Installing software on a running system, either as binaries or from source
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Problem in installing Google voice and video plugin for Gmail
I just downloaded Google talk plugin for voice and video (for audio/video chat in gmail).
I am using RHEL6. I downloaded the plugin (64 bit, rpm format).
While installing it an error comes which ...
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2answers
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how to apply this patch
There is a patch fix for perl module net::ssh2 it fixes a seg fault error that happens on some machines.
It's located here:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36614
I downloaded the ...
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1answer
91 views
Access PgSQL executables from anywhere
I've installed PgSQL 9.1.2 from PostgreSQL repositories and all it's fine except that I can't execute command from every path in my OS. For example suppose that I want to run the command pg_dump: for ...
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1answer
1k views
How to install Empathy on CentOS 6.0?
I'm a very new CentOS user. I came from Ubuntu. I need to install Empathy on my CentOS PC.
Can anybody explain how to do that?
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1answer
227 views
How to install caffeine on fedora16?
https://launchpad.net/caffeine
I'm trying to install caffeine on Fedora but I am stuck on some problem, that is I can't run:
./bin/caffeine
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2answers
150 views
Where should I place a downloaded tarball?
I have downloaded the ChromePlus tarball and extracted it to my home directory. The extracted folder contains an executable that I can double-click to launch ChromePlus. So I assume I do not need to ...
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1answer
685 views
Installing OpenVPN to replace Cisco VPN because Cisco will not work with the kernel I am on or downgrade instead?
I had difficulties installing Cisco5.0 VPN on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I asked for assistance in this question: link to previous question. The answer is that this Cisco program will run on only older ...
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1answer
407 views
Kernel module for Cisco VPN client doesn't compile under ubuntu 10.04 LTS?
I am trying to install a Cisco VPN client under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. In the extracted folder I type:
alex@alex-laptop:~/Downloads/cisco4.8/vpnclient$ sudo ./vpn_install
and there is output of activity ...
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1answer
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I bought a game from Ubuntu Software Centre, How do I download it for Linux Mint?
I bought the game TRAUMA from the ubuntu software centre, using my login user/password and paid with my debit card, I can download and play the purchased game in ubuntu fine. But I recently switched ...
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1answer
694 views
How do I install the nagios NRPE plugin on CentOS 5 using yum?
How do I install the nagios NRPE plugin on CentOS 5 using yum?
I've tried yum install nagios-plugins but it's only downloading a fraction of a megabyte. Then if I do a search for one of the commands ...
3
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1answer
244 views
Install pdflatex via SSH on Amazon EC2 instance
I need to install pdflatex on my Linux powered machine (Amazon EC2 instance, didn't decided yet which distribution would be the best so also feel free to give a hint) because I want to connect ...
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2answers
805 views
How to install software in solaris?
How do I install NetBackUp software in solaris?
I'm learning the software and I need to install and practice using it.
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5answers
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Where is Netbeans installed on Ubuntu?
I installed Netbeans on my Ubuntu 11.10 machine. I used the combined method, so Netbeans and JDK are installed from a single file. However, now that it's installed I can't figure out how to start ...
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1answer
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How to install non-outdated nvidia drivers using apt-get?
I tried using apt-get install nvidia-current after installation
I got 280.13 version, which is not the latest version(290.10).
so how can i force apt-get to download the latest driver?
Edit:
I'm ...
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1answer
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How do I upgrade to the newest Firefox via YaST in OpenSuSE 11.x? [closed]
I'm running OpenSuSE 11.2 and I would like to upgrade to the newest version of Firefox (v 8 I believe at the time of this question). I'm not interested in extracting a tarball, I would like to do it ...
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1answer
201 views
Forcing 'yes' to new update license agreements?
Sometimes when a new version of a big piece of software is released (java, flash, etc), the developers will require that a license agreement be combed through and then ask you to type (yes/no) at the ...
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1answer
396 views
installing column unix utility on windows
I would like to be able to use the BSD unix utilities: column, join and paste in my Cygwin installation. It seems that they are not available, or I cannot find them. Is there a way to install them so ...
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1answer
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What ghc package does cabal-install need?
I've just installed cabal to try and get http://dmwit.com/yeganesh/, but on running cabal-install it throws the error:
cabal: ghc version >=6.4 is required but it could not be found.
Apt-cache ...
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2answers
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Where is a good place to put applications that come pre-compiled?
Certain applications like Blender and Eclipse come precompiled in a tarball. Usually I put the directories in my home folder and access them from the command line. Is there a better place to put them ...
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2answers
783 views
How to set the default gcc version for only one user
I share a server (Ubuntu 11.04) with other people and I am the only one who has to use gcc 4-4 for my code, the rest is using 4.5. I already installed gcc 4.4 but how do I make it the default for me, ...
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1answer
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Fritz WLAN USB stick - Xlib/Xfree86 dev packages for installing Wine
I have installed Ubuntu 10.4 and want to install the driver for my Fritz WLAN USB stick according to http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/fritz!wlan_usb_stick (German site... sorry). Now I am trying to install ...
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1answer
438 views
Warnings about read-only filesystems while installing a solaris package
I have a solaris machine that I am trying to install Perl 5.12 as well as gcc and make to get CPAN working. I downloaded the packages from sun freeware, and was able to install gcc. When I tried to ...
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1answer
284 views
How can I install Texas Instrument's dvsdk?
How can I install a file that doesn't even have a file extention? I followed the instructions, but I failed... Also apt doesn't do anything.
Here is the link to the file and the installation process: ...
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1answer
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Linux Mint won't run virtualbox
I installed Linux Mint 11 Katya with Virtualbox 4.1 once and all was running fine. Then I reinstalled system, and I have a lot of software installed too (including Wine). But when I went through the ...
