Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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installed WSL before checking "Windows Subsystem for Linux" on WIndows 11
I installed WSL on Win 11, and Ubuntu afterwards, and everything seems to work just fine, but when I checked the tutorials how to install it, I found I had to check "Windows Subsystem for Linux&...
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How to update OpenVPN Server on Windows?
I have OpenVPN 2.6.6 installed on Windows 10, configured to run as a server.
For security reasons, i like to keep all components of my server up to date, and when i noticed that OpenVPN 2.6.7 had been ...
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Installation macOS High Sierra shows Prohibitory Symbol
The HDD from my daughter's Macbook white mid 2010 is very old and running terribly slow, so I bought a Samsung 870 EVO 500GB SSD to replace it. Then I downloaded a install Mac OS El Capitan app.zip ...
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How do you reset a Linux host to its first-boot state?
We are building a generic deployment image and I want to clean/delete all the host-specific details. (This a RHEL8/Oracle 8/Alma 8 system.)
This is what I have so far:
# rm -rf /etc/.etckeeper/* # if ...
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Trouble installing a package with chocolatey: System.Management.Automation.RemoteException
I'm trying to install a package with chocolatey 2.2.2 (the package is texlive), using a PowerShell session run as administrator.
I get the following error:
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texlive package files install ...
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BeeLink NUC UEFI Shell Command to Format Partition
I have a Beelink NUC that powers on to a "UEFI Interactive Shell v2.2" and Shell>.
I have a installation media USB for Win10, but when I view the current partitions it says unable to ...
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Downloading Google Chrome using Powershell
Is it possible to download the latest version of Google Chrome using Powershell. I'm an IT Admin looking at putting a script together for our field techs. Since upgrading our client machines to ...
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Trouble installing a Grapher (install.package command) on Debian
I'm trying to install Grapher from https://grapher.network/docs/install
The V8 library install is fine, works great. But the second line to get Grapher is throwing an error. According to the doc it ...
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I tried installing oracle but it was showing installation error. Will there be some residues of failed installation files on my system?
The error to be specific is this
""The wizard was interrupted before oracle Database 18c Express Edition could be installed
Your system has not been modified. To complete installation at ...
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Installing Apps on Alma Linux
I started Linux since 2000 on Suse Linux that time.
At that time there was only installing from RPM, no Flatpacks or AppImages.
I recently installed Alma Linux (9) for it is based on RHEL and vey ...
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Partial Linux GUI install on Chromebook was interrupted. How do I undo all that was done and start over?
I got a phone call and bumped a key and have no idea where I am and want to undo all that is done so far, go to back to bare bones penguin so that I can start over.
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Why does wsl --install always yield Catastrophic Failure on my new Windows 11 Home 22H2 installation?
I am trying to start using Ubuntu 22.04 inside my Windows 11 laptop using wsl. I have gotten this to work on my desktop. However, every time I try to run 'wsl --install' (or 'wsl --install -d Ubuntu-...
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Error when installing .msi - needs to be installed on local drive
I have an MSI file I'm trying to install (for the Bose SoundTouch program). However, when I press 'install' after selecting the directory that it should be installed in, I get an error - that the ...
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Remote Application Installation Quotewerks
I am having an issue on my Windows Server 2019 Terminal Server. Im trying to install quotewerks. Im using an installation file that is on another server that i've shared the database for. It appears ...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) will not install any Linux Distro
I am using a Windows PC with the following specs:
Edition: Windows 11 Home
Version: 23H2
OS build: 22631.2338
Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 100.22674.1000.0
Processor: Intel(R) Core(...
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