General :: See The Description Of A Program Before Installing It?

May 25, 2011

How can I see a description of a program or read its man pages before doing apt-get install program?

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General :: How To Find / Dev Description For Device

Jul 11, 2011

I have a microphone that I connected via USB. When I do dmesg it shows [37830.040274] usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 How do I find out what /dev/??? identifier has been associated with the device? I want to record something using XVidCap and need to set the microphone for it to work.

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General :: Installing BitTorrent P2P Program - Ubuntu 9.04

Jan 6, 2010

How to install the BitTorrent peer to peer program? I've downloaded the software, looked around, and cannot find what should be obvious as to how to install and use it. Please keep it simple, as I am an amateur and quite new to Linux and Ubuntu. I'm installing onto Ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop pc. If you suggest using and installing something equivalent, the instructions need to be simple and complete.

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General :: Installing Evolution Email Program - Cannot Get It To Run

Oct 3, 2010

I am running Linux mint 9 Isadora and do not like thunderbird email client. I have downloaded Evolution and can't get it to run. I opened it with archive manager and see many files, but it does not run.

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General :: Adding Description To User Account?

Aug 20, 2009

I did an adduser to create a new account, but i forgot to add a description to the account, so it just looks like this when i look at the passwd file. how can i go back and add one? all my other accounts have descriptions after the two numbers.

testuser:x:512:512::/home/testuser:/bin/bash

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General :: Displays ONLY The Description Text For The RPM Package

Jun 1, 2011

Displays ONLY the description text for the RPM package

how can you do it , ive read online that

"# rpm -qi " gets you all the information how can i just get description ?

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General :: Find Description Of Mpstat Output?

Feb 19, 2010

I'm wondering where I can find description of mpstat output?.. I'm talking about the output of all available counters presented by mpstat. For instance:

Code:
$ mpstat -Au
Linux 2.6.31-19-generic (lenovo-S102) 02/19/10 _i686_(2 CPU)
17:32:15 CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %idle
17:32:15 all 36.00 0.18 10.39 0.73 0.08 0.03 0.00 0.00 52.60
17:32:15 0 36.81 0.15 11.58 1.14 0.16 0.04 0.00 0.00 50.11
17:32:15 1 35.26 0.22 9.31 0.34 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 54.86

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General :: Installing A Program And Have It Accessible As A Command From Any Directory?

Dec 23, 2010

I want to install a program (specifically metasploit), and have it accessible from any directory in the terminal. I have it installed correctly, but I have to travel to the directory it is installed in to run it (by using ./msfconsole ). I want to be able to be in any directory and just run "msfconsole" and have metasploit run. I have to copy the metasploit folder to the /opt/ directory? Maybe the /usr/bin/ directory?

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General :: Installing Program TarBall - Cannot Make It Work

Jan 28, 2010

I know there is lots of documentation out there for installing tar balls but I can't make it work I am trying to work with this file sauerbraten_2009_05_04_trooper_edition_linux.tar.bz2 in file:///home/Nemesis/Downloads/sauerbraten_2009_05_04_trooper_edition_linux.tar.bz2

I am running Fedora 12, the gnome desktop if the desktop matters. I have been running Fedora almost elusively for 2 years and off n on before that but in my many attempts at trying to Install a TARBALL I have always failed hard.

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General :: Installing Program - Different Disk Space Requests

Feb 8, 2011

I am trying to load vmware server. When running vmware-install.pl it asks where to load the bin files. Default is /usr/bin. Cool with me, so I accept then get the error:
"There is insufficient disk space available in /usr/bin. Please make at least an additional 5924k available or choose another directory."

Ok, so in my searches, most cases people actually do have a full disk. I have 30gb free. Another post somewhere stated it could be the file system used, so I tried different file systems. Now I am back on etx3. What's odd is when I blow away the OS and reload and try to install VMware again, I get a different number to be "freed" in the error. Choosing another directory only yeilds a different disk space request.

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General :: Find Mapping Between Man Section Number And It's Description In Standalone Mashine?

Aug 14, 2010

where I can to find mapping between man section number and it's description in standalone mashine.In other words, where I can to find description of some man section when I have not connection to Internet? For example:

1 -> User commands
2, 3 -> Linux programmer's manual
and so on..

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General :: Filesystems - Where To Find A Description Of File System Mount Options

Aug 28, 2010

Is there some file in Linux that enumerates and describes mount options for file systems like /etc/services describes ports?

