Installing Ubuntu on a computer can be done from various installation media, such as from CD, DVD, USB stick or a network location. The previous operating system (if any) can be completely replaced with Ubuntu, or can be kept in a dual-boot installation together with Ubuntu. External links ...
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Installation type: Which Partition?
I'm trying to install along side windows on an HP Pavillion dv7.
I've installed ubuntu on other machines, so I know a little about the process.
If I remember right, my HD had too many partitions, and ...
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Problem for Matlab Installation
I install the Matlab2009a to my computer successfully and when I try to activate it without using the internet (Activate manually without the Internet) and provide the path to license file. Then an ...
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Can't get Ubuntu 12.04 to install
Trying to load Unbuntu 12.04 on ASUS F5 laptop (PRO50G - Pentium t3200). CD has already been used to install 12.04 on another laptop.
Ubuntu appears to be loading until it gets to the Welcome screen ...
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Why can I install only one software at a time? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why the software center doesn't allow multiple downloads?
I have seen that in Ubuntu Software Center or even when
sudo apt-get install
is issued,only one package ...
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Desktop installer won't start
When I try to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop, it gets through the purple loading screen, and then black and white stripes show up on screen, and I can't do anything. I've heard that Ubuntu might ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu on my computer. Black and white static appear
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my computer for some time now. It works on my laptop, but won't install on my desktop. I've also tried installing 11.04, and the same problem occurs. The ...
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Do I need to create a partition to install Ubuntu inside Windows?
Do I need to create a partition when I install Ubuntu with the Windows Installer? The installation steps do not say anything about this.
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How to install a CLI-only system offline?
I would like to install a CLI-only version of the latest Ubuntu (currently 12.04), with as few packages as possible.
(Note: I am not looking for stripping down a GUI system -- I want to add the ...
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download and update impossible.
I use the update center and the Ubuntu software center, they worked fine until I installed an update and then I hit "Check" in the update manager and it goes through in 2 seconds and says all ...
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New Install 1204 error “OUT OF RANGE” black screen with cursor and dead
Installed first time with Windows 7 - on reboot got error "OUT OF RANGE" black screen with cursor and dead.
Installed again and wiped Windows 7 off and still get same message. Will not reboot or ...
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Desktop doesn't come up after installation
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64x with Live USB as my CD ROM isn't working. The Live USB was made in Windows (no errors came while doing so). I then installed the 12.04 from USB with everything OK. In the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 install stalls with black screen
I'm trying to install 12.04 from an install CD. I get to the initial screen asking if I want to try ubuntu, install ubuntu, or check the disc. If I choose install the screen goes black and that's ...
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Install seems to hang, but I'm not sure
I am trying to install Ubuntu on an old computer that had Windows XP on it.
After struggling with why it wouldn't boot from the DVD, I ran across the solution where you typed help into the prompt ...
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installing Ubuntu 12.04 failing
I am frustrated. I can't get Ubuntu Installed.
I wrote the .ISO file into a DVD and booted from it. I choose wubi.exe file. I selected Demo Install but the system reboots quickly without copying ...
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Errors when attempting to install vim on Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 in my computer few days back. from then i tried to install few programs through Ubuntu software center but it showed that no internet connection even though i was ...
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Problem installing Ubuntu 12.04 using wubi on my Windows 7 HP dm4t laptop
I tried installing the latest version of ubuntu using wubi. The initial stages of installation went smoothly. But after rebooting, when the Ubuntu was actually installing/ configuring, there was just ...
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Hard drive crashed while installing ubuntu 12.04 on a dual-boot that had Win7 + Mint 12
I had a separate partition made for Linux Mint which installed just fine and I had used for about a month (new linux user), while having Windows 7 dual-booted so I could play games on Steam. I decided ...
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Where to install Burg?
I've seen a lot of guides to install Burg, but they all say do:
sudo burg-install /dev/sda
And replace sda with whatever drive my boot information is on. When I do "sudo fdisk -l", I get:
...
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How to install and enable GNOME shell? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install and use the latest version of GNOME Shell?
I wanted to install GNOME Shell 3.4 on my Ubuntu system. I tried running a lot of commands I found on a blog, ...
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Not possible to see ubuntu 12.04 from the update manager
Using Ubuntu 12.04, I cannot see any update from my update manager. It gives me the message "check your internet connection"
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Install of GRUB boot loader to hard disk fails
I am installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS on an IBM 3650 M2 with a hardware raid5 with three partitions:
sda1 /boot - 1 GB, ext3
sda2 lvm - 1 TB, ext4
sda3 swap - 24GB
During the GRUB installation, I ...
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How can I execute a Terminal command before running the live CD installer?
When I run the live CD installer, the installation gets stuck at "select a picture for the specified account." I've found that is an incompatibility problem with my webcam and the only way to fix this ...
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Ubuntu 12.4 does not see windows already install on my computer (dual instillation)
I was trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7 on my new HP Pavilion 64k desktop computer with Windows 7. But Ubuntu said that this "computer has no detected operating system." Someone ...
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Unable to install the 64-bit version of Ubuntu on both a Dell XPS 15z or a Dell XPS 8300.
