Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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Error when installing .msi - needs to be installed on local drive
I have an MSI file I'm trying to install (for the Bose SoundTouch program). However, when I press 'install' after selecting the directory that it should be installed in, I get an error - that the ...
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Remote Application Installation Quotewerks
I am having an issue on my Windows Server 2019 Terminal Server. Im trying to install quotewerks. Im using an installation file that is on another server that i've shared the database for. It appears ...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) will not install any Linux Distro
I am using a Windows PC with the following specs:
Edition: Windows 11 Home
Version: 23H2
OS build: 22631.2338
Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 100.22674.1000.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(...
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Dificulty installing Linux Mint on Thinkpad t430
I'm trying to install Linux Mint MATE edition on an empty SSD on my laptop through a bootable USB stick. When I turn on the laptop it does show the menu giving me the option to start Linux mint, but ...
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Unable to upgrade MySQL to version 8.0.34 under Windows 11
I tried to upgrade MySQL from version 8.0.32 to 8.034 under Windows 11 and I had a strange problem while doing that. Take a look at this picture:
As you can see, the Next button is not highlighted, ...
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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro, Version 1903 KB's which are must be installed
There are 2 KB's are hard-installed: KB4497464 and KB4497727. So, I am assuming they're more important than other KB's. Hence the following link contains many of them; which of them has the same level ...
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sudo apt install seclists NOT working after git clone
I am able to successfully clone the SecLists repo, but when I take the next step of installing the seclists, I'm getting "404 not found" for the IP. I deleted the initial clone, cloned the &...
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Install WSL dist on physical drive
What I know:
How to install dists manually or from the store, using terminal and such.
Mounting ext4 physical drives in Windows that WSL can read.
What I don't know, and what I'm asking is how do I ...
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Cant boot from external DVD rom
I've connected a dvd rom to USB port. But I have no dvd boot option, only windows boot manager.
What parameters should I chek?
Here are several shots of my UEFI:
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Will Rufus allow me to UPGRADE to windows 11 pro with a local account, or does a local account require a clean install?
My laptop has been bugging me to upgrade to windows 11, and I know that currently, the windows update version of the upgrade forces you to take on a microsoft account. I like my local account, and ...
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Using the /home of a broken Linux installation as the /home of a fresh install on a different partition
I have been using Manjaro in dual boot with Windows for a while but I completely messed up my Manjaro installation, likely when trying to install printer drivers. Manjaro does not boot anymore as the ...
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Windows 11 Pro installation issue. Asrock Z790 PG Lightning
I am struggling to install Windows 11 Pro on my new PC using Original USB bootable media provided by Microsoft. The thing is I cannot see the USB as boot option until I enable CSM and as far as I am ...
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How can I restore the WSL installation process after a Ctrl+C interrupt?
When I installed WSL by typing wsl --install in cmd, it got stuck on "Installing Ubuntu" for hours. (By the way, it's surprising that there's no progress bar, as the installation package for ...
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Installing Linux (Debian ) with software RAID
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As far as I am aware, it is not possible to install Debian 11 directly onto a software raid partition, because this is a "chicken-egg" problem.
To explain: the software raid requires ...
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Installing from deb files vs run file
If an app publishers offers both a deb file/ repo based installation, as well as a run file, which is preferable, and why?
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How to update Python 3 installed through the Microsoft store without reinstalling a new version?
I installed Python 3.10 through the Microsoft Store and used to launch my scripts calling in python as such: python <path to script>.py.
Python 3.11 just launched and now that I type python in ...
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How to Forward /var/log/yum.log to Remote Logging Server using rsyslog.conf?
Gents,
I am trying to find a way to forward /var/log/yum.log towards Remote Logging Server using rsyslog.conf in my RHEL7. But Not happening.
I have tried this approach but no luck -
$InputFileName /...
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How can I get the OpenBSD Install Shell to populate the /dev directory with my USB drive so I can install the firmware from it?
I am in the process of trying to install OpenBSD 7.3 via the install73.img file. I do not have the ability to install via a wired connection, so I need to install the iwm wireless firmware via a USB ...
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unable to instal libcrypto.so.1.0.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.6
I have downloaded Android SDK and trying to compile it, it shows me the following error,
error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or ...
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Solved: HP T620 thin client: bizarre boot failure
Apologies for the length of this post, but the issue is puzzling, and if you keep reading, you will encounter at least 1 astonishing event.
I’ve successfully installed Debian 12 Bookworm on two HP ...
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Windows installation issues on new PC
I’ve just built a new PC and I’m trying to install windows. The only other working machine I have to hand is a Macbook running OSX so I used this method to create the installation USB: https://www....
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Java JDK 20 fails on install windows 10
When I try to install jdk 20, it fails.
When I try to install with the MSI, it fails almost immediately with the message "installation failed. The wizard was interrupted before Java(TM) Se ...
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InnoSetup - Python ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'importlib'
I am trying to create a setup for my small app.
After creating to .exe (--onedir) with pyinstaller (which it works).
I create the setup file with InnoSetup.
After that I installed the application and ...
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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition - Minimum Setup
We have a cooperate license for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition and for time to time I have to install (or re-install it) on different Servers and computers. The setup folder size is about ...
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An error occurred while installing .NET (7.0): .NET Acquisition Failed: I
Here is the error that keeps popping up with my experience during this problem (Ubuntu/os) :
An error occurred while installing .NET (7.0): .NET Acquisition Failed: Installation failed: Error: ...
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"Blue Windows" screen when a hard drive from a "dead" machine is replaced?
I am given a "dead" ACER Aspire 5733 Model PEW71 laptop. I opened the laptop and see no hard drive in it.
