software-installation interview questions
Top software-installation frequently asked interview questions
I installed Sublime Text 2 on 12.04 as per this tutorial.
However I don't have adequate permissions when launching the program from the Unity launcher. For example I cannot install packages, or if I add a folder to the sidebar when I close Sublime and reopen, the folder is no longer listed. If I run sudo sublime in the terminal all changes remain after closing.
I've tried chown-ing the Sublime Text 2 folder in usr/lib
sudo chown -R mylogin:mylogin /usr/lib/"Sublime Text 2" but this seemed to have no effect.
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Skype 4.3 is just released with considerable improvements. As a regular Skype user I want to use the latest Skype on my Ubuntu 14.04, but there is no updates from Update Manager. Even in Skype website only Skype 4.3 is available only for Ubuntu 12.04. Is there anyway to use this latest Skype on Ubuntu 14.04 or how much we have to wait for the update?
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I have downloaded Python 3.3 from the official site but no idea how to install it.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04
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I followed the instructions for compiling GNOME Shell and it did compile with a few errors here and there but it didn't run. I installed GNOME Shell using sudo apt-get install gnome-shell but I got version 2.31.x, while the latest is 2.91.5 or something. So is there a way for me to install the latest build?
Is there some repository available for the latest build?
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I am trying to install chrome browser via command line. I tried this:
$ apt-cache search chrome browser
The results show that the proper term is "chrome-browser," so I tried that:
$ sudo apt-get install chrome-browser
And then "Y" for the Y/n question.
But the installation threw errors. Does someone see anything wrong with the commands I issued?
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I am a heavy user of certain applications that are built on AIR.
It appears that AIR has discontinued support for Linux. Even the older versions in the Adobe AIR Archives seem to support only 32 bit Linux distributions and I am on 64 bit currently.
Is there even a slight possibility that I could run AIR in these conditions? If so, can you please tell me where can I get a detailed step by step installation for this?
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I have some lit files I want to convert from Microsoft reader files to something my other devices can read. My friend says I should have clit, in
$ which clit
/usr/bin/clit
but I cannot find it. I tried locate clit but the results are unrelated. So then I tried sudo apt-get install clit but it says package not found.
Is clit a standard package? where can I find it?
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I am working on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.
I want to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus context or right-click menu but it tries to download 32bit version from Internet.
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I have read that there is a new Gnome-2 like interface called Cinnamon produced by the Linux Mint developers.
Is this available for Ubuntu users - and if so how do I install it?
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I am looking for a step by step instruction to guide me in the ways of installing, configuring and debugging many of the issues new users have when dealing with Wine in Ubuntu.
What is the recommended way of installing Wine, some of the issues that it has and how to solve them.
If I have a specific problem with an App in Wine, how do I go about solving it. What are the recommended steps to ensure that I can fix a problem related to an app I wish to use.
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I want to install Oracle's JRE and to update to the latest version with the Software Updater when they released. Is there a Ubuntu package that is provided by Canonical or Oracle?
Before release Java 7, I followed this way to install Java 6.
But it doesn't work for Java 7. There is no package sun-java7-xxx. How can you install Java 7?
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Occasionally, when I'm installing stuff, I get an error like the following:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
package1 : Depends: package2 (>= 1.8) but 1.7.5-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
How can I resolve this?
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I have downloaded tar.gz files. But I don't know how to install it. How do I install this kind of file?
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