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General :: Detailed Description Of The Login Process For Both Root And Normal User?

May 19, 2010

i am looking for a detailed description of the login process for both root and normal user , also locally and remotely.i read some sentences that the files .bashrc and bash_profile are needed for this process. But that was very concise.

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General :: Installing A Library Locally In Home Directory But Program Doesn't Recognize It

Aug 18, 2011

I am installing a program on a server as a non-root user. Specifically it is tmux 1.5, but this should apply broadly to all locally installed program in my opinion (I mention the program name in case this problem ends up not being my own error).

The program requires me to install some dependent libraries (e.g. libevent and ncurses). So, I installed them both locally since I do not have root access

cd $HOME/library/installation/folder
DIR=$HOME/local
./configure --prefix=$DIR
#... make ... make install

[Code]....

Ok, so this installs the program without problems into $HOME/local/bin, but if I run the executable: $HOME/local/bin/tmux , I get the following error:

tmux: error while loading shared libraries: libevent-2.0.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

It would seem to me that the program cannot find the desired libraries, but the file libevent-2.0.so.5 does indeed exist in $HOME/local/lib as specified in the configure options. I am wondering how I can get the program to recognize the installed library in order to run. I tried putting symbolic links in $HOME/lib, $HOME/bin, and $HOME/local/bin, but none of these worked.

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General :: Possible Disabling Crontab Job Without Deleting Crontab Description Entry

Jun 23, 2011

is it possible disabling a crontab job without deleting the crontab description entry (by crontab -e)?I could also accept to change the entry itself. Now it's:0 0 * * 0-6 /home/me/cron/script.csh

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General :: Installing A .tar.gz File - How To Get A Working Program From The .tar.gz File

Apr 22, 2010

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and had hoped to use Synaptic to find and install Truecrypt. As Synaptic couldn't find it I downloaded it from [URL]. In case it helps the file is called "truecrypt-6.3a-linux-x86.tar.gz". Apart from not knowing how to get a working program from the .tar.gz file, I don't know whether the installation process sorts out where the file should go and puts it there, or whether I have to create a directory for it and put it there myself.

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Ubuntu :: Installing A Tar Program?

Jun 20, 2010

I'm trying to install a program called Slam Soccer 2006 (it's original name is bolzplatz2006). Anyway, no package is available, so I'm having to install it using the tar.gz file. I've read all the Documentation that I could find on ubuntu sites, and I think I understand the extract, configure, make, install process. However, I keep getting stuck on the ./configure phase. When I type ./confiure into the command line it keeps telling me that no such command exists. I tried downloading Kludge Tarball installer so I could have a graphic interface to walk me through the problem. Everything seems fine until I get to the configure phase and I get the following message:

sh: Can't open configure

(zenity:907: Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: Error on line 4 char 128: '.' is not a valid name
(zenity:907: Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to set text from markup due to error parsing markup: Error on line 4 char 128: '.' is not a valid name

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Fedora :: No More Mirrors To Try When Installing Program

Apr 5, 2011

I am having a problem with installing mysql and mysql-workbench. I installed a group of packages related to mysql on my system and it seemed to work fine. Due to an error in my setup, I decided to uninstall all the mysql packages and start from scratch. On my second try, I was able to load all he packages except mysql-workbench

I get the following error from the Add/Remove software application. workbench-5.2.30-1.fc14.i686: failure: mysql-workbench-5.2.30-1.fc14.i686.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. why I can not get the package again to install?

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Ubuntu :: Installing WoW - 'Program Files'?

Jun 6, 2010

I've just installed Ubuntu on my laptop. This is the first time I've ever dealt with linux, and was very much a spur of the moment thing (probably not ideal, I know). My laptop is only small and does not have a disc drive.I would like to install World of Warcraft onto my laptop. Usually my plan of action would be to pop the files under Program Files onto an external hard drive, then copy them over and voila.I'm not 100% sure what the Ubuntu equivalent is to Program Files. Google search suggests usr/bin, but it requires permission to move files there and I'm really not sure how to go about doing this.

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CentOS 5 :: Installing A Gui Panel Program

Dec 12, 2009

I have rented a VPS based on CentOS5 (naturally) from Burst.net who use a front panel by vePortal.I can't access it by its own shell and am told that CentOS5 does not come with FTP or Putty access. THey must be installed by me.(I'm not sure of the support competence at the provider, so I've come to the source)I think/hope that such basics would be part of the primary OSystem?How would I install programs onto a system with no such access?

