Questions tagged [software-installation]
Installing software on a running system, either as binaries or from source.
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How to install a newer/different libc6 version?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 focal fossa.
I'm trying to install a package that depends on libc6=<2.33 or above. However, focal repositories only have version 2.31, which is causing dependency troubles:
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skypeforlinux crashes the keyboard
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.0.4 and after that skypeforlinux in several ways. I can use Skype to type messages, everything its OK, but when I make a call it crashes the keyboard. After that, I can'...
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How to get GTK4 in Ubuntu 20.04?
GTK4 was released quite recently, and the demo codes don't run in Ubuntu 20.04 because GTK4 is not available on the system.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gtkapp.py", line 3, in &...
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How to install Eclipse Neon using its installer for all users?
I have followed the instructions from this answer to similar question, but it looks like the installer in sudo mode installs most of plugins to /root/.p2/pool/plugins, so you can't access it in non-...
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Unable to find OpenCV during linking (compile from source)
I am trying to compile qgifer-0.2.1-source from its source in Ubuntu. I have all the dependencies installed. I am compiling as per below instruction from README of the source.
cd qgifer_source_dir
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Do additional language packs need to be downloaded?
I'm installing Ubuntu (12.04) right now.
I wanted to know if additional language packs have to be downloaded because my Internet is very slow. I chose English as my language.
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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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How do I setup Intel SGX on Ubuntu?
I want to use Intel SGX on Ubuntu.
I have a Dell Inspiron with an Intel i7-8550U, and that CPU supports SGX. I am running Ubuntu 18.04 from a bootable flash drive (my main OS is Windows 10, typically ...
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How to update ruby version to 2.5.1?
When I tried opening metasploit by
msfconsole
It showed an error
rbenv: version `2.5.1' is not installed (set by /opt/metasploit-framework/.ruby-version)
I tried
rbenv install rbx-2.5.1
its ...
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Latest Avogadro build- finding it impossible to install on Ubuntu 14.04
I'm on Ubuntu 14.04, trying to install the latest version of Avogadro (because the version in Software Center is showing issues) and when I get to make, it prints all these errors:
[ 98%] Linking CXX ...
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Can't install pepperflashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu 14.10
After I upgraded my Ubuntu to 14.10 (everything was normal during the upgrade), every time when I try to install pepperflashplugin-nonfree installation hangs at 80% and remains so for hours (and maybe ...
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Why does apt-get install Skype easily while aptitude complains about MAJOR dependency errors?
I was trying to install Skype on Ubuntu 13.04, from the Canonical repositories. With apt-get it worked easily, while aptitude had a huge problem with dependencies and proposed a complicated solution. ...
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How to fix debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog error w/Packer?
I am using the Packer vsphere-iso builder to build an Ubuntu-18.04 VM on vSphere with a shell provisioner, and when I run either of the following two commands:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-...
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Ubuntu 20.04.3 Wi-Fi stopped working after update to Linux 5.13
My laptop runs Ubuntu 20.04.3, and I had to make adjustments to get it to recognize the Wi-Fi adapter. After rebooting my laptop, the Wi-Fi and ethernet stopped being recognized by the computer.
This ...
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Github desktop not executing, error Segmentation fault (core dumped) in Ubuntu 16.04 TLS
I am new to Ubuntu. In the past I used Windows. I installed the Github-desktop in Ubuntu using following commands:
sudo snap install github-desktop --beta --classic
Installed successfully and worked ...
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How do I use pip with Python 3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04?
I am trying to install Python 3.6 as per this answer, but I seem to be having troubles. My system is the following (it's on c9.io):
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: ...
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Rstudio server : [rserver] ERROR system error 2
I am trying to install RStudio server on my Ubuntu server. The installation seems to be fine but when I run the command:
sudo rstudio-server verify-installation
It does not return anything. Then I ...
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DraftSight activation fails on Ubuntu 16.04.2
I have Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS with mate desktop. I installed DraftSight with these instructions:
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
I downloaded deb file for ...
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How to Install Babylon on Ubuntu?
Can someone please tell me how to install Babylon Dictionary on Ubuntu? Babylon is only available for Windows.
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What is the right way to install pipewire in ubuntu?
As you know full-screen sharing is a missing option in Ubuntu Wayland session. I was going to join an online competition through google meet. Although you can share individual windows but not the ...
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How to have varnish-modules installed on 20.04
The source is at https://github.com/varnish/varnish-modules but I couldn't build it.
Ideally I'd want something installable through a ppa. The closest I could get was https://launchpad.net/~lasse-...
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Can I purge linux-modules-4.* and linux-modules-extra-4.* packages?
I have a plenty of old config-file status linux-modules-4.xxx and linux-modules-extra-4.xxx (see the pictures). The 5.x version of the Linux kernel is already out.
When I do wajig large there was a ...
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How to install gcc 3.2?
I need to use gcc 3.2. No prior answers exactly resolved this problem. It looks like this version is not available in a apt-get repository and I do not exactly know how to install it using the source ...
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How can I install an older version of maas?
As of now, the PPA consists of latest version of maas.
Is it possible to install an older version like maas-rack-controller/bionic 2.5.2?
We have installed maas HA in version 2.5.2 and we will add a ...
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Remove pending installs in Ubuntu Software Centre
How do I remove pending package installs from Ubuntu Software Centre? (I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS)
I attempted to install a GStreamer package using the Ubuntu Software Centre some time ago and the ...
