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How to get a list of installed packages held back from upgrade?
Recently, I needed to get a list of packages that were installed on my Ubuntu system which were also put on hold for upgrade.
The 'hold' status for a package means that when the operating system is upgraded, the installer will not upgrade these…
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Where are icons stored?
I want to change an icon of a specific theme. Where do themes save their icons?
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Copy folders (not one file) using SSH ubuntu?
I am trying to copy a folder to remote Ubuntu server using command line ssh connection, i understand it's doable to transfer a file using scp but i have many files in a folder iam trying to copy to that remote server, how is that done? anyone?…
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How to install pip for python 3 in ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I am trying to install the Pillow module for python 3.3, but for that I need to install pip.
Every time that I install pip it installs for python 2.7, any help?
BCasaleiro
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How do you mute from the command line?
How do you mute the sound system from the command line?
myusuf3
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how to use sudo command to install .tar.gz?
Possible Duplicate:
How to install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file?
I am newbie to ubuntu. I would like someone to explain how to use sudo command to unzip & install .tar.gz file to me.
omjaijagdish
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How to install geckodriver in Ubuntu?
I use Selenium in Python, I tried to run the webdriver function:
default_browser = webdriver.Firefox()
This Exception:
WebDriverException: Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.
geckodriver in this site:…
mySun
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How to uninstall NetBeans?
Since I did not install NetBeans via the Software Center (I installed it as an .sh file) I can't see an easy way of uninstalling the program.
How can I safely uninstall the program?
FredN
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How can I hibernate on Ubuntu 16.04?
How should I successfully hibernate Ubuntu 16.04?
I've tried almost every solution on the web but non of them was actually helpful.
I found my problem almost completely similar to this one
Mahyar
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Moving entire Linux installation to another drive
I have Ubuntu 14.04 with a lot of packages and work-related stuff that I am very happy with it. It is installed on my main SSD drive which is a 120GB one (I had chosen "/" when I installed Ubuntu, so I believe everything should be on this drive). It…
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What is the advantage of using sudo apt-get autoremove over a cleaner app?
I'm not sure what sudo apt-get autoremove does, but have read that you should use this command to remove any unnecessary packages.
One of the processes I saw was to use sudo apt-get autoremove and then use something like BleachBit to remove temp…
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convert images to pdf
I have saved multiple images from google books. I wanted to convert them to a single pdf file, where in I need some inputs. The below two images(one png and one jpeg) are two continuous pages.
first page(png)
second page(jpeg)
I save them in my…
user301880
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How to add a Python module to syspath?
I have a file structure like this:
Folder
Common
foo1.py
TestFolder
foo2.py
I want to import in foo2.py and foo1.py. I tried but it doesn't work on Ubuntu:
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../'))
from Common import foo1.py
user284474
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Please recommend a hex editor for shell
Can you recommend a hex editor that can be run from shell? I need to be able to edit not only view the content.
Aviran
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Conveniently schedule a command to run later?
What's a simple way to run a command, say, 8 hours from now? I can think of this way:
nohup bash -c "sleep 28800 ; ./mycommand.sh" &
Is there a more "proper" way?
Steve Bennett
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