Questions tagged [webapps]
An application that is accessed online, within a webpage. Since 12.10 Ubuntu is capable of integrating them with Unity desktop.
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Separate launcher icon for teams webapp (using chromium)
I created a launcher with the filename Teams.desktop. and put it in the folder ~/Desktop/ and created a symlink for applications sudo ln -s ~/Desktop/Teams.desktop /usr/share/applications/Teams....
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why chrome web app shortcuts has no Icon
I am creating web app shortcut from chrome to desktop by clicking on more tools > create shortcut.
But it has random name and no icon as clear, as you can see in the screenshot:
After clicking &...
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Localhost already in use (Pycharm and mongodb)
I've been creating a webapp from a course in PyCharm and using mongodb for the database.
I was finishing it and executed "Run" in pycharm before running the server.
Realizing my mistake I closed it, ...
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Installing the Tomcat7 examples webapp on Ubuntu 12.04
I used the sudo apt-get install tomcat7-examples.
They were installed in /usr/share/tomcat7-examples/examples directory.
Tomcat could not locate them from the URL :
127.0.0.1:8080/examples/
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How to "install" web apps in ubuntu 22.04
I'd like to be able to launch some web apps from the launcher, and wish that they'd run in their own independent windows.
Ideally, they'd be using firefox to do so.
How can I do this?
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How to run Thunderbird in the background?
I want to get instant notifications for new emails and I don't want to install and configure an extra program for that. Thunderbird shows notifications, so does Gmail webapp. But both of them work ...
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How do I completely remove Apache2? [duplicate]
I need to completely remove apache2 but no matter what I do I still get the default ubuntu page and when I run a nodejs app it will say port 80 is in use.
I tried the usual suggested in other ...
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Remove unremoveable Office 365 fork
I've just downloaded and installed Office 365 webapp on my computer running Ubuntu 22.04.
I've followed the instructions fro here (https://www.wps.com/blog/how-to-install-and-run-microsoft-365-on-...
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uninstalling whatsapp
I have installed WhatsApp by following these steps:
Type sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/whatsapp-webapp.desktop in the Terminal.
Copy the following text to opened screen:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-...
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How to gett the Outlook PWA launchers back on Plasma
On my Ubuntu 22 system I use the KDE/Plasma desktop. I had launchers for the Outlook and Teams progressive web apps (PWA) in my menu, until I used the rm -rf command a bit too enthusiastically on my ....
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How can I uninstall web apps? Specifically - google docs that got installed without my knowledge or consent
I noticed that after I created a new Chrome profile, I got several web apps installed without me knowing they were installed.
Visiting them doesn't show anything the URL that opens related to web apps,...
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Unable to deploy golang webapp on Ubuntu 22.04 server with ISPConfig 3.11
As the server is equiped with ISPConfig control panel and Apache2 is installed during the ISPConfig installation, I am not able to deploy golang webapp on the /web directory (tried both go run webapp....
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Wget always downloading index.html?
I am using the following command:
wget -r -p --page-requisites robots=off -U mozilla https://opig.stats.ox.ac.uk/webapps/sabdab-sabpred/sabdab/archive/all/
to download a file called all_structures.zip,...
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Web server on Ubuntu core 22
I started development for ubuntu core. I want to host my php web app on the ubuntu core. The problem is that it is snap based OS an I can't install apache2 and other packages what i need to host my ...
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Protect my webapp
Good day folks,
I'm developing a webapp that will be distributed on a minipc that will be installed at my clients' workplace.
I would like to protect my source code from being accessed in case my ...
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How to open an application weblink with a Wine program
I have installed a Windows program (a game called the Hunter) using Wine on Ubuntu 14.04.
The only way to use this game is by going to its website, create the game options and then hitting an ...
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How to reset Zoneminder password?
Is there a way to reset the admin password for the surveillance application zoneminder without re-installing the application? I was not able to find this information in the documentation or by ...
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How is web.whatsapp.com supposed to work on an Ubuntu desktop?
If I open WhatsApp Web in Chrome I get a blank window with this in the middle:
Nothing happens and nothing is clickable.
Shouldn't it be displaying a QR code to scan from my phone?
What's supposed to ...
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Remove Chrome shortcuts from app menu
Anyone knows how to remove "web apps" I made in Chrome using menu => extra => create shortcuts (no real Chrome apps) from the app menu in Ubuntu? When right-clicking on a normal app (Thunderbird in ...
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What is the terminal command for launching a web app?
In Ubuntu 14.04, We know all Web apps run in ubuntu-made browser instead of firefox. I would like Gmail and some other services Webapps (in the ubuntu made browser) to launch in the startup. To do ...
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Cannot find my PWA in Ubuntu
I have installed in Ubuntu -> Outlook and Youtube using Progressive Web Apps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oCyfcHSeDc
However, I cannot find my new PWAs between my old apps, I restarted Ubuntu ...
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How do I remove a website from Ubuntu's web applications?
I thought I would try out the new webapps ppa and everything seems to be working fine. However, google reader now floods my messaging menu with all my feeds and turns the icon blue. How can I remove a ...
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PostgreSQL admin tool behind nginx
I have a VPS with PostgreSQL installed. I have a nginx setup with a some reverse proxies to different tools, grafana, Node.js sites and so on. I'm trying to setup PostgreSQL right now, and I just can'...
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How to launch web tabs running in Chrome's App mode at specific locations on a screen?
I have a number of Chrome tabs running in app mode that I autostart on login. I have the Auto Move windows extensions able to move them to specific workspaces. I am trying to get them to next be at ...
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How force Ubuntu to show movie on the display using web app as remote control
I want to make own digital signage app.
