Ubuntu :: Launch Software Center From Command Line?
Feb 4, 2010
I'm trying to track down a problem with the Ubuntu Software Centre.How do I launch it from the command line? or is there any command which would list any errors in the software centre package?
I typed in sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and it tells me it's already installed. Good. So it should work. I type sudo/etc/init.d/gdm start and the screen goes blank for 8 seconds three times in a row and then back to the command line. I have also tried gdm start without the path before and it says GDM already running. Aborting! I have 8.10 and it's a valid disk (no errors).
The title about says it! I have a major problem on my laptop after installing updates. Some of my icons in the top panel are broken. So as a first step I need to reinstall a few things. The first step is to start the wireless connection from the terminal. So would someone please tell what the command is?
Is there a way to find out the currently installed packages and the corresponding command line to launch the package from a terminal. For example, I know that I have openoffice installed but I do not know how to find the command line to launch it.
I have a problem with YaST Partitioner. When I launch it, a window opens, a dialog (to confirm that I know what I am doing) pop-ups, I choose "Yes", the application starts to initialize, and after 0.5-1s the window is closed without any error message. Does anybody know how to at least find out what is wrong? .. or how to launch it from command line to get some output?
I'm have much computer experience but am new to Ubuntu. I typed in sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop and it tells me it's already installed. Good. So it should work. I type sudo/etc/init.d/gdm start and the screen goes blank for 8 seconds three times in a row and then back to the command line. I have also tried gdm start without the path before and it says GDM already running. Aborting!
When I click on the software centre and Synaptic package manager will not launch and gives me the below error message or the dial spins and then nothing happens.
E: Type 'src' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-maverick.list E: The list of sources could not be read. Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
i've gotten my fedora 12 to the point where i can run python3 scripts from command line and can call up python 2.6.2 idle with the command 'idle' from command line. what command will call up python3 (3.1.2 to be exact) idle?
In a computer, the brightness can't be changed with the fn key (and the brightness starts at 100%) :S I can set the brightness with this command from a shell: sudo setpci -s 00:02.0 F4.B=25 In Ubuntu 10.04 worked set this command in /etc/rc.local But in Ubuntu 11.04 I did this, but it didn't work. In which file can I set a root command in the boot in Ubuntu 11.04?
Command Center is a Java applet, and unfortunately, OpenJDK (and it's corresponding icetea plugin) do not work, they cause Firefox 3.5 to blow up and disappear. I had to remove OpenJDK and the icetea plugin, and install Sun's proprietary Java and the corresponding Java Console plugin in order to get it to work. Java can be downloaded from the Sun website, or you can use Autoten, it's the first choice on the Autoten menu. The Java Console plugin can be found by going to edit-->preferences-->Main-->Manage Add-ons--> Get Add-ons in Firefox, and search for Java. I'm still wondering if it was necessary to delete OpenJDK instead of just the icetea plugin, but, it didn't make sense to have both free and non-free Java running in the same install.
I know my way around MS Windows much better, but I just don't feel right trying to program something for Android on a Microsoft operating system. I am interested in Android programming so I followed the instructions on [URL] to install the environment on my computer...
I just installed the JDK, SDK, Eclipse successfully (or I assume):
* When I get to Step 4 where I'm supposed to run 'android' it will not run. I get the error message "android: command not found" (I am definitely in the right directory).
** When I double-click it in nautilus, it opens up in gedit. I can set the permissions in nautilus (through the properties - Allow executing file as a program) and get it to work,
how to pass something more than a one-command startup for gnome-terminal. I will give an example of what I'm trying to do here:
Code:
#! /bin/bash # #TODO write this for gnome and xterm
[code]....
This same error occurs if the gnome-terminal line is changed to
Code:
gnome-terminal -e mcTerm
Is there any way to pass more than one command on to gnome-terminal? I have tried various single and double quoting senarios and in a final attempt, I abstracted to an exported function all to no avail. Perhaps even though gnome-term is better at many things than xterm, xterm trumps it in this instance.
I have a test socket on a server. If I connect to it using telnet, I get exactly the response I expect. So I know the socket works, and the script on the server works:
Code: my-desktop:~$ telnet 192.168.1.1 3333 Trying 192.168.1.1... Connected to 192.168.1.1. Escape character is '^]'. RAM: 90 % Free ( 2793 M free, 3082 M total)
Connection closed by foreign host. And if I script it, I get almost the same response from Telnet, but still a valid response from the socket. So I know that my script works:
After making and update my Karmic Koala and trying to set up lamp through tasksell, i have rebooted my notebook. Then the ubuntu logo was displayied and i get an"Ubuntu is eunnung in low graphics mode"(EE) open /dev/fe0: No such file or dierctory.i have done some googling and figured that it has most likely to do with ubuntu tryin to using frame buffer wrongly.
I'm using a program called easystroke to invoke commands from mouse gestures - typically to launch an application. 'gnome-terminal', for example. If I already have a gnome-terminal window open, and I invoke the gnome-terminal gesture, I'd like to be setting focus to the already running instance, rather than spawn a new instance, which is of course what happens now. (I am actually more interested in this for my gmail chrome app shortcut, and other larger apps.)
I'm very new to ubuntu and linux in general, but I was hoping there might be a nifty command I could wrap around my launch command that would produce this behavior. (I'm imagining some kind of singleton app list keeper program that consumes my command line, checks if it's already in the list, transfers focus to the running process if it is (and if that process is still running), or else spawns a new process and then adds it to its list using the the command line as a key.)
$cmd If this script is executed, an error is generated. The reason written was that "The execution fails because the pipe is not expanded and is passed to date as an argument".What is meant by expansion of pipe. When we execute date | wc on the command line, it goes fine.then | is not treated as an argument. Why?
which does not work on the invisible directories (why?). When I used ".*" as wildcard it changed all (visible) files including the parent directory (the one I was currently working in which is the "dot") . I can change the invisible directories owner and group using dophin but how is it done from the command line?
I am trying to learn how to pass more than a one-command startup for gnome-terminal.
I will give an example of what I'm trying to do here:
Code: #! /bin/bash # #TODO write this for gnome and xterm USAGE=" ${0##*/} [-x] [-g] code....
However, running with the -g option to invoke gnome-terminal, I get a "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal" error.
This same error occurs if the gnome-terminal line is changed to
Code: gnome-terminal -e mcTerm
Is there any way to pass more than one command on to gnome-terminal? I have tried various single and double quoting senarios and in a final attempt, I abstracted to an exported function all to no avail. Perhaps even though gnome-term is better at many things than xterm, xterm trumps it in this instance.
I need to launch a program, throw up a pulsing status bar and then close it when the program quits. I cannot seem to launch the program (a bash script):
[code]...
This is where I'm getting my information: [URL]...