I'm getting ready to back up all my data and reinstall Ubuntu from scratch, to clear up some various issues. It sure would be helpful if I could see a quick list in Synaptic or the Ubuntu Software Center of all the things I've installed myself.That would help with this whole process.
View 3 RepliesI recently had to install Python 2.7 to run some specific cripts and so tried to uninstall Python 2.6 so that I didn't have to worry about path conflicts. It seems that when uninstalling the Python package it's stripped most of the apps from my installation, including fairly essential stuff like the terminal. It also seemed to stop accepting my password as a root user, though I'm hoping a reboot may fix that.
Can anyone provide a listing of the default packages that Ubuntu ships with please so I can try to repair my system? I tried looking through ones I might know but it appears for example that while Bash is installed I have no Terminal entry under Applications.
I tried to install gstreamer through Rhythmbox but only got a "Fix broken packages first" error message. I tried to fix the broken packages in the Synaptic Package Manager but it said there were none to be fixed. I tried to install the gstreamer stuff from Synaptic Package Manager and got this message
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gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:
Depends: libavcodec52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libavcodec-extra-52 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libavformat52 (>=3:0.svn20090303-1) but it is not installable or
libavformat-extra-52 but it is not going to be installed
I then tried to install libavformat-extra-52 and got this message
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libavcodec-extra-52: Depends: libgsm1 (>=1.0.13) but it is not installable Depends: libschroedinger-1.0-0 (>=1.0.0) but it is not installable I couldn't find either of the packages contained in the last message.
Interested in trialing Varkon and used Synaptic Package Manager to download and install. According to the [url]...nstalling.html it should be there under 'Applications'. I've looked through them all and no sign of Varkon. I've also tried to see if Varkon was installed so I looked via Ubuntu Software Center under installed software. No sign. Did a file search for Varkon.
View 4 Replies View RelatedPackages installed with synaptic are usually well installed on your system (i.e. bin in /usr/bin/, etc.). However, when a software is not in the repo, I always wonder where I should install it, when everything comes together (i.e. /bin, /var, /man are all subfolders of the main folder of the software). For now, I've opted for /var/opt/ or /usr/share, but I'm not really sure this is a best practice... is there any guidelines on that?
View 5 Replies View Relatedso I've installed my two network drivers, Broadcom and Realtek. So now I'm trying to connect to the internet (wlan/wireless) but I am now stumped. What do I do now? How do I get to see available networks and stuff?
View 4 Replies View RelatedInstalled netbeans via synaptic but when I click 'NetBeans' it doesn't open... no error nothing
Tried running 'netbeans' in terminal and it's the same!
I'm running opensuse 11.2 with KDE. Today I got a software update notification saying that there was some gnome related packages that needed updating. I just pressed update without thinking about it too much. Then I realized that I'm not using any gnome programs so why do I need gnome-packages? Is there a way to tell if those packages are indeed unnecessary or not. And if so, how do I remove them all safely? I don't like having gnome stuff on my computer if I can avoid it.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI was trying to install a new hard drive and in the process have managed to not only format my old hard drive but lost all my stuff as well. I am running a live CD but unable to mount the said hard drive. I Know its there.
fdisk tells me:
As you can see its still registering as /dev/sda, I am unable to mount this to run a undelete program on it.
a e2fsck tells me
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
Well I have installed Wine for the propose of running easyphp program which can be found at [URL]... I installed it on my windows machine and like it. I want to run it on this machine because I have it hooked up to my tv and I have a wireless mouse and keyboard so I can program or whatever from the bed. Anyways, I need to remove the stuff I installed though this tread. [URL]... The reason for removing the installed stuff is because I believe it is occupying port 80 which I need open for easyphp. How do I uninstall this stuff I installed?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI just installed Ubuntu 10.10, and I really have no idea how to login. When I first start it up, it is a black screen and a lot of codes and stuff pop up. It says to login, so I do, but I don't know how to get past that. How do I get to the desktop? I have no one else to turn to...
View 6 Replies View RelatedJust installed skype, as instructed in medibuntu, but failed. Then, everytime i run synaptic, it fails too. the message says :
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently installed a few packages from source using checkinstall (notably x264). Today, when my normal synaptic/apt-get upgrade ran, it wanted to to overwrite the (newer) version I installed with the (older) version in the repos.Is there any way to have synaptic/apt ignore packages installed via checkinstall so that they aren't overwritten?
View 4 Replies View Relatedi installed "display calibrator" from the distros and afterwards i cant find it under Applications (graphics/ sound&audio/system tools...), so i went to System > Preferences > Main Menu and it isnt listed anywhere.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI changed a few files in a couple of folders that are installed from a synaptic package. How can I save the changes as an installation package or save the changes to the package and save the package as a file?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a box which is used by other people, although I have the only admin privileges.
In the users part of the system, an installation has appeared.
I didn't install it, and it seems to be some sort of windoze malware.
