": "I'm playing with GRUB2, SecureBoot and Kernel Signing and I think I found a possible bug in my Secure Boot, but I want to check my understanding of these processes first.I know that when Secure Boot is enabled, only binaries signed with a Key loaded in the firmware can be launched, so all bootload...
How does Secure Boot actually work?
askubuntu
2017-01-21T16:33:25.403
[ { "message": "I have been searching for about one week for a \" Kiosk with firefox and Libreoffice \" but unfortunately, I couldn't find it ! or my experience is not too much dealing with Ubuntu and Linus in general. So, I want the user to be able to surf the Internet, print, copy files to his/her USB and of co...
Ubuntu Kiosk with Libreoffice?
askubuntu
2017-01-22T02:08:59.460
[ { "message": "After running this command - <code>sudo chown -R $(whoami) usr/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}</code> I am not able to run sudo anymore: <code>sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0 and have the setuid bit set</code>. How do I fixed that?I read <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/452860/usr...
I set /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share to be owned by my regular user and now I am getting interesting errors
askubuntu
2017-01-22T03:54:28.523
[ { "message": "When I try to install unity tweak tool with<pre><code>sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool</code></pre>the output is<pre><code>Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an...
How to resolve the errors that show up when trying to install Unity tweak tool?
askubuntu
2017-01-22T07:41:01.723
[ { "message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/gDxdz.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Screenshot of the problem here<pre><code>ssh root@10.0.2.15root@10.0.2.15's password:Permission denied,please try again .</code></pre>I'm not allowed to use the <code>ssh root@10.0.2.15</code> ,for some reason it won't let...
Permission denied when I try to run ssh root@10.2.0.15
askubuntu
2017-01-22T10:13:08.460
[ { "message": "I'm trying to install vim 8 on ubuntu 16.10 by adding the following repository like so:<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/vim</code></pre>after doing so apt update gets stuck<pre><code>Ign:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/vim/ubuntu yakkety InReleaseErr:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net...
Vim 8 installation. repository not found
askubuntu
2017-01-22T13:19:36.300
[ { "message": "How can I install the <code>sudo</code> package? <pre><code>$ apt-get install sudoE: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?</code></pre>", "role": "user" }, { "message": "I...
sudo is deleted
askubuntu
2017-01-22T16:23:56.033
[ { "message": "i would like to add nautilus script for right click,like convert selected file with base64 but no luck.Regular command in terminal is like:<pre><code>base64 input.jpg output.txt</code></pre>This is my closest script to do it;<pre><code>#!/bin/shecho \"$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_Path\" | base64...
Nautilus right click script for base64
askubuntu
2017-01-22T16:45:03.687
[ { "message": "I recently installed Linux intending to be able to double boot, however, I had to install it in UEFI mode because of some weird BIOS settings, although Windows 7 is not installed in UEFI mode. After this I haven't been able to boot Windows at all. What I want to do is to make Windows 7 UEFI bootab...
Make Windows 7 UEFI bootable
askubuntu
2017-01-22T22:27:13.753
[ { "message": "So Im using VirtualBox for this. I have 2 VM's, one running Ubuntu Server 16.04 and one running Windows. The Ubuntu Server has 2 adaptors configured, one bridged adaptor and another one connected to an internal network.The Windows is only connected to the same internal network as Ubuntu's second a...
Ubuntu Server as a Proxy?
askubuntu
2017-01-23T04:38:05.073
[ { "message": "I am using 32 bit ubuntu 16.04. however a program I wish to use is only for 64 bit machines. How may I install the 64bit ubuntu 16.04 without wiping all my current files. I am new to this so if it is possible, could you use a step by step answer to help me overcome this problem.I am using a des...
will 32 bit ubuntu 16.04 be wiped out if i install 64 bit ubuntu 16.04
askubuntu
2017-01-23T05:38:59.167
[ { "message": "How can I install custom Fonts offline? I want to use Bangla fonts in LibreOffice 5Some words are not showing correctly, for example (গ্রাম) is showing as (গ্ রাম).mentioned that I am using ibus-avro as Bangla typing software.date it is separated not in complex form..(শুক্ র)How to solve this?", ...
