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How do I install Chromium from the command line?

I have already tried using the Ubuntu Software Center, but it won't install the Chromium browser. How can I install it using the terminal?
Cristian Sierra Cardenas
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Mount a VirtualBox drive image (vdi)?

Is it possible to mount a VirtualBox drive image (.vdi) so the contents can be viewed in Nautilus etc.? I have a windows 2000 .vdi which won't boot ("inaccessible boot device") after upgrading from VirtualBox 2.x to 3.1.6. I believe the IDE drive…
matt wilkie
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Error while trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10: "Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading."

On a Lenovo laptop, I want to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 18.10 (budgie). When I select upgrade on the update manager, the dialog box disappears and nothing happens. The upgrade doesn't start. Note- I went through the same procedure this…
dupont
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How do I enable or disable the global application menu?

I'm fairly excited for Unity, as it looks like a promising new direction for Ubuntu. However, I do have a concern - will it be possible to use Unity without the global menu? I have my window manager set to focus-follows-mouse/sloppy focus, and find…
Michael Ekstrand
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Root file system requires manual fsck

Whenever I switch on Ubuntu I always see the following message. (Initramfs): /dev/sda1 contains a file system with errors, check forced. Inodes that were a part of a corrupted orphan linked lost found. /dev/sda1 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN…
Abhishek Barman
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what's the main difference between Docker and Snap?

In recent c't (sadly paywalled) there is an article about Snap and Flatpak. This sounds very similar to Docker, lots of concepts are the same. Now my question what's the difference between Snap and Docker? Are those different use cases?
Sybil
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apt full-upgrade versus apt-get dist-upgrade

In accordance with man pages: apt has parameter full-upgrade apt-get has parameter dist-upgrade. Are both the same command? btw: which is officially the recommended command in Ubuntu 16.04? apt or apt-get?
a903user
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What is a command to compile and run C++ programs?

I am new to Linux. I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and do not know how to compile and execute C++ program in it. I need to know the commands to Compile and Execute a C++ program in Linux.
user24989
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How to run a checkdisk?

I suspect there might be bad sector on a disk. I used ext3 filesystem. What tool is the best equivalent of the error checking tool of Windows?
Guillaume Coté
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how to extract tar.7z files from command line?

Is there a way to extract files of tar.7z format using command line tools in Ubuntu?
pacodelumberg
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Export image as SVG in GIMP

I have a project I have been working on (an image) within GIMP and I would like to export it as an SVG. Is this possible, or am I going to have to stick with exporting multiple sizes of an image? I know GIMP can read SVGs, but can it export them?
RPiAwesomeness
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What is the difference between a desktop environment and a window manager?

I'm having a really hard time trying to understand what the differences between a desktop environment and a window manager are? EDIT: From this article by Jack Wallen: There are basically three layers that can be included in the Linux desktop: X…
Zolomon
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How can I scale all images in a folder to the same width?

I want to scale all images in a given folder to the same width (but different appropriately scaled heights). How can I do this using a GUI-based or command-line tool? For bonus points, is it possible to restrict which images are scaled based on…
lofidevops
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What's the easiest way to unrar a file on Ubuntu 12.04

I just realized I can't unrar .rar files on my Ubuntu machine!
Festus Tamakloe
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Ubuntu 14.10 does not install in virtualbox

I'm currently running Windows 8.1 x64 (a problem in itself that I can't change sadly ;-P) with the latest version of VirtualBox (4.3.18 r96516). I managed to get the server version up and running with no issues but I cannot get the desktop version…
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