I have Ubuntu server installed on RPi4B.
On that machine I serve the web application with frontend (React.js) and backend (Express.js) on the localhost.
This ...
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Alternative to "A Pomodoro Timer for GNOME" for KDE
Does anybody know one similar app like "A Pomodoro Timer for GNOME" which works with KDE? I use KDE and this one isn't compatible.
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This site can’t be reached
I am on Ubuntu hosting a .NET 6 web app. If I go to the directory where the publish files are stored and run command dotnet webapp.dll, then I will get something like the output below (Then if I go to ...
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WebApp does not work when VPN is enabled
I am running a WebApp on port 8080. The server running this app also needs to have an outbound VPN connected at all times. I am using OpenVPN on Ubuntu 20 server.
Once the VPN is connected I can no ...
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PWA .desktop file opening new browser window instead of the app
I've created a web app with Brave's Create shortcut tool and it appeared on my desktop as .desktop file. I've "allowed launching" but it keeps opening a new empty Brave window instead of the ...
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How do I change the icon of a Epiphany web app?
The webapps just take a thumb of whatever image they can find on the page, can I customise it?
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What does "Would you like to install Twitter" mean?
Firefox in Ubuntu 12.10 pops up messages such as (similar messages for Reddit, Facebook, etc.):
"Would you like to install Twitter for extra features and quicker access?"
What do they mean? What ...
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Is an online Ubuntu terminal emulator available?
I want to play around with some terminal commands from official Ubuntu packages, but at the moment I don't have access to an Ubuntu PC.
Is there an online and free terminal emulator running, say, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS: Playchess.com crashes my system
After I play for a while, my system crashes and I have to use the on-off switch.
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
GPU: Cape Verde XT [Radeon HD 7770/8760 / R7 250X]
RAM: 8GiB
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Always gets permission denied after I pull to our server
can I ask some help please. I'am deploying our webapp Laravel framework to our new server
my problem everytime I git pull from our new server. when I visit our webapp it will shows permission denied ...
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How do I completely remove Google Chrome apps (e.g. Postman) on Ubuntu 18.04?
I backed up my home directory from Ubuntu 14.04, installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a new PC, then restored my home directory.
I went ahead and installed the native app following these instructions. Now I'm ...
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Is there a Relational Algebra software for Ubuntu?
I am looking for a program that deals with relational algebra on relations and relationships.
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Webapp notifications (Ubuntu Phone)
I just published my first Webapp (Flowdock) with the Webbapp generator.
Now my question is how to enable notifications sent by this app. Flowdock supports desktop notifications. Is it possible to ...
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Why some webpages works different or look strange in Ubuntu? [closed]
I have my computer for work with Ubuntu and another computer for personal stuff with Windows 10.
I have noticed that some pages loads extremely slow in my Ubuntu (Firefox or Chrome) than they do in my ...
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Launch Stadia with hardware video acceleration
Although it's possible to play Stadia in Ubuntu directly with Google Chrome or Chromium, it's not possible to do it with automatic Hardware Video Acceleration.
In Google Chrome, although it's ...
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Is creating desktop applications using Firefox possible?
In Chromium you can go to menu File → "Create application shortcuts"....
This then allows you to add a "webapp" type shortcut to your launcher.
Is this possible through Firefox ...
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I made my own webapp, how to change the title (or whatever)?
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell Vostro 3546.
Here is my webapp code in /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/sketchboard.png:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.1
Type=Application
Name=Sketchboard
GenericName=...
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How to package minimized JS files of an webapp in a debian package?
Usually JS files in Webapps are used in a minimized form (e.g. jquery.min.js), and lintian treats such files with very long lines as binaries. Usually these minimized JS files are not written by the ...
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Tomcat8: Where to find the appropriate container log file?
I am trying to install a webapp under Tomcat8 and get the error message in the file catalina.2020-30-09.log:
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal One or more listeners failed to ...
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Display problems with Google Chrome on Ubuntu
I'm experiencing problems with quite some webpages while using Google Chrome (stable build: 23.0.1271.97). Many websites like facebook, youtube, arstechnica not rendering as they should, also this ...
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Epiphany/Gnome Web applications not showing now it is a snap install in 20.04
I have moved from 18.04 to 20.04 using a clean OS install and then re-installation of all used packages. One of the tricks I've used in the past is to create Web applications in Gnome Web (Epiphany) ...
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Chromium (Snap) on Ubuntu 20.04 - Some webapp shortcuts not working - workaround
Just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and tried to get my favorite webapps (i.e. Google Calendar, WhatsApp Web) working again. Since Firefox removed this feature years ago, I'm now using Chromium for this. On ...
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Startup application on ubuntu 20.04
I am looking for a startup app (which opens right after the user log in) on ubuntu 20.04.
If it matters, this app will show a tutorial, ideally presented via a slide show codded in html/CSS.
Is ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Chromium Snap: cannot pin Webapp shortcuts to dock [duplicate]
If you're on Ubuntu 20.04 and create a webapp through Chromium Snap (via menu, 'More tools', 'Create shortcut...', tag 'Open as window', right-click the .desktop file on your desktop and choose 'Allow ...
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Chromium Snap WebApps stop working after Chromium update -> Bug! (No fix yet)
After having fiddled around and finally fixed my WebApps with Chromium Snap on Ubuntu 20.04, today I discovered that all my WebApps were missing from the dock and no longer available when searching ...
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Multiple users behavior inconsistent in Chromium snap on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Just did a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. After updating packages and installing chromium snap
I signed in to my main account (I'll call it profile 1 see attached pic, top right window)
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