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Created a new project on Ubuntu for windows using npx, but cannot find it after it successfully runs

When installing ubuntu for windows 10, I was following a guide that used npx to bootstrap a project. For example I'll run npx create-react-app my-app When it runs successfully, it'll say something ...
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WSL seems to ignore "default user" argument when updating distro

We are creating a deployment for WSL/Ubuntu 20.04. This works flawlessly for virgin machines. However, we have a population of machines which have Ubuntu 16.04 which we want to update. We're not in ...
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GNOME Network Displays - PackageKit service not found, codecs not detected

What's up StackExchange-land :) I'm currently running into an issue with getting PackageKit to install or recognize codecs on my system when using GNOME Network Displays on Ubuntu 23.10. When I try to ...
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How to capture packets at the Ethernet layer on a SOCKS5 proxy server?

When I capture packets with tcpdump on an Ubuntu 20.04 VM running a SOCKS proxy server on port 1080, they are often larger than 1500 bytes. My network device has an MTU of 1500, so as far as I ...
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How can I send requests to cloudflare WARP+ from users who connect to the Ubuntu server with Softether?

I have an Ubuntu server and I use it as a softether vpn server. I recently installed cloudflare WARP+ on it. After connecting to the server with softether vpn client, the user's requests will go to ...
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WSL: Used 'sudo reboot' in ubuntu; now everything is down incl. wsl

I run WSL on win 10, installed ubuntu 20.04 & used 'sudo reboot' in ubuntu command line; now everything is down incl. wsl Means, if I type wsl -l -v in windows power shell, not even that works. ...
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WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS not working: WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070490

After a windows update, WSL2 stopped working with: Installing, this may take a few minutes... WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070490 Error: 0x80070490 Element not found. Press any key ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 not able install mysql

No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.10 Release: 22.10 Codename: kinetic I trying sudo apt-get install mysql-server Reading package lists... Done ...
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Error Installing OCI8 on Ubuntu 23.10 PHP 8.2

I'm running Apache 2.4 on a Ubuntu 23.10 server with PHP 8.2 and I can't install the OCI8 extension in order to connect to Oracle. I previously had a PHP 5.6 built from a makefile which I recently ...
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Why is title bar for phpstorm hidden for some windows?

I'm running phpstorm on Ubuntu with Gnome. The title bar disappears for some of the projects, but not all of them. Phpstorm is the only program that has this issue. How do I fix it? I always want the ...
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How to solve The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EB3E94ADBE1229CF

I am trying to install SQL server on Linux using Ubuntu from this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-ubuntu?view=sql-server-ver16&tabs=ubuntu2204 And, in ...
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How and why does ~ vs its substituted form in path affect behavior of which / type?

If my PATH contains say ~/.local/bin, the file in that location won't be discovered by which, but it will be discovered by type, and the file will be hashed. If I update PATH to /home/me/.local/bin, (...
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Do I need to take ownership to be able to delete/move files?

I run bittorrent-nox on my little seed box and since I switched from NTFS to ext4 now sometimes the files will not let me edit them over SAMBA file share - it tells me I need to be the bittorrent nox ...
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How to differentiate between directories created manually and directories created by installed programs?

On my Ubuntu laptop, I want to differentiate between directories I created manually and directories created by programs that I install for coding purposes (in Python). I have searched a lot, but it ...
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I accidentally delete UEFI partition and now I can't boot Linux Mint

I wanted to add more space for my disk partition, however, I didn't read carefully, and I accidentally deleted the UEFI partition. I still didn't notice how seriously it cause and after I rebooted, ...
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How to prevent compiz spam in journalctl due to wine

I run a program (DingTalk) in Wine on Ubuntu, and because there are some lingering compatibility issues I find a lot of error messages about compiz in journalctl. There are several errors every second....
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ssh server stops running after the first successful connection ends whilst running sshd directly

When I do sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd -p2222 and then connect to the newly created SSH server sshd stops running after the first connection ends. I mean, I get that sudo service sshd start would prob be ...
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Installed Nox on Windows 10, which uninstalled WSL2 and thus my Ubuntu VMs. Are they VMs recoverable?

