Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up Failed Installations?

Aug 24, 2010

I was installing a few programs when my computer froze, I rebooted, and the installations never finished. I didn't log in to ubuntu for several days, and forgot the exact programs that I was trying to install. Now when I try to open up Synaptic Package Manager, I get this error:E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.I can't install certain programs, etc.Something is screwed up. I think it has to do with the failed installations.

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Ubuntu :: Using Ver. 10.04 - Cleaning HD

Nov 16, 2010

Can anyone clean up, and thus free up space on, my hard drive. i've tried -computer janitor, constantly empty the trash, and delete stuff from the download folder. where is the stuff i've installed going, not in synaptic- i've searched for programs i want to delete there and cannot find them. meanwhile i've got like 400mb left on a 13 GB HD and cant do a thing about it.

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Ubuntu :: TMP Folder Not Cleaning Up?

May 29, 2011

After figuring out that this is happening on my brand new 10.04 install, I've suddenly realized it explained what was happening on the 9.10 install I'm replacing.

I'm finding out on the internet that /tmp in Ubuntu is typically a Ramdisk, thus cleared automatically on reboot - but that's not how I was ever taught to setup a linux box; I *always* create /home var et al and mount them separately, including /tmp.

So on my new 10.04 install I am informed my tmp partition is down to 12 Meg, and find K9Copy crashed last night (I initially thought this was due to a crash, but testing shows it just - leaves them there. K9Copy!) leaving a 4.5 Gig file sitting in tmp. I add a couple Gig to the tmp partition (LVM rocks btw.) and reboot. Files are still there.

I finally went in via gksu nautilus and manually deleted the data.

More research find this results in exactly the kind of issues I was having previously in my 9.10 install (albeit without the helpful warning that helped me figure it out) of Firefox and various other programs acting glitchy because they right to tmp and it's full.

I'm a n00b, and really don't know how to fix this - the 'proper' way to clean tmp seems to involve dropping entirely out of X to userlevel 0 and running from the commandline?!?! . . /tmp is supposed to be for temporary files; ideally a program should clean up after itself, but it's actually Ubuntu's job to clean this.

My going in and manually cleaning out files is insane if gksu nautilus is involved, nevermind if that's the *wrong* way. I'm certainly not the guy to write a cronjob to clean this. On the other hand - this only started in the last week or so (on 9.10) so it has to be a recent change.

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Firefox Stuff ?

Jan 9, 2010

I'm writing a script to clean my computer.

Everything is good to go except i have no clue how to clear firefox's history and whatnot from the command line.

This is one of the commands i found...: rm .mozilla/firefox/linux-blog.default/cookies.txt

It tells me no such file or directory.

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up GRUB & It's Implications?

Apr 18, 2010

Would like to ask for some advise regarding GRUB. I have been using Windows for a long time and recently have finally decided to switch to Linux. A good friend recommended Ubuntu and I have installed it on an 8GB USB thumbdrive for test drive. Nowadays, I mainly boot from this thumbdrive for my personal computing use. [I am a supporter of the "Immersion Learning" school. The only way for me to really learn is to force myself to use the system ] as I frequently updates my Ubuntu 9.10 via the Update Manager, I found my GRUB screen now have multiple entries like below:

[Code]....

I would like to remove the last 4 lines but:

1. I'm not sure how to do it?

2. And do i just delete the entries or do i also have to delete some system files? {this is important as i am running this on a USB thumbdrive and would like to remove any files that are no longer necessarily and keep the installation as lean as possible}.

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up The Grub Menu?

Jul 4, 2010

I see too many entries upon turning on my laptop: [URL]..There should only be 3 entries: Windows partition, Ubuntu partition, and the memtest thing, I believe. The *doubling* up of Windows and Ubuntu is due to me wiping Ubuntu, then reinstalling Ubuntu. The third entry for Ubuntu is due to re apt-get install'ing gnome-desktop. How can simplify the menu?

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Ubuntu :: Using 10.04 - Cleaning Up Hard Drive

Nov 16, 2010

how to free up space on my measly 13GB HD? i tried computer janiotor, deleted downloads, and continuously empty the trash. i dont know what's taking up all the space or where to go to get rid of stuff.

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up Windows XP Version?

Feb 4, 2011

I am planning to completely clean up my windows xp version and install ubuntu. I've decided to clean up win xp coz my system is under serious virus attacks. Will this installation of ubuntu version speed up my system?

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Ubuntu :: Remove The Other Installations That Not Using?

Mar 1, 2011

i have multiple installations of ubuntu 10.10, and i have a windows 7 installation. i was wanting to know how to remove the other ubuntu installations that im not using?

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Fedora :: Cleaning Up /var/tmp

Dec 19, 2009

Can i safelly clean up /var/tmp? it contains 730mb of files

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Ubuntu :: HDD Deep Cleaning Of Deleted Files?

