Posts tagged debian
The following question was asked by SE user RAKK. The original source can be found here. I am running Debian 11 Bullseye for AMD64 on an HP Pavillion Touch 14-N009LA laptop, using IBus and MATE ...
Some context menus in my KDE installation show the following problem: When the menu is opened it shows normally. But as soon as I move the cursor over the menu, it becomes transparent and whate...
I'm fond of the one-line tabular-like output of aptitude search, but not all systems have aptitude installed. How do I customize the output of apt search (or apt-cache or whatever default tool is a...
I want to download an application from the internet, but the website is listing versions for "bookworm", "bullseye" and "buster". I do not know which version of these to download, as I don't know w...
I wanted to download C++ documentation and found cppreference-doc-en-qch in Debian's archive: Description: C and C++ standard library reference (English, Qt Help variant) A version of online C ...
Trying to understand what exactly <!nocheck> does next to a package in build-depends (for example, Perl). Debian Wiki says: Terms can be negated by using an exclamation mark as a prefix ...
When I try to start MariaDB server (same problem with MySQL) on a fresh Debian 11 install in a Windows Subsystem Linux (WSL) I got the following error: $ sudo systemctl start mariadb System has n...
With Debian 12, it seems that mysql-server is not available in the "default" package distribution and thus, cannot be installed with sudo apt install mysql-server or sudo apt-get... (I know that ma...
If a Debian bug number is referenced in the changelog of an uploaded package, it is automatically closed with a generic message: We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest versi...
I'm trying to help fix a Debian installation that has ended up with a mix of Debian release repositories, aka a "FrankenDebian". This one has the bullseye and unstable repositories listed in /etc/a...
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...
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...
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?
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...
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...
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...