On windows 10. I was unaware WSL2 was tethered to Hyper-V. I installed Nox which said it needed to disable Hyper-V. It did, and asked for a reboot. When I tried to run my WSL2 via terminal it is ...
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Can't extend volume in Windows after deleting Ubuntu dual boot, and Ubuntu still shows up in boot options?

I installed Ubuntu to my second SSD (500 GB not main) as dual boot. I have now deleted it as I don't need it but whenever I try to extend the volume to the unallocated space it says there isn't enough ...
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Sodu: command not working [closed]

~$ sodu bash sodu: command not found ~$ apt-get install sodu E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/...
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Cisco AnyConnect rewrites the modified profile file

I have installed Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (version 4.10.07073) on WSL2/Windows 10 and am trying to connect, I get this error: >> error: VPN establishment capability for a remote ...
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How to test for ext4 Partition? Not ext4 Filesystem

using: neofetch --stdout |grep 'OS:' OS: Kubuntu 22.04.3 LTS x86_64 Start Update Question due to someone deleted information: No interest in testing for ext4 Filesystem. lsblk -n -o FSTYPE /dev/sdb1 ...
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My wireless adapter is seen in terminal but I cannot connect to wifi in VirtualBox Linux

I have a problem where my VirtualBox does not scan wifi through my wireless adapter but is connected to the ethernet of host machine. When I do ifconfig then my wireless adapter is shown. ifconfig ...
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Parameter sysctl fs.quota.syncs

I can't find a clear answer about the fs.quota.syncs parameter What is it responsible for and is it a configuration parameter or a counter? The value is different on different servers. After reboot - ...
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Enabling MIDI editors to play MIDI files on Linux (without an external musical device)

I cannot enable MIDI files to be played on Linux in editors such as Qtractor or MidiEditor. Why is it not working when VLC can play these MIDI files? Details: I was able to make VLC play .mid files on ...
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Computer Dell precision on Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS UEFI

I have a big problem wich my Linux Ubuntu : when i go to turn it off, my computer remains frozen with Dell splash screen and I will force by pressing the interrupt button. I trying to upgrade my ...
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Ubuntu not booting properly at all

Today i tried booting my Ubuntu, but it seems like its not able to finish the boot process properly. In GRUB, when i select my kernel version it starts booting as usual but after a few seconds it ...
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SSD read/write error on ASUS Vivobook S15 S533 (11th Gen Intel) running Ubuntu 22.04 after update

I have Ubuntu 22.04 upgraded from 20.04 installed in 2020. This machine]1 worked well with kernel 5.15.0-43. After recent update (2023.11.28) it often crashes random with I/O error. While crashing it ...
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Is it possible to install Linux OS on a computer with SSH with no monitor?

I have an old computer I want to use as a Minecraft server. It has no working display ports and has Windows 10 installed on it. The computer is an HP Pavilion m9047c and I want to install Ubuntu ...
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What are the default values for opening links in WSL?

On a fresh WSL install, when running open . : Windows File Explorer will open open https://example.com: My default Windows browser in will open. However, I believe after I installed Lynx, this ...
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How to install sox for PyTorch audio?

I want to run PyTorch code on Linux. I start a virtual machine on AWS with AMI Deep Learning PyTorch, but, surprisingly, PyTorch is not installed. So I run: python3 -m pip install torch torchaudio ...
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How to Update Plaso

I have been trying to Google but to no avail. May I ask this community how to update my plaso on an Ubuntu/WSL? I have tried the below: https://plaso.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sources/user/Ubuntu-...
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Duckiebot Flashing Micro SD Card Issue

I am trying to flash my duckiebot using Ubuntu from the directions in their manual however when I go to choose where I want to flash it (the Micro SD Card) it will not show up and only gives me a list ...
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Resolving Slurm cgroups Plugin Errors on Ubuntu 22.04 Nodes

I'm working with Slurm and facing issues specifically with the cgroups plugin on Ubuntu 22.04 nodes. Our team is relatively new to Slurm, and we've been trying to optimize our resource management for ...
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Connecting to Raspberry Pi 4 wayvnc server from Ubuntu (ssvncviewer, gvncviewer)?

