Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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How do I extract files from an MSI package?
We have some old patches that we want to get the files from but don't wish to spend the time installing them to a machine.
Can anyone advise a way to extract files from an MSI installation package?
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How to install new packages on Cygwin?
I installed the latest version of Cygwin with a number of packages.
I soon realised that I need more packages (such as wget, etc) and I couldn't find a way to install the new packages without running ...
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What is the difference between yum, apt-get, rpm, ./configure && make install?
I am new to Linux and am running CentOS. I have come across four ways to update or install software.
So far, I've seen:
yum install [program]
apt-get install [program]
rpm -i [program].rpm
wget [...
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What does 'make install' do?
Moving from Windows to Linux, I am unable to understand the process of installing software in Linux. In Windows, when we run an installation file, it asks where you wish to install the program, most ...
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Problems installing ping in docker
I am trying to follow the docker tutorial but in a virtual machine. I've tried to install ping in ubuntu docker container with the command
sudo docker run ubuntu apt-get install ping
The problem is ...
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How to install Windows 7 from the network?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 (Current RTM Version) on a computer without using removable media like DVD or USB?
The first thing that comes to my mind is through the network, but I don't have ...
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Install FFmpeg on OS X
Is there a good place or bash script I can use (or at least a version I can build myself) for FFmpeg on OS X?
I have Xcode installed as well as the CLI for Xcode (gcc etc).
I have a version of ...
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Installer hangs on "waiting for other installations to finish" despite no other installations in progress
I started an installation of the Xcode 4 developer's preview last night before going to bed. When I woke up, the installation had popped up a message saying to close Xcode first (doh!). I did so, but ...
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Install Windows 7 from USB flash drive
I have an ISO image of the Windows 7 installation DVD, but I can't burn it to CD or DVD. I have an empty flash drive with plenty of space. Is there any way I can put the ISO image on it and install ...
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Office 2016 Advanced Setup
I just started the Office 2016 Setup/Installation on my Windows 10 PC. The installation worked fine and started automatically showing only this dialog:
But there are no additional settings possible! ...
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Can't install Kali Linux from USB, fails to find CD-ROM drive
I successfully made a live USB of the Kali Linux.
When I boot from the USB it gives an option to install. I clicked on that option. At one point it was detecting and mounting CD-ROM drives. As I have ...
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How to install Debian from a USB drive?
I've got a shining new x64 laptop running Windows 7 and I want to dual boot Debian stable.
I've installed Ubuntu on loads of laptops in the past using a USB drive, but I can't find decent ...
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How do you install git-filter-repo?
I'm attempting to use git-filter-repo to remove large binaries from my repository. I have not used python before. I installed the latest python by clicking on the downloaded .exe file as that is a ...
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Clean install Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 from OEM key
I have recently acquired a laptop with an OEM Windows 8 product key. I am interested in a clean install of Windows 8.1. I do not have any original install media, only recovery disks, and the ...
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Windows 10 Installation - A media driver your computer needs is missing
The most weird thing is happening to me:
I have a hp notebook which has no internal DVD drive, so I installed via an external USB LG Blueray burner.
First I installed Windows 10 customer preview into ...
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