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node-rebuild error when installing React frontend on Ubuntu 16.04
I am trying to install React frontend on Ubuntu 16.04. I am using node version-14.21.3 and npm version:6.14.18. I am also using node-gyp global version 9.4.0. I am still getting a node-gyp rebuild ...
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How to install LLVM 12 for Ubuntu 16.04?
I currently hold llvm-9 on Ubuntu 16.04.
I want to install llvm-12 alongside with it.
sudo apt-get install llvm-12*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Why don't the Nvidia official instructions to install CUDA 11 on Ubuntu 16.04 work?
I am following the Nvidia official instructions to install CUDA 11 on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS x64 don't work:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
wget
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/...
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Snapd isn't working [duplicate]
I want to install intellij idea. I tried:
sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic
[sudo] password for user-1099869:
error: cannot communicate with server:
Post http://localhost/v2/...
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"error: cannot communicate with server" when trying to install IntelliJ snap package [duplicate]
I'm following the instructions here.
This happened:
sudo snap install intellij-idea-community --classic
[sudo] password for user-1099869:
error: cannot communicate with server:
Post http://...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Not Responding When Installing Quartus
I am trying to install Quartus Prime Lite Edition (Free) 16.1.0.196 on Ubuntu 16.04.
I run the QuartusLiteSetup-16.1.0.196-linux.run file. When the installation process starts, InstallBuilder gets ...
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E: Package 'git' has no installation candidate, how to resolve? [duplicate]
I am facing below issue while installation time of git
sudo apt-get install git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package git is not ...
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Cannot find & therefore remove an application
I recently noticed I have 2 zoom versions on my PC running Ubuntu 16.04.
I would like to remove one version I suspect is not the original one.
Using apt-get remove just removed the good version I used....
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Latest CMake on Ubuntu 16.04 without removing other packages
I need to use new version of CMake because of cmake_minimum_required usage in the CMakeLists. I have Ubuntu 16.04 and CMake 3.5.2. I performed the steps for "Installing CMake from Source Code&...
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Problem installing Z3 in ubuntu 16.04
I downloaded Z3 from https://github.com/Z3Prover/z3 on Ubuntu 16.04, but the compiled file microsoft.z3.dll is installed in the project directory instead of the mono or GAC folder, and the programs do ...
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How to install "libqt5webview5-dev" on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I'm not an expert, I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and I'm trying to install Stremio by following this tutorial "https://github.com/Stremio/stremio-shell/blob/master/DEBIAN.md" from source codes.
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CUDO miner installation on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS [duplicate]
I am looking for assistance to solve the following issue while trying to install CUDO miner (a cryptocurrency miner. I am trying to install it from the command line.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:...
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Installing libfmt-dev in Ubuntu 16
How to install libfmt-dev on Ubuntu 16.04.
I followed the steps in here
And I tried
sudo apt install libfmt-dev
But I got package not found error.
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Stuck in grub rescue after trying to uninstall ubuntu
I have/(had) Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 on my HP ProBook 440 G4.
I wanted to uninstall the Ubuntu following these instructions.
The current problem is when I boot the machine I'm getting into grub ...
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Add external package installation repo source [duplicate]
I need to add the following repo in ubuntu 16.04:
deb http://apt.llvm.org/trusty/ llvm-toolchain-trusty main
I attempted to add that repo by typing following command:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb ...
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Xboard 4.9 installation
I have been trying to install XBoard4.9.1, but I have run into two problems. I have versiom 16 of Ubuntu.
1) I am trying to do it using the Ubuntu Sofware, but it only installs only version 4.8 of ...
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Unable to locate package python3-distutils in Ubuntu 16.04
I am an Ubuntu noob and would like to ask you guys to help.
Currently I'm faced with 2 issues.
1st issue is when I'm trying mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.8 ENV, it threw me this error.
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Why I'm unable to install Eclipse using ubuntu-make on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I have ubuntu-make installed on my Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS system.
The Ubuntu Make was installed previously from official PPA using Ubuntu wiki page. So I have the following:
$ umake --version
18.05
$ ...
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Replace 16.04 with 20.04, keep my /home... and /boot?
Below I am showing my current disk/filesystem.
I mean to replace my current 16.04 with a fresh install of 20.04 in /dev/sda6, keeping my /home partition.
What precautions should I take (besides ...
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Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file
I am having an error when I was trying to install docker.
I have tried sudo apt-get autoremove but it didn't help.
Here's the output:
sudo apt install docker.io
Reading package lists......
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Install Jasmin Gateway on Ubuntu Server [duplicate]
I am trying to install Jasmin Gateway on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS, but I have the error below:
root@ds234:/home# sudo apt-get install python-jasmin
Reading package lists... ...
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Strange splash screen at shutdown
I noticed that my Ubuntu 16.04 machine now has a very strange splash screen when shutting down:
I do not recognize this logo and a google reverse image search has yielded no results.
Does anyone ...
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Forgot to make partition in Win 10 disk managmnt bfor dual booting Ubuntu,Now want to uninstal Ubuntu,But no partition to delete in Win disk mgmt
I dualbooted Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10. I forgot to create partition before installation and just installed and allocated space using "dragging feature". I want to uninstall Ubuntu now, but ...
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how to run an installation file
I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 at a further PC and I am trying to install ESET antivirus software. The only information I could get from the firm is a file eset_nod32av_64bit_cs.linux, a note that I ...
