Questions tagged [helpfile]
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In what way are doc, info, man, help different?
What's the difference between Documentation(doc), Manuals(man), Help, and Information(info)?
I've seen these four different words used across different system but mostly in Ubuntu. for the most part they seem to be interchangeable, but what is the…
zeitue
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yelp cannot find GNOME help files
tl;dr
The summary of all the following is roughly this:
Remove or move the directory /usr/share/help/C/gnome-help.
Run the command sudo apt reinstall gnome-user-docs gnome-getting-started-docs ubuntu-docs.
The missing directory and its contents…
FedKad
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How to run full text search on help pages offline (from Yelp / gnome-help or something other)?
I have both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I want to search for documentation and read it off-line (as it is included to the installed packages in /usr/share/help and other locations). As far I can understand it has three…
N0rbert
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How can I install Gimp 2.8's help documentation on Ubuntu 12.04?
Ubuntu 12.04 comes with Gimp 2.6, so I installed Gimp 2.8 using the instructions below:
sudo apt-get purge gimp*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
When try to open help, I get…
Praveen Sripati
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How to install the Offline help of LibreOffice in Flatpak
I have LibreOffice 6.2.2.2 installed as a Flatpak.
Everything works fine but when I go to the menu Help -> LibreOffice Help I get the message:
LibreOffice Help Not Installed
How can I install the offline help for the Flatpak LibreOffice?
I managed…
The Quark
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Desktop guide for 11.04 provides incorrect information
In Ubuntu Natty, the Ubuntu desktop guide (f1 option from desktop). When you highlight 4 out of the 5 top links it shows a screenshot of gnome-shell and not of unity this could be confusing for new users.
I was going to raise a bug for this but…
Terry
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how to fix spelling mistakes in the man page
while reading the man page of duplicity I found some minor spelling mistakes.
What is the easiest way to fix them, or have them fixed.
PS: I'm not a programmer
seb
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Where is the man page for the "rename.ul" command?
The man page for the command "rename.ul" has disappeared and I would like to install it, read it on-line or whatever, but it would be better to have it installed as it was before, in the good times. It is a useful command and it is not a good idea…
Robert
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how to install adnet 802.11n wifi adapter driver?
i am a new user in ubuntu and i am unable to install my wifi adapter driver i.e of adnet 802.11n please help i had uninstalled my previous windows os
Rajan Vatsa
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How to make KHelpCenter show info-pages, man-pages and information from ScrollKeeper database and make full text search?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I want to search for documentation and read it off-line (as it is included to the installed packages).
Yelp does not work for this purpose.
So I tried to use KHelpCenter. I installed it with sudo apt install…
N0rbert
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xman and the types of documentations - help files - that are exclusive for xman
what is the difference of xman from man. And what kind of help files can be exclusively browsed with xman.
endrias
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How can I install Ubuntu 12.04 from a USB
I want to find out how one can install Ubuntu on a webbook using a usb. I tried to use an external CD drive, but its not detected by my webbook.
I want to upgrade my Ubuntu to 12.04.
sydat
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logic words alternative
I am using logic words to design circuits like ALU, on windows in class and my pc itś running only ubuntu, my question is how I can open this extension (.cct) on linux, please not tell me about virtual machine.
thanks.
rafaelleru
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Ubuntu Builder ISO File?
I got Ubuntu Builder, the ISO and some packages. However, after build, I did not find my ISO... Where is it stored? Was it stored to what folder?
Policemata Booster
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Disk Management problem (in Windows) creating space to install Ubuntu
I tried to do a second partition on my PC and now on the disk management is saying that is in simple volume.
I want to change it back to normal (with the blue color). I was trying to do the second partition because I want to install Ubuntu on it.…
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