So I slid in a hard drive of my own, and this laptop goes to the "blue windows&...
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Can I install PHP libraries with Composer and is it a best practice?
A few years back I used to install PHP libraries on my Debian system this way:
apt install php-mbstring php-gettext php-cli php-mysql
Can I install these and other PHP libraries with Composer and is ...
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GRUB Message Encountered Installing Ubuntu 22.04 (from USB) onto a Windows 10 System
I have a problem similar to the one described at:
How to resolve Minimal BASH-Like line editing is supported
I had a fresh install of Windows 10 on a computer (Intel NUC10i7FNHN that I just purchased)....
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Installing windows 11 fails, "A media driver your computer needs is missing" error
I've been trying to install win11 on my MSI Pulse laptop, but whenever I boot from USB it gives me error "A media driver your computer needs is missing". I found out so far that INTEL VMD/...
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How can I extract the password from an installer/self-extracting archive? [closed]
I have an installer/self-extracting archive. The executable file has an embedded ZIP archive into it (like many other installers). The ZIP archive is encrypted with a password.
The installer DOES NOT ...
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Choco error checksum didn't meet
While installing tabby using choco gives checksum didn't match error.
PS C:\Users\devpa> choco install tabby -y
Chocolatey v2.0.0 ...
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Undefined symbols, mixing repositories, linux integrity, and fixing a whole distribution
Having this issue by trying to update / upgrade to Bookworm, led me to some thoughts about the integrity of linux, as distributions / repositories increasing and thus libraries may diverse enough to ...
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Expose an installed SDK package in the start menu
I am maintaining a software package that installs as a set of files in folders plus a series of executables. It is a complete SDK. I have developed an installer using Visual Studio and had been quite ...
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ERROR while installing PyAudio in Rocky Linux 9
I just installed Rocky Linux 9 and my os contains "Development Tools" packages plus the required libraries for development and installing PyAudio such as portaudio and portaudio-devel, which ...
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Where is my disk space? Seems like a lot is missing
I recently installed Rocky Linux 9.1. I have four 4TB disks. During the install I asked for custom partitioning and selected RAID 5 for /home and left everything else as default.
Here's what I wound ...
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Run Visual Studio installer from Linux [duplicate]
I know Visual Studio offline installer can be made in Windows using the following command
vs_enterprise.exe --layout c:\localVSlayout
I want to know if it is possible to make an offline installation ...
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Where are gs-X11 and gs-noX11 on my Mac?
I performed the following steps:
Reinstalled macOS Ventura 13.4 on my system. (I was taken aback to not find /usr/local/bin/, but then this answer provided relief.)
Installed Homebrew. (It is in /opt ...
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Are those two WWAN slots on the Latitude E6440?
I am researching trying to install an extra SSD on a Latitude E6440, and there seems to be another slot labeled WWAN beneath the slot that's used everywhere I see.
Is that another identical slot? Can ...
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Windows 10 Installer Won't Work
I have run into an issue that is beyond my capability to resolve, and therefore I have come to ask for help.
I am not able to install or uninstall any apps/software on my laptop. All it does is hang, ...
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Changing Windows' default system directory on installation
Long story short: I'm writing a shim for running custom privileged scripts with Windows' native shell. To test that, I'd like to have a set of custom-forged installations, one of which would involve ...
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opensuse leap 15.4, installing apps from .ymp files (one click install) with the command line
I have a new (to me) opensuse leap 15.4 installation with the generic desktop (just ICEWM, no file manager) for I use mc as my file manager.
Several apps I need I could only find as .ymp files, "...
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How to install Perl modules in custom location?
I'm currently trying to install a Perl module, but the web hosting has specifically locked the custom Perl user install directory (they have a "install service" charging 7$ per module).
So ...
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How do I install pgaudit on PostgreSQL 11.5 in Red Hat Linux environment?
PostgreSQL 11.5 was installed with Control-M in a Red Hat Linux environment. Unfortunately, there are only 2 extensions (dblink, plpgsql) that were a part of that installation.
I am new to PostgreSQL. ...
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How to take an MSKLC-created layout into use in menus?
Having successfully created, installed, and distributed keyboard layout using MSKLC, I now noticed that even though I was able to create a new one and the installation process ends with an OK message, ...
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Is this a network issue of installing nixos
After taking those prerequisite steps like prepairing NixOS ISO liveCD,partitioning my SSD ,mounting those partitions and editting the configuration.nix file appropriatedly,then i ran the command sudo ...
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Manjaro Linux Installer cannot find a partition to install
I recently started trying to install Manjaro Linux, but the installer could not find a partition to install. I opened GParted and THE ONLY PARTITION it found was my USB drive i was booting from. I ...
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Verifying gpg keys through script
I am installing a package that needs gpg key verification check, i am able to verify those keys interactively but when i try to install the package through bash script i have to provide yum install -...
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How does dependency uninstalls occur while uninstalling a software in OS?
I installed mono and using homebrew and its dependencies is installed with it as a prerequisite. After uninstalling the mono again I realized it does not uninstall dependencies it installed initially ...
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Why k3s install failed? Job for k3s.service failed because the control process exited with error code
I installed k3s on Ubuntu 22.04
curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_EXEC="server --flannel-backend none" K3S_TOKEN=prokupljejbb sh -s -
[INFO] Installing k3s to /usr/local/bin/k3s
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What is the bug that makes fonts not work after a restart when not installed for all users? Is it fixable?
When installed for a single user, fonts disappear after a logoff. They are still in the registry and in the folder, but they aren't registered. Reinstalling them makes them work again. Why is that? Is ...
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