I got a Raspberry Pi 4 that I did not set up myself; it reports: pi@raspberry:~ $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 12 \n \l pi@raspberry:~ $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID:...
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How do I reduce the space allocated for Persistent Storage on my Ubuntu Live USB?

I used Rufus to create a Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Live USB with persistence. However, I allocated all of the remaining drive space for the Persistent Storage, thinking that it could be accessed and used as ...
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How can I read an unreadable USB stick? [duplicate]

I have a USB stick which cannot be read by either Windows or Ubuntu. It is not damaged as far as I can tell and I have used it in the past. The "Disks" app in Ubuntu results is shown in the ...
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Add new disk to an available zpool

A zpool is created with name tank. By using zfs command, a disk is added to the pool. Now the disk contains data which is not going to be lost. I buy a new disk and want to append it to the same pool ...
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VirtualBox installation fails on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04. I downloaded the right .deb from the official site and installed with sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-7.0_7.0.12-159484\~Ubuntu\~jammy_amd64.deb which gave ...
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iptables how to port forward remote to local

This is the scenario: I have an encoded file that I cannot change the API URL but I know what it is. Let's suppose it is https://my.api.site.com/v1. When I run php myfile.php, it connects to the API ...
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rsync to server and set ownership and permissions, use sudo

I have a server with a website, /var/www/html/website. I use rsync to transfer updated files over: rsync -avzu --no-perms --no-owner --no-group --chown=user:www-data --progress /mnt/c/xampp7/htdocs/...
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Problems running Virtualbox

I'm currently having issues running Virtualbox on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. At first I didn't pay attention to the following issues during the installation (I removed the hostname): Nov 28 11:50:48 <...
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Facing an error while vagrant up and trying to create new vm with hard disks

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config| config.vm.box = "generic/ubuntu2204" config.vm.disk :disk, size: "400MB", name: "extra_storage1" config.vm.disk :disk, ...
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After uninstalling Ubuntu, how to remove the "Ubuntu" entry from the Windows boot selection?

After uninstalling dual-boot ubuntu on my laptop, every time during start-up I get stuck on a screen like this: There is no entry for Ubuntu in the Boot tab of msconfig: How can I delete the Ubuntu ...
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How many environment variables can be passed through openssh SendEnv/AcceptEnv

I have added SendEnv whatever_* in ~/.ssh/config on the local host and AcceptEnv LANG LC_* whatever_* in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the remote host. Now, I'm trying to run some stuff on the remote ...
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Ubuntu Server randomly crashes and hangs

System randomly crashing, cannot find reason I am running a Jellyfin media server on a machine at home and it has been crashing randomly since it was installed. The system would just crash and hang ...
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IPtables dropping packets I can't see with tcpdump and I don't know why?

My IPtables rules are blocking apt update for example: root@vpn:~# apt update Ign:1 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease Ign:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease ...
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How to configure a traffic route from VM1 through Host to VM2

I'm using Virtualbox for VM's Ubuntu 20.04. My task is to configure the network in such a way that traffic from VM1 passes through Host (Windows 10) and then to VM2, as well as in the opposite ...
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How to repair my WSL Ubuntu after uninstalling my active terminal emulator? [duplicate]

I used zsh fort some time now and I wanted to try out the kitty terminal emulator, but I forgot to set another one beforehand the uninstallation of zsh. Now my ubuntu throws an error every time I try ...
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Transfer Google Chrome profiles from Ubuntu to windows

I have to use both Ubuntu and Windows. Consequently I also need to use Google Chrome on both. I have tried to transfer my chrome profiles FROM Ubuntu 20.04 to Windows 10 unsuccessfully despite ...
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