Questions tagged [python]
Python is an interpreted programming language that is often, but not solely, used as a scripting language. A version of Python is included by default on all Ubuntu distributions.
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Return Value to Python script from shell
I'm trying to return a string from shell script to python getting the below error.
./whiptail.sh: 10: return: Illegal number: uuiiu
i tried running the whiptail command within python directly using ...
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cross compile python programs and programs containing ROS libraries for arm
I have been trying to cross-compile python programs and programs containing ROS libraries for ATSAMA5D27 SOM1 EK1. I haven't found the suitable toolchain so far.
I compiled a C program using ...
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Running a python script for different files in subdirectories
I have a main folder named "simulations". In this folder I have 250 different folders named with year-month-day as: "19902010" "20040512" etc... These dates are random without any specific pattern but ...
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I have installed 18.04 but python2 did not come with it
I am kind of new in linux environment, I had a 18.10 and I overwrite a 18.04 on it. Now I have a fresh installation of 18.04.
Before installing anything, I have checked by typing python to terminal, ...
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Xubuntu 19.10 Software & Updates app does not work when Python 3.8 is set as default version
I'm using Xubuntu 19.10 with default Python 3 version 3.7.x and I installed python3.8 from ppa:deadsnakes/ppa. When python3.8 is configured as default version via update-alternatives Xubuntu graphical ...
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How to launch a python GUI application from crontab or rc.local?
It needs to be run as root to work properly. I've tried:
DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/gtk-launch myapp
DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/python /my/application/gui.py
The second line is basically what's inside of the ...
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Cannot connect to the Internet after removing python3 from Xubuntu
I'm using Xubuntu 19.10 and after installing Python 3.8.1 from ppa:deadsnakes/ppa, I decided that the installed by default python 3.7.5 is no longer needed and I did sudo apt remove --purge python3.7 -...
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How to get list of .so that python script use?
For example I run python3 my_script.py, my_script.py uses tensorflow package inside, that use cuda libs, how can I get list of .so libs that are loaded at script execution?
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strace -e trace=...
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Python showing No module named 'pynput' even though installed
I have installed pynput module. But when I do import pynput , it shows the error given in the title.
Here is the screenshot, showing successful installation of pynput module
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sh: 1: program not found occurs when running a Terminal command via Python, but directly entering the command in the Terminal works fine
I am experiencing a very strange problem. I made a website and I am having a problem with the backend. It's running on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. The backend is written in Python and Flask (a micro web ...
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Virtual Machine with Uvitools Problem
I would like to ask you something. I need to create a VM machine with Ubuntu Bionic because there is a software that I need to test but it is just works in Ubuntu Bionic and I don't want to change my ...
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Run python Script that reruns every 4 hours at system startup [duplicate]
I am fairly new to ubuntu/linux and python so I beg forgiveness in advance. I have a small python script that I typically start in a terminal screen. This script runs a simple task then sets a timer ...
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Should I remove python3.6 since I have python3.7 [closed]
Ubuntu version is 18.10
First of all, I am new to linux(ubuntu) as well as python world.
From my understanding I currently have python2.7, python3.6 and also python3.7.
I have read that I should ...
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ImportError: cannot import name GUdev, introspection typelib not found
Can anyone suggest how I fix up the errors from standard application of Kazam screenshot app:
alistair@alsE590:~$ kazam
/usr/bin/kazam:77: DeprecationWarning: dist() and linux_distribution() ...
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How to upgrade dpkg to python 3.8
I have Ubuntu 16.04. Recently I upgraded python from 3.5 to 3.8. Now, whenever I try to install something, using apt, I get the following error:
Setting up python3.5 (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.9) ...
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16.04: Terminal doesn't open by clicking on icon, ctrl-alt-t, or gnome-terminal in xterm [duplicate]
Hi I am a beginner in using Ubuntu (16.04) and I recently installed new libraries for python3 Tensorflow, pandas, and a couple others. However, I lost the ability to open terminal using Ctrl+Alt+T, ...
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Why does a Python program I write in Windows not work in Linux? [closed]
I wrote a python program in windows, then used pyinstaller to make it an .exe file. but the python program won't work in linux. why?
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Shell script working on terminal but not on cron
I am using jupyter notebook on virtual environment to extract data using selenium.
I have used a shell script to run the jupyter notebook on cronjob as recommended.
#!/bin/bash
/home/username/...
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python3.8 youtube-dl
I installed python3.8 in ubuntu 18.04 by compiling.
if I run youtube-dl it says cannot find python.
if I cat youtube-dl the shebang line is #!/usr/bin/python3
at terminal prompt python3 does get ...
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Software sources is not opening
Here is the terminal output.
software-properties-gtk
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 177, in activate_name_owner
return self....
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How i solve this error?
My Code is
import numpy as np
import cv2 as cv
img = cv.imread('img.jpg',0)
cv.imshow('image',img)
cv.waitKey(0)
cv.destroyAllWindows()
And the error is
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "...
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Copy over a large number of files with new names
I have a large number of files (tens of thousands) I need to copy over from /dir1 to /dir2 but the name of the file must change as such:
OLD NAME ---> NEW NAME
filename.txt ---> bob_filename_1253....
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Read file in a new terminal with 'gnome-terminal --'
I want to automatize some processes for my work, so i wrighting python script to do that. I want to read file data in a new terminal, so i have a function on my python script:
os.chdir("/home/andrej/...
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'glib' in Python3
I am getting a ModuleNotFoundError every time I try to import glib with Python3.
I tried importing it with Python2 and there was no problem.
My Python3 version is Python 3.7.5 and default Python ...
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AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'data_dir' [closed]
I am developing this program on python and I keep getting this error
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-17-334b6c50bab3> in <module&...
