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Error installing libgvc5 on debian
sudo apt-get install libgvc5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgvc5
0 upgraded, 1 ...
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Install Linux on 3TB HDD [closed]
How do i install Linux (e.g. Debian 6 or Ubuntu Server) on my server box with a single 3TB SATA HDD?
Server is based on Intel D510MO motherboard.
I can install the OS from the USB drive but i can't ...
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How to install oracle jdk7 on debian
I downloaded the binary of tar.gz format from oralce website. I extracted it to /usr/bin/jdk7. How to "install" it and make it the default jdk and jre?
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How to install debian wheezy on a i386 computer with efi bios
Is there a way to install debian wheezy on a i386 computer with efi bios using an USB pendrive and the debian iso? What steps should I follow?
I searched the internet and have not found any clear ...
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How to install get-iplayer from source file?
I want to install the latest version of get-iplayer in Debian, and I've got its source file, a tarball file, from here. However, I don't know what to do with it.
Usually when I come across a tarball, ...
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Restoring Windows to new Lenovo Thinkpad after installing different OS to it?
I installed Debian to Windows Lenovo Thinkpad. Now I want to get the Windows back. How can I do it?
My friend mentioned something about partitions, below my comp X220 details.
$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk ...
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Why apt-get cannot install software?
Each time I execute apt-get install (e.g. gzip) I get the problems of kind:
Depends: <some_package> but is not going to be installed
Depends: <some_package> but is not installable
For ...
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Installing linux on computer with Marvell adapter
I recently reinstalled my computer and decided that I want to have a native installation of Linux side by side with windows (got tired of VMWare). The thing is upon installation (Debian) everything ...
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While installing, debian does not show my individual partitions
In my dual boot PC, I am trying to install Debian. This is how my disk partition looks like.
When i try to create a partition in the debian installation it shows this 250GB entirely. When i select ...
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Why did I fail to install packages when using debian?
There is lots of messed up dependency. How can I resolve this problem?
It produces the following output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, ...
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Startup Disk Creator tool for Debian
I was trying to create a USB bootable in Debian to install my new system. I couldnt find any easy to use tool in Debian. I tried downloading the hybrid iso image from the Debian site and copied it to ...
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Cannot install Windows 7 and Debian 6.0.5 at the same time
After replacing my old HDD in notebook with new one (Momentum XT 500GB if it matters) I tried to install dual-boot: Windows 7 64-bit and Debian 6.0.5.
I tried to start with Windows, but after ...
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Installing Debian applications on Linux Mint
I'm trying to install an application (Google Chat) and it gives me the option for Debian/Ubuntu with a .deb extension. So since I have Mint, I generally just do everything as if were Ubuntu.
So I ...
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How to install Debian Squeeze on a PC without DVD, CD or USB boot capabilities?
I have an old PC (Pentium 4) and a new PC (dual core). On old PC I do not have a DVD ROM or a CD ROM. The motherboard does not let me boot from a USB key. And I do not have a NIC which can boot and ...
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1answer
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Catch 22: need apt-utils to install apt-utils?
I was trying to install something else when I ran into this problem. So I tried to install apt-utils to solve it. But I couldn't install apt-utils, because well, my console tells me I don't have ...
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Remote install of Debian or Gentoo - steps and grub?
I have a remote server currently installed with CentOS and I'll be doing a remote install of a new operating system - either gentoo or debian.
I've seen other related questions in here, but given ...
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debian 5 VMWare image and keyboard
I just installed VMWare image for Debian 5.0 and I can not type - so I can not run apt-get.
I am using a Microsoft Natural keyboard.
How do I fix this?
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How to install tar.gz2 file on a debian distribution?
I'm quite lost in linux environement. I usually install application using apt-get install and the name of the package.
Here's a quite cool text editor named 'Sublime text 2' and I would like to ...
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Where are the “program files” in Debian?
I'm new to Linux and not really sure how file system works
When you install a program on windows it stores the programs files into the Program files folder and creates an icon in the start menu. If ...
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Generic Debian Installation?
Is it possible to install Debian to some generic hardware, make that into an image file, and then image it into different hard drives and put those harddrives in different computers? I'm currently ...
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manipulation of mac os x installation package on debian linux
Can it be done?
I need to create an installation package for OS X (10.5 and on) from a Debian machine according to configuration given at request time (this configuration will change configuration ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 11.04 via VNC on my new PC (with no keyboard or mouse)
I have downloaded the latest Ubuntu.iso and extracted it to /tmp/ubuntu/ on my laptop. In the folder isolinux there is an isolinux.cfg file. I am trying to prepare a USB stick by modifying those ...
