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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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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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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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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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Connect to a Bluetooth device via Terminal
I'm using Mint 15 w/ Cinnamon.
I bought a set of bluetooth speakers and I'm trying to connect to them via terminal. Via the GUI I can see them normally and I am connected to them. I want to make a ...
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How to make st the default terminal in linuxmint cinnamon
I have st installed in my $PATH (in /usr/local/bin). But still, I don't see st present in Prefered Applications list, nor is it present as an option when I run sudo update-alternatives --config x-...
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How to run scripts named with spaces via "open with" list of applications in Nemo for Linux Mint?
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Exec=gnome-terminal -- bash -c 'script="%u";if [[ -e "$script" ]] ; then "$script" ; else exec bash ; fi' line in GNOME desktop file runs scrips, but only w/out ...
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How do I get Ctrl + Alt + t to launch ther terminal in Linux Mint 13 MATE?
Pressing Ctrl + Alt + t seems to do nothing on my Linux Mint 13 MATE.
How can I set this shortcut to launch a terminal window?
As a detail, it seems the terminal is mate-terminal rather than gnome-...
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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
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how to run a custom command start up application as root
I would like to make it so a terminal command runs every time I start up my computer, but the command I want to run requires root permissions. I enter in the command in the start up applications part ...
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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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How do you open the control center from Linux Mint Cinammon Desktop terminal?
How do you open the control center from Linux Mint Cinammon Desktop terminal?
Also, is it just shooter's preference for which file management is best? I don't have a problem with Nemo so far but if ...
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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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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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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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