Questions tagged [application]
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Can you assign a host user to an application within a virtual machine?
As I was reading the Android Developer Guides, I was confronted with the following statements:
The Android operating system is a multi-user Linux system in which each app is a different user.
Each ...
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geeqie: copy path to clipboard does nothing
geeqie 2.0.1-4
mate-desktop 1.26.0-1
Linux 6.1.5-arch2-1
The geeqie image viewer has a menu item 'copy path to clipboard'.
Is this 'clipboard' the global clipboard, so that I can, say, paste the path ...
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Is there any command line tool for purchasing anything online?
I continue to pursue ways to do everything from the command line and while it does not seem common whatsoever I am curious if there is one single example of a command line tool that allowed someone to ...
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How to set application installed via flatpak as default aplication for some type of files?
I have installed pycharm via flatpak on linux Mint 21.1. I want to open every .py file in the PyCharm application. But when I right click and choose "open with other application" PyCharm is ...
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Package that uses earphones as antenna to listen to fm radio?
I remember plugging in earphones in my 3G flipphone to listen to fm radio years ago. Are there any packages in Linux that have the same functionality? I mean local fm not internet radio.
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Discord keeps crashing randomly
Discord on my computer crashes constantly at random intervals. Sometimes I can use it for hours without issues, other times it crashes just 10 minutes after starting. I thought that this had to do ...
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Rofi isn't recognizing a .desktop file [i3-gaps]
I've recently installed waterfox on my Fedora system, and I've encountered an issue with my application manager, rofi. For some reason it just doesn't want to recognize the .desktop file for it, and I'...
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How to listen to local FM/AM radio broadcasts in Linux?
Is there any package/command that lets me listen to FM/AM radio broadcasts in my town? All the apps that I find are for streaming internet radio and not offline radio.
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Ubuntu - Run executable with customized name from anywhere
I have installed etcher and I can run it from its installation directory (.../balena-etcher-electron-1.7.9-linux-x64/squashfs-root) with the command ./balena-etcher-electron. Well wonderful !
But now ...
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fbpanel: disable mouse scroll action entirely
I am using fbpanel 7.0-4 on Debian 10.
I have applied patches from @Arkadiusz Drabczyk, to put fbpanel on one monitor, and to disable virtual desktop switching on mouse scroll:
fbpanel: only use one ...
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Recommended way to lock down internet to only specific applications within ubuntu-variant installation?
Trying to axe extra connections - ex: visualstudiocode wants to send some junk, and instead of going through the clunky settings there, I just wanna strip it of internet access except when I may want ...
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Apper and Discover says network is offline?
I installed Devuan Linux in VMWare workstation 16 bridged network. Network via the terminal works fine, using ping, using apt-get, ifconfig etc.. I then tried firefox in the GUI and that worked fine ...
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Are there any commands that automatically create .desktop files from .jar files?
I play a lot of Java-based games. I find the UX of typing java -jar name-of-game.jar to be cumbersome, and creating .desktop files by hand hacky. Are there any automatic .desktop generators?
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Qt applications settings
where's the path in which Qt application will save default settings for all users? Wanted to set out some default settings for an old clumsy person...
Thanks in advance
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Settings won't launch (PopOS)
I am currently running Pop!_OS 21.10 on my Raspberry Pi 400 (4GB RAM model) and upon trying to change the wallpaper today, (right click on desktop> change background) but it just shows a loading ...
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Ubuntu closes all the applications when lid is closed or suspended
I have been facing this issue for a while now.
Every time I close my lid, my Ubuntu 21.10 closes all the applications that were open before I closed the lid.
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Accessing files on iPhone from Linux/CentOS (Where are the APP's)
https://libimobiledevice.org/
https://forums.centos.org/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=78621
According to CentOS 8
libimobiledevice
# dnf install libimobiledevice
https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/...
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when did I give the application a root permissions?
I've installed azure storage explorer with "sudo snap install".
I don't remember giving it root permissions during the installation.
Now it's creating directories owned by root for ...
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How to launch application with rofi using i3wm's exec?
I had this issue and now I know how to solve it. I need to launch applications with i3wm's exec command.
ButI use rofi as launchmenu and I have no idea how to make it lauch applications with i3wm's ...
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Why isn't Pamac store showing any applications in Arch Linux?
Why isn't Pamac store showing any applications in Arch Linux?. This is what Pamac store is saying: No package found. I installed Pamac store in Arch Linux using this guide: https://www.fossmint.com/...
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Why isn't discover software manager able to load applications in Arch LInux?
Why isn't the discover software manager loading any applications in Arch Linux? This is what discover is saying:
Discover currently cannot be used to install any apps because none of its app backends ...
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logging data to the intermediate service
I've two applications. They log in to a locked log file (with reading permissions). I want to use an intermediate service where applications can push logs. Then this service push that log to the log ...
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How to install apps on separate HDD in Linux (Fedora)
I migrated from Windows to Linux.
I have a 96 GB SSD, where I have my Fedora installed,
and a 1 TB external HDD.
On MS-Windows I had my OS installed on SSD
and every app I was installing to HDD.
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How to run 2 lines in GUI command line shortcut
I've installed a new version of an app.
Currently it's GUI shortcut leads to /usr/bin/flameshot
But I've installed it in a different path and now I run it from the terminal like this:
cd ~/...
