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My compiled version of Vim keeps getting replaced by a system standard version
This is a weird problem, looks impossible to me.
I'm running WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04) on Windows 11. I want to use Vim and because of some plugins I need Vim compiled with Python support and it must be ...
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changing the directory a tarball decompresses to
When I do wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz and then tar xvzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz the files get extracted (right now) to install-tl-20240521. On the CLI it's ...
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How to mount Luks disk with specific user?
Have a external disk with Lucks and EXT4 partition, the OS mount the disk using the first user by default but can not mount as secondary user:
The first user is uid=1000 and gid=1000, but the ...
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How to extract numbers from an image of a table/grid of numbers?
Not from a calc or excel cell's, but a screenshot of them. Must be OCR. I've been recommended to use microsoft Power Query or microsoft Powertoys, but I dont know how to install them on ubuntu, I do ...
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MokList error: Volume full; cannot boot Asus laptop
I have an old ASUS laptop. The SDD is fully clean, empty. The laptop used to have Windows on it.
Now I want to install only Ubuntu.
The error I get is this and I cannot boot at all, nothing:
Reading ...
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Linux file access on external drive using Windows 10
I have multiple machines (3 Windows 10 and 1 Ubuntu Bionic Beaver).
I back them up, or back up files/folders using drag and drop.
The external drive is all NTFS and is not set up as a NAS device. ...
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sudo apt update not working on Ubuntu?
sudo apt update
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-6-local InRelease
Ign:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-6-local InRelease
Get:2 file:/var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-4-local InRelease [1572 ...
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How to recover files deleted / removed by autofs?
I wanted to automatically mount a directory in my home directory, so I attempted to use autofs for this resulting in autofs removing everything in my home directory.
The setup was something like auto....
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Run GUI terminal from crontab
I have been trying to open a terminal in GUI via crontab. This question describes it can't be done as desktop and crontab runs separately. Is there a way where I can trigger script from crontab but ...
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How can I execute a command whenever I change the PowerDevil power profile?
I have a laptop with a variable refresh rate (up to 120Hz) monitor. I want to change the refresh rate to 60 whenever I switch the power profile to "Power Save" in Powerdevil, and change it ...
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Why does git checkout -f not revert my modified changes?
I always use git checkout -f to revert changes to the last commit and never had any problems. Rarely though do I get into this weird state where it doesn't work and I have no idea what is going on.
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WSL2: Graceful shutdown of MDADM and/or p9 subsystem
I am running MDADM under WSL2 (Ubuntu, kernel: Linux home 6.1.21.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2), and access files from windows applications via standard p9 interface.
Unfortunately, I cannot gracefully ...
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Linux Bash Wait Command Not Working
I am trying to use and bash file .sh to start other bash files in seperate terminals.
I want them to run one after the other as I use them to copy large numbers of files to the same Hard Drive. ...
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How to properly create a service in Ubuntu?
I have a server with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and I need to create a service that would be running on the server. I found this SO answer which details how to create and enable a service, however my service ...
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What drivers do I need to install for an Epson in Kubuntu?
I have an Epson XP-235 and I want to use it with a Kubuntu 22.04
I tried to find the drivers and from the Epson FAQ I found the following page:
https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/
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