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I'm trying to install VGA driver for s3 virge
and thank you in advance. I have downloaded xserver-xorg-video-s3virge_ 1.10.4 orig.tar.gz, and extracted contents, which gives me xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.4. (Both files are sitting in my downloads ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Software Center Install From PPA
I have installed a PPA. Now I want to view all software that the PPA has to offer in the Ubuntu Software Center GUI. Everywhere I look on the internet they say,"The packages available from the PPA can ...
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What is the universe and the multiverse and how do you use them in the synaptic package manager
I have recently installed the synaptic package manager and there are various options related to the universe and the multiverse in it. what exactly are they and how do you you use the Synaptic ...
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Why are PPA's designed for only latest version of Blender?
Why are PPA's set to only retain the latest version of the software? I ask because I just installed Blender 2.69 and it constantly crashes on me; I then decided to just install 2.68a but found that it ...
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Upgrading to Gawk 4.0
I am working on a project that has me using Gawk. I had been using Fedora 16 which uses Gawk 4.0 but have recently changed over to Xubuntu 11.10 and found out that Xubuntu runs an older version of ...
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My minitube stopped playing, any suggestions why? [closed]
My minitube program suddenly stopped playing, frozen sound and video. Any suggestions why this happened. I am using Ubuntu 11.10. I uninstalled and reinstalled minitube, but still the same.
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What dependencies does Kdenlive 16.12 or above need to have in advance?
My current version of Kdenlive is 15.12.3, I installed it with apt-get right from the repository.
However, I need version 16.12 or above in order to use the rotoscoping feature.
To this point, I ...
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Why can't I install the nvidia proprietary driver on Ubuntu 18?
I am trying to instll the nvidia proprietary driver on Ubuntu becuase I think it runs better and has better application support.
When I go to "Software and Updates" all I see is the (open source) ...
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Editing MANPATH from /etc/environment
Having installed TeX Live on my system (by downloading and running the script from TUG's website: http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html), I tried editing the MANPATH variable by adding ...
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Backup tools for backup Linux and Windows systems with encryption [duplicate]
Deja Dup doesn't support full system encryption, only home directory.
rsync - I should make the backup, then archive the folder and then encrypt it. It's too long.
tar archive of the system - I should ...
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repository and update but what then..
my issue being..
when looking into a program and when i deside to install there is often the following two lines available.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:#######.dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
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Difference between programs in Software Centre and Launchpad PPA
On several Ubuntu sites such as OMG Ubuntu there are summaries of new ppa's. These are useful programs, but they don't appear in the Software Center.
However, in the center there are programs that ...
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Installing CouchDB 1.0.1
I have Ubuntu server 10.04 and it comes with its own couchdb version 0.10 I am trying to upgrade this to 1.0.1 or at least install 1.0.1 on the side. No matter what I try, I can't seem to be able to ...
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Getting precompiled software
How to get a precompiled package of any software, so I can install it directly? Because I am a beginner linux user and I am facing problems in compiling any software.
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Gnome Shell without the application dashboard (like Unity)
I've just installed gnome-themes-default and enabled gnome-shell on my Ubuntu 11.10 but I can't see those fancy windows/application dashboards (of Gnome 3) like Unity had.
Can someone tell me what to ...
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