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How do I install Visual Studio Code?
I just downloaded VSCode-linux-x64 from the Microsoft website . It's a 62 MB zip file. How can I install it on my Ubuntu system?
Rasool
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How do you view file permissions?
I want to know how to see the permissions a particular file has. Which command should I type in the terminal? However, I don't want to change it.
CENTAUR
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Enter SSH passphrase once
Before upgrade When I was running git clone git@... (using ssh) once per computer restart a window dialog appeared containing a textbox for inserting my SSH passphrase and confirmed with OK. Then the passphrase was no longer required until the next…
Ionică Bizău
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this: I tried to install it after uninstalling the old driver.still same message. Here is the log…
Kiranraj
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How to solve "Pending update of "firefox" snap. Close the app to avoid disruptions" error?
Recently, this warning appears when open Firefox: Pending update of "firefox" snap Close the app to avoid disruptions What does it mean? And what do I have to do? Is this a bug?
Emilio
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How to find zombie process?
System information as of Fri Mar 9 19:40:01 KST 2012 System load: 0.59 Processes: 167 Usage of /home: 23.0% of 11.00GB Users logged in: 1 Swap usage: 0% IP address for eth1: 192.168.0.1 => There is 1 zombie process. Graph this data and manage this…
Pablo
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How to remove snap from Ubuntu?
How do I remove snap ? apt pretends it's not there, but I can still call commands with it. Trying to remove it says read only file system # apt remove snap Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done…
quantumpotato
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How to invert fn keys on Dell Laptop?
My Dell laptop (XPS 15z) has special keys on the F1 to F12 keys. If I want to disable keyboard backlight, for example, I must type Fn + F6 . Is it possible to invert it? In fact, I don't often use the F* keys. How can I only hit F6 to disable the…
Gp2mv3
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How can I downgrade from PHP 7 to PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04?
I am trying to revert my PHP version to 5.6 from 7 and though I removed PHP 7 and then installed PHP 5.6 I still seem to be running version 7. Is there a simple method for moving through PHP versions where apache, phpMyAdmin and co are configured…
dibs
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How do I create an animated gif from still images (preferably with the command line)?
I want make a .gif animated picture from a given set of .jpg pictures. I would prefer to do it from the command line, so command line tools would be very welcome.
Maythux
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How do I disable the guest session?
How do I disable the guest session in Ubuntu 11.10 or higher? I don't want people to be able to use my computer without using a password to log in!
Jeremy Bicha
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Mount single partition from image of entire disk (device)
I made an image of my entire disk with dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/external_media/sda.img Now the problem is I'd like to mount an ext4 filesystem that was on that disk but mount -t ext4 -o loop /media/external_media/sda.img /media/sda_image obviously…
Nicola Feltrin
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How do I use the latest GCC on Ubuntu?
I want to compile my program with the latest version of gcc . Ubuntu 14.04 comes with gcc 4.8.2, however there's 4.9.0 available, moreover, I see that it is available as a package: gcc-4.9 . I tried to install it sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 but it…
Nickolai Leschov
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What alternatives for sticky notes are available?
I like the Sticky Notes very much, they are always on the desktop. But I can't find it in Ubuntu since 12.04. Other programs like gnotes & Xjournal are not giving a feature to stay on the desktop. So, is there any application similar to the old…
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Why am I getting "Command 'deb' not found"?
I have come across several installation instructions that include the command deb . But it appears that this command is not available on my installation. Where can I get this command? Is there a work-around?
Kevin Burton
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