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apt-get does not proceed with package installation if one package is held
I have put a hold on one of the packages via apt-mark hold cmake but when installing some dependencies for some software, the software's automatic package update script is trying to update lots of ...
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How to run Scilab 5.5.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with all updates installed?
I have just ended clean installation of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I installed Scilab here from the official repository as simple as sudo apt-get install scilab.
Then I tried to launch it from the GUI, ...
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How do you install an ASUS USB-AC56 on Ubuntu?
I'm trying to get this ASUS USB-AC56 adapter installed on Ubuntu 16.04, but when I try to extract the Linux file from the cd, it says I don't have the right permissions to extract.
I've tried the ...
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Install latest version of R with all the packages on Ubuntu 16.04
I am using Ubuntu 16.04. I want to install R (latest version) on it. As the system version is older, it can't find this version from terminal line. I checked it with this command on the terminal line.
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libxcb-xinput.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I tried to install the Linux version of NovAtel Convert(OEM6/OEM7) 64-Bit software from this link on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
This is the following error I got:
error while loading shared libraries: ...
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Installing Stata16 on Ubuntu 16.04
Hey I am new to Ubuntu and just trying to install Stata16. I downloaded it and ran the installation according to https://acarril.github.io/posts/install-stata-linux
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How to install latest MKVToolnix to Ubuntu 16.04?
MKVToolnix developer stopped providing repo for Ubuntu 16.04. Now mininum Ubuntu version he supports is 18.04
Can someone tell me how can I install latest version (40.0 right now) to a Ubuntu 16.04 ...
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Do I have two versions of Libre Office?
Update: thanks, @karel. Your 'update-alternatives' command showed no alternatives. I can proceed from here.
OP:
I'm using 16.04.
The appearance and behavior of LO changed for me a little while ago. ...
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Unable to locate package flameshot
I am using Ubuntu 16.04. I tried to install Flameshot, but got an error saying Unable to locate package flameshot .
(base) kong:~$ sudo apt install flameshot
[sudo] password for kong:
Reading ...
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linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [duplicate]
I tried to install Jupyter Notebook from here but sadly get this error.
how to fix it?
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic (4.15.0-65.74~16.04.1) ...
Processing ...
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Couldn't find any package by glob 'Python-3.7.0'
I got a E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'Python-3.7.0' error message when trying to install Python 3.7 in Ubuntu 16.04
ns3@ns3-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt install Python-3.7.0
Reading package ...
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Do I remove java 12 the same way(s) I do other versions?
Two questions.
Can I safely simply remove a tar.gz file for java that I found?
What are the steps to remove java 12 and install java 8 on ubuntu 16.04?
If this has been asked and answered before, ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu in Asus K42F
I had problem in Ubuntu Install process, after select option "Install" in grub menu laptop doesn't give response (blank), I have tried to replace "quiet splash" with "nomodeset" laptop still doesn't ...
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How to remove a Ubuntu distro on a system with 2 or more ubuntu distros already installed and without damaging grub?
On a machine that is installed with two or more ubuntu distros, I want to remove one of the distro. How can I do so without damaging grub?
Example, if I want to remove Ubuntu distro in /dev/sda, ...
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How to fix this postgresql installation error on Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I want to install PostgreSQL on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
After running this command:
sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib
I get the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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problem with docker after updating ubuntu-base and docker-ce, using ubuntu 16.04
After these updates I wasn't able to run any docker image, and after multiple apt purge docker-ce docker-ce-cli and installing different versions of docker-ce I still get the same error:
$ sudo apt-...
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Ubuntu 16.04 detects GEOS 3.5.1, but I installed 3.7.2 from source. How do I fix it?
When doing geos-config --version, it comes back 3.5.1
But I built 3.7.2 by source following These Instructionsand it exists in ~/geos-3.7.2 directory.
I'm super new to Ubuntu, so not sure where to ...
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I am unable to install latest version of R
I am trying to install the latest version of R into Ubuntu 16.04.
But somehow it installs 3.4.4 even though latest version of R is 3.6.1. I have also read some articles that state "To obtain the ...
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pip got corrupted after uninstalling python packages [duplicate]
I uninstalled some python packages in ubuntu using sudo pip uninstall packagename and after that my pip got corrupted. When I do pip -V its showing this
from pip._internal.download import ...
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Unable to remove the packages in ubuntu [duplicate]
When I try to remove the virtual box installed on ubuntu as follow,
sachin-verma@sachin-verma:~$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-5.1
Then it shows following errors:
Reading package lists... Error!
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Trying to install BetterDiscord and this happens
So I'm on Discord and somebody was mentioning installing BetterDiscord on their Win10 PC. So I check if it can be installed on my Ubuntu 16.04 computer.
I was following this tutorial: https://www....
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How to get all customizations of a stock Ubuntu so I can duplicate them on another box?
I've got a workstation running Ubuntu 16.04 that I've been using awhile, and as per the normal behavior here at the company I work, I've installed both (development) team required tools and random ...
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E: Unable to locate package caffe-cuda
I tried to install Caffe through the link https://caffe.berkeleyvision.org/install_apt.html and I got the error E: Unable to locate package caffe-cuda.
Can anyone suggest a solution?
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Github desktop not executing, error Segmentation fault (core dumped) in Ubuntu 16.04 TLS
I am new to Ubuntu. In the past I used Windows. I installed the Github-desktop in Ubuntu using following commands:
sudo snap install github-desktop --beta --classic
Installed successfully and worked ...
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