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How do I upgrade PHP version to the latest stable released version?
I'm using a system running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit OS.
I'm currently using following PHP version on this machine:
Command used to get the below info at terminal : php -v
Details I got are as below :
PHP 5.5.19-1+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli)…
PHPLover
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How to use lm-sensors?
I wanted to install a package to monitor the temperature of my CPU called lm-sensors.
According to Synaptic, it's already installed.
Can someone give me some simple step-by-step instructions on how I can actually run it from the command line or…
sq1020
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How to do: underline, bold, italic, strikethrough, color, background, and size in Gnome Terminal?
How to do: underline, bold, italic, strikethrough, and color in Gnome Terminal?
Bold
Italic
u̲n̲d̲e̲r̲l̲i̲n̲e̲
s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶t
Color
background
font < (its mono if you couldn't tell)
size
Anon
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How to extend my root (/) partition?
Till today I was using ubuntu 13.04 in my windows7/ubuntu dual boot. Just now I have upgraded to ubuntu 14.04. My software updater showed an updates available message. I proceeded with Install Now . Soon I got the following window.
Then I tried…
Ramvignesh
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Change niceness (priority) of a running process
Is it possible to set a new nice level of a running process with a known id?
Does this operation require root access, or just being the owner of the process?
Adam Matan
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How do I unmaximize full screen view in virt-manager?
After activating full screen view for a virtual machine in virt-manager there is no obvious way to un-full screen. Any ideas?
Anders Wallenquist
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How do I make Sublime Text 3 the default text editor
I'd like to replace gedit, and use Sublime Text 3 as my default text editor for all text files on my Ubuntu system. Can you let me know how do I go about making this change?
user193491
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Enable disk encryption after installation
I'm running 13.10 Saucy. If I didn't enable disk encryption during installation, is there any way to enable it post facto?
I found this, which says that encryption has to happen at install time, but it's also referring to Fedora. I can easily boot…
Isaac Dontje Lindell
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Can I use the Unity launcher icon to minimize applications/windows?
I don't know if this is a feature or a bug, but clicking on an active application's launcher icon doesn't minimize it. It is terribly inconvenient for folks using a persistent Unity bar to click minimize button every time. Is there any way to add…
Eternal Owl
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How to display file properties via terminal?
What is the command line that displays file informations (or properties), such as in GUI method Display properties in GNOME?
I know that ls -l shows properties; but how to display the same informations?
For example, instead of
rw-rw-r--
we have…
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How can I recursively change the permissions of files and directories?
I have ubuntu installed on my local computer with apache / php / mysql.
I now have a directory at /var/www - inside which I have several of my ongoing projects. I also work with opensource ( drupal, magento, sugarcrm ).
The problem I am facing is…
Nikhil
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Selecting text in the terminal without using the mouse
I am about to press enter to run a command in terminal, but before doing that, I want to copy the command to clipboard without using the mouse.
How?
If you're somewhere other than the terminal, Ctrl+Home does it.
Is there a way of arbitrarily…
Strapakowsky
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What does “%U” mean when calling a command?
When editing the Applications menu, I see for some applications their commands have %U such as gedit %U and gnome-mplayer %U, but others don't such as gcalctool.
I was wondering what %U means when calling a command, and when it is needed and when…
Tim
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How to check the information of current installed video drivers?
My CPU usage is high when I do trivial things such as scrolling through a PDF file. So I think my video driver is not properly installed.
I want to confirm that by checking the information of my currently installed video driver, such as if there's a…
smwikipedia
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Gconf, Dconf, Gsettings and the relationship between them
I'm trying to understand how Gconf, Dconf and Gsettings works and what the relationship is between them.
All I know is:
Gconf - XML based database (backend system). The older one.
Dconf - BLOB based database (backend system). The newer…
idgar
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