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How can I install CUDA on Ubuntu 16.04?

For TensorFlow I would like to install CUDA. How do I do that on Ubuntu 16.04?
Martin Thoma
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pkg-config not finding gtk+-3.0

States here that the package gtk+-3.0 was not found: karl@karl-ux303ln:~$ pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-3.0.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH…
Karl Morrison
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How to install skype in ubuntu 16.04

How to install skype in ubuntu 16.04? Please provide step by step process for installation.
star_in
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What is difference between localhost address 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1

I am just learning using Ubuntu and when I tried to configure the DNS, I need to deal with something call localhost, loopback interface. Can anyone explain me the differences between them and the meaning of the addresses 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1,…
Ock
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How can I upgrade pip to the latest version?

I installed pip using get-pip.py , but the following error happened after pip freeze gets executed: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main status =…
Raja Simon
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How can I create an administrator user from the command line?

I want to create a user with administrative privileges and all the regular setups like home directory. Is there a adduser parameter to give the user sudo powers automatically? What are the default settings for adduser ? Will it automatically create…
Oxwivi
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How to download a youtube playlist with numbered prefix via youtube-dl?

I have a Youtube playlist, I want to download it but I want youtube-dl to name the files like 1-{name}, 2-{name}, ... n-{name} in order to be able to watch them in the same sequence as original Youtube playlist. In other words I need my downloaded…
Iman Mohamadi
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Can't find httpd.conf

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a laptop and installed apache 2 (version 2.4.7) and PHP 5. I cannot find httpd.conf . I need to change it because when I try to open a .php page I see a download box. How should I proceed?
fosslinux
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How do I search for a process by name without using grep?

In order to search for a process you can use ps with grep . For example to search for firefox ps aux | grep firefox How to get the same answer without using grep ?
Maythux
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what is a .fuse_hidden file and why do they exist?

I have a folder where I transfer home videos from a camcorder to. I find two files in this folder that are not videos... .fuse_hidden0000002c00000001 .fuse_hidden0000002600000002 What are these files, and can they be safely deleted?
barrypicker
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How to make selected tab in terminal more prominent

Something about the color scheme changed in 11.04, and now it's very difficult for me to tell which tab is the selected one. On my screen, the colors look more similar the further down I slouch in my chair (i.e. angle of view). If I change the color…
itsadok
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What is the purpose of the ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

Right now I installed ubuntu 12.04.3 server which I want to access via ssh. For that reason I created a private key which I moved to /etc/ssl/private/ I'm just wondering why there already is private key ssl-cert-snakeoil.key in there. Where is this…
My-Name-Is
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Is there a way to make a fullscreen on VirtualBox?

I tried many ways to make a bigger screen in VirtualBox because I do not like the small size of the guest window? Is there is a way to make it big?
tyblo
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What's the difference between 'killall' and 'pkill'?

After using just plain kill <some_pid> on Unix systems for many years, I learned pkill from a younger Linux-savvy co-worker colleague 1 . I soon accepted the Linux-way, pgrep -ing and pkill -ing through many days and nights, through slow-downs and…
belacqua
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SD card cloning using the dd command

I am trying to clone an SD card which may contain a number of partitions, some of which Ubuntu cannot recognize. Generally, I want to clone the whole volume, not only some partition. So, I mount the SD card and see something like this in the Log…
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