Questions tagged [downloads]
Downloading a file is taking a file stored on a remote machine or attached device and transferring it to your computer to be stored.
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How do I download vlc media player? E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock [duplicate]
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 3476 (aptd)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg ...
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Trying to download and verify .deb files
I am trying to download and verify all .deb files on http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/a/acct/
I do not want to use apt because I believe that would limit me to .deb files for my architecture ...
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Installing openvpn problem on ubuntu
I executed:
sudo apt-get install openvpn
But I cannot find the installation config file in Downloads.
I need to find it.
How can I do it?
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Problem downloading image from camera to Shotwell
The error message is: The camera is locked by another application
It occurs for both of my Canon cameras 7D and G12, so nothing to do with them.
It occurs since my upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04
If I cancel ...
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my downloaded .gz files have a dot and don't work properly
I have downloaded, using curl, some .fastq files for genomic analysis, but they seem to be corrupted or something, they show a small dot after the extension (using Ubuntu terminal on Windows 10). Any ...
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Impossible to wget a link with php redirection
I tried all the tricks I could find to download this link from terminal using wget and curl :
http://libgen.gs/ads.php?md5=5C757EA95B47CEAB5065B26EEB55896A
None succeeded to get me the epub book that ...
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Errors were encountered while processing: python-xdg
I am trying to download lutris however I have definetly run into this error before and am unsure on how to deal with the error. I am pretty new to linux but I was running the command sudo apt install ...
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Download utility with dynamic bandwidth control
I am looking for a CLI download tool that can change the bandwidth limit during downloading.
Most CLI download tools I know can set a bandwidth limit, but the limit can not be changed during ...
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Does wget remember which URL has already downloaded on each job?
Lets say I run wget to download a website or forum thread that contains several pages and start the download in the last page but as you know they always link to the first and last pages so wget will ...
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Where dowload Ubuntu 20.4.1 ISO not-live
I wanto to install UUb-20.4.1_x64 on vmware but when I to downloaded ISO release, always is live-server, when I to created the repo in /etc/apt/source.list (echo "deb file:/mnt/ $(lsb_release -cs)...
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Do I need to check the integrity of a Ubuntu install? [duplicate]
I want to install Ubuntu, and I'm switching from Windows 10.
I've heard that some people will check the integrity of the ISO image. Should I do this and if so, why?
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Trying to verify signature of Wasabi-1.1.12.3.deb package but it won´t find the file (THE FILE IS THERE)
Ey there,
So, i have been trying for hours to install wasabi in Ubuntu without success. Having downloaded the
files and following the guide i get to the point of not being able to verify the freaking ...
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Can't Install Latest Code::Blocks on 20.04.1 LTS [duplicate]
I tried to install Code::Blocks by following this answer, but I cannot install the application:
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Cannot find files downloaded in /tmp/ folder [closed]
I download some file using chromium into the /tmp/ directory.
Then, in a terminal, I look into /tmp/ and the file is NOT there.
If I try to download it again, it is already listed in the /tmp/ ...
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How to obtain the latest .deb package of Vivalvi browser?
How to download the latest .deb of Vivaldi browser using wget generic command (with the help of wildcards)? Vivaldi can't be downloaded without entering the exact name and number of the latest build. ...
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Which version of MongoDB to install?
I need to install MongoDB on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop (dual booted with windows 10), and I can't understand which version I should download from their website.
Currently I have chosen 4.4.2 as the ...
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Selenium default download directory settings is not working in Ubuntu 20.4 - files are not saved
I have this simple test script, which was working before, but it is not now after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.4
from selenium import webdriver
import os, time
WorkDir = "/tmp/test/&...
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Not able to install Apps via Ubuntu Software Center or Terminal [duplicate]
I was trying to install Dropbox. Didn't worked out thou:
sudo apt-get install Dropbox
E: Konnte keinen exklusiven Zugang zur Sperrdatei /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend erhalten. Diese wird vom Prozess ...
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Please help me with installing Ubuntu [duplicate]
I just downloaded Ubuntu Bionic Beaver desktop, but it does not run. All I get is a window with a bunch of files in it. Does anyone know how to actually install Ubuntu from the download? Please advise....
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How to configure autorenaming suffix when file exist
If you download a file ( to you're downloads folder , e.g) , and there's an existing file with the same name, ubuntu renames the new file with a suffix like original_name (2).extension
Is there any ...
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Multiple Ubuntu download locations
I am looking at the below download locations for Ubuntu. Can someone educate me on the reasons for having these many of them?
http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.10
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/...
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How do I download a large (70+) number of password(?) protected files from a website using ubuntu?
I'm a first-year uni student and I need to download a relatively large number of files, in the form of URLs, that I have the permission for. I just don't know how to do that using Ubuntu on Windows. I ...
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Having trouble downloading Ubuntu 20.04 iso
Every time I try downloading Ubuntu, it starts to download, then keeps saying “Failed - Network error”. Works fine with some of the other official Ubuntu flavors but the default Ubuntu download from ...
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how to download ubuntu from the official site through BitTorrent download
i want to download ubuntu. is it possible to download ubuntu from the official website through BitTorrent download. i only see direct download. my connection is not stable so i cant download direct
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How can I download a folder that contains spaces in its name? [duplicate]
I use this command to download a folder from another server:
scp -r username@server:~/folder1/folder2/”Folder with spaces”
It doesn't work, however for a folder without spaces it works.
Edit: The ...
