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Spyder Anaconda - select Python interpreter

I have installed Anaconda (x64 Linux) and I am running its Python 3. When I type which python, I get /home/hinckelbc/anaconda3/bin/python Now to display the version, I type python -V, and I get ...
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ssh Match LocalAddress with ssh.socket doesn't work

On a new Ubuntu install I noticed that SSH uses sockets to start its daemon on demand. I've configured /etc/systemd/system/ssh.socket.d/port.conf, on the server, to listen on two ports as follows: [...
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How to add Active Directory users as sudoers

I'm following this article. What I've done: I can connect to Active Directory I can login to the Active Directory Now what I'm looking for is a way to make any active directory user a sudoer. I'm ...
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Error encountered when using dpkg to install packages (--configured) [duplicate]

I used sudo aptitude update and sudo aptitude upgrade to update the packages, and encountered an error when processing the package man-db (with --configure). A few days later, same error occured with ...
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CUDO miner installation on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS [duplicate]

I am looking for assistance to solve the following issue while trying to install CUDO miner (a cryptocurrency miner. I am trying to install it from the command line. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:...
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Dolphin (file manager) keyboard shortcuts config-file location

Does anyone know where Dolphin keeps the keyboard shortcuts stored? I've already looked into the config-files in ~/.kde/share/config/, there's a dolphinrc there, but the saved shortcuts are nowhere to ...
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what is the value for JAVA_HOME?

What is the correct value for JAVA_HOME? thufir@doge:~$ thufir@doge:~$ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java /usr/share/java /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz thufir@doge:~$ thufir@doge:~$ which java /usr/...
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Keyboard is not working at apps while I login as root

I am able to write in terminal and search bar at the search apps when I login as root but my keyboard does not working in Firefox, spotify, burpsuite or any other apps. I am also writing this from non-...
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How can I remove spam ad about some Kubernetes service (likely in MOTD) in Ubuntu 20.04, shown on each SSH login? [duplicate]

On SSH login I get * Strictly confined Kubernetes makes edge and IoT secure. Learn how MicroK8s just raised the bar for easy, resilient and secure K8s cluster deployment. https://ubuntu.com/...
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I've downloaded Wine from Winehq (Linux 20.04, stable version), but I'm not sure that it's installed

I've downloaded Wine from Winehq (Linux 20.04, stable version). The download seemed to work (everything unpacked OK), but I don't see the directory structure that the instructions seem to expect. I ...
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How to configure Wine to use Windows 8 or 10?

I'm trying to start Katalon (https://www.katalon.com/) 32bit on Linux Ubuntu 16.04. That's why I use Wine (3.12 Staging). I configure Wine to use Windows 10. I opened winecfg with console mode : ...
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Linux Failover change web server failover

I have 2 linux web servers and 1 linux router.. I'm trying to set the router up so that if web server 1 goes down, it automatically re-routes to web server 2, so I'm assuming I need some kind of ...
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Jammy python installation corrupted for just one user: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections'

I keep my Jammy Ubuntu always up to date, with all updates installed almost daily. So everything I have installed is at its latest version. I have installed two important applications: a Windows VM on ...
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How do I set up hotkeys for a xterm?

When I do a ssh to an OpenSuse machine and use yast I have to use tab intead of alt+y for help for example, I don't know what else to say... My question is how to set up this to have a propper xterm ...
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Enable Natural Scrolling for Trackpoint on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

How to enable natural scrolling for a trackpoint on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS? There are many questions and answers to this, for instance 1, 2, 3. They are outdated and do not work for me. For instance, 1 ...
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How to limit user folder access using VSFTP?

I'm trying to use VSFTPD with the following configuration, using a VM with Ubuntu 14.04. I'm able to login into my virtual sftp server normally but my client user is able to navigate between the ...
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How do I get a Huijia gamepad working?

I have a usb n64 controller adapter and I don't know how to calibrate it. I ran jscal and everything but the joystick portion still only registers half way. and when I do try to calibrate it, It ...
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Configuring console-setup, what to do?

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my laptop and while the updates were being installed a window popped up: Configuring console-setup Encoding to use on the console : UTF-8 And it has ...
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How do I override or configure systemd services?

Many sysv init scripts used a corresponding file in /etc/default to allow the administrator to configure it. Upstart jobs can be modified using .override files. How do I override or configure systemd ...
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ClamAV: clamd.ctl file is not getting created on ubuntu

I have ubuntu 16.04.6 version and I'm trying to install & run the clamdscan on it to check for antiviruses. I've used the installation instructions as given in their website. ie. sudo apt-get ...
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Trouble getting chromium-browser to run successfully on Ubuntu v20.04

I had initially created a couple of directories in /home, which got filled with the content of previously successful work dirs. Consequently, enabling me to try/test/adapt one, and continue on; moving ...
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How can I prevent eyestrain?

I can use a Windows machine for 10 hours straight without the slightest problem, but after around 15-30 minutes of using ubuntu my eyes become sore and dried out. I currently have 11.04 installed ...
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How can I increase the mouse pointer speed beyond the limits set by the Mouse preferences dialog?

In the Mouse preferences dialog I've set the acceleration to max and the sensitivity to min and the mouse pointer is not exactly sluggish, but I'd like to make it even faster. Is it possible to be ...
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Can I safely edit /boot/config* file?

