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'sudo' command is broken
I updated an old centrino-notebook after Ubuntu 9.10 with 12.04 - now
sudo seem to be broken, because after sudo <whatever> I get the error message:
sudo: unable to initialize PAM: No such file ...
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How to change back to admin? [duplicate]
My problem is that I changed to standard user and made my user into auto login.
and plus, I don't know my root password, so I cant do anything, I cant put my user into suoders file, and now I'm stuck ...
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Unable to install a program on ubuntu via command line(same for desktop)
Despite the good internet connections I have used in trying to install packages with the famous sudo apt-get install package-name , it is not possible. Whenever I download any file form the network, ...
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“Unable to locate package” error in Ubuntu 12.10
I'm new to Ubuntu and trying to install softwares. But in every case I get this error:
`E: Unable to locate package sun-java6-plugin`
while using sudo apt-get install command.
I've installed a ...
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sudo apt-get install option does not work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?
When I type sudo apt-get install <option> it gives an error:
Reading package lists... ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 password don't works after login
During a complete fresh installation I choosed a case sensitive password with an "!" inside the string, it works fine for the normal login, but when I try to use sudo or su or passwd or some GUI stuff ...
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apt-get could not open lock file
I am trying to get an nfs client running on a Sheeva-plug running debian 2.6.22. The host is Ubuntu 12.04 and claims (from showmount -e) to be exporting the desired directory. There is no showmount ...
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Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix a “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock” problem?
Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Could not get ...
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My system is broken I guess — issues with libqt4-test
So here's the problem, every time I try to install a package, I receive an error that says:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might ...
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Do I have to do a new installation?
I was in the /etc/sudoers and might done something wrong, beacuse after I couldn´t use the commandline again. Maybe i deleted sudo in /etc/sudoers. It said something was wrong i line 28. What can I do ...
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installing apache 2 in ubuntu
Hello I am new to ubuntu. I am trying to install Apache2 using "sudo apt-get install apache2" command.I have set my java path as per rules but still its showing me this following errors:
sha256sum ...
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About the installation of Moses tool on ubuntu 11.04
we are working on project related to language translation with the help of moses tool...but we are not able to install moses...we face some installation problems.
we make a directory on desktop named ...
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How to change account type back to administrator in 12.10? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
I unexpetedly deleted administrator account and the other accounts are asking root password
Cannot install anything as ...
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4answers
599 views
How can I get sudo to accept my password?
I am trying to install subversion on my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. I follow the commands to start this process, using apt-get:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install subversion
Either of the above ...
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How do I install Sublime Text 2?
I installed Sublime Text 2 on 12.04 as per this tutorial.
However I don't have adequate permissions when launching the program from the Unity launcher. For example I cannot install packages, or if I ...
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I changed my account from Administrator to Standard. How can I reverse this?
I'll begin by telling you that I am new to Ubuntu and I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
My problem is that I changed my account from administrator to standard. To be clear, I am the only user in the system.
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1answer
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Installing gcc in Ubuntu 11.10
I want to install gcc on my computer. To do this, I ran the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
As this runs, it connects (or tries to connect) to the server ...
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How to prevent users from installing non-free software?
Is it possible to disable installation of non-free or proprietary softwares and applications in Ubuntu?
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Installing RVM on 11.10
I have been trying to get RVM properly installed on my system for 10 hours. The problem is, that when ever I run the command to download the install script I get this:
edu@edu-VirtualBox:~$ bash -s ...
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how to download a package with all required dependencies?
I want download ghc6. But, when I type
sudo apt-get install ghc6
sudo apt-get -f install ghc6
sudo apt-get install --reinstal ghc6
it gives same error:
Reading package lists... Done
...
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2answers
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Help with installing sudo apts
Any time I use Alt+F2 to open command line and I type a command such as:
sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk
I click on it and it doesn't do anything. Am I not supposed to click on the icon that ...
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If I make a script that requires root privileges, do I need to put sudo in the script too?
I'm working on an installer script for the latest ATI drivers (as they are not in repo) and was wondering if I need to include sudo in the script, because it will be needed for the install.
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Where will be my Grails default installation location?
I installed Grails using this command :
sudo apt-get install grails-2.0
It installs and it works fine. Now where I can find my installation files?
Since I'm newbie to Ubuntu I couldn't able to ...