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Using kbuild to build user space applications
I am referring to the following link:
Linux Kernel Makefiles
Under section 5 Userspace Program support, explanation has been provided as to how to instruct kbuild to also build user space code. Based ...
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Adding pages to terminal applications
I can explain my problem with an example, let us take an example of
man command, when we run this command in the terminal it opens the page in a new window, you cannot see what you had done before, in ...
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Launch same application with different .desktop (and icons) task manager
Suppose I have a program myapp. It has two sub tasks, A and B. Launcjhing myapp --task A launches A and similar for B. Launching myapp only opens another intro window. I have three .desktop files in /...
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How to run GNUstep .app files?
I found Debian contains many .app files under the gnustep package and its dependencies. I tried installing them, but running apps from the command line, such as "terminal.app" doesn't seem ...
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How to completely remove files left by appimage and appimage launcher? Uninstalling / Removing did not work. Residue left
I removed the AppImage launcher using apt uninstall appimagelauncher and deleted the appimage files from ~/Applications as well but it didn't remove the two apps I had imstalled using appimage i.e. ...
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Application for tracking applications usage times
Does there exist a program which allows to automatically track "window focus" time in, for example, Gnome? For example, I would like to track how much time per day I spend using a certain ...
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How to point to the previous version?
The default gpg on my server is 1.4.20. But in order to do some experiments, I need to install gpg version 1.4.13.
I execute the following command:
./configure
make
make install
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Software recommendation: preview file list
I would need an app showing previews (thumbnails) of a given list of files: is there any?
I know I could simulate it by (soft-)linking the files in a temporary folder, but when the list is huge it's ...
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Running a singular application on startup, fullscreened
I want to run a single application, specifically a Vulkan game, on Linux. I kind of want it to be like a kiosk, but not just for displaying information. The operating system's one use for me is to run ...
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Open an application and stay on terminal
I want to open an application from terminal and stay on terminal not switch the window the opened app. I know I can open app for example for sublime I can enter subl and etc. I have tried to run subl ...
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Truck ELD application
I know this is probably stupid but is there a program for Linux that can do what is needed for a truck ELD unit or must I buy a tablet or chrome book to use android if I go back to driving?
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Does Linux have similar apps of Microsoft or Google?
I am a Windows user, sometimes using Ubuntu, and I use the default apps given by Microsoft for certain tasks, like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Later, I realized that Google has the same kind of apps: ...
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Ipad 4 mini Date says 12,31,1969
I used terminal code stat in my iPad, and it came back as show below. Why does it say that date, how can I fix this? And is there other things I should check?
GFY iPad 2 $ stat
0 9870584235507384862 ...
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How to refresh application deployed in Linux machine
I have deployed angular application in Sandbox Linux machine. When replacing data in assets folder those changes are not reflecting in website. Though I am using sudo service restart httpd command.
I ...
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wireguard on debian and commercial provider app problems
EDIT: i did a lot of things with what I received as advices and helps below, but now torguard app works with wireguard protocol, dont know exactly what is the exactly thing which is helped me but ...
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Problem in understanding how the operating system and memory works in a Unix system [closed]
I am an undergraduate mathematics student and I am currently doing a course in operating system with a very little background in computer science.
Here are the basics that I know - An operating system ...
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Configure XReader shortcuts
I would like, if possible, to change the shortcuts to go to next/previous page in the Linux Mint default Document Reader application from Page Up/Page Down (not available on my keyboard) to Left/Right....
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cannot open '/home/user/original/AndroidManifest.xml' for reading: No such file or directory
I've been trying to use evil-droid to backdoor an apk. But it showed me this error.
] Adding permission and Hook Smali
[ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ]
head: cannot ...
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Thunderbird: specify handler for opening file and arguments
In Thunderbird, I can set handler for opening files for given extension.
Preferences
-> Attachements
I have specified I want to use /usr/bin/mpv for opening wav files. And I see that my ...
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How to run an app on memory in a untrusted computer?
I'm having complex situation where I would like to run an application without adding into Hard Drive to prevent unauthorized copying during a demo.
Is there are any tool on Linux that I can use to run ...
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Merging application icon into .exe file
I'm using WineHQ on Debian 10 and it is running totally fine with many Windows programs. However Wine cannot show the right application icon (it always shows only a generic icon for .exe applications)....
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How to trace problem of application not starting in Linux?
I have opensuse leap 15.0. I installed a libero soc application from microsemi. It is giving me a bizarre problem. When installed libero soc v12, after clicking its desktop icon, it starts ...
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Where is trizen after it is built?
I read the following instructions for installing Google Earth on Arch:
cd ~/installs
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/trizen.git
cd trizen
makepkg sri
trizen -S google-earth-pro
The last step ...
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Redhat-ga module.xml and module directory arrangements
I see Alpha & Beta mvn dependencies artifact libraries are available for Redhat Platform.
But as part of JBoss EAP modules, I am bit worried how to organize it, if it all I go for some module ...
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How to compile a windows app so I can use it on Linux? (like .AppIage)
I would like to run NoteMaster on Linux.
I tried to use wine but it didn't work.
This is the source code.
The app is written in JavaScript, it is an electron app.
Is there a way to compile it so I can ...
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Run Spring Boot application as non-root user on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a Spring Boot application that I would like to run as a non-root user on Ubuntu 18.04. Currently it is running as root, and everything runs fine, but this is not best practice and could lead to ...
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