Questions tagged [source]
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how to find the list of binaries/packages a source provides
We can find the source of the package with apt show <package name>, but how do we find the list of all binaries or packages a source provides?
For example apt show will give following ...
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Build Ghostscript 10 on Ubuntu 22.04
In official repositories of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS there is a Ghostscript 9.55. I'm trying to build latest Ghostscript 10 from sources. It's working but…
a) when I type 'sudo checkinstall' it creates a deb ...
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When searching for source what are the .dsc archives? It is enough with the tars for distribution?
When searching for source.what are the .dsc archives? It is enough with the tars for distribution? Dsc rchives need to be in the source too?
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Source List required [duplicate]
Require exact source list for:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
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How to "source ~/.bashrc" automatically when connect to remote
I need to create some aliases on remote Ubuntu and enable them on ssh-connection. So I defined aliases in ~/.bashrc file (on that remote Ubuntu).
Now when I do
ssh root@<Remote IP>
source ~/....
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Where can I find the vector sources of the Xubuntu wallpapers?
I like the wallpapers that come in xubuntu-wallpapers package, so I'd like to use them as intended. But, while the general graphical idea of them is nice, the implementation is bad: the wide gradients ...
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Cannot download kernel source code for rebuilding
I need to download kernel source code for rebuilding.
using command: sudo apt install linux-source-$(uname -r)
It failed: E: Unable to locate package linux-source-5.19.0-32-generic
Is there a link to ...
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How I can update my ZFS file system?
I have Ubuntu 22.04 installed on Root ZFS. In my previous post I've described problem where Wi-Fi connection drops for all devices that are connected to my router such as phones, tablets, laptops at ...
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Uninstall an app compiled from source
I've compiled an application from source, so i would appreciate some help on how to reverse the alterations made. Google says that is only a matter of reversing the steps returned by the following ...
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Create .desktop launcher to start a terminal with a python virtual environment enable
Despite the similar questions/answers I can find on this forum and on others, I am not able to create a desktop launcher that start a terminal with a python environment activated.
To activate the ...
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when sourcing a bashrc how to get the line number of the error messages
Following this post, I am souring a bashrc file inside the WSL2/Ubuntu by:
source /usr/share/openfoam/etc/bashrc
but I get lots of error messages:
-bash: /usr/share/openfoam/bin/<someFile>: No ...
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How fix a malformed entry in this apt file [duplicate]
Here is the error message:
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list (Component)
This is what's written in my file:
deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(...
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how to source csh script from bash environment?
I am using bash shell but some of the scripts that I need to source are in csh format. Can somebody tell how I can source csh scripts from bash shell?
By sourcing I mean the sourced csh script should ...
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How to give the address of "bashrc" loacted in "./opt/.../etc" in VM?
I am a newbie in Linux. I have a VM on my windows and just installed OpenFOAM10 (https://openfoam.org/download/10-ubuntu/) on my VM. Then, I needed to add "source /opt/openfoam10/etc/bashrc" ...
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apt source pulling old packages
I am trying to pull the source files from an apt repo
sudo apt source strongswan
This pulls down version 5.6.2. However on the ubuntu 20.04 focal page, it shows 5.8.2-1. Why is this version not being ...
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Source shell script in python
I have a shell script file and a python script file
a shell script file(STEP0.sh) contains this:
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/sc/arion/projects/Variants/annotations/gnomAD"
IN="/sc/arion/projects/...
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How would I convert a cmake kde package to a deb source format
So I want to convert the package plank-player to Debian source
to be easily compiled, the package uses CMake.
Note I do not know what else to put in here so yay if your info ask
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Run source after Ubuntu starts
I need to run the command
source "/opt/sqlanywhere17/bin64/sa_config.sh" after Ubuntu starts. It's taken from here. It updated LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH etc.
I tried this, but doesn't work. ...
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how can i download ubuntu's kernel?
is there any way to find and download latest Ubuntu desktop specific kernel?
for example how can i download latest kernel belongs to Ubuntu 21.10?
i am looking for .tar.xz file of Ubuntu kernel.
also, ...
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~/.profile not reloading [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS
Wanted to know why changes are not reflected when I change
the ~/.profile and reloading the file using
source ~/.profile or . ~/.profile
The changes are only ...
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Created ".asoundrc" file manually , can't compile and error shown "bash: .asoundrc: syntax error unexpected token '}'
Nice to meet you.
(Using Environment)
Ubuntu: 20.04.03 LTS
shell : bash
Example info : https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/wiki/traktor_audio_2
I created ".asoundrc" file manually, following ...
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bash -c "source ~/.profile" doesn't source ~/.profile
Here's some output from inside a Docker container (running Ubuntu 18.04) which seems to be acting up.
# source ~/.profile
net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 134217728
net.core.rmem_default = 10485760
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bin/sh: 1: source: not found
I am trying to install fpylll from a repository on Ubuntu 18.04
The fpylll instruction in README.rst says that after Automatic install you should do
$ source ./activate
but I get a notification:
/ ...
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How to create a aliases for all the users linux..?
root@puppetclient-ubuntu:/home/azureuser#cat /etc/.bash_aliases
alias extend_shutdown_15='bash extend_shutdown.sh 15 ; bash /bin/max_timetrack.sh'
alias extend_shutdown_30='bash extend_shutdown.sh ...
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How can we install all the necessary dependencies for a package so that we can build it?
Well, after I installed freecad on my Ubuntu 12.04 with the help of this blog I started asking about compiling and building from source.
So, when we are trying to install a package some times the ...
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how to uninstall packages built from source and remove them entirely?
