Questions tagged [software-installation]
Installing software on a running system, either as binaries or from source.
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How to run an .Net core Avalonia application in Linux for multiple users
We have build an .Net Core Avalonia app with the below profile settings
Target Frame Work: net7.0
Deployment Mode : self-contained
Target Runtime: linux-x64
File Publish Options : Produce Single File
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Latex Workshop error: Cannot find LaTeX root file
I recently changed from Windows to Ubuntu because I'm learning to code. I used to write my class assignments in LaTeX using vscode and Latex Workshop. However, I've tried to set it up in Ubuntu and I'...
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Ubuntu20.4 keeps closing on install
I have installed the Ubuntu20.4 packages on my windows 10 machine and successfully unpackaged to reveal the Ubuntu.exe file. Upon execution of the Ubuntu.exe file the ubuntu terminal will launch, and ...
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How to solve "7z is missing from your system. Please install it for this kind of archive." error?
I'm trying to install some software, but I'm getting this error:
7z is missing from your system. Please install it for this kind of archive.
What should I do?
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problem with GaussView 6
Recently I installed Ubuntu 23 and installed all my working applications.
the Gaussian software works perfectly GaussView launches but when I try to open a file with it it crashes.
in version 20 of ...
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link group java is broken (can't install java in Ubuntu with WSL2) [duplicate]
I'm new to using Linux via WSL2 and I am following a tutorial to install java on Ubuntu
Ubuntu is up-to-date
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on Windows 10 x86_64 and installing JDK 17
I am getting this error when ...
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Partitioning recommendations for installing Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on SSD/HDD
Summary of Current System Information:
Currently, the operating system has the following storage distribution, none is located in a separate hard disk partition, that is, everything is mounted in the ...
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What mechanism does Ubuntu have to silently install software
I am migrating from Gentoo to Ubuntu and today, I learned the hard way that Ubuntu has mechanisms, such as unattended-upgrades, that can install software that I don't want on my system (in my case, it ...
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How to Install evolution-alarm-notify on ubuntu 20.04LTS
I have searched everywhere but i can't find how to install, kindly guide me through. Thank you. in addition i also want to set up the alarm notifier too. Thanks
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Mozillateam-Firefox Silently Replaced by Snap-Firefox in Spite of Lower Priority
(this is a rewrite of the original question as suggested in the comments)
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 and am using firefox from the mozillateam ppa. My setup has ppa-firefox at priority 1001 (as ...
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Why i am getting error failed to get properties in status 'lightdm.service'
Failed to get properties: Transport endpoint is not connected
this error i am getting when type systemctl status lightdm.service
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How to install v4l2loopback on Ubuntu 22.04.3?
I am using a release image of the LTS version, and I believe it is up to date as far as apt update/apt upgrade goes:
root@trainwatching:~# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS \n \l
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Two ways to install partimage in Ubuntu 22.04?
I have a folder for the program "partimage", and I want to install partimage in Ubuntu 22.04.
The path to this extracted tar file is (I know it is case sensitive):
/Home/Downloads/partimage/...
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Unable to install software on Ubuntu 23:10, specically python pip
I tried using advice from other questions asked here. I ran:
python3 -m venv tutorial_env
source tutorial_env/bin/activate -y
in the terminal.
This is what the terminal displays after execution:
The ...
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Why does an app install as user instead of root will disappear after logout?
To reproduce, login droplet/ubuntu as root. addnewuser.
Then logout, then log in as new user.
Install bun js with this command:
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
then follow its instructions.
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Cannot install while still directory is still in $PATH
While installing OH MY POSH, these two errors appear, although the second one is a bug(reported). I have added the/usr/local/bin directory in $PATH in ~/.zshrc and showing while echoed. I cannot ...
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Error while installing megasync desktop client on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS 64
I downloaded the .deb file from https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/megasync-xUbuntu_22.04_amd64.deb
wget https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/megasync-xUbuntu_22.04_amd64.deb &...
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Gazebo & Ardupilot installation for drone modelling on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Does Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Jammy main supports ROS/ROS2?
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Problems installing MariaDB on Ubuntu 20.04
root@vmi1433468:~# sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This ...
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The download manager loses its access to the Internet after working for a while in ubuntu 23.10.1
I use download manager in Ubuntu but after a while it works fine and the internet access is blocked!
I tested Free Download Manager and Xtreme Download Manager both of them at first work correctly but ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 cannot find where software is installed?
I installed metadata-cleaner sometime ago and have since then tried removing it from both the gnome-software and the snap-store. However it is still there when I search using the start key ('windows' ...
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gmail-gui doesn't work correctly in Ubuntu 23.10.1
I try to connect my Gmail with gmail-gui in Ubuntu, but when I enter my email address it shows me
java script is disabled
I tested another program (gmail-desktop) but it's also having this problem.
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Mistakenly installed incorrect version of linux-tools-common now unable to run apt install commands
I have kernel version 5.15.0-87-generic but mistakenly tried installing linux-tools-5.4.0-166 and linux-tools-5.4.0-166-generic. It failed and now whenever I try to install or remove any package, or ...
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Download virtual box and run windows in it [duplicate]
I want to download VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 and run Windows on it. I just installed Ubuntu and I'm new to it so I don't know much about it. While installing VirtualBox via apt get install virtual... ...
