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Trying to install no-ip, but getting error

I am trying to install noip dynamic update client on ubuntu server 13.04. I am able to get through the auto config up to the point where it tries to create the debian package. Here is the error log. ...
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gedit R plugin not working after upgrade to 13.10

I recently upgraded to 13.10, and my R plugin for gedit is no longer working. When I go to gedit->preferences->plugins and try to enable "R integration", I have little red error symbol and a message ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 window jitter

I'm on ubuntu 12.04, running the propriety nvidia drivers (i have tried using the generic drivers). Whenever i drag a window around it slowly redraws itself. Any ideas on what to try? System Specs ...
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Actual name or pen-name for bzr whoami?

I am setting up bazaar, and need to tell it my identity using whoami command. Am confused as to whether I should provide my real name, or my online/pen name for the purpose?
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Fixing corrupt backup GPT table?

After successfully installing a dual boot environment, adding Ubuntu 13.10 to a preinstalled Windows 8 configuration I decided to increase the unallocated SSD disk space after reading about the ...
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Help Installing Linux W/ Ubuntu onto a Usb stick to boot from another computer From a Linux Machine [duplicate]

Im tryng to boot my computer with Linux w/ Ubuntu through a Usb stick/flash drive. I know how to do it from a windows computer but not from another linux machine...Help?
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Can I recover data from a corrupt partition?

My system is a dual boot, windows 8 (Originally windows 7, if it matters)/Ubuntu. The other day, I shrunk my Windows partition, to extend my linux partition. It's not the first time I've done it, but ...
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Made an executable .jar , runs on Windows but Ubuntu doesn't run it?

I made the following small file with Eclipse, using the SWT Library: //all the imports public class classtest { public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); ...
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Restart service minutes after startup

I have a situation where I'm looking to run a service restart a couple minutes after startup. The particulars as to why are as follows, but the essense of my question is basically captured in in that ...
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Airmon-ng can't find Wlan0

When I run this command sudo airmon-ng start wlan0. I have this : Found 5 processes that could cause trouble. If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after a short period of time, you ...
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How to access Ruby on Rails Assets from a Host Machine

I am running a Ruby on Rails server on an Ubuntu VirtualBox guest machine. I can access the local server from my host machine by setting the Ubuntu network adapter to bridged. My app's hmtl is ...
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Questions about Software wine?

Wanted to say that Is all the software on Windows wine Is installed? Do The software can be used such as:Adobe Dreamweaver CS6,Visual Studio 2012 On wine Installed?
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Lenovo x1 carbon touchpad accuracy

I just installed ubuntu 10.04 on my x1 carbon. Everything seems to work well except the touchpad. It seems that every time I move the curser to click on something, it jumps few pixels away. I ...
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want to access local Ubuntu server to get files to hosting

I do have local Ubuntu server with files, I need to access those files and upload them to my website hosting. How can I do it?
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Cinnamon won't run on *Ubuntu 13.10

I tried to install cinnamon on my Kubuntu 13.10, just upgraded from 13.04 without problems. There is this ppa: ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable Also tried to use the non-ppa-versions (those ...
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How to run Libreoffice calc [duplicate]

When libreoffice calc is install in simdock libreoffice calc can not open how can you write in the correct command. Thanks.
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I get a weird message each time I open the shell

Once I open the terminal , the following message appears: a.a is watching you How could I get rid of this message and where does it come from?
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How to create an android html app easily?

What is the easiest way to create an android html app ? In windows I can create it by using dreamweaver and phonegap . How about ubuntu 13.10 64bit ? Thanks
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Mount point for multiple ext4 partition

I can't find any related question and answer that will satisfy me on my quest. All I see that people telling to create a ext partition with mount point '/' and a swap space. But I want to create ...
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Netbeans 7.0.1 doesn't work

I installed netbeans 7.0.1 and MySql in ubuntu 13.04 and the first time netbeans start but doesn't create projects. So i close netbeans and restarted but doesn't star. There's is a solution? I need to ...
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why spelling checker and grammer checkers are not there in LibreOffice

Why the libreOffice dose not detect any wrong words or wrong grammar, even I followed and I did what they mentioned in this site but no result.Can any one know how get them
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Ubuntu - One process running - Tons of memory used [duplicate]

I've installed Ubuntu using the Microsoft Windows Installer, and it's running pretty slow. I've got 3.8 GB ram on my computer, and by running free -m I'm getting the following results : ...
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How can I turn off animations in Ubuntu 13.10?

I'm having a problem with LibreOffice and Ubuntu 13.10. Namely, whenever I try to access different Calc spreadsheets by ctrl-clicking the Calc icon on the left toolbar, the system becomes completely ...
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How to set up an old laptop as a wireless terminal to the desktop

I have searched countless phrases to find an answer and can't quite figure this one out. It is to my understanding that (as it was many moons ago at universities and the like) you can still use one ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 makes me restart every time the Internet is down

I have Ubuntu 13.04, and the same thing happened with ubuntu 13.10. Every time the Internet is slow or down, the system is very slow. I need to restart the notebook or wait for about 15 or 20 minutes ...
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How to split an iso and join them together?

