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How to clear bash history completely?
I want to clear all previous commands from the history of my server. I used history -c and it seems all things are cleared but when I ssh to the server, all the commands are still there.
How can I clear them permanently?
hd.
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How do I make rsync delete files that have been deleted from the source folder?
I recently set up a machine with Ubuntu Server to host game servers. I installed a backup plugin for each game server that creates frequent backups of game world files in a particular folder on the machine. I also established a cron task to…
user254251
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"Unable to locate package" while trying to install packages with APT
When I try to install any package through the command line, I get an error.
$ sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package
Can…
CodeGeeky
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How do I find out my motherboard model?
Is there a way to find what motherboard model I have?
If yes, how, please?
Ederico
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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 I am trying to install different packages.
For instance ia32-libs and skype (4.0).
When trying to install these, I am getting the 'Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages' error message.
Output…
trond
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Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation
Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is…
yotamoo
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How to make ZSH the default shell?
I am trying to set ZSH as my default shell, however it keeps reverting back to bash.
I have tried this code:
sudo chsh -s $(which zsh)
I've also tried:
sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh
Also tried these commands without sudo. Any ideas on what else I need…
Tom
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How do I install a root certificate?
Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on installing a root certificate on Ubuntu?
I've been provided with a .crt file. I gather that need to create a directory at /usr/share/ca-certificates/newdomain.org and place the .crt in that directory.…
Sparky1
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How do I fix a "Problem with MergeList" or "status file could not be parsed" error when trying to do an update?
The computer gave me this output in a window:
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_natty_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not…
user12250
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How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime?
How can I increase the size of the root partition of a system at runtime?
I have a partition that is not allocated after the root partition (which is also ext4), how can I add that unallocated space to the space allocated to the root partition…
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SSH returns: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-dss
I am accustomed to using Putty on a Windows box or an OSX command line terminal to SSH into a NAS, without any configuration of the client.
Ubuntu 16.04 attempts to SSH into the NAS (via LAN):
ssh root@192.168.8.109
Unable to negotiate with…
gatorback
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How can I empty the trash using terminal?
I am not able to find trash anywhere. Can you please tell me a command or anything like that to empty the trash using terminal ?
hellodear
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Is there a program like Microsoft Paint?
I'm slowly getting used to Ubuntu; for I've been a Windows user as long as I've used any computer. I'm hoping someone can suggest a good graphics software.
I'm simply looking for one that works close to Microsoft Paint. (Paint brush functionality,…
James Litewski
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How do I increase the hard disk size of the virtual machine?
I have run out of space on my WinXP virtual machine, which I only gave 10 GB space for when I created it. Is there an easy way to increase it to, say, 20 GB? I can't see any obvious option in VirtualBox settings.
The suggestion below gives this…
wim
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