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What is the Tomcat installation directory?
Based here I'm trying to setup Tomcat Server, I have successfully installed it and tested it. Then I stopped it as recommended in the tutorial. I'm setting up "New Server Runtime Environment" as you can see under Tomcat Installation Directory is a…
Lawrence Gimenez
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Determine destination location of apt-get install ?
For some applications its fairly easy enough to locate where the application was installed to using the "which" command. However, some applications such as Tomcat are a little out of my league to locate.
I'm asking for particular methodology that…
Sn3akyP3t3
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How to give snaps access to /somedir
I'm just getting my feet wet with snap. I've installed vlc and want to try to use it. All my media is installed under /store, an NFS mount. And snaps don't allow access to that directory.
After googling I've come to understand that I can access…
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How to keep the audio profile at A2DP while using a mic with Bluetooth headset? (Push-to-talk)
I have a CEL-TEC F5A headset.
The spec says:
Bluetooth 4.0, profiles: Headset, Hands free, A2DP, AVRCP/HSP/HFP
It plays nicely with High Fidelity Playback (A2DP sink) profile.
When I want to switch audio input to the headset's microphone, the…
Ondra Žižka
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Pair Bose QuietComfort 35 with Ubuntu over Bluetooth
In System Settings > Bluetooth, the Bose QC 35 is visible when searching for devices but pairing fails.
After multiple attempts and playing with the PIN options I managed to pair it but once selected in System Settings > Sound, it would fail and…
Victor
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"Create new document" - right-click option missing in Ubuntu GNOME
I would like to to have a "create new document" option in the right-click menu.
Currently it looks like this :
I am using Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS with GNOME 3.20.
Severus Tux
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How do I modify the options for the power button?
When I press the power button a dialog opens, but I want to shutdown the system without receiving "Do you really really want to shutdown?". How can I choose a direct shutdown action on a pressed power button?
I had the same problem with the 11.04…
NaN
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How do I setup dual monitors in XFCE?
I've got an laptop with a intel chip, and I'd like to setup dual monitors in Xfce.
How do I do this?
jrg
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How to enter a directory with the 'cd' command if it has 700 permission and is not owned by me?
I tried to use sudo cd name_of_dir but am getting the error message:
sudo: cd: command not found
Is there any other way to enter a directory owned by another user which has 700 permission?
Bakhtiyor
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Reboot a Server from Command Line?
How do I reboot a Ubuntu Server from the command line? sudo reboot now never seems to work for me. Because its a server, I don't have a window manager installed, so I can't do it from a GUI (which always seems to work).
I've had the problem for…
user207039
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How to return from grub prompt to the grub menu?
If you press escape in grub menu you end up at the grub command prompt.
My question is, how can I go back to the menu, without rebooting?
sorin
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How can I update youtube-dl?
I use youtube-dl to download videos for watching later offline. Usually, it works fine. However, due to frequent changes on the video sites, it sometimes requires a quick update. It wasn't a problem before on 13.04 but after upgrading to 13.10, I…
Damn Terminal
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No Dropbox icon in the indicator panel?
I have recently installed Ubuntu on my machine and everything has been working fine, except I don't see the Dropbox indicator. I have installed and re-installed Dropbox multiple times and can confirm that it's running in the background (with ps -e…
tusharkant15
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How to remove lines from the text file containing specific words through terminal?
How to remove all the lines from the text file containing the words "cat" and "rat"?
PersonX
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Why do I need to type `./` before executing a program in the current directory?
While executing a C program, a.out, using the Ubuntu terminal, why do I always need to type ./ before a.out, instead of just writing a.out? Is there solution for this?
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