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How to run scripts named with spaces via "open with" list of applications in Nemo for Linux Mint?
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Exec=gnome-terminal -- bash -c 'script="%u";if [[ -e "$script" ]] ; then "$script" ; else exec bash ; fi' line in GNOME desktop file runs scrips, but only w/out ...
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LinuxMint 20.3: Enter the Login Keyring password via the command line
#Refer: How to enter the Default Keyring password via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu
I am asking this question here as I am not using Ubuntu and also the solution mentioned there doesn't work in ...
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How to load (add to a panel) by terminal (CLI) a Cinnamon applet newly added to /usr/share/cinnamon/applets?
I've found out to edit Cinnamon panel I can use dconf:
dconf read /org/cinnamon/enabled-applets
['panel1:left:0:[email protected]:0', 'panel1:left:1:[email protected]:1', 'panel1:left:2:...
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Manually installing drivers on Linux Mint
I am currently trying to install a driver through terminal. It is for the USB UART XR21B1411 serial port adapter. I installed it in the past, but cannot remember how I did it. Here is a link to the ...
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Load multiple terminals and activate python virtual environments
I'm working on something that requires me to run a few terminals, each with their own python virtual environment. This takes some time to open manually, so I would like to automate this setup by ...
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Replace gnome-terminal with konsole in Linux Mint
I installed konsole and uninstalled gnome-terminal by doing:
sudo apt install -y konsole
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gnome-terminal
And then tried:
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-...
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Linux mint 'apt list' doesn't work with packages starting with W
I am pretty new to Linux. I have Linux Mint 19.3 installed. So basically as I understand apt list works with wildcards like * and ?. It works fine with most other letters and letter sequences I had ...
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Mint 20 cinnamon - Hot corner open root terminal
I'm using Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon and I'd like to configure my hot corners so that when the mouse passes over a corner, a terminal is displayed as root.
I managed to do this in a previous version but I ...
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A terminal opens fullscreen and nothing works
I've twice had the following problem (running Linux Mint 20 (xfce) on AMD 64 (8GB)):
While using shortcuts in apps for example Ctrl+F5 in Firefox, my fingers slipped (fast) and I accidentally hit some ...
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There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
I am new to Linux and I am using Linux mint(latest version). I was trying to install the lazy script by following a tutorial from the internet. This problem occurs every time I try to install the ...
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Terminal Window always puts a path from .bashrc out how to fix?
System: Linux Mint 20 (ubuntu)
So I installed emscripten the wasm compiler for C/C++ the other day and the path that was added to my bashrc always seems to start a new terminal shell with telling me ...
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See bluetooth transfer progress from phone to computer in terminal or other generic way
In Linux Mint 19.2 Xfce I want to transfer a rather big file (1.5 GB) from Android to the computer: it's big considering the fact that I have to do it by bluetooth.
I have connected the two devices ...
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How to make st the default terminal in linuxmint cinnamon
I have st installed in my $PATH (in /usr/local/bin). But still, I don't see st present in Prefered Applications list, nor is it present as an option when I run sudo update-alternatives --config x-...
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Whenever launched, terminal tries to execute export command and fails
I'm new to Linux. I use Linux Mint (Cinnamon), and every time I open the Terminal, I am greeted with this message:
Command '‘export' not found, did you mean:
command 'mexport' from deb mblaze
Try: ...
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Launch vsim without opening a terminal window
I don't know if this is very specific to vsim (executable of Modelsim-Altera) or not, but I will try my chance.
I have an executable which I can run by giving its path to terminal from any working ...
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./configure command not working (linux mint 19.3) [closed]
I'm trying to figure out how to configure the source code for some program I installed and apparently you are supposed to use the ./configure command, but whenever I use it, I end up getting this ...
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Linux mint boots into command interface instead of GUI, which it did a few hours ago
My Linux Mint boots into command interface instead of GUI and asked for login. I typed it and it popped into a terminal thing and wait for input. GUI used to be present untill I try to resolve the ...
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Cannot install/upgrade packags in linux mint, both terminal and package manager
As mentioned, cannot install packages. I tried to install VLC in package manager and there's an error message
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package libaribb24-0:amd64.
(...
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alias help='compgen -c | sort -b' doesn't work in .bashrc but only in terminal [closed]
.bashrc:
alias cls="echo -en '\033c\033[3J'"
alias help='compgen -c | sort -b'
terminal:
cls
works fine.
help
gives me the error:
"ort: opzione non valida -- "
Try 'sort --help' for more ...
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How can I change CMD to CTRL in Linux Mint only in Terminal?
I installed Linux Mint on my MacBook Air, and I prefer to use Cmd for copying/pasting, opening and closing windows, and general things like that. However, I would like to use Ctrl to input to the ...
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Using the shell, how to determine percentage of torrent file downloaded?
I am busy downloading files over Deluge and would like to know how to check the percentages of the files downloaded, using the Terminal.
Ideally, I would like to be able to check individual files as ...
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Linux mint files color changed in terminal
I am using Linux Minter 19.0 on two machines.
I have a src and destination folder.
My src folder is on my local machine, and the dest folder is on a remote machine.
I ran rsync to move files from ...
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How can I copy files from any USB stick to my user's home directory using the command line?
I have a USB stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those two folders to the /home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can ...
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How to add more directiories in PATH [closed]
Okay, first thing first, I'm new to Linux and I'm using Linux Mint.
I learned that when I want to add more directories to my PATH (specifically my home directory) I need a Bash command that looks ...
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Start desktop launcher from command line on Mint
Can I start a desktop launcher from command line? E.g. I have a desktop launcher for slack in my ~/Desktop directory:
vadim@my-pc ~/Desktop $ cat slack.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
Comment=...
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a jni error has occured
I uninstalled Eclipse IDE due to this issue.
Then I tried to run java program in my Linux mint Terminal.
So I started with a small code
public class Myth{
public static void main(String[]args){
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Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
I was updating my linux mint 18.3 to linux mint 19.
The error I get is Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory.
Then I Restarted my System, after that I can't open the terminal.
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Terminal displaying Tamil font erronously
Terminal not displaying Tamil font properly. How to fix this?
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Use Terminal menus without using mouse?
I've recently installed Linux Mint 18.1 and I'm using Terminal all the time. My Terminal is GNOME version 3.18.3.
There are various menus in the GNOME Terminal. In Windows you typically access ...
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Painful to read commented code in terminal emacs [Linux Mint]
I just started using linux mint and it's fairly good but the default terminal e-macs mode has painful to read commented code as well as strings for c++ (text enclosed in either /* */, " ", // ).
My ...
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