I have a Dell XPS 15z Laptop with an Intel Core i7, 6 GB ram, and an NVIDIA graphics card.
I can install the 32-bit version of Ubuntu with no problems at all. But when I try to install the 64-bit ...
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Replacing PCLinux with ubuntu
I have a dual boot XP and PCLinux desktop and want to replace PClinux which is on the boot drive.
I still want to maintain XP on one drive with Ubuntu on the other.
So far my ubuntu knowledege is on ...
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How can I install 'Adobe Flash Player' offline?
My friend has a computer with Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit, but he has no internet connection. He'd like to install the Adobe Flash Player on his computer. How to do that?
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How can I install grub customizer without using any command?
I want to install grub customizer but unable to install it from command line.
Is there any setup file of this tool like a setup of any software in Windows, so I can install it from GUI
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Error - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_info'
Please help me out...I have even tried making an executable pen drive and installing it,but it also shows a fatal error.
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Installtion failed a .deb Package
I try to install a .deb package with terminal use
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
but show this error
dpkg: error processing Pydict.deb (--install): parsing file
'/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near ...
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How to resolve “Failed to download repository information”?
Whenever I try to install anything with the Ubuntu Software Center, the following error appears.
Failed to download repository information
Check your Internet connection.
E:Unable to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Business Desktop Install file too large - 834Mb
My blank CD's are only 700 MB, and the .iso file I downloaded is over this. What do I do?
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My Ubuntu Software Center has been hanging on installation
So my USC has been hanging at 50% while installing matlab for the past 10 hours. I was wondering how to kill this process.
In addition to that, I was wondering how this matlab application on linux ...
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Unable to complete installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or Linux Mint 12
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed onto usb, but when final closure of installation statrs the computer freezes after the following close down messages
Set Internet
Checking for running- unattented ...
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Installed Ubuntu 12.04 and no Menu on boot!
I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a separate partition, in ext4 format in my comp, which initially had only Windows 7. I had done the installation from a Live USB, which gave me the option Install on ...
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What games can be installed?
Can you put older games on it, such as the older Age of Empires games, the Age of Mythology games, the Star Wars: Empire at War games, etc.?
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New user: issues while installing Ubuntu 12.04
I set up Ubuntu 12.04 desktop on a pendrive. I boot it by pressing F12 when the computer is turned on. I choose any of the options, for example, install on a hard drive (which is what i'm looking ...
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Will Ubuntu 12.04 run smoothly with these specs?
I have a computer with the following specs:
Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz
2 GB RAM
a PCI Nvidia video card
Will Ubuntu run smoothly on this machine?
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Downloading Ubuntu
Why can't I download Ubuntu? I try to do everything it says to do and it doesn't work! People have given me a decent laptop, but the copy of Windows that is on it is so screwed up that I can't use it. ...
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Password-Installation SNAFU?
I downloaded 12.4 from within MSWindows 7; when I attempted to install it, I was asked to create a user name and password (which I did), but when I clicked install, I got an error message saying my ...
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How can I tell if I have 32-bit version of Ubuntu if I'm installing using the Windows installer?
I choose to install Ubuntu from Windows installer. My question is I don't know whether it is a 64-bit version 32bit version. Could any body tell me what version it is? What I want is 32-bit version ...
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Wubi Installation - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Win 7 Prof 64 - no grub - install not finished [closed]
How to solve the problem, here is the log :
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_info'
05-23 14:45 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
05-23 14:45 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished ...
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What is the correct way to install maven and eclipse?
I have installed maven and eclipse using the software center in Ubuntu 12.04.
There is no sign of maven integration in Eclipse. ("new Maven project" and such)
What is the correct way to install? (to ...
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Garbled text on 12.04 Live CD during installation on Lenovo Z570
I just recently bought a Lenovo z570, and for some reason the LiveCD has garbled text. I tried using Ubuntu 12.04 (amd64) Desktop/LiveCD (CD version). The text appears straight after trying to boot ...
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Installing swftools in 11.10
I downloaded the deb, following the answer in this question:
How can I get swftools installed?
When I run:
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27270379/swftools_0.9.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg ...
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How can I install bleachbit in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I'm unable to install bleachbit on my laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. The Ubuntu Software Centre shows that the package is available from the Universe software source and I have the option to "use this ...
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installation of openjdk 7
I am installing openjdk-7 on my ubuntu 10.04 server
But I find it to be difficult.
I am new to ubuntu.
I have installed the python software properties as suggested by some advice I saw online
and ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 is not installed properly, many features don't work
I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 through the update manager. But, half way down the installation, there was a power cut. When power was back, I booted the system to know that 12.04 is half ...
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How to install solfege and make it work
I need to install solfege for study, and it needs mma and other complements and I don't know install it. Please help me
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No working desktop on fresh install
I just installed 12.04 on a new machine that has a nVidea 7050(?) legacy card. After the install the only thing on screen was a cursor, purple background, weird top and side bars. Nothing worked ...
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How does using two operating systems on one computer work?
I am currently running Windows 7 on my system and want to try out Linux, but I'm afraid to download it and have something happen to my computer. Can I somehow download Ubuntu and when I start up my ...
