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Cannot see certain files on USB mounted device (MTP Android Xperia Play)

I'm using an emulator for PS2 and I was going to transfer my .iso files from my Xperia Play to Ubuntu 12.04. So I look for my .iso's in the folder through file manager and it looks as it's empty, ...
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Getting rid of hidden Ubuntu files after uninstalling Ubuntu?

Just earlier on today, I have uninstalled Ubuntu as I didn't like it that much, so I uninstalled it. Back on windows, I check my hard drive and it seems as there is about 5GB taken from something, I ...
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Error: tcl.h not found (no such file or directory)

I'm trying to install something using the 'make' command, however it gives me the fatal error:tcl.h no such file or directory. I'm new to linux, can anyone help me?
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Problem With DLL File

I want to Run Emulator 8086 on Ubuntu , but it's told me that is MSVBVM60.DLL missing so I download this DLL file to my computer , but it's still telling me that MSVBVM60.DLL ismissing
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Download DLL files from terminal [closed]

Can I Download DLL files from terminal ? I Want to download this file : MSVBVM60.DLL
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How exclude folders for remove when using ( rm -rf *) on the parent dir

i run the following command line to remove all files/dirs in directory : cd /home/abdennour/android/ rm -rf * the architecture of this directory is as following : /home/...
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Automatically change hosts file

I have a Server on my house to proves and when I'm on my laptop in my house I have to write the local IP to see the web server, and i want to know if it is possible write a script to automatically ...
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error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found [duplicate]

I have xubuntu in a computer at the moment, but I want to put Windows 7 on it. So when I try to boot either Windows 7 or Windows XP, I get this error. What is going on? Why do I get Ubuntu error when ...
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How to move specific files while preserving their directory structure

I have large directory with lots of files and directories on a remote Windows system where I only have FTP access. I had to do some modifications in some of the files, so I downloaded the whole ...
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Cant create a file and write to it from a .sh script

I am trying to create a file and write to it using a .sh script but is not working(Nothing is being created, and I don't see any error). This is how that part of my script looks like: ...
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My windows pc is not starting, can i use ubuntu to rescue files?

If I use the DVD image to try ubuntu and my pc opens, will I be able to find my files on the hard drive and save to a back up external hard drive or will they be locked in to some windows-y place that ...
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Migration to Linux. Files readability. File systems

My idea is the following: I want to migrate from win7 to Linux, specifically Ubuntu. As I know the file systems of the two OS are different - NTFS and the Linux one I don't know... I want to put my ...
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Is it possible to access my files on a computer without logging in?

I am a total noob and I screwed up Ubuntu 13.04 AMD64 file permissions royally. Currently I cannot log in nor can I access anything useful from Guest. Since 13.10 is imminent, I'd like to transfer ...
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Installing ubuntu 12.04.03 [duplicate]

I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my desktop and am getting the message: "no root file system is defined" on the menu for installation type. I can't seem to find what to do next.
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I made new login names when i upgraded now I can't see files on external drive

Upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04 was successful and I thought everything was good. I decided to do a complete wipe and start from scratch so I off loaded everything to an external drive. I thought I was ...
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Why ubuntu uses base 10 for calculating file sizes? [duplicate]

I understand that hard drive companies do it to market a 900GB HD as an 1TB one, but what is the reason that Nautilus uses base 10 as well? Shouldn't we try to be right rather than handy?
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How to make all new files in a directory executable [duplicate]

I want a way by which whenever I create a new file in a particular directory, I want it to be executable by default. Is this even possible, if so how?
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How can I delete all .LNK files on my Ubuntu machine?

For some reason, when I launch Office 2010 using WINE, it creates a lnk file in the Recent directory of my Windows Profile. I just checked the folder and there were ~2000 LNK files. How would I ...
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How is it determined which application is to open a file of specific mime-type?

I saw the following question, but I can't comment yet. So I decided to create a separate one. I have both transmission and deluge installed. And I have no association for application/x-bittorrent ...
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How can I limit the size of my ~/.cache folder

I'm running Ubuntu on a limited-size SSD, so I count every GB. Now, the ~/.cache folder grew to 1.7 GB (various applications such as Chrome, Spotify etc. filled it up) and now I'm wondering if there's ...
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Nautilus : "Send via Bluetooth" in Context Menu

I use nautilus as my default file manager. Very frequently I need to transfer files to other devices via bluetooth. Is there some way to add a "Send Via Bluetooth" option in the right click context ...
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Persistant drive viewable files

I created a persistant drive of 500mb on my 4 gig usb drive using netbootin and a linux image. If I choose to save files (word documents, pictures) where do I see the persistant drive to save them ...
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The fastest way to create a file from a terminal

What is the simplest way to create a file using a command-line? Usually I use: touch filename But is this the simplest/fastest way?
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How do I solve "Error splicing files?"

My hard drive crashed, so I'm using a Ubuntu live disk to access my files. But as I try to transfer them to my flash drive, it occasionally comes up with an error message which, when I view details, ...
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How to share files between two machines in a network with a router?

