Questions tagged [software-installation]

Installing software on a running system, either as binaries or from source.

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Wine is not installing

I tried to install Wine. I followed the all the things from Wine website. It showing some error. The error screenshot is attached below. I tried many things but none worked. I am using Kubuntu 18.04. ...
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How to change kernel.perf_event_paranoid settings?

When trying to use the perf command, I get the following error message: Access to performance monitoring and observability operations is limited. Consider adjusting /proc/sys/kernel/...
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I can't remove scroll sounds

I have a sound when I scroll and I want to disable it. I can't figure it out and I have been trying and trying. Running Linux Mint Cinnamon.
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How to remove PlayOnLinux? (Ubuntu Software uninstall doesn't work)

I go to Ubuntu Software, search for playonlinux and then click remove: It does this... An then still shows me it is installed. Also after restart and waiting for 10 hours. What can I do? Does ...
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"-bash: /usr/bin/cmake: No such file or directory"

I apt-get removed default CMake and build CMake from source and installed the new version into /usr/local . But the cmake comannd does not works. I've tried following commands: $ source ~/.bashrc $ ...
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Uninstalling NVM is not successfull

I am newly assigned to take care of a VPS: root@server#lsb_release -a Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS I'd like to remove the Node Version Manager nvm, but apparently it persists! I have done the ...
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Not able to get rid of a warning and solve that error too [duplicate]

Ignoring file 'kubernetes.list.d' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension I got this error while installing kubernetes. It's not installed yet. I am trying to ...
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Need to root airmong [duplicate]

james@DESKTOP:~$ sudo airmon-ng PHY Interface Driver Chipset james@DESKTOP:~$ airmon-ng Run it as root
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How install AIDE on Ubuntu

I have a question about AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment): I have Ubuntu and during the installation of AIDE from the terminal I have to do a Postfix Configuration. It's normal? How can ...
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I need to uninstall OpenShot on my Charm PC

I need to uninstall OpenShot on my Charm PC with Linux. I downloaded OpenShot video editor, but unfortunately it didn't work. Then I got support from the OpenShot team and it worked, but it was so ...
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cmake installation

I am trying to install cmake on ubuntu 20.04 sudo apt install cmake everything starts fine, but downloading of package gets stuck Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 cmake-data ...
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Problem with new Thunderbird 115 install

I installed Thunderbird following a major crash and after deleting the program, sudo apt-get purge thunderbird, then downloading >1000 messages. This morning no sign of Folders let alone messages. ...
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PHP - Unwanted automatic apt install

I am working on some local PHP and Laravel development on Ubuntu 22.04. I'm having a problem with PHP 8.1 and Apache2 being automatically installed by apt. This ends up taking precedence over the 8.3 ...
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Mysql 5.6 not installing/removing/running on 15.10 [duplicate]

I have tried to purge mysql and then reinstall it (sudo apt-get purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-5.6 ), but it does not work. It looks like a dependency issue. Here is the ...
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Problem during aircrack-ng installation [duplicate]

I tried to install aircrack-ng and got following errors: shiv@shiv-Inspiron-3542:~$ sudo -i apt-get install aircrack-ng Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state ...
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Fixing Mongodb Installation on Ubuntu without reinstalling OS [duplicate]

I use Ubuntu 20.04 and my computer was running MongoDB normally Suddenly, I become unable to run MongoDB by using systemctl or service command despite not chaning anything related to MongoDB $ ...
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How to uninstall dotnet from Ubuntu 20.10 completely?

I have installed dotnet on my Ubuntu 20.10 but for some reason I want to remove it but I don't know how to do it please help.
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Error trying to build NR-SLAM on WSL, Ubuntu 20.04.03 LTS

I followed the github to try to build and run NR SLAM. I downloaded OpenCV (version 4.4.0), Pangolin, mlpack-4.3.0, Boost, Eigen3.0, and had to update the kitware repository using this link to get the ...
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When I start dradis it shows this

=> Booting WEBrick => Rails 4.1.9 application starting in production on http://0.0.0.0:443 => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options => Notice: server is listening on all ...
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error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0

I am trying to install FreeSurfer: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/6.0.0/freesurfer-Linux-centos6_x86_64-stable-pub-v6.0.0.tar.gz I am following these steps to install FreeSurfer:...
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JasperReport server

I use Ubuntu 22.04. How to deploy JasperReport server in Kubernetes? I have the license file. I have access to the GitHub repository where the src for jasperReport, but I still need a bit of ...
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Running .exe file got me a blank window in wine

I want to run an .exe program, but when I try it requests Java Runtime 1.8: So I searched for how to install this in wine, here, but when trying to install JRE I got a blank page, like this: And I'm ...
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Okta Verify 2FA authentication for Ubuntu

Under a new security policy, my company is forcing employees to install Okta Verify on all devices for 2FA authentication. Up until now, I've been happily using Ubuntu and authenticating via the Okta ...
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Delete .deb files of Removed packages from apt-cache

apt-get autoclean deletes outdated .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives directory which are no longer available or cannot be downloaded anymore. whereas apt-get clean deletes each and every .deb ...
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I run uninstall.sh but "command not found", what more I can do?