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How to specify format with snap run youtube-dl? [duplicate]
I tried
snap run youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TwYwqiQ9E
Got
[youtube] g0TwYwqiQ9E: Downloading webpage
[info] Available formats for g0TwYwqiQ9E:
format code extension resolution ...
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Why does youtube-dl sometimes fail with "ERROR: No video formats found"?
Youtube-dl sometimes works, sometimes doesn't work:
youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62uM1trEf6M
[youtube] 62uM1trEf6M: Downloading webpage
ERROR: No video formats found; please report this ...
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I don't know the authentication password to download stuff [duplicate]
I got this computer from some one online and I don't know any of the passwords I manly need to just reset the authentication password is there a way to reset it without the authentication password
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How to receive bluetooth in Desktop folder instead of Download folder?
I am using Ubuntu 18.04. The files received over Bluetooth in Ubuntu are automatically saved in Downloads folder. I wish to receive these files in Desktop folder?
Where and how to change these ...
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Why can't I open the 'Downloads' directory?
For some reason, the Downloads folder is inaccessible to me.
It does not display in the terminal when I use the
command ls -al, and when I used the GUI files
manager to open it, it displayed an error ...
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Download page not found
I tried to download the ubuntu desktop version.But it is not downloading and showing an error message that 'The requested URL /20.04.1/ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso was not found on this server'. ...
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How to download playlist from Youtube?
I need to download a Youtube playlist as mp3 audio. What is the most convenient way to do this on Ubuntu?
I tried:
youtube-dl --ignore-errors --format bestaudio --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --...
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Why is there no option to download 32 bit or 64 bit for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
You go to official site to download ISO image. There is only one "Download" button. No option to choose between 32 or 64 bit. My PC is 64 bit, I don't want to download 32 bit version.
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I am not sure which download I require for VSCodium
I've been using Ubuntu for about a week so total noob here.
I want to install VSCodium on my laptop running Ubuntu 20.04.
At the following, I do not know which download is most suitable:
https://...
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Ubuntu 16.04 when downloading from youtube, the "recent" folder option is not appearing in the panel of the download window in Firefox 77
Just did a fresh install from usb of Ubuntu 16.04.
My issue is the panel in the download window for Firefox 77 does not show the "recent" location or folder option when downloading from youtube.
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20.04 firefox snap - downloads can't be opened nor can containing folder
When I download a file, if I try to open it or it's containing folder all I get is the Launch Application dialog asking me to choose an application. No applications are listed for me to choose from ...
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Downloads using any application in terminal results to hanging download
When I'm using docker, mvn, or wget for downloading either an image, libraries or just about any file on he net, the download hangs. It's like it's stuck there for some time. The good thing with ...
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Transmission 2.94 on Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't work
Transmission after a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't download anything. Tried many suggestions in Ask Ubuntu; like 'picking a random port' in the network options and also trying to operate it ...
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Command 'chmod' not found, did you mean: [closed]
I was trying to install metasploit on ubuntu and i got this error :
Command ' chmod' not found, did you mean:
command 'chmod' from deb coreutils (8.30-3ubuntu2)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name&...
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Have Problem update and install most of new apps - 18.04.3 LTS
I would really appreciate if anyone can help me on this.
It's been awhile that I have problem on updating and downloading new apps.
I can't open the Software centre and when I try to download app ...
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Utorrent server downloads and uploads stuck at <1%
I' using 18.04 and installed utorrent server using the following guide: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-utorrent-ubuntu-18-04-19-04
I managed to download 3 files and thought maybe I would ...
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Firefox snap package: how do I open downloaded files?
Firefox 75.0 (64bit)came preinstalled as snap package on Ubuntu 18.04, but has been giving trouble since
The only way I can view a downloadable file is by saving it somewhere in my home directory and ...
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Where can the Ubuntu 20.04 release candidate be found? [closed]
I've checked the obvious places, including https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseSchedule (which states the release candidate should have gone up yesterday) and http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...
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How do I download old Ubuntu versions?
I want to create VMs of old versions of Ubuntu, such as 10.10, 8.04, 4.10 and more. But how do I download old versions of Ubuntu? My main idea is The Wayback Machine. But is there anything more easier ...
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How to throttle jigdo-lite's download rate
By using this command:
jigdo-lite --noask http://cdimage.debian.org/image
jigdo issues a call to wget like this
/bin/sh /usr/bin/wget --user-agent=jigdo-lite/0.7.3 (GNU Wget 1.17.1 built on linux-...
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Ubuntu 18.04 crashes when downloading large files
I have a Ubuntu system 18.04, my PC has i7 core and GPU rtx 2070, when I download large files either from firefox or wget my system crashes.
also from the syslog i got something like:
BUG: unable to ...
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Do you know how to install google chrome to my desktop? [duplicate]
Can you help me download Google Chrome to my desktop, My OS is Ubuntu Linux, Or is Google no longer supporting it for 32-bit? What comes up after I click install is 64-bit, Will that work, Or is ...
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automatic download for ubuntu mate is not starting
by using direct link to download ubuntu mate 64 bit 19.10 the download is not starting automatically there is no other link to do so. Any suggestion to this problem??
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Do I get the regular download link to download Ubuntu in folder not an ISO file [duplicate]
How to get Ubuntu download in folder format not iso
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Failure to download extra data files, ttf
Sometimes I am receving this window with message:
When i press "run this action now" It asks me to authenticate, but I cant.