Bangla fonts not working in LibreOffice
askubuntu
2017-01-23T13:37:10.863
[ { "message": "My system: Ubuntu 16.04 server, Nginx 1.10, PHP 7. I have IPv6 address only for my VPS. Please write good links or info for setting IPv6.For IPv4:<pre><code>address 188.225.32.215netmask 255.255.255.255gateway 188.225.32.1</code></pre>For IPv6:<pre><code>address 2a03:6f00:4::bce1:224dnetmask 64gat...
Enable IPv6 on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS
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2017-01-23T14:33:27.440
[ { "message": "I will need to playback some video that was made in a <a href=\"http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/3_1_IPcam.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Geovision video camera which has its own format. I was told that there may not be a way to play them in VLC or any other because the video file is made wi...
How to play Geovision video files in Ubuntu
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2017-01-24T01:23:53.807
[ { "message": "I am not able to install wxmaxima. The app is displayed in the software center and also starts installing but in dos not proceed to complete the installation.What difference it makes when I change the source server (USA,main,Indian) option available in the Ubuntu 16.04?", "role": "user" }, ...
Cannot install wxmaxima in Ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-24T09:02:20.433
[ { "message": "I try to use $PATH as input to find in order to find files defined by my path. This is my attempt:<pre><code>find ${PATH//:/ } -iname \"*chrome*\"</code></pre>Here I replace all <code>:</code> in <code>PATH</code> with space, so the starting-points list looks like when you type in manually. Proble...
How to use the PATH variable as a starting-point in find within zsh
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2017-01-24T11:33:42.223
[ { "message": "I chose to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside 14.04 during the installation. My computer automatically boots 16.04. How can I select to boot 14.04?This is the output from <code>sudo update-grub</code> <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/rd4MB.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">It doesn't see 14.04. Wha...
Ubuntu 16.04 installed alongside 14.04 - how can I choose which one to boot?
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2017-01-24T14:59:20.377
[ { "message": "I was struggling getting Apache2 to restart after enabling my site until I stumbled on this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/777672/apache2-restart-failed-in-ubuntu-16-04\">post: Apache2 restart failed in Ubuntu 16.04 where I tried one of the solutions listed in comments which suggested c...
Apache2 restart fails unless I comment out error log lines - Ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-24T16:22:50.950
[ { "message": "the maximum available speed for mouse is not very comfortable. i want to increase it.. how to do that?? is there an app to customize these sort of stuffs (preferable since I am new to ubuntu).thanks in advance", "role": "user" }, { "message": "The first place to speed up your mouse is ...
how to increase mouse movement speed in ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-24T21:05:44.997
[ { "message": "the maximum available speed for mouse is not very comfortable. i want to increase it.. how to do that?? is there an app to customize these sort of stuffs (preferable since I am new to ubuntu).thanks in advance", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Run in terminal <code>xinput --list --shor...
how to increase mouse movement speed in ubuntu 16.04
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2017-01-24T21:05:44.997
[ { "message": "I've always had some trouble with my wifi card. I was on Ubuntu 14.04 and sometimes I had no wifi and the option \"enable wifi\" didn't appear until I restarted my computer.One day, it just stopped working, nothing to do.I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.10, still it doesn't work. After I installed <code>bc...
No wifi on BCM43142 (but bluetooth works)
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2017-01-25T00:53:08.823
[ { "message": "I am in the early stages of planning a migration from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1, and the first thing I'm reading is that upstart is gone in favor of systemv. I have some custom network upstart scripts that I had to write to overcome a problem with the old failsafe upstart script in 14.04; now that upst...
What happens to upstart scripts in a migration from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04.01?
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2017-01-25T04:20:02.847
[ { "message": "I switched monitor of my Lubuntu machine, and the resolution is low now, however the monitor make and model is the same as the previous one.Considering the fact that I didn't change any config on my Lubuntu, how I can increase the resolution. I played around with Monitor settings menu, but as far ...