I have an ISO file about 24 GB. I want it to move to the other PC. My pendrive is about 16 GB. Is there any way I can part the iso and again join them together. This OC is ubuntu and other one is ...
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Unable to boot on windows after installing ubunu

I just intalled ubuntu(the real one) and now i am unable to run on my previous win7. As far as i know I didn't overwrite the windows partition. If I try to launch windows it breaks down directly(with ...
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What are the Default $PATH Values?

On Mac OS X, the default $PATH values are: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin What are the default values on Linux?
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Missing 50GB on my 100Gb harddrive

I have a 128GB harddrive formatted with the btrfs. However, for some reason I'm missing around half of the disk space. Do any of you have any idea of how to fix it? See this screenshot for details
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Sound problem in Kubuntu 13.10

I have a sound problem on Kubuntu 13.10 which I find rather annoying. The problem comes in two stages. By default, I cannot listen to skype. So, following a suggestion similar to this one, I added ...
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SFTP connection successful, but can't upload files

I followed this guide. I am using Ubuntu Server and Filezilla, and I can succesfully connect. However, I can only read and download files, not upload or edit them. If I change the file permissions to ...
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How can I return non-zero if upstart job fails to start?

How can I return non-zero from an upstart job if it fails to launch the first time? I suspect that respawn might be the culprit here, but perhaps not. The reason I want respawn is because myscript....
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How can I tweak Launcher and Menu Bar behavior?

I mostly like Unity, although some things go too far in the MacOS direction for my liking and other things are simply not great usability practices that I would like to fix. Two things in particular ...
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I can't shutdown my laptop using Ubuntu

I am now using Ubuntu 13.10 with dual boot on window7.When I shutdown from ubuntu,my laptop restarts.I shutdown from window.Please solve my problem.Help me.
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NoMachine NX Client V4 and Lightdm

I am trying to connect from an Ubuntu 13.10 laptop with Nomachine nx V4 to an Ubuntu 12.04 system with Nomachine nx V3.5 I can successfully connect to the machine, but if I try to connect to the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Install 64 bit version instead of already installed 32 bit - system is not booting off CD Rom

I had already installed the 32 bit version of 12.04 Ubuntu (new install 2 weeks back) to test it out and now want to re-install the 64 bit version to maximize my PC processing power with quad core. ...
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can I use both ubuntu and windows 8 when I download online? [duplicate]

If I download ubuntu on my windows 8 , is it going to completely replace the windows OS in the sense that I cannot use windows 8 anymore on my laptop?
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Update Ubuntu 12.04.3 Lts Updated version

Hello any one help me out I have using ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS in my laptop.IN my college we are using LAN connection to access internet.Through this LAN server providing squid proxy serve to access ...
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I am not able to download any plugin for audio or video on Ubuntu 13.10

I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10. And for some reason I am unable to download any plugin automatically. I never had this problem before. Here is an image what Rhythmbox or the default video player ...
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How to make the shutter top panel icon to be permanent?

I'm running ubuntu 13.10.Whenever i open the shutter application,a shutter icon was displayed on the unity top-panel.But it remains for sometime. But my question is how to make this icon to be ...
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I want to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and install windows 8

I want to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and install windows 8 via USB. I have a bootable usb stick and boot order is set to boot from the USB stick but it takes me directly to the GNU GRUB screen instead ...
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apt-cache show specific dependencies

It would appear that it specifies that the following dependencies are installed: 2.4.6-2ubuntu4 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.4 2.2.22-1ubuntu1 Why does the apache2 package consist of sub dependencies (apache2-...
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How can I turn off/set nodmraid for installation?

I've created a live USB to install Ubuntu (on a 4 GB USB). When I go to install Ubuntu onto my 16GB USB from the live session, I followed some instructions for setting up my partitions then once I ...
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Can't boot ISO from USB UNetbootin

I was trying to install Linux Mint and a few other OS's through UNetbootin. (Xubuntu 12.04) The ISO's burned alright, but when I tried to boot them up, I got the message: "Non-system boot disk. Press ...
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How to upgrade openSSH version in ubuntu 10.04

I need to upgrade the openSSH version present in my ubuntu server to a higher version. Please provide me steps to do so.
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Is Norwegian language supported?

Can I get Norwegian language support in Ubuntu? I don't want to get an operating system that doesn't support my language. I also wonder if I can type in Norwegian, can I do that? Can I install Ubuntu ...
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Can't mount "Windows Disk" after installing ubuntu [duplicate]

I can't mount or even boot my windows disk after I installed ubuntu. Can anyone help me, how can I solve this, please? Error message: Couldn't analyze partition: Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/...
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Setting up domains in a virtual machine running Apache

I'm runnning Ubuntu Server 12.04.3 LTS as host system. I created a virtual machine running Debian 7.2.0 and Apache 2.2 using VirtualBox 4.3.4. The network bridging between host and guest system was ...
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How to find the attached devices UUID through terminal?

Is there any other method to find all the attached devices UUID through terminal(other than using the blkidcommand ?
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Does Ubuntu remembers installed softwares in the trial mode from Pen Drive

I have not installed Ubuntu in my computer. I am using it in trail mode (by choosing the option 'Try Ubuntu Without Installing it'. i want to ask that if I install some software on this Ubuntu, will ...
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