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I have read that on Ubuntu to enter the boot menu I have to......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:06:44 -0400https://liberty.io/no-longer-able-to-download-youtube-using-youtube-dl-how-do-i-fix-this-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/no-longer-able-to-download-youtube-using-youtube-dl-how-do-i-fix-this-.htmlWhen I run youtube-dl, I get the message below (it's very long). What is the problem and how do I fix this? It tells me to update youtube-dl but I am running it in terminal using the youtube-dl exe......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:06:09 -0400https://liberty.io/trying-to-install-python3-pip-which-has-no-installation-candidate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/trying-to-install-python3-pip-which-has-no-installation-candidate.htmlUbuntu 20.04.1 LTS Desktop My default Python version was 2.7.18 for some reason. I would like to update it to Python3 so I can install python3-pip onto my desktop. 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For C++ how would one go about recompiling the source ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:20:24 -0400https://liberty.io/couldn-039-t-be-accessed-by-user-039-apt-039-pkgacquire-run-13-permiss.htmlhttps://liberty.io/couldn-039-t-be-accessed-by-user-039-apt-039-pkgacquire-run-13-permiss.htmlFresh install of Lubuntu Installed updates from synaptic Installed wine and components from synaptic, upon what I assume is completion it popped this error code. Is it something I should rush t......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:16:59 -0400https://liberty.io/why-are-packages-listed-as-installed-installed-automatic-or-installed-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/why-are-packages-listed-as-installed-installed-automatic-or-installed-.htmlI have read What classifies an application as 'installed' in Ubuntu? but it does not address the following issue: When I runapt list --installed on Kubuntu 16.04, I see that all my listed packages......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:08:02 -0400https://liberty.io/i-killed-my-gui-and-startx-cant-find-a-screen.htmlhttps://liberty.io/i-killed-my-gui-and-startx-cant-find-a-screen.htmlFirst off let me mention that this problem happened a while ago so i may have forgotten some of the details. A while ago I was trying to get used to backtrack5 and I was doing pretty well I think. I ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:06:38 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-set-permission-rw-rw-r-to-file.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-set-permission-rw-rw-r-to-file.htmlI have a file with permission -rwxr-xr-x in Ubuntu. How can I change it to -rw-rw-r--. I played with chmod settings, but was unable to get -rw-rw-r--....Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:03:59 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-speed-up-ssh-login.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-speed-up-ssh-login.htmlFrom outside of my house, whenever I login to my Ubuntu server using SSH, it takes about 6 seconds for me to get the prompt for password, however when I login to my web hosting server it takes abou......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:58:45 -0400https://liberty.io/qpdfview-0-4-14-could-not-load-plug-in-for-file-type-039-pdf-039.htmlhttps://liberty.io/qpdfview-0-4-14-could-not-load-plug-in-for-file-type-039-pdf-039.htmlI upgraded to qpdfview 0.4.14 today on Ubuntu 15.04. After doing it, PDF files were failed to open with the following msg: could not load plug-in for file type 'PDF'! could not open <~file ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:58:10 -0400https://liberty.io/reverse-column-output-with-sort-command.htmlhttps://liberty.io/reverse-column-output-with-sort-command.htmlI have to sort all of the words from a file given as parameter in a shell script. Here is the one-liner: tr [:space:] '\n' <$1 | sort -nrk2,2 | uniq -c |sed 's/^ \+//g' Basically, if I have ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:51:14 -0400https://liberty.io/chown-what-does-id-u-represent.htmlhttps://liberty.io/chown-what-does-id-u-represent.htmlI am working to get Mongodb running on a Ubuntu server install. In reviewing the instructions I needed to create a "\data\db" directory in the root drive. At which point I needed to alter the owner ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:43:06 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-fix-wsl-domain-resolution.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-fix-wsl-domain-resolution.htmlso I was having issues with domain resolution with WSL whenever I use the VPN. I would get this: ping: google.com: Temporary failure in name resolution I tried following instructions from these an......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:38:36 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-pts-0-0-and-attributes-before-it-etc.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-pts-0-0-and-attributes-before-it-etc.htmlWhile reading about Linux, I got a $ who -a, so before trying that I logged into three of my text terminals (tty1,tty2,tty3) respectively,, and then I came back to X-window (Ctrl + Alt +f7),, then I ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:34:36 -0400https://liberty.io/wireless-hardware-switch-disabled-in-a-compaq-presario-cq57-339wm-note.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wireless-hardware-switch-disabled-in-a-compaq-presario-cq57-339wm-note.htmlI have downloaded and installed the realtek driver for linux based on what the manufacturer says and what the lspci cmd shows as given below 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:31:15 -0400https://liberty.io/sdk-location-for-android-studio-on-ubuntu-14-10.htmlhttps://liberty.io/sdk-location-for-android-studio-on-ubuntu-14-10.htmlHi I am having trouble finding the SDK location for android-studio. I installed it following this website - http://paolorotolo.github.io/android-studio/ However when I go to the SDK location in ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:27:41 -0400https://liberty.io/steam-launches-using-terminal-but-not-with-launcher-icon-ubuntu-21-10-.htmlhttps://liberty.io/steam-launches-using-terminal-but-not-with-launcher-icon-ubuntu-21-10-.htmlI've come across something interesting with the Steam Launcher. The sytem: System is a ThinkPad P50 with an Nvidia Quadro M1000M. It's is Ubuntu 21.10 - fresh install. Nvidia Drivers 495. Steam lau......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:27:25 -0400https://liberty.io/recording-stereo-mix-from-youtube-to-renoise.htmlhttps://liberty.io/recording-stereo-mix-from-youtube-to-renoise.htmlI am using Ubuntu Studio with Renoise working with sample based music. I can watch videos on YouTube in Chrome/Firefox and record the Stereo Mix straight into Audacity using "ALSA" as host and "pu......