I have a notebook with ubuntu 13.04 and a desktop with Debian 7.1.0 and I want to know how can I share files between the two machines, I'm using a router and the notebook is connected to the wireless ...
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Can't save files in /var/www using lamp installed with tasksel

I just installed lamp with tasksel and it works. But inside /var/www I can create files only with sudo from terminal, I don't know why. In another Ubuntu installation I didn't have such problem. I ...
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rename file from title - author to author - title

my files are of the form War of the World - H. G. Wells.pdf I would like Wells H G - War of the Worlds.pdf There are several other file extensions epub, mobi etc. Is there a package that will do this -...
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How do I remove items from the Places section of the Files sidebar? [duplicate]

I don't use the Music, Documents, Pictures, Video, and Trash folders often enough to warrant them an honorary place on the sidebar of Ubuntu's 13.04 default file manager "Files". I would like to ...
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Is it 100% safe to rename a file while it's being written?

In Ubuntu, unlike in Windows, I can rename a file while it's being written onto the hard disk (for example because it's the output of a program or the copy of another file), and I can also rename a ...
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Terminal shows more files on desktop than there are actually

I noticed this thing today and found it to be awkward. My desktop has the following files : But upon running ls in the terminal i got the following output: a.out htc_pass.sh openmp....
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Opening .asp Files on Ubuntu 13.04

I have to open an .asp file to print it. I have tried renaming it to .pdf but that didn't work. Is there a work about on Ubuntu 13.04 for opening these files?
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Mountpoints, file permissions

I have an application that writes to /var/lib/yacy. I have a partition I want to use for that database. I have the partition mounted in fstab at /home/somwhere/partition I want to move the current ...
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Popping up the folder when clicking "Show in Folder"

Using Ubuntu 13.04, whenever I downloaded something using Google Chrome, I can click on the downloaded file, and click "Show in Folder". Currently it does not also pop up the window (nautilus) that ...
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Overwrite a file?

I have a file named config.yml in a directory I need to be able to edit it and then overwrite it. When ever I would edit it and save it with the same name it would ask to overwrite and I would say yes ...
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How do I actually delete files?

I have an SD card that is full. Despite deleting files on it it is still full. I only have this problem in Ubuntu. What is going on?
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Why Same File Shows Different Sizes in Different Operating Systems

I want to give some scenarios: A movie file shows 700 MB in Windows but it shows around 735 MB in Ubuntu, which is in my drive having NTFS partition. Similarly another file shows 446 MB in Windows ...
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Problem reading files in ntfs external hd from windows xp after installing ubuntu

I am one of the guys that always used windows eventhough i hate it. A month ago i wiped out windows xp from my pc and installed ubuntu. I have an external hd and a second laptop which is left with ...
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Gimp (GAP) on Ubuntu 10.04 [closed]

There's a picture of what comes up. This comes up every time I try to extract videorange. I've tried .mp4, .MPG, and .flv files and it says the same thing each time. I looked it up on youtube, and ....
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Installing XAMPP

I'm new to linux and I'm trying to install XAMPP I downloaded the file and I cant execute it, I followed the Instruction on http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374 but when I'm trying ...
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How to set icon for tex files?

In Ubuntu 12.04 with all mate, cinamon, gnome, unity desktops, the following issue: I use Latex frequently. My files end with extension .tex. The mime.types associated with tex is text/x-tex. The ...
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Localhost: Updating files to localhost

I have set up a LAMP stack that listens on localhost and serves files from a directory. I save a html file into my localhost directory, then I try to change it (and I save it again into my localhost ...
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Usb bootdisk files help

I had files on a usb ubuntu boot disk that I would like to retrieve. I copied the files to a rar file on my hard drive. I would like to know if there is anyway I can access the files that were in the ...
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How to shorten a file in the terminal

I saved a python file in my desktop and want to run it in the terminal, but everytime I run it I have to type ' python /home/m3gn/Desktop/ex1.py' Is there anyway to shorten this so that I only have to ...
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Retrieve files from Ubuntu live usb

I am new to ubuntu and I would like to ask how could I retrieve files that saved on my ubuntu live usb. In other words, when I was working on ubuntu live usb I download files pdf, zip, etc, am asking ...
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How can I create a cp932 encoded text file on Ubuntu?

Is there a way to create a cp932 encoded file on Ubuntu?
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Changing extension of multiple files in Ubuntu 12.04

As the title says, how can I change the extension of every file in a directory in Ubuntu? I've seen some examples use rename etc etc but I get an error (Unable to locate package rename) and it's not ...
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Program for Ubuntu that opens .mbf format?

I just cleaned up a computer and installed linux on it in place of vista. I made a backup of everything that was needed to be kept on a USB and transferred it to Linux. Now the only files that I have ...
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Is there a tool similar to spotlight search in OS X for Ubuntu? (specifically Ubuntu 12.04) [duplicate]

Is there any tool equivalent to spotlight search in OS X for Ubuntu 12.04? Something where you just type a search string and files, folders or installed programs will appear in a list.
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some files and folders are missing in unity desktop

These are regular files / folders. I cannot predict what folders or files will become missing on the unity desktop. However, files and folders do show inside the HOME Folder -> Desktop. This ...
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create a list of files located in multiple directories

I have a set of data files (*.all) located in different folders Documents/rawdata/Geob1005/1.all, 2.all, 3.all,...,n.all Documents/rawdata/Geob1006/A.all, B.all, C.all,...,Z.all and so on......
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