I have built a lib, Open3D, from source and installed it. Afterwards, i ran make uninstall for the library and deleted the entire file directory which i cloned from git, i still have existing files ...
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How to package firefox built from source code to smaller size?
I recently built firefox form source code, but the folder where mach built firefox is huge!
It's like 12GB in size.
How Do I make it smaller and portable to carry around on multiple linux machines?
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Why ~/.bash_profile is not getting sourced when opening a terminal?
Problem
I have an Ubuntu 11.04 Virtual Machine and I wanted to set up my Java development environment. I did as follows
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
Added the following entries to ~/....
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Source code for Ubuntu [duplicate]
So I wanted to know where the source code is. I know how to get the .ISO file but how can I see or change the code? My goal is to make a Custom OS based on Ubuntu. How can I see the code of .ISO file ...
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Error when I try to source ~/.bashrc Ubuntu 18
while trying to update node js I think I somehow broke my bash configuration.
When I try to execute source ~/.bashrc I get the following:
I really hope you can help me.
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bash: complete: filenames: invalid option name?
When I try to source my .bashrc file after updating it with new environment variables, I get the following message: "bash: complete: filenames: invalid option name".
As I'm new to Ubuntu, I'm not ...
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How to install a language which is not shown under "installed languages"? [duplicate]
I need to use "Greek Polytonic". After installing Ubuntu 20.04 recently on my new computer, it does not show "Greek Polytonic" or any kind of Greek for that matter under "...
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Scope problem? - variable declaration is lost when don from within a sourced block, inside a bash function
Facing an issue for which am running out of answers.
I stripped my issue to a simpler version for the purpose of the example:
I have a file called datasource, with the following contents:
$ cat ...
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Where I can find the source code for Raspberry Pi 4 images
Images are available for download at:
https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi
Where I can find the source code to build such images?
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If I installed Emacs from package manager, where is the .emacs file, and how do I get Emacs to see it?
I am completely blind and am currently in a job or internship where I have to use Emacs on a regular basis to learn Lisp. I was informed by other blind Linux users that Emacspeak would allow me to get ...
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Problems installing miniconda
I'm trying to install Miniconda in a Linux server. I don't have root/sudo access, so I'm using these steps:
Download the Miniconda installer:
wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-...
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Can anyone help with “Malformed entry 9 in list file” [duplicate]
I hate to say it but, I’m extremely new to all of this and looks to me like I’ve hit a simple roadblock but I’m confused as to how I should fix this...
so my issue is pretty much any command I run ...
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Why is apt source picking linux-signed-hwe instead of a real kernel?
I am running
apt-get source linux-image-4.15.0-60-generic
and get
Picking 'linux-signed-hwe' as source package instead of 'linux-image-4.15.0-60-generic'
And I don't get the real source code. Why ...
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Where is Ubuntu Groovy kernel git
I can't find the 5.8 groovy kernel git at
https://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/
Have the maintainers moved it anywhere? How can I find the kernel source git?
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Why doesn't this bash script run as "sh runserver" recognize the "source" command?
I want to make a file which will run 2 command.
One will activate a virtual enviroment and after that, second command will run a server.
My file is called "runserver" and it looks like these:...
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Download missing dependencies when building projects?
Bit of a noob question. Sometimes there are GitHub projects that I clone into my system and then try to build using some kind of a build tool. Most of the times, the dependencies will be listed in the ...
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'source' from alias does not work, but manual sourcing does
I have these lines saved on my .bash_aliases:
alias sss='source ~/.bashrc'
alias merc='source /usr/local/mermaid-bootload/environment-setup-cortexa7t2hf-neon-oe-linux-gnueabi'
When I invoke merc, ...
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Has anyone built and installed a kernel for Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS?
Has anyone:
Successfully downloaded the kernel source?
Successfully installed a built kernel without it crashing on startup?
For Ubuntu 18.04.1?
I managed to use synaptic to get
linux-source ...
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How to download a source package from an ubuntu version and rebuild it for a previous ubuntu version
The python3-pychromecast source package does not exist from Ubuntu Xenial official Ubuntu repositories.
I want to download the Ubuntu Bionic python3-pychromecast source package and rebuild it on ...
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Dynamically construct variables inside the script and fetch values from source parameters
I have a txt file extract.dat which is read inside my code using source.
$ cat extract.dat
ExchgRate_prop="EDB_NAME=share_exchange SRC_WDS=wds PN=ExchgRate"
Compliance_prop="EDB_NAME=...
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bash: "command not found" when calling function defined in ~/.bashrc file in `bash -c` command while opening gnome-terminal tab
What I'm trying to do:
Write a script to open 3 tabs.
cd into a different folder in each tab (ie: run a unique command).
get each tab to have a unique title
I want this scripted so I can click ...
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Package 'lib32ncurses5-dev', 'lib32z1-dev' has no installation candidate
I'm trying to build blink(content_shell) on Ubuntu 12.04 32bit and I am stuck on build/install-build-deps.sh. I think I have tried every single solution that I found on stackoverflow
Error Log:
It ...
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Is there anyway to run this command automatically when system boots up
Everytime I run my ubuntu VM I have to run source ~/.bash_profile I was wondering if there's any way which would run this command automatically as soon as I boot my VM up without me having to do this ...
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static compile fails founding libs
For some rescue task I need to compile extundelete and some other tools with shared libraries within the binary file.
I've been searching through configure and make options as well as AskUbuntu ...
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ubuntu document repository
i am looking for document repository system that i can host in my ubuntu server and be accessed by clients locally. These are the features of concern:
- associate documents with names, id no, ...
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