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For example, I type in x (a variable I set previou......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:01:50 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-excute-several-commands-with-one-command-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-excute-several-commands-with-one-command-duplicate.htmlUsually I need to exceute several commands every time Im at work, start local server, start docker bash, run frontend service...and I wish I could do all those stuff with one single command. I tried ...Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:59:17 -0400https://liberty.io/ssh-from-iphone-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ssh-from-iphone-duplicate.htmlI installed openssh server on Ubuntu 14.04. My machine name is called "machine" and my username is "machine" so that when I'm on a terminal it says "machine@machine". 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Most of them seem to say similar stuff. Here is the state of my wpa_supp......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:01:10 -0400https://liberty.io/cuda-theano-keras-setting-missingsectionheadererror-file-contains-no-s.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cuda-theano-keras-setting-missingsectionheadererror-file-contains-no-s.htmlI am trying to install CUDA8-Theano-Keras according to these instructions. When I get to the bullet-point 13 (python3 check1.py), which is supposed to check that Theano was setup with GPU, it brea......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:56:35 -0400https://liberty.io/cannot-find-skype-in-ubuntu-software-center-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/cannot-find-skype-in-ubuntu-software-center-duplicate.htmlI am in need of Skype but, when I upgraded my system to ubuntu, I found that the Skype is not available in Ubuntu Software Center. Even if I download the package from the Skype the Ubuntu Software ......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:54:02 -0400https://liberty.io/tomcat-8-5-60-version-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlhttps://liberty.io/tomcat-8-5-60-version-in-ubuntu-20-04.htmlI need to ask if tomcat 8.5.60 available in Ubuntu 20.04 repo?...Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:44:42 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-monitor-website-stats-from-the-terminal.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-monitor-website-stats-from-the-terminal.htmlis there any way to monitoring the stats from my own website .. like example.com .. just via our terminal without installing plugins .. so we can see real time visitor and bots came and go at websi......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:39:37 -0400https://liberty.io/re-search-to-get-decimal-number-closed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/re-search-to-get-decimal-number-closed.htmlI am trying to get a number from a text file. I need the full decimal number. The line looks like: corner_lat: 49.0425000 decimal degrees I'm trying this if "corner_lat" in line: ...Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:24:49 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-common-media-codecs.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-common-media-codecs.htmlI'm new to Ubuntu. I tried installing it with Windows 8.1, but failed I lost all my files. I have successfully formatted my PC and installed Ubuntu, but how do I install codecs to play audio and v......Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:21:11 -0400https://liberty.io/is-it-possible-to-setup-lvm-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-graphical-installer.htmlhttps://liberty.io/is-it-possible-to-setup-lvm-with-the-ubuntu-20-04-graphical-installer.htmlI'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop in a lvm-inside-luks type of configuration. 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