Changed monitor and screen resolution got lower
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2017-01-25T06:42:51.790
[ { "message": "I have some CSV files. Each file has a list of email addresses. The following is extracted data from the file: <pre><code>%%%%%%%%%%@yahoo.com%%%%%%@wanadoo.fr%%%%raviplywoodglasscentre@yahoo.comravi%%nameemail%%@yahoo.com%.getincontact@numberland.com%1%3@example.com%1@example.com</code></pre>What...
How I can I group emails by domain, combined and summarized from all files in a directory?
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2017-01-25T07:32:54.223
[ { "message": "How do you set up TLS for Postfix on Ubuntu? I've recently switched from sendmail to postfix and the emails sent by our website no longer have TLS from what I can tell on gmail, it's showing the broken pad lock:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZQot6m.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I've check...
How to set up TLS for Postfix on Ubuntu
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2017-01-25T09:41:51.573
[ { "message": "Is it possible to download a Deezer.com playlist using youtube-dl? I tried inputting the Deezer playlist link and it only downloads 30 second samples of the songs. Any way to get the full songs?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "I posted a pull request for youtube-dl: <a href=\"https:/...
Using youtube-dl to download Deezer playlist?
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2017-01-25T13:15:32.397
[ { "message": "I'm pretty new at using the terminal and was wondering how to place a folder full of .zip files into sub folders named the same as the .zip file it was extracted from.So far I figured that <code>unzip '*.zip' -d</code> will extract all the .zip files into a single directory, but I'm not sure how t...
How to mimick the 7zip "extract to "."" context menu option from Windows
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2017-01-25T18:08:41.017
[ { "message": "I'm setting up a streaming audio server using Liquidsoap on Ubuntu server 16.04.1. The issue that I'm having is that the audio will not play unless I log on to the console of the server. I can SSH in but no audio, if I log off of the console the audio stops. I really need this to run unattended fr...
Streaming audio server no audio
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2017-01-25T19:04:47.110
[ { "message": "I'm writing a script to install Ubuntu 16.04 server into a chroot jail, using debootstrap (on an Ubuntu 16.04 server machine).During the setting up of the <code>keyboard-configuration</code> package it asks for the keyboard type:<pre><code>Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.108ubuntu15) ...debco...
How to automate setting up of "keyboard-configuration" package?
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2017-01-25T21:37:45.540
[ { "message": "I have a list of image files, which are scans of receipts. They look like this:<pre><code>gas_20160710_3432.jpggas_20160810_242.jpgwater_20161004_4510.jpg</code></pre>I would like to be able to take the list of files and turn it into a CSV file, which I can do with the command <code>'ls' &gt; file...
How can I create a CSV file from a directory listing with multiple columns based on the file names?
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2017-01-26T06:08:55.250
[ { "message": "Ive downloaded Ubuntu Touch Arm64 preinstalled touch image (zesty) from website. I want to know how can I install the same on my android phone. Wot r the steps for the same, Im on YU Yunique Soc Qualcomm 410 chipset 4G fone.-- Thanks In Advance.", "role": "user" }, { "message": "Instru...
Steps to install preinstalled image
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2017-01-26T06:47:47.787
[ { "message": "I have this weird problem. I cannot type into the authentication dialogues. I mean those from kdesudo, or the one to open the wallet. The keyboard input just gets ignored. It works in any other window, so I can type the password into konsole, and then copy and paste it (using the mouse, ctrl+v won...
Plasma 5.8 from backports: can't type into authentication dialogues!
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2017-01-26T07:36:58.307
[ { "message": "I've use the code <code>sudo apt-get install apache2</code>. After that I've tried to open it and it gave me this<pre><code>[Thu Jan 26 11:39:14.983776 2017] [core:warn] [pid 13237] AH00111:Config variable ${APACHE_LOG_DIR} is not definedAH00526: Syntax error on line 74 of /etc/apache2/apache2.con...
Problems openning Apache2
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2017-01-26T12:41:12.100
[ { "message": "I just updated Ubuntu to 16.04 version on my PC and now I'm not able to reach the desktop because a black window appears and ask for login + password. There's only on session and I was used to enter the password, but not the login. I tried to enter login and password several times, but I never suc...