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Problem when booting debian
I am trying to setup a home server running Debian. I set up the partitions manually using gparted with the drive connected to a usb caddy on another PC, used debbootstrap to get the base file system. ...
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1answer
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Using same home partition with same username while reinstalling
I use Debian Lenny and would like to change over to Squeeze. My system consists of two partitions: lenny installation & home directory partition. I have all my personal files in the home ...
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Debian 6 installer 32Bit vs. 64Bit
I am a little confused about the Debian installer. I chose the i386 release of Debian 6, downloaded the ISO and installed in a Core2-Quad with 4Gb of RAM. That lead me to a System with a 64Bit Kernel ...
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Query dpkg for All Packages Installed/Removed from Default Image
Is there any way to query dpkg to tell what packages have been added/removed since the base install of a system?
I am running Debian 5.
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1answer
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How to use non-free drivers during debian install
I'm trying to install debian stable using unetbootin. The install process fails with "network autoconfiguration failed", probably due to the ethernet driver not working.
My Lenovo U350 has a Broadcom ...
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How to install debian from a usb drive?
I've got a shining new x64 laptop running Windows 7 and I want to dual boot debian stable.
I've installed ubuntu on loads of laptops in the past using a USB drive, but I can't find decent ...
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2answers
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Debian 5.0.8 won't detect my ethernet adapter
I'm installing Debian 5.0.8 on a Dell Latitude E6410 using the network install x86 CD.
Unfortunately, it won't detect my Ethernet adapter. Specifically, I get the error: No Ethernet card was ...
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Debian Testing install USB menu does not respond to keyboard
I'm trying to install Debian Testing onto my Acer Aspire One ZG5 using the testing versions of boot.img and debian-testing-i386-CD-1.iso. I previously installed (two days ago) the latest release of ...
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change “fakeroot debian/rules binary” output dir
I am building debian packages and I'd like the new package to be delivered in the project root folder . instead of in ../
Is there anyway of doing it without overriding debian/rules dh_builddeb? ...
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Remote Debian install instead of Ubuntu
I have server with Ubuntu and can work with it through ssh. Is it possible to install Debian remotely?
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How to install software on low memory debian machines
I have a server that runs a minimal instalation of debian 5.0. The server has only 128mb of ram.
I am trying to install virtualmin but I keep getting the message:
............spinner: fork: Cannot ...
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How to have 3 operating systems on a mirror RAID 1
How do one proceed if I want to have 3 Operating Systems: Windows 7, Ubuntu, Debian plus a swap partion, all in all 4 partitions?
Lets say I have 2 disks, each 640 GB and make room -> 300 GB for ...
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Problem after installing node.js on Debian Lenny
I managed to install node.js successfully on my machine but when invoking
make test
I get an error message:
python tools/test.py --mode=release simple
=== release test-net-pingpong === ...
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1answer
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cdrom device not found during Linux installation on Macbook Pro
I'm trying to have a dual boot Debian / Mac OS X on my Macbook Pro.
I boot on the Debian install CD, the first steps are fine until "Detect and mount CD-ROM". It seems that the installer cannot find ...
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Debian boot disc with a gnu zebra
How can I build a debian boot disc with GNU Zebra installed on it?
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automatically agree to license agreement when using “apt-get install sun-java6-jre”
i am creating a slient setup script on an ubuntu machine that also installs additional packages. one problem i am having is that the sun java package needs a manual confirmation of the license ...
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Install SFTP on Debian Lenny use root user to login
I am new to linux. I have a server that I have successfully installed Debian Lenny on and everything else needed for a LAMP server.
But I am unsure how to setup FTP. My first attempt went horribly ...
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Cannot install mc using apt-get
I'm trying to install mc using apt-get:
apt-get install mc
... and get the following error:
Failed to fetch
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.2-2_i386.deb
404 Not Found ...
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SOCKS5 Proxy Setup on Debian
Is there a package I can install in debian that will create a SOCKS5 proxy on some port? (preferably with authentication)
I'd like to use this with uTorrent.
If not, how do you setup a socks5 proxy ...
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What could be causing problems with network install of Debian?
I'm trying to perform a Network install of Debian on a spare PC I have. I'm using Windows XP Pro as my "server" machine and the "client" has a clean Hard Drive with several network cards in that can ...
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How to query whether SSH is available under Debian?
I'm trying to implement ssh server under a custom Debian-based installation, which has no GUI, and yet no ssh access. How can I know whether SSH is installed, and how can I know whether the firewall ...
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libreadline.so.5: No such file or directory
I just tried running a program installed through a .deb package and get this error:
error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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How to keep a Debian install running after several apt-get dist-upgrade
I have been using my debian install for a while and I kept dist-upgrading because I didn't want to reinstall everything after every new Release. But now I'm starting to get a few errors at the reboot ...
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