Jul 14, 2010

Is there a way to deep clean the supposedly "empty" areas of HDD. I've found "shred" and similar tools by googling, but they allow either deleting a file or complete wipeout of a HDD. What I'd like to do is clean up what's left of already deleted files (which can probably be still "undeleted") on a live HDD (with useful data, which doesn't need to be destroyed).

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up Root File System

Dec 16, 2010

My current installation setup has a separate partition for /, /boot, /home, /tmp, /usr, and /var. The problem I have is the root partition / is 98% full (4.3GB full). Cleaning temp files and log files won't help since they are on their own partition (and clean). I've removed all but two linux-images. Linux images seem to run at a size of roughly 105M. My root partition is 4.6GB. I can't seem to find any other options for cleaning up space on this partition. I have no idea what is taking up 4.6GB of space.

Disk Usage Analyzer has not been helpful since I have not been able to reconcile 4.6GB of memory with what it claims the total size of the remaining directories occupy. I've tried localepurge, gtkorphan, apt-get clean, apt-get autoclean, apt-get autoremove. I've removed all packages listed under Status -> Not Installed in the package manager. My root file system is still 98% full (4.3GB full).

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Ubuntu :: Way To Have Grub2 Managing Two Installations On Same PC?

Jan 27, 2010

Is there a way to have grub2 managing two installations from ubuntu on the same pc ?I have two partitions, one with karmic, another with lucid. Grub is detecting automatically the two or more kernels, but assigning them to the same root partition.Is there a way to make update-grub, detecting lucid kernel, and assigning it automatically to lucid partition, and the same for karmic ?It seems, that os-prober, detects the lucid installation from karmic, and print the correct corresponding partition on the screen, but in the config file, the root partition is the wrong one, and os-prober doesn't detect karmic...

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Ubuntu :: How To Pause The Installations/updates

Feb 1, 2010

Is there a way to pause installations/updates? If there is not, would it be possible to implement that?It seems these days that installations through synaptic seem to take ages to download files. While downloading the files, ubuntu will not let you run any other package manager. So if I am updating my system or installing several programs through synaptic, I am unable to install anything else. For example a deb file ive downloaded, or i would like to install a single program while all these other files download.

I can understand not being able to install multiple things at once, but why is it not possible to install things while it downloads the files? Sometimes it days several hours/days to download the files.

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Ubuntu :: 9.10 - Grub2 Not Detecting Win 7 Installations

Mar 10, 2010

I have Ubuntu 9.10 and Win7 both installed on my desktop. I use Windows for gaming (when I actually have the chance...) Anyway, for some reason update-grub is not detecting my Win7 installation, neither is os-prober. I attempted to add a custom Grub2 entry to point to Windows 7, however, when I select it from Grub, I simply get a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper-left, after waiting 20 minutes, Windows still hadn't loaded.

Here are hopefully all the relevant files:
sudo fdisk -l
Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x059c059c .....

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Ubuntu :: 10.04 Installations On Sony Vaio CW

Jun 9, 2010

I've been trying to install Ubuntu 64bit on Sony Vaio CW and the Screen is 14 inch when I boot from CD it seems to work normal but after i select "Try Ubuntu without installing" or "Install Ubuntu" then the screen goes black like nothing happening but the CD runs for while then stop. Again I reboot to try again this time I press F6 then select "nomodeset" and it boots fine I was happy though, after installation success when I boot again WTF it goes black again and then I reboot and press "E" during the options that showing to select OS then I remove "Quit Splash".

I guess then I add "nomodeset" and control+X to boot, it works fine. So when I log in and of course I activate the Nvidia Graphic Driver then I reboot and WTF again the screen was out sync or something like the the screen didn't show properly. The Application menu normally is on the upper left of the screen but this time it was on the center of screen and the Shut down button came to the left side and i have to move the mouse cursor to the right and then it would appear on the left just like the resolution is to big for the screen.

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Ubuntu :: Package Manager Won't Allow Any New Installations

Jul 20, 2010

even those "provided by Ubuntu." Instead, I receive an error window that says the source is untrusted. Details reveal only the name of the package I am trying to install. I am using Lucid Lynx on an IBM ThinkPad X41.

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Ubuntu :: GRUB Shows Two OS Installations?

Aug 21, 2010

I installed normally Ubuntu in my lenovo laptop, but GRUB shows two installations instead of one. Whatever happens to one of them, happens to the other, except some command-line work.

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Ubuntu Installation :: Got Two Installations, Want To Remove First One?

Sep 24, 2010

I used to have 64 bit ubuntu, but wanted to try 32 bit to see if I can make a driver work. So, I installed it in a new partition. I'm now happy with my 32 bit installation and I want to remove the 64 bit partition to make room. My partitions atm are:

sda1 (ext4, 64 bit)
sda2
sda6 (ext4, 32 bit)

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Ubuntu :: Folder Structure And Installations

Dec 20, 2010

Just installed Ubuntu on a Dell M1730 and working my way around the system. Biggest problem I'm struggling with is the folder structure and privileges. I've downloaded a few programs that don't come in DEB format. Consequently I'm not sure how they should be installed. As a windows user my assumption is that there would be a program files like folder but I'm not sure what the Ubuntu equivalent is. I've tried /opt/ but then I run into lots of privilege issues that can only be resolved by chmod. Can you advise which the location that programs should be installed in for manual installations and under which user (Standard or SU)?

