Ubuntu 24 added some guarding for Python packages which no longer allows installing applications through pip on system level. Instead, you are presented with this error message: error: externally-managed...
...more information. As the error says, if your desired application is available as an Ubuntu package, you may install it through apt. If you need to install through pip (e.g...
...is enabled for node. Installing nvm DigitalOcean has a HOWTO for installing nvm on Ubuntu (16.04, 18.04, 20.04) that I recommend. During the installation of node via nvm, a compatible...
If you want to have an English Ubuntu UI, but still see dates, money amounts, paper formats, etc. in German formats, you can fine-tune your /etc/default/locale like this:
This note is a reminder that there is something called AppArmor that could cause weird errors ("File not found", "Can...
...install) to a newer version, see How to upgrade RubyMine. Option A (new way) Ubuntu 16.04 comes with snap, a way to package software with all its dependencies. RubyMine is...
If you want to system-wide disable the microphone of your external webcam in PulseAudio use the following one-liners...
Sometimes you may want to print files from the command line, especially when you have lots of them.
Ubuntu 18.04 uses systemd to manage services. There are basically two commands for listing all services and manipulating the state of a certain service: service and systemctl: service manages System...
...in your version. Here's how to get old versions of Chrome for your Ubuntu installation: First, go to UbuntuUpdates and pick the full version string of the version you...
...and CTRL+Alt+ Arrow Right to navigate through the code. It worked great on Ubuntu 18.04 and MATE but after migrating to my new notebook with GNOME and Ubuntu...
Back up your entire disk. Fetch a USB drive with an Ubuntu Live System (any flavor will do), a HDD/SSD that is at least the size of...
...and versions 0.3.x (required for Rails 3.2) can no longer be installed on Ubuntu 20.04. Trying this either leads to errors when compiling the native extension, or a segfaults...
ZSH is an alternative command line shell that includes some features like spelling correction, cd automation, better theme, and plugin...
Ubuntu might create several keyrings for you. Note that keyring passwords are initially set to the user password but do not change with it. If you can't seem to...
We're usually running Ubuntu LTS versions. Sometimes newer hardware requires packages from more recent Ubuntu releases that only come with 6 months of support. If there is really no...
...other way, it's possible to install packages from later Ubuntu releases Caution: Pay really close attention to what you're doing. Depending on the package, this process may require...
Note that you should disable the Java plug-in in your browsers after installation. Ubuntu >= 12.04 Java 11 sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre-headless Java 10
...version. Run your program like this to avoid this problem: JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java /opt/your_program Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) In your Applications menu, open the Ubuntu Software Center. Edit -> Software Sources...
...Update: The commited fix from below seems to have made it into the stable Ubuntu repository. Easy mode You can restore window decorations by executing this command: gtk-window-decorator...
After a recent Ubuntu update I didn't see the main menu bar of the RubyMine IDE (File | Edit | View | ...) anymore. This could be solved by changing a RubyMine registry...
...could be to use the MySQL Docker image which is still updated for 5.6. Ubuntu 16.04 only provides packages for MySQL 5.7 which has a range of backwards compatibility issues...
...of official APT repositories for MySQL 5.6, but those repositories do not yet support Ubuntu 16.04. However, the 15.10 repos will work for 16.04. I would not recommend to do...
...i.e. double-clicking a file, telling to browser to open a download, etc.) on Ubuntu you may get this error: The location is not a folder.
...message looks like this and reads "Der angegebene Ort ist kein Ordner." on German Ubuntus...
...You might not require libmagickwand-dev for some older versions of RMagick. On previous Ubuntus you may need to install libmagick9-dev instead. Ubuntu 10.10 After installing the development packages...
...this command should work: gem install rmagick -v '2.13.1' or upgrade rmagick. Ubuntu 18.04 ls -la /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.9.7/bin-q16/ PATH="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.9.7/bin-q16/:$PATH" gem install rmagick -v '2.13.1' or upgrade rmagick...
This note describes how to setup a box running Ubuntu to share its Internet connection with another PC. You will need two network interfaces to do this. One will connect...
...one will share the connection with the other PC (e.g. Wired LAN). On the Ubuntu PC, right-click on the connection symbol in the tray. Select Edit connections.
...silently ignores some directories. I attached our modified script to include current releases Enable Ubuntu release upgrade from the local mirror Download the following two files into the root document...
While the hardware mute button of my Lenovo x230 worked on Ubuntu 14.04 out of the box, it does not on Ubuntu 16.04. It is fairly simple to fix, though...
...There is an extensive answer on Ask Ubuntu, but only part of it was required for me. Here is the gist of it. Open a terminal Run acpi_listen and...