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dpkg: warning: old system76-driver package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 134
My computer lost power and something with apt broke (maybe python related) originally I could not even sudo apt update but I got pretty far compared to that but now it fails when trying to install ...
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Own Python app + other apps makes system freeze - where to start searching for issues?
I wrote a long-running (hours/days) app in Python which takes 100% CPU on one core and around 1GB of RAM - as intended. (load at around 1 according to htop)
Usually, I don't use the Kubuntu 19.04 HP ...
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broken package error while trying to install Python 3.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
I got this error of broken packages, how do I fix this?
Conflicts: libghc-yi-frontend-pango-prof:i386 but 0.13.7-1build3 is to be installed
libghc-yi-frontend-pango-prof:i386 : Conflicts: libghc-yi-...
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python: can't open file 'scripts/mk_make.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
I am trying to run Oyente tool using the commands mentioned in How to use Oyente, a smart contract security analyzer — Solidity Tutorial.
I am executing the following command on Ubuntu 18.04 and get ...
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Computer is always frozen while running massive Python programs
The machine:
ASUS ROG STRIX X399-E GAMING ACPI BIOS Revision 1002
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12 core processor, clock: 4000MHz
Memory: (Got by free -h) 125GB
vm.swappiness = 60 (Got by sudo ...
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ERROR: Package 'web3' requires a different Python: 2.7.15 not in '>=3.5.3,<4'
I am using the following link to install Oyente tool
I have got Python 3.6.9 installed on my Ubuntu 18.04/. When I am running the command pip2, I am getting error messages:
zulfi@lc2530hz:~$ ...
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JAVA_HOME exporting issue while installing jep through pip3
I am trying to install jep system-wide from pip3 by the following command
sudo pip3 install jep
I get the following error:
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Error:
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trying run spyder on ubuntu Os on WSL
trying run spyder on ubuntu OS but getting this error:
(venv) ankur@W0226983:~$ spyder
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-ankur'
qt.qpa.screen: QXcbConnection: Could ...
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Installing python3.5
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.
I checked the following link:installing python3.5
I am trying to install python3.5.
$python --version
Python 2.7.15+
(envsp) @lc2530hz:~
When I used the command to add ...
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Can't Access Terminal
I was clumsily trying to update python on my system. My terminal will no longer open, although I'm thankfully still able to use xterm.
I say clumsily because I was trying to set python for my user ...
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Problem with: source env/bin/activate
I am using ubuntu 18.04. I am trying to run Oyente tool for which I have to use Python.
I found the following link:
How to use Oyente...
I am getting error at the following command:
@lc2530hz:~$ ...
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Allow traffic on Ubuntu Server 19.10
I've installed Ubuntu Server 19.10 on my Raspberry Pi 3B, but I've an issue with a Python script.
This script starts an http server on a specific port and I can launch a comand from outside network. ...
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Python3 GTK module gi not found
I followed the installation guide from:
https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html
Then I tested the tutorial with "2.1. Simple Example"
https://python-gtk-3-tutorial....
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How to stop Python while running?
I'm going to the programming competition and I need help. How do I stop a program while code is running? I tried the sys. exit () or only exit () but it doesn't work as I imagined. Here's the ...
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Start python script with keyboard shortcut
I want to start this script with a keyboard shortcut. But no luck and I have tried "everything".
https://github.com/cas--/PasteImg/blob/master/pasteimg
My best guess is:
/usr/bin/python ~/pasteimg/...
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Ubuntu 16: Confusion regarding Python 2.7 and Python 3.x
I have gone through the related questions and their answers. Still I am asking this question.
If a change the alias to Python 3.x, will the system break.
There are two pip files in\usr\bin directory. ...
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"Official" source channel to apt install a version of Python3
My background is more on Windows and Mac, and much less on Ubuntu. Recently I need to write a script to install Python3.7 on a remote machine that runs Ubuntu 16.04. The related line of the script is
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Fresh Install Ubuntu18.04
Hey guys sorry to bother y'all but this will be a quick and easy answer for all you linux guru's out there. I just did a fresh install and upgrade of ubuntu and noticed that python3, python3.6, ...
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Restore system after accidentally purging python2
My brother have purged python2 in his Ubuntu Desktop 18.04. That's what happened, Graphical Display Manager is failing. After logging in tty, I have tried to update, --fix-missing and apt install ...
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UnicodeEncodeError when attempting to create a RAID-1 Ubuntu Server
I'm attempting to create a home NAS(Plex) using Ubuntu. I have two 8tb Seagate Ironwolf drives I'll be using in RAID-1 for the storage portion and I've also got a random 500gb drive that'll be used ...
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Error on Executing python3
I have executed this command
sudo rm /usr/bin/python3
sudo ln -s python3.5 /usr/bin/python3
and after this when I start executing the command python3 I got this error
Failed to import the site ...
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Can't start terminal after some problems with python installation
I am using GNOME, so its terminal depends on python.
I messed it up, so now I can't run terminal (but I can use xterm).
I changed links to python a bit, so now python's links works fine (hope so):
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python: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.25' not found (required by python) from specific dir, but not from a copy of it
I have 2 repositories. In both I'm running a similar command (in Python's multiprocess, with 2 seconds sleep between).
The command is a python script I have, and I'm running it via each repo's ...
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Trying to run a python script using screen and venv
I’m very very new to this. I have never used ubuntu before yesterday. I purchased a droplet through digital ocean and I setup the server. I installed python and all of the needed libraries for the ...
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How to Set Up Nginx Permission In /root Directory?
I Want To Deploy Flask Application On Ubuntu Server With Nginx And Gunicorn.
I followed This Tutorial.
1).So Every Thing Is Good Up To Gunicorn Configuration.
2). I Creates /etc/systemd/system/...