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Ubuntu ::Cannot Log On After Installations From Live Disk?

Oct 27, 2009

I installed linux from a live disk. Now I went through all the nonsense to install and it tells me my user name and password is wrong. This crap is worse than windows. What gives? Dont tell me about well maybe you used the wrong anything proper case etc. I did that all several times to NO avail! Why I cant log on to my own computer?

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Jun 10, 2011

We have the standard tmpwatch installed (via yum) and it creates this script in /etc/cron.daily:

root@##### [/etc/cron.daily]# cat tmpwatch
flags=-umc
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix

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Ubuntu Installation :: Cleaning Up - Clearing Out Obsolete Packages ?

May 1, 2010

I just upgraded to 10.04, and it seems to be working well. At the very end of the process, it asked me if I wanted to delete my obsolete packages, and I chickened out and said "no". Now I have a truckload of taken space on the root drive, and am wondering if there is an easy way to complete this last step of clearing out obsolete packages now that 10.04 has been fully installed?

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Ubuntu :: Cleaning Up Dead Entries In Grub 2 Menu?

Jul 18, 2010

I have two leftover entries in the Grub2 menu after running update-grub. One is leftover from an Ubuntu installation under Windows 7 referring to a Vista boot. Never had Vista on my system, and if I were to select this option it will lock my computer. Same deal with an older Jaunty boot option - as I have identical worded options one good and one dead option.

If I have to live with these two dead selections on my Grub2 menu I will. But I'd rather get rid of them. I don't want to use an old tool for Grub editing that is no longer workable for Grub 2.

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Ubuntu :: Safe To Remove Everything That Its Cleaning Section Finds?

Oct 1, 2010

Would like to use Ubuntu Tweak on 10.10 beta. Is it safe to remove everything that its cleaning section finds? Or do I have to look carefully at what it removes? Can I just let it remove everything it finds and not worry that something I have installed will be affected?

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Ubuntu Servers :: Process Hangs While Cleaning Cache?

Dec 7, 2010

I have a NFS server and I'm periodically cleaning the cache by using the following lines:

Code:

/bin/sync; /bin/echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
/bin/sync; /bin/echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

during the last days the cleaning process gets stucked at '/bin/echo 2', here's the process data:

Code:

27426 root 20 0 5488 704 576 R 100 0.0 896:06.34 /bin/echo 2

the process keeps running, so I find this more strange since it's not in zombie or D state.

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Apr 28, 2011

I've been using Natty since alpha, and along the way several thing became broken. I would like to get my system to be as stable as if I did a clean install, but without haveing to do all the work it would take, to get everything back the way I want it. Is there a way to clean up all the leftover obsolete files and bad configurations, created by buggy beta builds?

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Ubuntu :: Sharing Wine Installations With Other Users?

May 12, 2010

sharing a wine installation across the system but I haven't managed to get them to work (you'd think that this is something that would have been implemented properly a LONG time ago. Crossover has a rubbish version of it but I wanted to get it to work in Wine).Here's what I did (it works insofar as office 2003 can be used but the menu entries don't (as of yet) appear in the different users' menus):

Regular install of wine, start wine on my profile and let it build all its stuff. DO NOT INSTALL ANY PROGRAMMES YET (I did the first time and it didn't work afterwards). Create user and group "wine" with disabled password/login and no home dir. Move system.reg and drive_c to /wine and chown wine:wine, chmod 0775 (both recursively, bien sur).

Add all users to the "wine" group. Make symlinks to drive_c and system.reg in my .wine directory. Copy ~/.wine to all the other users' home directories, delete user specific registration files user.reg and userdef.reg. Chown the .wine directory for each user.
Install Office 2003 (for me at least) or whatever programmes you want (I've only tried this is Office 2003).

chown wine:wine /wine -R because your installation will have messed things up a bit.
Now cd (in Terminal, obviously) to /wine/drive_c/users. If you ls you'll see a folder called Public and a folder with your user name (mine is "gideon"). cp your home directory (recursively again) for each of your other users who you want to be able to use wine. Chown their user folders to user_name:wine (recursively - I'm going to stop writing that, just assume it). su as each user, go into their user directory and you'll see something like this (ls -al):

Code:

drwxr-xr-x 13 gideon wine 4096 2010-05-12 13:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 wine wine 4096 2010-05-12 13:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 gideon wine 4096 2010-05-12 13:10 Application Data

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Ubuntu :: Slow Down Already Exsisting Windows Installations?

Jul 29, 2010

I switched over to Ubuntu a while ago and kept my windows installation for games. I have noticed a slight drop in FPS on all of my games ever since, could this be because of installing Ubuntu?

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Oct 24, 2010

I wanna install both Ubuntu and Kubuntu with Wubi win installer. Is this possible and how to do it?

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