I tried to install Packet Tracer 7.1 with a .run method but it didn't work. So now, I'm trying to uninstall it with uninstall.sh, but I get this error: user@ideapad:/opt/pt$ ./uninstall.sh sudo: ./...
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How can I install the driver for rtl8192eu USB 2.0?

I am using ubuntu-21.10-desktop-amd64 Please note that I don't have any networking capability at all in Linux. So for example, to install anything I need to use Windows 10 to download the archive etc. ...
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How to compile and run a COBOL program?

Can anybody explain me how to compile and run a COBOL program in Ubuntu? I have never written any program in Ubuntu. Please, give me a simple program to compile and run.
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Ubuntu desktop does not install [duplicate]

I have installed Ubuntu under WSL. I am now trying to install Ubuntu desktop. I have tried several times. I get many errors such as: Failed to preset unit. Transport endpoint is not connected. Now ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade/install problem [duplicate]

I am a beginner for Ubuntu, for last few days I'm facing this upgrade problem whenever I try to upgrade to new updates, as soon as I click install updates it starts the process and then ultimately ...
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Every time try to install any software shows these Errors: [duplicate]

Errors: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: aptitude-common libcwidget3v5 Suggested ...
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Found 'solutions' to "cannot find -lcrypto" are not working for me

I am forced to install Ubuntu in order to install https://github.com/znort987/blockparser However, when running make I am encountering this: lnk -- parser /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto /usr/bin/...
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Netbeans 8.1 uninstall.sh corrupted on Ubuntu 16.04

Before this happened... I located uninstall.sh file and when I opened it.. it said some characters are undefined something of that sort and asked 'do you want to save it anyway' and I accidentally ...
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I tried to install Tortoise on Ubuntu 22.04

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/andry/Téléchargements/tortoisehg-6.6.3/./thg", line 163, in <module> tortoisehg.hgqt.run.run() File "/usr/lib/python3.10/...
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Installing PHPexcel in Ubuntu 14.04

How to install PHPexcell in my ubuntu 14.04?
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Error : Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [duplicate]

Ran the following command: sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3 Output: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reinstallation ...
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Installing a new version of a software already installed?

So I run Discord on my computer and it doesn't come from a repository, it's a downloaded .deb-file. Sometimes Discord wants me to update with a new .deb-file. But when I download and run that deb file ...
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Error while installing Jitsi [duplicate]

I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to Ubuntu. I wanted to install Jitsi because I didn't know there's a web application. While installing I came across an error which I tried to resolve but ...
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not able to install ia32-libs on ubuntu 16.04(32bit) [duplicate]

I am a very new Ubuntu user and want to install ia32-libs on ubuntu 16.04(32bit). I used ia32-libs-multiarch_20090808ubuntu35_i386.deb file to install but it is not installing.Showing following ...
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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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sudo apt-get install apache2 - doesn't work [duplicate]

Running: sudo apt-get install apache2 Result with: * Apache2 is not running invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "reload" failed. apache2_invoke headers: already enabled * Restarting web ...
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Trying to install lightshot but there's no ./config or ./configure file or *.sh to intall the program

I want to install lightshot but acutally I am more interested in learning what the issue is of why when I have extracted the lightshot tar.gz file then from what I read all I need to do is find the ./...
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Failed to create OpenGL context. Your graphics card must support at least OpenGL v3.1

I have successfully installed steam and dota2. But when I try to play dota2 this pops up: Unable to start game. Failed to create OpenGL context. Your graphics card must support at least OpenGL v3.1 ...
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How to remove GNOME and GNOME on Xorg which shows up on login screen?

Newbie here. On my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gdm login screen, clicking the cog wheel below the password field shows the following options. Cinnamon Cinnamon (Software Rendering) GNOME GNOME on Xorg Ubuntu ...
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How to install OpenCV 3.0.0 and 2.4?

I know that a lot of questions have been posted regarding the installation of OpenCV, but right now I need to install both OpenCV 2.4 along with OpenCV 3.0.0 Since there are a lot of research codes ...
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/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ll: No such file or directory

make -C expl make[1]: Entering directory '/home/hitesh/myexpos/expl' gcc -g -fcommon -w -c ltranslate.lex.c gcc -g -fcommon -o ltranslate ltranslate.lex.o make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/hitesh/...
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Linux driver installation on chromebook gives architecture error

So basically I bought an Artist 12 2nd gen tablet and I only have a chrome laptop so currently I need to install the Linux driver to use it and properly draw. It constantly says "Error while ...
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How do you install python3.7 to ubuntu 20.04?

I'm an inexperienced Linux user but have been fiddling around for a few months. I need to use python 3.5-3.7 for a project, but cannot install python3.7 from a tarball like mentioned here: Install ...

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