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4answers
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Install ffmpeg 0.7.1-5 from debian package
I downloaded this package for ffmpeg.
When I try to install it with command
sudo dpkg -i ffmpeg_0.7.1-5_i386.deb
it writes this error message:
Unpacking ffmpeg (from ffmpeg_0.7.1-5_i386.deb) ...
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What is the Linux equivalent to C:\Program Files?
I understand that in Windows as well as Linux and Unix, a program|application|software can be installed in any directory. Also if packages are installed using the distribution's packaging system, ...
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1answer
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Cleanly reinstalling an application
I am currently having problems with Hulu desktop, and want to reinstall it. However, when I attempt to uninstall and reinstall it, it saves my previous settings (even my username and password).
How ...
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2answers
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How to find the installation path for a software under linux?
Under linux, I launch a software by typing, e.g., fluidplot. How can I find the installation path for this software?
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4answers
383 views
Can I have my own version control system?
In the linux/unix machine I am using, I am just a normal user. However, I want a version control system to manage my files to prevent accidental delete/rename/lost/modification. Obviously I don't have ...
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1answer
565 views
Trouble installing MySQL from binaries
So, I am a freshman in Computer Science, and I have dug an old computer out of my garage to use as a personal hosting server for various services (email, web site, subversion, etc.), partly because I ...
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2answers
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How to figure out the exact package name of a `.so` file, so that it can be installed through `zypper`?
anisha@linux-dopx:~/tarBalls/qtFlash/bin> ./flashscript
./flashscript: error while loading shared libraries: libqtnmedia.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
...
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2answers
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How to find whether a software (which may `not` be in the PATH) is pre-installed or not?
anisha@linux-dopx:~> which qmake
which: no qmake in ...
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Need libca.so (Needed to install epics)
I need to install epics on my Ubuntu system, but when I try to it returns a warning saying it cannot find the dynamic library (libca.so or libCom.so). I tried to locate them, but it appears that they ...
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2answers
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Wine installation problems in CentOS
Every time I use...
yum install wine
I get a message saying the package isn't found. I have used yum update but that does not work either. Moreover I accidentally ran chmod user:user /etc/yum...
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1answer
320 views
MEncoder install issue
I'm looking for a simple install guide for mencoder on a linux server via SSH.
Every guide I've come to so far links me to out of date versions.
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3answers
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Installing a .deb package in home directory
Is it possible to install a .deb package completely under my home directory at debian?
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1answer
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Upgrading ffmpeg
How can I upgrade ffmpeg to version 0.6 on debian-based operating system?
I'm using apt-get for installation and deb packages.
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1answer
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What do I install into a given install prefix
Which directories should I expect to have in an install prefix when I'm writing makefiles? I've noticed that in the common prefix /usr, there is no /etc, yet there is an /include dir, which isn't in ...
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1answer
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Automated PAM module installation
I'm trying to set up an automated install process for a PAM module that provides LDAP-like HTTP authentication. Since this is an alternative authentication module, I would need to add something like ...
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Can I install “development-tools” offline? Or, how to make my CD the yum repository?
I'm looking for the "development-tools" for Fedora, but I can't find information about how/where to download it to install offline (I have no internet connection in my Fedora).
Attempt 1: There's a ...
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3answers
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Building from Source on CentOS 5 or newer
I've got a few applications of which I've got to build from source files in order to make it work on CentOS (the programs do not exist in the yum repos).
I may be missing something, but unlike Debian ...
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1answer
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Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 5.0 using terminal on CentOS?
On the screenshot below is an icon squared in red. Clicking it will launch Mozilla Firefox 3.0.18. I want to upgrade Firefox to version 5.0 so that clicking the same icon should launch the new ...
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1answer
677 views
Installing Rubymine without sun-java6-jre
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and am looking to install Rubymine. It seems every tutorial recommends installing sun-java6-jre before downloading rubymine but aptitude and apt-get are returning nothing, ...
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3answers
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How can I build and install PL/R as a non-privileged user?
There is a postgres instance, and I have the ability to build my own instance.
Using these instructions I ran:
USE_PGXS=1 make
which worked but then
USE_PGXS=1 make install
did not, with this ...
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1answer
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GRUB File Not Read Correctly
I was installing Gentoo when I ran into problems with the bootloader. Whether I used the automatic or manual installation method, GRUB always threw the following error:
The file /boot/grub/stage1 ...
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1answer
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How to check that perf events are enabled in Linux kernel, and how to install perf userland as non-root?
From what I have checked it looks like kernel side of 'perf' subsystem is enabled on computer I work on.
Checking kernel configuration shows the following
$ zgrep "_PERF[_= ]" /proc/config.gz
...
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1answer
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Installing Gentoo packages as an ordinary user (non-root)
Is it possible to install Gentoo packages (ebuild-enabled programs, programs with support for portage) as an ordinary user (non-root) to one's own home directory (--prefix=$HOME or sth. like that)?
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1answer
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Installing KDE on Ubuntu Natty from cdrom
Currently I have Ubuntu 11.04 - Natty, with Unity as the default environment; but I just want to install KDE along-side it, and I don't have perfect bandwidth. So I took Kubuntu 11.04 cdrom from my ...
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how to Update QT 4.5.3 of OpenSuse 11.2 to QT 4.7.3?
I just installed QT 4.7.3 in OpenSuse 11.2 (which has 4.5.3). I ran configure, gmake, and gmake install, but when I check qmake's version, it's still returning 4.5.3.
What should I do?
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4answers
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Problem installing software in UNIX (Sun Solaris)
I am new to UNIX. I have some software which need to be installed in UNIX.
I have below the list of OS provided by a third party software provider. Can anyone help me out: which OS Software will be ...