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:19:07 -0400https://liberty.io/shell-does-not-show-typed-in-commands-reset-works-but-what-happened.htmlhttps://liberty.io/shell-does-not-show-typed-in-commands-reset-works-but-what-happened.htmlMy problem is that the Bash shell stops showing the characters I type into it. It does read the commands though. I've come across this problem quite a few times and I don't understand what causes ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:06:24 -0400https://liberty.io/samba-share-directory-with-a-specific-windows-10-user-without-password.htmlhttps://liberty.io/samba-share-directory-with-a-specific-windows-10-user-without-password.htmlI would like instructions for creating a Samba share that can only be accessed by a specific Windows 10 user without a password required. 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I am aware that alt+f4 already does this and that I can redefine this shortcut if I want to, but what I really want is......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:52:30 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-use-bash-variable-inside-cat-eof-test-html.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-use-bash-variable-inside-cat-eof-test-html.htmlI am faceing an issue when I want to use variable inside cat <<EOF > Test.html , for example cat <<EOF > Test.html <!DOCTYPE html> <head> <meta charset="utf-......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:51:11 -0400https://liberty.io/stunnel-changes-https-pages-to-http-when-clicking-a-link.htmlhttps://liberty.io/stunnel-changes-https-pages-to-http-when-clicking-a-link.htmlI have stunnel4 installed on Ubuntu Server 11.10. I have apache installed from the repositories. I have some programs installed such as ownCloud or sitebar. When I visit their web pages over the In......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:37:22 -0400https://liberty.io/booting-to-windows-with-windows-boot-manager-or-bootmgfw-efi.htmlhttps://liberty.io/booting-to-windows-with-windows-boot-manager-or-bootmgfw-efi.htmlYesterday I have managed to successfully install and configure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as a second operating system on my PC.Everything works fine,however there is one thing that confuses me: In the GRUB,......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:30:40 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-mount-a-microsoft-basic-data-partition.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-mount-a-microsoft-basic-data-partition.htmlI have a Dell Inspiron 5568 laptop that is no longer booting up under Windows 10. 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All the options for "Cut", "...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:26:30 -0400https://liberty.io/wrong-dns-resolution.htmlhttps://liberty.io/wrong-dns-resolution.htmlI have 2 servers with similar configuration but one of them give me different result from a nslookup command The first one is working correctly and here is the answer I have: Server: 8.8.8.8 ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:26:30 -0400https://liberty.io/what-is-a-easy-way-to-view-texi-files.htmlhttps://liberty.io/what-is-a-easy-way-to-view-texi-files.htmlI am reading some files for a library I plan on using and the files are of extension '.texi' and although I can open the files in gedit, all the syntax and markups make it difficult to read. Also, ......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:13:20 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-install-libqt5.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-install-libqt5.htmlTrying to run rtklib on ubuntu 16.04.2 and getting this $ ./rtkplot_qt: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5WebEngineWidgets.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:12:49 -0400https://liberty.io/give-user-write-access-to-folder-duplicate.htmlhttps://liberty.io/give-user-write-access-to-folder-duplicate.htmlHow do i give the user 'testuser' write privileges on the folder: /var/www/test/public_html...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:03:22 -0400https://liberty.io/unable-to-launch-software-updater-software-updates-and-kazam-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/unable-to-launch-software-updater-software-updates-and-kazam-in-ubuntu.htmlI have a problem with some Ubuntu software. I cannot launch Software Updater, Software & Updates, and Kazam by clicking on the icons or right-clicking and then pressing New Window. In addition, I ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:01:17 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-take-a-screenshot-with-dimensions.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-take-a-screenshot-with-dimensions.htmlI need to capture hundreds of screenshots, each the same size. Is there an application that would allow me to capture a portion of my screen with fixed dimensions? For example, I would like the fixed ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:58 -0400https://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-the-correct-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-do-i-install-the-correct-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu.htmlI was trying to set up nvidia drivers by following this article: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux when I got the following error: WARNING:......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:55:23 -0400https://liberty.io/how-to-extract-files-from-a-split-7zip-archive.htmlhttps://liberty.io/how-to-extract-files-from-a-split-7zip-archive.htmlI downloaded a series of packages that all compress one thing. The files end in .0, .1, .2, etc. The User Lists of these packages I downloaded say to use the file.bat to successfully extract, or t......Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:52:05 -0400https://liberty.io/16-04-lts-on-alienware-15-r3.htmlhttps://liberty.io/16-04-lts-on-alienware-15-r3.htmlI'm having an issue with random stuck cpu's when trying to get Ubuntu 16.04LTS going on a Dell Alienware 15 R3. The computer does have the latest BIOS installed. What I've done outside of the base ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:47:43 -0400https://liberty.io/increase-partition-size-on-which-ubuntu-is-installed.htmlhttps://liberty.io/increase-partition-size-on-which-ubuntu-is-installed.htmlI have Ubuntu installed on a drive. The problem is it is running low on disk space. This is installed on vmware. I expanded the virtual drive and booted into ubuntu. But when I opened gparted(sudo ...Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:35:28 -0400