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How to build a live Debian CD/USB in Windows, bootable in EFI mode?
I tried to install the latest stable Debian release (Debian 7.0 "Wheezy") using the Debian Multi-arch netinstall (AMD64) "debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso" on my laptop. My laptop has a SecureCore ...
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Oracle RAC 11g R2 DB silent install: parameter needed for system class [migrated]
I'm installing Oracle RAC DB 11gR2 using response file and silent mode. The installation is failing with the error message:
[INS-35421] This options installs a single instance database only
You ...
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Oracle 11gR2 grid slient installation: error for privateinterconnects
I am installing Oracle grid 11gR2 using silent install with response file. I am getting error after "Collecting interface information for node 1" in logs.
I have a feeling that this could be due to ...
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emacs elpa load packages
I am using emacs24, and I started using elpa to download the packages to ~/.emacs.d/elpa folder.
How can I load these packages?
For instance, I have tried (see below) for rainbow-delimiter but it ...
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How do I install Red Hat Linux 9.0 Shrike from a USB drive?
I have a desktop PC which does not have a CD drive and does not have access to the Internet or other networks.
I want to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 "Shrike" on it using a 8GB USB flash drive.
I have ...
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Recompile a binary installation? (problems installing ejabberd XMPP server)
This is either a basic unix problem or one specific to ejabberd - I don't know enough to know which it is.
So I've installed ejabberd XMPP server using an OSX installer version 2.1.11 -- ...
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Red Hat installation query: no Gnome GUI
I'm trying to install Red Hat on my Windows system but Im facing a problem. I get only one option during installation which is "Minimal" and even if I check Gnome desktop in customize options, I only ...
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SOLVED: linux vmware player installation “VMs are running” error
I was evaluating vmware workstation lately but as my trial period ran out i decided not to go for a license so I uninstalled the now defunct workstation 9 in order to re install the player.
The ...
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Installation hangs at console: output LVDS-1 is running on CRTC 1 using output A [closed]
Tried all 32bit editions of mint, all hang crash to console with that reading. Very frustrating. Any clue how to get past this screen?
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How to install cpp in RHEL 6.3?
I want to install gcc in RHEL 6.3, but it has cpp dependencies.
So I go to cpp rpm download page, but it has no rpm for 6.3 version:
Is there any other way to install cpp in RHEL 6.3?
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Need these offline installing packages [closed]
I'm an offline Linux Mint user. I go to cafes and download my software there which is most probably in .tar.gz or tar.bz2 files.
We need to compile them to install the software. After reading through ...
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Install Fedora core 15 on HP Smart Array Controller HDD
I need to install "Fedora Core 15" Linux on to HP Smart Array Controller attached HDD.
Problem is Fedora Core 15 kernel do not has HPSA device driver. I tried to load (my own build) HPSA driver ...
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Copying a working Linux instead of installing a new one [duplicate]
It is possible to move an installed Linux from one drive to another or from one disk to another by two methods:
dd command which copies sector by sector including boot sector
cp command, and then ...
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vim install on freebsd has taken 5 hours and counting
Ok, so installed portmaster and I'm trying with it, I'm hoping it won't take time.
So I've been up all night and my vim installation is still going on.
I have an amazon ec2 freebsd server setup. I ...
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Can't access server after rvm install
I messed up my server yesterday, and im not quite sure how to get it straight again. After trying to install SiriProxy by severall guides failing one after the other on the step for rvm and ...
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Fedora Upgrade Error
I was trying to upgrade to Fedora 16 (I had f14) using preupgrade. However,
it fails at the end (after saying: preparing transaction from installation source) and gives the following error:
A fatal ...
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How to truely install a tar.gz file on Linux - how to manage manually-installed (or standalone) applications?
I see all these links explaining packages and .debs... I know that... and there are many kludges to get tar.gz files working (eg: update-alternatives for Java or manually dropping the file in ...
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Update install repository on liveUSB?
I'm using a kubuntu liveUSB with persistence. It's possible to update the liveUSB itself, such that the updates persist. However, the update packages aren't used for installation, as far as I can ...
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What is the advantage of a network installation?
Looked into a network installation of fedora there. It seems you need to setup http & ftp servers on the host along with booting from a cd.
So what are the advantages of installing linux over the ...
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Installing prstat package command on Ubuntu Linux
I'm trying to run the prstat command on my Ubuntu server, but it doesn't seem to be installed, I have searched the web for the package name needed to install it but without any luck for some reason..
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How can I create a Windows XP installation USB drive? [closed]
There are two partitions on my hard disk, one is Linux Mint and one is newly formatted. (a simplification)
I have Windows XP installation disks and iso files, however my optical drive isn't working.
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Apt-Get Install Unmet Dependencies
My debian computer will not install the new kernel. It says I have unmet dependencies, and those dependencies say they have unmet dependencies. Many of these dependencies are already installed ...
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Linux Need Basic Libraries Without Internet
So I've been battling with my debian install lately, it doesn't have the firmware for either eth0 or wan0 NIC's. However, I got a firmware.zip file that I need to extract to /lib/firmware. The problem ...
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Installing Linux Mint on a blank SSD
I've dual booted Mint and Windows 7, but I'd really like to get rid of Windows all together. And from what I understand, it's not really a true dual boot, but it's actually just running from inside ...
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Why do I need to install -devel packages?
I am new to Linux and wonder why many times when I install package with yum I need to install package-devel.i386 rather than package.i386. What is the difference between them?
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mod_python won't “./configure” because it can't determine httpd version
I'm trying to install mod_python 3.3.1 on Apache 2.4.3 and whenever I try to run ./configure (with apxs etc) and instead of configuring correctly, it says that Apache 2.x is required and my current ...