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Backup Failed error processing remote manifest
I get the following error:
Error processing remote manifest (duplicity-inc.20181001T155227Z.to.20181004T170535Z.manifest.gpg): GPG Failed, see log below:
===== Begin GnuPG log =====
gpg: WARNING: "--...
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How to create *-dev package from source?
I want to install SILE Typesetter which depends on HarfBuzz (libharfbuzz-dev). The libharfbuzz-dev available from repositories is version 1.0.1 (released 2015), while the latest version available from ...
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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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Fail to open Google Chrome Ubuntu
I have been following these instructions to install Chrome on my Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS machine
How to install Google Chrome
Everything worked fine as far as I see but when I try to use chrome I ...
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installing python fails with permission denied (using sudo make install)
I tried to install Python 3.6 using this tutorial: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming#run-python-os on ubuntu 14.04.
Running
$ ./configure
and
$ make
went fine. Running
$ sudo make ...
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Newly installed application is not shown in Ubuntu Software Center
I've just installed a Scribus application from Ubuntu Software Center and used it a couple of times. Now I want to delete it but I can't find it in the list of installed packages. I have Ubuntu 16.04. ...
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Cant cancel the installation from the software center in 16.04
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I Upgraded to 16.04. I thought I'd try out the new software center. but this takes ages to complete. I want to cancel it.
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How can install libgl1-mesa-dev:i386
Today I installed the Ubuntu Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit and I want to install the libgl1-mesa-dev:i386 packet. I execute the command:
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev:i386
and I get the following ...
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Why doesn't "apt-get autoremove" remove all installed dependencies?
Installing libav-tools and ubuntu-restricted-extras also installs these new packages:
cabextract chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra freepats gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad ...
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apt-get want to remove all my packages
My apt-get thinks everything including my xserver gdm and other vital softwares are unnecessary. The following is the output. When I once ran upgrade it did remove evrything and I had to reinstall my ...
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I get an error when I try to compile DAR on 12.04, how can I fix solve this?
Install DAR 2.4.12 from source because latest version ubuntu package is 2.4.2.
./configure --prefix=/usr
dar and libdar have been successfully configured with the following parameters:
LIBDAR ...
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Can not start Oracle database 11g XE on Ubuntu 64bit
I can not start Oracle on Ubuntu 13.10 64bit.
After trying to configure:
sudo / etc / init.d / oracle-xe configure
This error appears:
Oracle Database 11g Express Edition is not configured. You ...
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How can I reduce the Java versions I have installed down to 1?
I have used many different methods to install java because I want to get Minecraft working. I heard that if I uninstall Java it would uninstall LibreOffice, which I do not want to do. I have a ...
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Got unknown content type (null) from reviews.ubuntu.com on ubuntu 17.10
I am trying to install some software in Ubuntu 17.10 version. But all the time it shows this error message:
Sorry something went wrong . Got unknown content type (null) from reviews.ubuntu.com.
How ...
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Unable to completely purge fglrx
I've got 14.04 and installed the proprietary AMD Catalyst 14.6 using the Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package Option described in the Installer notes.
I'd now like to change to the mesa-...
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Installing an HP Deskjet 3630 printer
I am trying to install a HP Deskjet 3630 printer, on Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit, Gnome version 3.36.8). I downloaded and installed HPLIP version 3.20.3. The printer is connected by a USB cable (I cannot ...
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Installing Tableau in Ubuntu
I have been trying to install Tableau Public in Ubuntu 20.04.
I installed Wine following the steps as mentioned in https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu.
I installed Play on Linux with sudo apt install ...
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Create debian package with relative install path
I am creating a debian package with a minimal layout (for a hypothetical package called "skate"). Here's the directory structure:
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├── LICENSE
├── packaging
│ └── debian
│ └── ...
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shared-mime-info
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome Extensions on an ASUS lap-top. On a few occasions recently when updating using the "In built" Software Updater the install hangs on
Processing triggers ...
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Pango-ERROR: Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2)
I was trying to run this application but this error occurs on the startup of the application, is there a way to avoid this?
(wanna:90765): Pango-ERROR **: 03:53:41.569: Harfbuzz version too old (1.4.2)...
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How do I remove all Files and Folders from a Wine installation [Battle.net]
I installed Battle.net using Wine, the Icon for Battle.net appeared in the Ubuntu Applications Menu.
I ran the application, however the GUI interface looked corrupted and incompatible. I used the Wine ...
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How to uninstall OpenVPN Access Server?
I need to remove OpenVPN Access Server completely from my system. I installed it with root access(sudo -i) using the following commands from the OpenVPN website:
apt update && apt -y install ...
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How to securely install things not in /opt so they can update themselves
I use firefox from mozilla.org, not from APT which is old. However, if I place it at /opt, it cannot update itself, because /opt is owned by root.
If I simply place it at /home, then it can update ...
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All PHP 7.4 are not available in 20.04
I just did a do-release-upgrade that went fine, but I am still stuck at PHP 7.3.
$ apt install php7.4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some ...
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Autoreconf error: failed with exit status: 1
I try to install mp4fpsmod on Linux 4.19.104+ x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS in Colab. To reproduse please copypaste these three lines into a Colab cell and hit shift+enter:
!git clone -qqq https://github....
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