On my Ubuntu 22.04.3 the full file name is /boot/config-6.5.0-14-generic. Can I safely edit CONFIG_PREEMPT and CONFIG_HZ entries in this file? If yes, will setting: CONFIG_PREEMPT=yes CONFIG_HZ_1000=...
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freshclam error, "clamd.conf" file not found

When I run the following command: sudo freshclam If there are found to be updates to the virus definitions etc then at the end of the output comes this error message ERROR: NotifyClamd: Can't find ...
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How to remove installed package

OK I have downloaded and installed Erlang Solutions with wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb But made a ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 & Mac Os X - GRUB Rescue prompt SET commands made permanent?

I recently re-installed my Mac OS X partition. This somehow messed up my entire partition scheme it seems. First I got dropped to the Grub rescue> prompt when trying to boot Ubuntu. I had never ...
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USB umounting on ubuntu

When writing 6GB the unmount takes forever. Currently I watch the Writebacks with this command watch grep -e Dirty: -e Writeback: /proc/meminfo What would be the ideal way to avoid having to do this. ...
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How can I change or hide the ~/snap directory?

I'm not particularly fond of apps cluttering my $HOME directory with their own files or directories. It's rarely a problem, because most apps have the courtesy to hide their data by prefixing it with ...
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Where does qemu/virt-manager store connection strings?

I'm migrating to a new laptop and have a decent number of Connections (not actual VMs) in virt-manager. I've grepped and cannot find any text file with data from the connection strings that appear ...
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Export current monitor settings

Is there a way to 'export' the current display configuration? We just need to export the configuration to an Xorg.conf file so that we can import it to another computer (deployment). The active ...
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Ubuntu Failed to bind to address http://127.0.0.1:5000

Deploying an aspnetcore 6 web app to Ubuntu 20.04. Here is an article of what I am doing https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-apache?view=aspnetcore-6.0#publish-and-copy-...
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How to configure slrn so that nano is the text editor?

How is slrn configured so that nano is used as an editor? nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ grep vim .slrnrc %set editor_command "vim -c %d '%s'" nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ ...
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I'm trying to install Spicetify and I'm stuck at config.ini step

I'm following the instruction, but I'm stuck at config.ini step. https://spicetify.app/docs/advanced-usage/installation/ I was able to find the folder /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.spotify.Client/x86_64/...
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How to start slrn and use the jnewsrc file?

I'm not understanding how to start slrn, particularly with the jnewsrc versus newsrc files: nicholas@mordor:~$ nicholas@mordor:~$ slrn slrn 1.0.3 Loading /usr/share/slrn/slang/slrn.sl Reading ...
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How do I set which PostgreSQL version is to be used by default?

I have 2 different versions of PostgreSQL installed on my system (Ubuntu Lucid): /var/lib/postgresql/8.4 /var/lib/postgresql/9.0 By default, when I run a PostgreSQL command such as createdb or psql, ...
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app for running VPN configurations (NapsternetV, HTTP Injector SSH...)

I need a VPN connection to access filtered content on the internet because there are so many filtered content in my country. I use nebstrent V and HTTP injector on Android. Is there an app or any ...
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How to increase waiting time for non responding programs?

I have installed a Ubuntu GNOME and found that I am getting lots of PROGRAM is not responding messages. I have either to "Force Quit" the program or "Wait" for it a little more. I've noticed that ...
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Is it bad practice to git init in the $home directory to keep track of dot files?

I want to backup and sync my dotfiles using github. Since all the dotfiles resides in $home by default, should I just git init in my $home folder, or is that a bad idea? Having performed git init in $...
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How can I make all of the windows default font/window smaller? Or zoom to .90 for my entire desktop

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and want to make all of the fonts across all of my applications smaller (like Windows supports). For example, in Windows I could make the zoom level 125%, 150%, 200%. The ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Sources Lits shows error

My Ubuntu Sources.list shows error while updating but upgrade works how to fix this for me. tried various ways to fix but it didnt work
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The "-y" flag in apt-get command [duplicate]

Running apt-get with the -y flag helps runninng the command without waiting for user input. This is good when trying to run an automated script. However add-apt-repository ppa:vbernat/haproxy-2.8 ...
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How to make applications save dotfiles at a specified path?

Currently, all my config dotfiles and dotfolders (e.g. .cache,.adobe,.compiz) are in my $HOME folder. Is there a environment variable that I can specify which will make all applications save their ...
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MariaDB bind-address not updating?

I'm trying to set the bind-address of my MariaDB installation to 0.0.0.0 to allow external connections. I edited /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf and updated the [mysqld] section to the following: ...
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To keep some binaries in system memory

How do we have OS to keep some small executable binaries in system memory location never getting removed till manually instructed so, with purpose to prevent inefficiency repetitive read then load - ...
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Networking service down, ifup --all causes error

Please help me get the network back to my server, basically, I can't do something like sudo apt update, git pull, and other things, it just gets connection timeout. My networking service is 'failed' ...
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Is there a way to get xplanetfx working in Ubuntu again?

Back when most linux users were installing packages manually there was this program called XplanetFX which was a frontend for xplanet. It would make the setup of near real-time wallpapers of globes ...
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vmlinux not available in Ubuntu 22.04

When attempting to install vmware modules on Ubuntu 22.04, it appears that vmlinux is not available. The short output of the sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all ... Skipping BTF generation ...
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openldap schema import error

I am trying to import schema in openldap which has been configured in ubuntu machine. I am trying with below command and getting below error. Can anyone help me on this. cd /tmp/openldapldif &&...
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How to use Notepadqq for edit git commit messages?

I found examples for Windows but I do not find for Ubuntu. https://blog.kitware.com/using-notepad-for-your-git-commit-messages/ How to use Notepadqq for edit git commit messages in Ubuntu?

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