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Is it possible to run iCloud Drive on Ubuntu?
I'm active Apple user, I have MacBook at home, but Linux PC on the work. One of most annoying thing for me is sync my personal data between home, work and mobile devices (like documents etc). At the ...
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Bluetooth adapter not found Ubuntu 14.04
I know this has been asked a lot, but I have tried almost every possible answer and it still isn't working. I am currently running Ubuntu 14.04 on my Asus C300 chromebook through crouton, and I can't ...
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What is the proper way to create a bootable image of my system?
Wouldn't it be nice if I could just get my system set up right after I install it, with all of the themes and programs and SDKs that I want, and then just save that snapshot? Like a backup, except I'd ...
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Ubuntu .desktop file not working but command line launch works
Ubuntu 15.10 running in a VM.
I have an application installed in /devel that I am able to run from the command line with the command: /devel/dbvis. This launches the GUI and works fine.
I created a ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Mouse Touchpad gone bad
I have a problem with my touchpad, but I don't think it's a hardware issue. I've recently upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 and after a few days of use, the mouse pointer is behaving kind of wierd.
What it ...
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ClamAV installation Ubuntu
I am trying to install ClamAV in ubuntu as per the instructions in
blog.dutchcoders.io/installing-clamav-from-source/
While updating the virus databases using
sudo freshclam -v
I am getting
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Why the virtual interface is down when I establish a layer-3 SSH VPN using “tun” devices
I would like to establish a layer-3 SSH VPN on Ubuntu 14.04. To create a tun virtual device, I used the command ssh -f -w 0:0 [email protected] -p 2010 true, it creates the interface 'tun0' but the ...
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ERROR: ssh: connect to host 10.5.60.8 port 22: No route to host [on hold]
I have created two virtual machines (ie., Ubuntu machines) on Oracle virtual box and when I am trying to run ssh-copy-id command I got below error:
ERROR: ssh: connect to host 10.5.60.8 port 22: ...
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I can ping IPs but can't resolve domains
I have Xubuntu 14.04 installed on my server. network-manager is not installed. It seems to have lost its ability to resolve domains, and I'm not sure where to begin diagnosing the issue.
ping 8.8.8.8 ...
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How to troubleshoot and fix vnc connectivity issue with ubuntu 14.04 virtual machine
I have a remote Ubuntu machine, which I decided to use VNC to connect to. I followed the instructions. The Ubuntu machine is a VM with just a root account at the moment, and I think my problem is that ...
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Bootloader Grub2 - delete partition where ubuntu resides
I have a dualboot with the following two Os's:
Windows10
Kubuntu
And the bootloader
Grub2
What happends with the bootloader if I delete/formats the partition where Kubuntu is installed? Does it ...
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How to install Electrum 2.6.3 bitcoin wallet on Ubuntu / Mint and derivates
Today's question of mine was How do I install Electrum 2.6.3 bitcoin wallet on my Linux Mint, Ubuntu and it should work on other derivates.
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Using grep in conditional statement in bash
I'm still very new to scripting in bash, and just trying a few what I thought would be basic things. I want to run DDNS that updates from the my server running Ubuntu 14.04.
Borrowing some code from ...
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Ubuntu starting error
I found this error while rebooting my Ubuntu OS:
/etc/profile:line 30:Syntax error near unexpected token 'JAVA'
/etc/profile:line 30:'fi JAVA HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0'
As a result the session ...
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Ubuntu unable to remove old kernels due to lack of free space [on hold]
I want to remove old kernels from the / directory to free space, so I have tried using ubuntu-tweak and the CLI but it says that there is not empty space to do it. What could I do?
I typed sudo ...
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Ubuntu - Uninstall preinstalled software
I have an Ubuntu derived Distro and I don't need most of the preinstalled programs.
Not everything is listed within the Software Center, for example a Photo-Viewer and a Music Player.
Since I'm a ...