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Can't install driver for TP-Link 802.11ac USB on Ubuntu 23.04 (kernel 6.2.0-36-generic)
I am using Ubuntu 23.04
I run this command at terminal:
sudo apt-get install git dkms
But I am getting this error:
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous ...
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Errors sudo apt-get update and unable to install packages
I have several errors when running sudo apt-get update for a few weeks. As of today, I am unable to install packages using 'sudo apt install'. I've been trying to find solutions to resolve these ...
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Ubuntu 22.0 LTS don't start Error F30
Error F30 when installing Ubuntu on HP g645 J1 laptop:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an old laptop. When I finish the installation and restart the device, the hard drive doesn't recognize the ...
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Téléchargement de fichier - File Upload [duplicate]
I am a new Linux user. I have BR-OS version 23.04. I'm a little lost as to how to use it, especially when it comes to downloading files and installing applications. Can you explain to me how this ...
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How to install Safing (Portmaster) in Ubuntu 23.10 [duplicate]
I fresh installed Ubuntu 23.10 after I couldn't upgrade from 23.10. Now I want to install Safing (Portmaster) in Ubuntu 23.10, but the App Center is not able to install Safing. How can I install ...
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Every time I try to download an app it it says unable to install cannot preform following tasks
I haven't tried to fix it much beaus i dont really know how beaus i'm a beginner
i'm on 22.04.3 LTS. if thats helps
if anyone knows what to do please help me
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Installing OneDrive
This was simply a very stupid mistake on my part. Somehow I thought I had Ubuntu 22.04 and followed those instructions. I actually had 20.04.
I'm trying to install OneDrive following the instructions ...
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How to roll back to a previous version of Thunderbird
The recent release of Thunderbird 115 broke a very useful extension called Full Address Column. How does one roll back to Thunderbird 102.15.1?
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How to install Geany 2.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
How to install Geany 2.0 on Ubuntu 22.04? It's been released recently but doesn't seem to have ready to use builds as of now.
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Error installing application to the ../share/applications/ directory
I've tried searching with Google and StackOverflow for an installation error for the Fsearch application. My theory is that the errors stems from a change in the default location of desktop file ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Missing Packages libgl1-mesa and libgl1-mesa-glx when installing Zoom
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10, and I'm running into a dependency issue when re-installing Zoom. The packages libgl1-mesa and libgl1-mesa-glx don't seem to exist in any of the 23.10 repositories.
How ...
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How can I record from YouTube videos or Streaming videos in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
How can I record from YouTube videos or Streaming videos in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
I wish to record the "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse event, and also others from online - whether streaming live or ...
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Unexpected output appears whenever I open a terminal
I always see this when I open my terminal. What is the way out please?
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Installing R on Ubuntu 23.04 [duplicate]
I have been trying to install R on Ubuntu 23.04 but have been getting the following errors:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some ...
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How to install VLC 3.0.19 on 22.04 without snap?
Is there a way to install the latest VLC 3.0.19 as a native package?
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Attempting to install, uninstall, or update anything results in the same error code
I run sudo apt update and then sudo apt upgrade and the following displays:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
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Unable to reinstall vlc
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x86_64
I was trying to download and compile VLC ...
During that process I have broken already installed vlc
Reinstalling does not help.
Here is what I have tried so far:
apt ...
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Unable to activate Trezor Suite
Trezor Suite 23.9.3.3 linux--86_64.Appl downloaded from Trezor website, but cannot open it. The icon is in Apps file, but no response when clicked on.
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Software - SNAP and other things
Sorry folks......
I'm stuck between a rock and hard place.
I have the Arduino IDE v 1.8.19 installed.
By SNAP I believe. Not sure and I'll explain later.
This version is OLD and it was suggested I ...
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MATLAB installed but not in activities
I am very new to Ubuntu.
I installed MATLAB 2022a Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, and I can start it from terminal window by typing matlab
The matlab binary can be found both in /usr/local/bin, and /usr/local/...
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/dev/sda file is not showing in bootloader installation
In this image while installation of Ubuntu it's not showing the /dev/sda option which is my actual hard disk and where I have unallocated memory for Ubuntu.
In this image I tried GParted in Ubuntu ...
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ThinkPad X1 Yoga cam not working in Ubuntu 23.04, cannot build icamerasrc
I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 with:
32 GiB RAM
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P x 16
Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
SSD: 2 TB
FHD camera system with 4 microphones
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I'm trying to build m3tools and get this super long error
I'm trying to build I/O API 3.2 to use CMAQ. I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.3, using GCC compilers (v11.4.0). I/O API requires both NetCDF-C (v4.9.2) and NetCDF-Fortran (v4.6.1). I'm also using OpenMPI (v4.1.2). ...
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Schrodinger doesn't open in Ubuntu 22.04
I have installed a software package named Schrodinger in Ubuntu 22.04. I get icons of this package, but when I want to run one of this package and click its icon I get an error message and it does not ...
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Install ROS Ubuntu 20.04.6 [duplicate]
I am attempting to install ROS on Ubuntu 20.04.6 following this guide https://linuxopsys.com/topics/install-ros-noetic-on-ubuntu
First two steps work okay.
But when I get to try:
sudo apt update
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How to install webkitgtk-6.0 in Ubuntu 22.04
I am trying to install planify on Ubuntu 22.04.
src/meson.build has dependency
dependency('webkitgtk-6.0')
Could anyone please tell me, where to get this package and how I can install it?