Login problem after Ubuntu update to 16.04 version
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2017-01-26T13:36:18.083
[ { "message": "I have read the same issue but without success for me. When I run \"software-properties-gtk\" in the terminal, it shows this:<pre><code>$ software-properties-gtkTraceback (most recent call last):File \"/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk\", line 37, in &lt;module&gt;from softwareproperties.gtk.Softwa...
'software-properties-gtk' does not work in Xubuntu 14.04
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2017-01-26T16:58:24.973
[ { "message": "I've installed apache2 on ubuntu and I want to add an html page on it's root to see if it works. How can I do it?", "role": "user" }, { "message": "The default Apache2 Document Root directory on Ubuntu is: <code>/var/www/html</code>.It is defined in the configuration file <code>/etc/ap...
How to add an html page in the apache2 root?
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2017-01-26T19:49:40.950
[ { "message": "I am trying to package my app to be able to install it using snap. App is already compiled as executable and has one config file and one certificate file which I package inside the snap. Once installation is complete I can see everything in <code>/snap/myapp/x1</code> but as x1 part will be changi...
How to move config files during snap install
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2017-01-26T23:43:52.217
[ { "message": "I keep finding, while googling, that they're located at /usr/lib/systemd/system/ and /etc/systemd/system/. However, in my ubuntu, the first doesn't even exist, and the other has only a few services<pre><code>bluetooth.target.wants default.target.wants hybrid-sleep.ta...
Where are the systemd units/services located in Ubuntu?
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2017-01-27T03:28:03.157
[ { "message": "My computer has Secure boot enabled, and I can't disable it because changes I do to the bios settings doesn't get saved for some reason.I want to install Ubuntu using a USB. I have heard that Ubuntu has UEFI authentication and will most likely work with Secure boot.So I'm wondering if I can just d...
How can I make a bootable UEFI Ubuntu installation USB that works with Secure Boot?
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2017-01-27T13:55:21.170
[ { "message": "It shows following error:<pre><code>Exception:Traceback (most recent call last): File \"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py\", line 122, in main status = self.run(options, args) File \"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py\", line 283, in run requirement_set....
pip3 install jupyter not woking
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2017-01-27T15:21:36.327
[ { "message": "I have a HP-Pavilion-11-x360-PC dual boot: win 8.1 &amp; ubuntu 16.10 for a few months now.My wi-fi on ubuntu has very bad recpetion (at home and at the university, on several networks). I don't have this problem on windows 8.1.My hardware details:from this command:<pre><code>sudo lshw -c network ...
wifi constantly disconnects, and have bad recption when it's on ubuntu 16.10
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2017-01-27T15:41:21.517
[ { "message": "I files which a system generates with a generic file name.I want to have a script I can run which scans these files for the second instance of the word ProcID (after the word ProcID is a number) and then renames the file with the ProcID number.Currently I have the following:<pre><code>FILEPATH; aw...
Find second instance of a word in a file and rename file
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2017-01-27T15:58:30.790
[ { "message": "I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.On my system tray on upper top right corner where the date is located, the date is showing শুক্ র instead of শুক্র. And time as 11:23:27 অপরাণ্ হ instead of অপরাহ্ন. So, complex words are showing separated.I ran<pre><code>fc-match -a | grep -i beng</code></pre>Output ca...
Bangla Complex Font problem in system Tray
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2017-01-27T17:27:24.143
[ { "message": "I am trying to format sd card in which I first installed noobs(raspberry pi). It created its own partition tables and now I want to use the sd card for some other purpose.I have tried the following:1) Tried the direct format command, but it said input/output error2) Tried sdcardformatter on window...
Format the sd card with dd command
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2017-01-28T07:32:24.297
[ { "message": "Why I can't start android emulator?There is error message like this,<pre><code>Starting emulator for AVD 'Sen'Failed to start emulator: Cannot run program \"/opt/android-sdk-linux/tools/emulator\": error=13, Permission denied</code></pre>error message of android emulator<a href=\"https://i.stack.i...
Why I can't start android emulator?
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2017-01-28T13:49:48.013