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How to remove nodejs from Ubuntu 16.04?
Steps to replicate:
Ubuntu 16.04 xenial (x86-64)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm
I want to uninstall nodejs and npm and have seen several posts which suggest this is the most common way:
sudo apt-get purge…
user1063287
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How do I see which ports are open?
I am running a web server on a machine with Ubuntu 11.
Everything is accessible from the local network, but not from outside.
What can I do to check to make sure the appropriate ports are open?
I am relatively new to Ubuntu and server management, so…
CoderJK
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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
…
Raja Simon
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Making Ctrl+C copy text in gnome-terminal?
Is it possible for me to make Ctrl+C perform a copy command if there is highlighted text in the terminal?
Otherwise, it should retain its normal behavior.
(If there is a terminal that can do this other than gnome-terminal, that's probably fine too.)
user541686
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How can I play encrypted DVD movies?
My machine can't play encrypted DVDs on a fresh install. How do I add this capability? Another useful bit of information would be what programs are best for playing DVDs, once I'm able to do so. See the similar question here. Will I be able to…
eugenemarshall
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How to copy a file to multiple folders using the command line?
I have tried to copy a file test.txt to multiple directories with one command:
cp ~/test.txt ~/folder1 ~/folder2
But I didn't succeed. Is there a way to do that in one command so I can copy a file or even a folder to multiple directories?
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How to stop Ubuntu from talking to me?
The title may sound silly, but on Ubuntu 13.10, I'm getting frequent audible notifications using text to speech.
Is this the "speech dispatcher" and how can I disable it?
ljs.dev
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Compressing folders with password via command line
I would like to know whether it is possible to do the following via CLI.
I have a Folder F which contains several sub folders and some files. I want to compress folder F into .zip file with the "password-only-extract".
Varun
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What's the difference between 'killall' and 'pkill'?
After using just plain kill on Unix systems for many years, I learned pkill from a younger Linux-savvy co-worker colleague1.
I soon accepted the Linux-way,pgrep-ing and pkill-ing through many days and nights, through slow-downs and race…
belacqua
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Why does ssh's “password” prompt take so long to appear?
When I try to ssh, the password prompt takes too long (almost two minutes) to appear.
Why does this happen?
Neuquino
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What is dconf, what is its function, and how do I use it?
Mark Shuttleworth recently blogged about the decision to include the Qt libraries in the 11.10 release, with a followup from Jono Bacon. Mark states that the biggest challenge to integrating apps written in Qt into the larger Ubuntu system is Qt's…
user2405
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How to show gnome-terminal menubar?
I accidentally unchecked View -> Show Menubar which hides the menubar for gnome-terminal, and there doesn't appear to be a keyboard shortcut to show the menubar again.
How can I make gnome-terminal show the menubar again?
Isaiah
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Determine destination location of apt-get install ?
For some applications its fairly easy enough to locate where the application was installed to using the "which" command. However, some applications such as Tomcat are a little out of my league to locate.
I'm asking for particular methodology that…
Sn3akyP3t3
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Cannot connect MySQL Workbench to MySQL server
I have installed MySQL workbench from Snap Store and MySQL server 8.0 using apt. The server is running fine and I can access MySQL shell from terminal. But I am having issues connecting the Workbench to the server. I'm getting
Cannot…
parv desai
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How do I find out the name of the SSID I'm connected to from the command line?
Neither iwconfig nor iwlist seem to be able to do this for me.
John Baber-Lucero
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