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Can I delete directories in /var without verified signatures (NO_PUBKEY Error) in Ubuntu 20.04?

When I execute sudo apt-get update command I get the following terminal output: Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local InRelease Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local InRelease ...
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youtube-dl removed but still there

There's a ghost in the shell. I tried to remove youtube-dl through brew uninstall youtube-dl: -bash: brew: command not found cool, that means I have not even installed brew. I then checked if I could ...
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Why and what of curl and then sudo apt-get?

To install node on Linux, per the docs, I had to do: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs I get the second statement, but not the first. ...
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Auto-install using apt-get or yum [duplicate]

On my Ubuntu machine, if I don't have a particular application installed, the message often points me to the correct package. Example: $ rz The program 'rz' is currently not installed. You can ...
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How to stop and restart apt-get

I have a very slow connection (~10KB/s) because my mobile carrier throttled me. Now, they will send about 32KB, then stop. I am trying to install packages through apt-get, and I noticed that I can ...
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Creating a simple custom apt-get/config script

As I play more and more with Ubuntu, I'm starting to see how I can automate the majority of the repetitive commands that I perform whenever I reinstall the operating system. Thus far, it's just one ...
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Force apt-get update to return success

I'm working with a system that invokes apt-get update from a Ruby Capistrano recipe. Capistrano cares (apparently) about the return code of the shell commands it executes. apt-get update is running ...
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