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Ubuntu does not find shared object file; sudo ldconfig -v did not help
I'm on a 32 bit Xubuntu 15.04 installation on which I have to work with a legacy application, which I only have in binary form. That binary requires libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3, which I managed to find ...
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How can I connect to Windows 10 laptop via cable? [on hold]
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04. I tried
route gw IP_address_of_Windows_10_laptop
but it said "network unreachable".
I also have Android and iPhone that connect to Wi-Fi. We can only connect via Wi-Fi.
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User Admin - View Permissions when 750 is used for home
apologies if this question is caused by a fundamental misunderstanding.
But as main admin of a server: I want to make it so that users cant see each others home folders. (so I chmod 750 the home ...
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Hex dump with grep to find a file path [on hold]
When I run the command hd along with a grep search it returns a certain file twice. Would it be possible to find the file path where it is actually located to make it possible to open and view the ...
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Ubuntu can't connect to my Google
Every time I turn on my Ubuntu machine, I am greeted with the same message: "Can't connect to Google accounts." My Google said that I needed to verify that signin, and I did, but for some reason, ...
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How to resolve “mount.nfs: access denied by server” error
I am trying to mount a directory from a Raspberry Pi 2 (the NFS server) from an Ubuntu 15.10 PC (the NFS client). When I try, I get the error:
mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting ...
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How to run a jar together with faketime
I need run a certain jar file with a mock time for testing purposes. When I execute the jar in the usual way
$ java -jar myjar.jar
it runs perfectly. But when I try to run it together with ...
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Stuck on grub rescue with no /boot directory?
Deleted a partition during Windows 7 installation. Now all I get is
error: no such partition.
Entering rescue mode..
grub rescue>
I tried to look for /boot directory:
grub rescue > ls
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Conditions sent over ssh are performed locally, not remotely [duplicate]
So I am trying to do something like this:
ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -i \
/home/backupboy/.ssh/id_rsa [email protected] \
"[[ $(ls -1 /mnt/dir | wc -l) -gt 4 ...
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Paver update_db error: Build failed: Unknown task: update_db [closed]
I created a new ubuntu server on Azure, it came with Open EDX Cybress installed(bitnami)
I need to enable single sign on and for that somebody posted the instructions for me:
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Ubuntu 14.04 crashing when 2 monitors are plugged in
The title is pretty self-explanatory. Ubuntu 14.04 is crashing, but only if 2 monitors are plugged in. If I start my computer with just the main monitor everything works fine.
What is weird is that ...
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Rsyslog not creating log files
I'm hardening an Ubuntu 14.04 VM to CIS standards and am having a problems getting rsyslog to create the necessary files.
Note: I'm getting better with Linux but I'm no master yet, please excuse any ...
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Puppy Linux on laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 (dual-boot)?
I just read about Puppy Linux the other day. The latest release is called Tahrpup, and is partially built from Trusty Tahr (Ubuntu 14.04). So now I am curious, and I would like to install it on my ...
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Running the Following Playbook syntax appears to be correct but getting following ERROR!- 'blockinfile' is not a valid attribute for a Play
Running the Following Playbook syntax appears to be correct but getting following ERROR!
ERROR! 'blockinfile' is not a valid attribute for a Play
The error appears to have been in ...
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PATH not getting exported from ~/.profile until manually sourced
I am trying to modify my PATH in ~/.profile:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/jdk1.8/bin
echo "Path is exported."
I will always login via SSH so that's why I have it in ~/.profile. I am using zsh (oh-my-zsh) ...
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NGINX and PHP Pools
We host quite a few client sites, and I've inherited a shared hosting ecosystem on DigitalOcean.
We run a LEMP stack, and all sites were at the same permission access level as eachother.
We are now ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 stuck on boot: blank purple screen. Can only kill power
I did some digging but couldn't find an answer to my problem.
I'm a first time Linux user, when I turn on my laptop running ONLY Ubuntu 14.04 on it, 50% of the time it freezes on a blank purple ...
