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I have installed mysql-server on Ubuntu 20.04 then I tried to sign into mysql-server using sudo mysql -u root but I have got Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mys...
If I want to yank my last command I can UP yy, but this does not copy to the system clipboard. How do I configure my terminal to copy to the system clipboard so I can paste into other programs? ...
I had a nightly cronjob start throwing errors about "inappropriate permissions..." rsync: [generator] failed to set permissions on "/data2/home/redacted/alsoredacted/opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/open...
How do you find out the number of files in a directory from the command line?
I got 2 small computers running Linux. One acts as ethernet gadget, connected via USB to the other, the host. I set up a bridge, like so: ip link add name br0 type bridge ip link set dev br0 up...
I was using Libre Office Math. I thought I can write multiple equations in LO Math. But, I noticed I can't write more than one equation. I was trying to write multi-line. Unfortunately, I couldn't....
I am running Debian stretch on a Lenovo laptop with only a window manager (i.e. no desktop). Out of the box, this configuration of Debian ignores the keys with special Fn functions, such as volum...
On a Linux system, a lot of files are installed from packages, many of which have different licenses (and sometimes different licenses for different files in the package). If I want to figure out ...
Less does not display data files normally, but if it were some sort of Xxd. $ bash --norc $ export LESS= $ file -i /var/log/lastlog /var/log/lastlog: application/octet-stream; charset=binary $...
For a particular use case, I need to be able to set up a Linux host (specifically Debian) to use a VPN tunnel for routing outgoing connections, but still allow incoming connections outside of that ...
Usually, many new users are confused when it comes to deciding which Linux to use. After trying out some distros, they don't know which one to use next. Which Linux is for beginners, intermediates ...
I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made many changes to the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the de...
I have Prime OS and Windows 10 alongside Linux Manjaro. I was using Prime OS nearly 2 hours. Then, I turned off my laptop for 30-60 minutes. Then, I turned my laptop on and I was using Windows 10 f...
I have used printers before in Arch Linux, but I can't figure out how to print with a Canon PIXMA TR4522 printer. More specifically, I am having trouble finding the correct driver. I have installe...
I was installing Debian. But, I know that I have installed wireless connection system manually in Debian. are e needs non-free firmware files to operate. The firmware can be h as a USB stick o...
Every Gentoo user knows USE flags. Occasionally I stumble upon IUSE flags, for example, man emerge mention them in the description of an option: --newuse, -N ... USE flags may be toggled by yo...
I was reading the documentation. In Debian based Linux, I have to install build-essential, libssl-dev. But, what about Arch-Based Linux? I had tried sudo pacman -Syy build-essential libssl-dev ...
I'm currently using Fedora 34 and want to install Fedora 35 while keeping around just my home folder. Currently I don't have a separate home partition, but I read online that it's easy to make one ...
How can I manually set default audio device? I connected docking station and Lubuntu is somehow convinced that it can play audio. I want to continue using laptop speakers. Detaching docking stati...
In my Ruby project, when I try bundle install, I got: Your Ruby version is 2.7.0, but your Gemfile specified 2.6.6 I don't know how to solve it. I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) U...
How do I get the URL of the remote repository that pacman uses to download packages? I know that I can tell pacman which server to use by editing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. But in my case, all of t...
I'm still trying to solve my problem with installing Ruby on a new Mac, and some discussions are saying that I need to reinstall brew because of the change from the old chipset to the M1. (I'm jus...
I have a custom, ARM Cortex A53 based Linux system, based on Buildroot one RaspberryPi CM3 module, connected to the other system via USB The USB gadget is correctly set up on the CM3 module ...
Since the Pause key is useless, I tried to map it to a modifier key. What is straightforward for other keys turned out not to work fine for Pause. By inspecting the output of xev -event keyboard |...
In Debian-based distributions, one can update the system with apt upgrade and cleanup unused dependencies with apt autoremove. Period. On Gentoo that is apparently not as straightforward. From G...
Why is libvkd3d1 not upgrading on my system? (lubuntu 20.04 LTS) When I run sudo apt update, apt flags libvkd3d1 and libvkd3d1:i386 as upgradable, but sudo apt upgrade does nothing and reports tha...
Assuming I have a running Linux system that has the /proc/config.gz file: Does the (unpacked) file always contain all of the options the particular kernel supports, including commented out like: ...
I have a handful of shell scripts that accept any number of command line arguments, then do some relatively expensive processing based on each command line argument in turn. The general format for ...
..$ rails s => Booting Puma => Rails 5.2.6 application starting in development => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options A server is already running. Check /home/istiak/ruby/q...
A project I want to work on requires Ruby. I was directed to RVM or rbenv. I tried rbenv first because it has Mac instructions, ran into failures, uninstalled it and installed RVM, and still ran ...
I have a setup with two Raspberry PIs, a CM3 module with only a USB connection to the outside, and the Pi4 with a lot of connectors. I set up things such that CM3 functions as USB Gadget, and once...
Hi everyone, First post! I'm trying to be able to print from a client machine over my lan to an older HP Laserjet 1012 connected via USB to a Debian box. It prints fine directly. I've gone thro...
apt install google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/...
I was using Linux mint and Windows 10 together (in different partitions). Few months I was using it freely. Today I got a message in Windows 10 (new updates available or shutdown and update) then, ...
I don't know what these things are called exactly in the Linux world. But there is the concept of a drive in RAM, to write files onto and read them like it was any disk drive. There is also the c...
I am using Manjaro(Arch-based Linux). And, I had installed Avro using the following command by getting help of the documentation yay -S ibus-avro-git Avro is software using that software user w...
I was using Chrome for a moment in Manjaro. My theme was Adwaita dark which I chose from Tweaks. Suddenly, I noticed my theme was changed for no reason. I had updated my system 4-5 hours ago. When ...
That's my Bash script: #!bin/sh cd qpixel sudo systemctl enable mysql mysql -u root -p rails s When it executes the line mysql -u root -p it will ask for password. To do so, I have tried...
I was using Manjaro. And, I had Windows alongside Manjaro. I have installed Debian without "removing" any OS (I had removed Prime OS). And, I was using grub-loader of Manjaro earlier (Manjaro's gru...
When exploring the commands from this answer to my previous question, I found that the ist of packages includes a lot that were automatically installed due to dependencies. Obviously I'm interested...
Is it possible to change bit of a system? My system is using 64 bit kernel. I was trying to install chrome in my system. But, I couldn't since chrome doesn't support 32 bit. Since my system is usin...
I have an old Mac Mini (Late 2009 model) kicking around, and as Apple stopped providing patches for it (and as I'm not going to put an unpatched system on the Internet), I was looking for a Linux d...
While this is about grub loader, this is likely to be a question of OS related. If it doesn't belong to this site than I will remove it. I had installed Bliss in sda2. Device Boot Start...
I have a RaspberyPi module, with USB connected to another module computer (as USB host) running Linux. The RasPi is configured as USB ethernet gadget. Once I boot the RasPi, and enter dmesg on th...
POSIX defines Text file as A file that contains characters organized into zero or more lines. The lines do not contain NUL characters and none can exceed {LINE_MAX} bytes in length, inclu...
Is it possible to install .deb extension file in Arch-Based Linux? I saw there's no dpkg package. But, if installing .deb file possible than, how?
On a Debian Buster system I use, the password for connecting to a VPN is stored in the GNOME Keyring. Therefore, whenever I want to connect to the VPN in question, I get prompted to unlock my keyri...
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