How do I get rid of this totally?
A simple 1,2,3..
The name of the App is AdvancedCleaner Free. It is running in WINE.
Since I certainly didn't install either of these....
I checked synaptic for wine, but it doesn't show as installed.
When I install something manually it won't show up in synaptic package manager, so how do I fix this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedCan I keep the old 32bit_testing /home with all the hidden directories there when moving to 64bit_testing?
Is there a way to export a list of all installed packages in aptitude or synaptic, so that when reinstalling, it can be easily imported? (reinstalling the same system)
Reading the list of updates in my UNR 9.10 install I was quite surprised to see a few new installs in the list:
Distribution updates
alien
bsd-mailx
build-essential
debhelper
dpkg-dev
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This looks wrong to me, what could cause it to push loads of dev/build tools and the redhat package manager on me? Edit: Unticking these also unticks a "google-chrome-beta" update below. Does this mean they are now dependencies of that package?
I recently upgraded to 10.04 from 9.10 and have some questions:
1. Will a clean install of 10.04 perform better than my upgrade?
2. Will it get rid of the message I get at boot time about IRQ #18 being disabled.
3. The boot splash image does not appear after the upgrade. Will it appear after a clean install? (It does when booting from 10.04 live CD).
4. And finally: I can see that there are some 20 or so folders including home when I do ls /
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mike@mike-laptop:~$ ls /
bin dev initrd.img lost+found opt sbin sys var
boot etc initrd.img.old media proc selinux tmp vmlinuz
cdrom home lib mnt root srv usr vmlinuz.old
How may I preserve stuff I have on my upgraded system such as:- VirtualBox running a Windows XP guest, its application and data. - Wireless LAN implemented using ndisuio? wrapper Canon PIXMA IP2600 driver
I am using ubuntu with wubi right now and after a while I am thinking about creating a separate partition for ubuntu and installing ubuntu on it. But I was wondering how can I transfer my files and apps form wubi to the ubuntu installed on the partition? I don't want to install all the apps again and tweaks etc....
View 1 Replies View RelatedI downloaded the Fedora 12 install CD's 1 - 5 . During the install, It only ever asked me for the first 3 CD's. Does anyone know what additional stuff is available in CD 4 + 5 ?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi had ubuntu installed on my computer via wubi inside my windows 7 OS..after a while something went wrong with the partitions magic stuff and windows 7 got corrupted but ubuntu kept working Love ubuntu for that.since i had my stuff backed up and saved in ubuntu i thought i could make a backup off the root.disk file and reinstall windows and that what i did but then i installed ubuntu again via wubi but replaced the new root diskk with the old one that i had backed up.but now it says it cant find disk :O .so it takes me to a shell i seriously need to get that root disk to work or ima loose really important stuf.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to install F10 on my old p3 machine. It has 40GB HDD. I am installing only one OS on this system. So please recommend me partition scheme which will be helpful for home purpose.
Second thing is I don't need default gnome login manager as it takes long time. So please tell me how can I install light weight login manager ( I will be using LXDE as desktop environment ).
how I managed this, but somehow during a reinstall I changed the ownership of all my home stuff to root, instead of my normal username. So now nothing loads, unless I sudo it. I had to use sudo just to open firefox.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI made a thread asking if I can install fedora on a compThread:Everyone said yes ( P.S. Im using the LXDE thing that bob said), but when I put the disk in and boot from it.I got a black screen with a bunch of stuff on it and it just repeated every couple of minutes.So, am I stuck on XP? ( had the same problem with ubuntu 8.10, when trying to install).
View 6 Replies View RelatedPretty much self explanatory:This morning I went into the update manager, and found a bunch of RPM package-management stuff such as rpm, alien, compiling tools, etc. What is up with this?I suspect they are setting the scenery for some big press release saying they now support RPM packages in Ubuntu too. Any ideas? (or better, inside info from someone who knows)
View 3 Replies View RelatedWell, I was just doing an update, and there was an update for git that was held back. I decided to force this update using 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', and installation of git then failed. At this point in Synaptic - I could see versions listed as 'lucid', 'lucid-security', and then this ppa version. Then I barely managed to remove git - but now, if I try to install it again, *only* the ppa version is listed in Synaptic - no more 'lucid' and 'lucid-security' versions!!! Does anyone have an idea how I could recover the 'lucid', 'lucid-security' versions? I will try to salvage as much of the terminal with the problems as I can below...
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/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 12: dpkg-maintscript-helper: not found
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/git_1%3a1.7.4.1-3~ppa1~lucid2_i386.deb (--unpack):
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does the distro include any optional/unnecessary stuff that can be whacked to conserve disk space? I'm running a nearly default installation with no added applications (yet) and wondered if it is possible to reduce the 2+GB install a bit.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI installed "Gphoto" through "Synaptic Package Manager" twice and I can't find it anywhere under "Applications" drop down menu..
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