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Ubuntu :: Error Installing A Program Through Wine

Sep 23, 2010

I recently got a new netbook and the first thing I did was install ubuntu along side the XP install. The problem I'm running into right now is when I try to install a statistics program that I need for class I get an error. There is a popup labeled RegUtil with the error "Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument" and in the terminal window there is the message "wine: cannot find L"C:\windows\system32\netsh.exe."

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Ubuntu Servers :: Installing Just One Program From Other Repositories?

Oct 23, 2010

Is it possible to install just one program from newer repositories? Our server is Ubuntu 10.04 but I need the newer ImageMagick which is available in the 10.10 repositories. If I use these repos, and try to apt-get install imagemagick, I am prompted to install 20 or so other new programs, which I fear will mess up the system.

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Ubuntu :: Graphical Program Over X Without Installing Any Sort Of GUI?

Feb 15, 2011

I have a really old Dell computer (Dell PowerEdge 1300) that I am wanting to use as a small server (samba file server and apt-cacher-ng). I installed Ubuntu server and then did "sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop" which was a bad idea because it killed the performance.So here is my question.Ive read you can split the X client and server. Would that let me run a graphical program (like Synaptic) over X without installing any sort of GUI on the Dell?If that is the case, how would I go about doing so?If I would still have to install a GUI on the Dell, what are other options since the on-board display adapter seems to struggle with graphics?

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Ubuntu :: Installing A Program Which Requires Fftw 2.x?

Jun 7, 2011

I've been trying to install MPGrafic (google it to open the package) without succeeding. (I also have in my home directory). The problem is that, in order to install it, I need the 2 version of the fftw (I've downloaded the 2.1.5 from the fftw website). I install
everything in the folder /libraries (I don't have writing permission on the /usr/lib folder)

./configure --enable-mpi --enable-type-prefix --enable-float
--prefix=/libraries
make install

[code]....

I got an error: I need the fftw with double precision. So I think the ./configure does not read the library properly, or I need another version of the library or I need other flags.

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Ubuntu :: Installing Windows Program Using Wine

Nov 27, 2009

I installed Wine no problem. Then I downloaded a Windows Chess program(ECTool) to the desktop. I right clicked on the ECTool icon and checked run with Wine. The program came up just fine and I could make moves on the chessboard, but no information was saved. I got a blank screen under games in progress. Anyone use this program or have any ideas what to do next? ECTool is listed as a program that works with Wine.

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Slackware :: Rethinking The Description During Install?

Mar 16, 2011

Back in the days of slow machines, displaying the package description during an install provided for some reading to break up the boredom (if one was inspired to sit there and watch it do the install). Now days, the descriptions just fly by, several a second most of the time (unless doing things manually). Do we really need this anymore? It's unreadable.

I'd rather see a list of packages being installed scroll by, one package name per line (with size info). Even that might get hard to read during the buzz of small packages being installed causing rapid scrolls.

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General :: Make A Script To Open A Program Then Operate Within That Program?

May 7, 2010

I am new to linux and am trying out script writing. I am using shell. How can I make a script to open a program then operate within that program?

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Make: *** - .obj/matrix.o - Error During Installing A Program

Feb 25, 2011

I am trying to install a program and it spews out an error about the .obj/matrix.o file.

The output is quoted here:

Code:

The program I was trying to install is a robot simulator which performs lots of matrix manipulation and linear system solving. I followed every step in the installation guide, except for this one:

On Ubuntu, all you need to do is install the following packages from the package manager:

libblas-dev
liblapack-dev

As shown above, I am using RHEL 6, which has different libraries with Ubuntu. I tried "yum search" and installed these libraries instead: lapack.x86_64 : Numerical linear algebra package libraries blas.x86_64 : The Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms library.

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Software :: Installing Mondo The System Recovery Program But Can't Seem To Do It

Mar 3, 2010

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10. Tried installing Mondo the system recovery program but can't seem to do it. I've attached a copy of the Terminal error below.

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OpenSUSE Install :: Wrong Rpm Package Description

Aug 7, 2010

What the right place to report errors in package descriptions ? There are more than two dozens categories mentioned on the openSUSE "reporting a bug" web page but none of them seem to fit. The packager of the concerned rpm is bugs.opensuse.org, no email printed out when launching rpm -qpi <package name>.

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