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httpd-devel requires outdated version of glibc-common on CentOS 6.3
httpd-devel requires an outdated version of glibc-common on CentOS 6.3 x86_64 and Apache/2.2.15. It wants 2.12-1.80.el6 and I have 2.12-1.80.el6_3.3.x86_64 installed (via CentOS @update repo)
Here is ...
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How do I install Chromium on F17?
I just installed the Beefy Miracle on my box, but essentially being the first time I've used Linux I'm not sure how to perform even some of the most basic tasks.
I thought I would try to install ...
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How do I install packages with F17?
I just installed Fedora 17 on my box and I'm having trouble installing packages. I used to think that across all linux os'es all it took was sudo apt-get install packagae.
I don't think this is the ...
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Cut down the installed space?
My system: Debian 6.04, sda is working disk, sdb is my USB disk.
I installed Debian onto the USB drive this way, to edit grub file on sda,
nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg to add the new lines
menuentry ...
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Installing from source. How to resolve dependencies without destroying the package manager.
I don't consider myself a total noob, but compiling and installing software is a pain and problem I cannot overcome. I just want to run down through my understanding of this process with someone more ...
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How to install older version of glibc?
I'm trying to install gcc-4.4 on RHEL6: sudo rpm -ivh /mnt/dvd/Packages/gcc-4.4.3-1.el6.x86_64.rpm. But the problem is that is depends on glibc and glibc-common libraries. When I try to install them ...
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Problem installing RHEL on HP Itanium Server
When I am trying to install RHEL (6.3, 5.8, 4.8) on an HP Integrity Server rx2660 Itanium with 4GB RAM, I keep getting to the same point which is
Loading file efi\boot\initrd.img...done
After ...
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Linux Mint 13 not installing
I just decided to move to Linux. I downloaded the Mint 13 iso and wrote it to a DVD.
I installed it on my Win7 laptop with VMware workstation to test and all worked fine. So I decided to reboot my ...
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Can not boot ArchLinux with a Macbook pro 7.1
Today i endly decide to put a Linux in dual boot on my macbook 7.1
I parted the HDD with Gparted like this :
refit / MacOSX / boot / root / home
I installed Arch succefully, folowing the tuto about ...
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Best rolling release distribution for Macbook pro
I got a macbook pro 7.1 wich is running OSX, i'm looking for the most compatible distribution to dual boot.
Here's my criteria :
I don't want to reinstall my system every 6 month, so i'll prefer a ...
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“Couldn't resolve host” when installing/updating yum packages
Whenever I try to install or update a package using yum, after it updates its DB these messages are shown:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit, tidy-cache google64
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How to make apr available for subversion install?
I try to install subversion from source, but on ./configure receive:
configure: error: no suitable apr found
I have download apr source and installed:
libraries have been installed in:
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Installing openSUSE 12.1 on Asus Zenbook UX32VD
So my boss who hates the idea of windows and virtualization had brought me his fancy new Zenbook UX32VD wanting openSUSE 12.1 to be installed on it. SO far I have hit issue after issue and cant seem ...
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Having a problem installing snort on fedora 17
I've installed the latest versions of libpcap and libdnet. There is however a problem with daq. I configured snort with --wth-daq-libraries=/usr/local/lib/daq and --with-libpcap-libraries=/usr/lib ...
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Does OpenSUSE Instlux overwrite Windows?
You seem to be able to install OpenSUSE from Windows using Instlux. Does anyone here know what the result is for the Windows installation on the machine? Is it overwritten, or does Instlux work like ...
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Is there a way to install only the base Fedora system?
I'd like to install a base Fedora system meaning without all the other programs/applications that come when installing a Gnome/KDE/XFCE spins. How do I do this?
This is the first time I'd be ...
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Why “Linux Generic” use RPM extension in MySQL download page?
I need to install MySQL 5.5 from source in Ubuntu 10.04.
So I'm trying to find tar.gz source from here.
But when choosing "Linux Generic" from the drop down menu, it is showing an RPM extension
I ...
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libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: cairo_has_show_text_glyphs error
I am using Debian Squeeze and I wanted to install Gimp 2.8. I installed a lot of packages dependencies for Gimp but I could not successfully complete the install of the Gimp package
When installing ...
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dual booting centos5.5 and fedora
I already have centos5.5 on my system whose hard disk is ~500GB. I have tried to dual boot with fedora 16. while installing fedora 16 I have created a ~250GB and ~4GB partitions for "/" and swap. The ...
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Any way to register source-built software with rpm/yum database?
When I install a software from its binary package using rpm or yum, I can later query for meta-information (rpm -qi PACKAGE, rpm -ql PACKAGE, ...) and can uninstall it (rpm -e PACKAGE).
But with the ...
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Arch Linux netinstall - conflicting packages on install
I'm using the latest Arch Netinstall image. I just went through and selected about 150 packages to download and install. However, when I get to the "Install Packges" step, I get an error saying that I ...
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Is it possible to install Gentoo by building on one machine and copying the files?
I have an older machine with a failing cdrom drive. Because of this I'm having a hard time installing Gentoo on the system. I wanted to run a proposed work around past you and see if it makes sense.
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Is there a way to determine when a binary was compiled or installed?
Is there a way to determine when a binary was compiled or installed? For example, I have a binary mdrun_d, and I would like to know when this particular binary was compiled or installed. The system ...
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Do I need to format a CF before installing Linux?
I recently purchased an 8GB Patriot CF card, like this one:
http://www.frys.com/product/6094878?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I also have a Syba CF/Sata adapter:
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