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Automatically enable systemd services installed using deb?
I'm building a bunch of services to install on my own (automatically created) servers. I'm migrating from upstart on Ubuntu 14.04, where services are enabled by default (we have to do extra work if we ...
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Create a restricted user on Ubuntu
I need to grant guest SSH access to some user to review our server. He could:
access only /opt/www/ folder (and subfolders)
can list folders
but can't read files content
can't edit/create files
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Reopen Terminal windows after restarting
In Mac, if I have a few Terminal windows open and I restart the computer or quit Terminal, the windows that were open last are opened again with their working directories and command histories ...
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NFS shares not being exported on reboot
When I reboot the NFS server (Ubuntu 14.04), it is not exporting the NFS shares (sudo showmount -e is empty). I have to open a terminal and manually sudo exportfs -ra. After that showmount will then ...
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How to Install latest version of Node js for Elementary OS (ubuntu)
I have downloaded node v5 for Linux on the *node website and found some instructions on how to Install a tar.gz file but this file ends with tar.xz and I can't find any instructions for that. Please ...
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Permanent proxy by sshuttle to Tunnel all the traffic
I need to set a proxy for my server. So I ran sshuttle on my server as follows:screen -dmS proxy sshuttle --dns -r [email protected]:2020 0/0
When I log out the session, I can not login to the ...
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Ubuntu 2 terminator windows 2 layouts with difference colors
i have 2 terminator windows with 2 difference layouts default and mylayout. I want 2 difference colors for my lyouts, nit profiles, is it possible?
I try to add at config file in layout section some ...
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Unable to install/boot Ubuntu 14.04
I have downloaded a 64bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 for my little Lenovo Laptop, and saved it on my desktop. Using unetbootin I mounted the file and started the installation process. After following the ...
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Vncpasswd script for ubuntu 14 server
I have all other issues resolved one last thing is ,i want vncpasswd as automated . These commands are working perfectly when i copy paste them in terminal but these aint working in script File.
I ...
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Is it okay that update in Ubuntu ask for passphrase a few times
Sorry for my bad English guys.
I'm new with ubuntu (and Linux) sorry if my question is silly.
So, I have my file directory encrypted, and when I've installed Ubuntu, in a few seconds the update app ...
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du -sh * discrepencies [duplicate]
Can someone explain why the following results do not add up. I just rebooted and logged in, and I have the following:
As root:
du -sh /home/*
7.8G /home/mike
4.0K /home/Systemback
`du -sh ...
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Load old Ubuntu Linux after fresh Linux Mint install
I had Ubuntu and time ago I installed Linux Mint.
During installation there was no option for alongside install, so I chose the manual option for the install to empty the partition (mount point /).
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An environment variable with equal sign and && operator
I want to create an environment variable for this command:
git --git-dir= echo test-folder/.git/ add Steps-to-follow.txt && git --git-dir= echo test-folder/.git/ commit
This is a relevant ...
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multi boot win 7 ubuntu 15.10 kali
this is my first time using grub and I am hitting a problem. I can't seem to install ubuntu in the manner I "think" I should AND added to that I get unusable space. Here's what I am doing could ...
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Increase virtual HDD space on VMWare for Ubuntu
I am having an issue following instructions on how to increase from here
I cannot get the unallocated space, to merge with the sda1, no matter what I try, I allocate the 30GB, then try it that way, ...
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Apt Unmet dependecies: libefl-bin
I am encountering an error when I run apt-get upgrade. It appears I have a package installed that has unmet dependencies.
uname -a output:
Linux kbu 3.19.0-56-generic #62~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar ...
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Ubuntu Server is not sharing all drives
I have a box running Ubuntu Server with Samba installed. It has two external 4 TB drives.
I have ./media/ chmoded to 777 and I pointed to media/ in my Samba config.
When I'm in the box I can see ...
