apt not working: installed libc-bin package post-installation script...
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I'd like to install Lubuntu GUI on my Ubuntu app, that I downloaded from the MS Windows Store app.After installing WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) I got a 'server version'-like version running...
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How do I increase the physical space for WSL2
How do I increase the physical size of a WSL virtual disk? I only managed to increase the virtual size..
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So what I did so far was install CMake to configure my CLion so that I can run Valgrind. However, after following a few suggestions, I have encountered this problem and I cannot resolve it.I installed...
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I Cannot overlay mount after creating an mount namespace with unshare$ unshare -rm# mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=/bin,upperdir=/overlay/upper/bin,workdir=/overlay/work/bin/...
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I'm trying to enable KVM on WSL2 on Windows 10 x64 bit. I've found this tutorial and I'm following it :https://gist.github.com/offlinehacker/b1d96515f87a47bd0b0bea574eab5583I've cloned and compiled the...
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I'm a Windows user coming to Ubuntu's Bash thanks to WSL. Now I need to edit some files and I really hate Vi. Do I just have to deal with it, or is there a simpler alternative?The features I am looking...
View ArticleGetting compiz errors on Ubuntu. Can't load plugins. Unity doesn't start
I have Windows 10 64-Bit and I have installed the Ubuntu subsystem on Windows. I have installed ubuntu-desktop, unity, compiz and compiz configuration settings.But when I type compiz on Ubuntu bash, I...
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I haven't used sudo on a command in a while, and recently when I tried to do this the password was wrong. This is read off of a post it note on my desk and has always worked for me before. I followed...
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I am running 18.04 LTS on Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL). I have installed the Ubuntu Desktop by runningsudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktopHowever, when I start Linux only the terminal starts.How do...
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Will editing /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and changing lts to normal and then upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to 20.10 break WSL2 or cause issues/incompatibility.Is it overall a good idea to do so?...
View ArticleHow do I open a file using Atom on WSL?
I am trying to open a file using Atom from bash on Windows. So what I did was I added an alias in my .bash_profile like this: alias atom="/mnt/c/Users/Mido/AppData/Local/atom/atom.exe"So let's say I am...
View Article"Unable to locate package" for exa on WSL 2 Ubuntu
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I have removed Ubuntu 18.04 from Windows 10 WSL but I am not sure if all the files have been deleted or not. How to be sure that all files are deleted?
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I'm trying to integrate tools that are linux only (lslocks) to monitor file locks caused by a Windows process. I'm thinking I could use the windows subsystem for linux and then use lslocks. Having...
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I am using Ubuntu 20.10 in WSL, and there are problems with changing the ulimit -n. I tried several methods and one of them needed to add session required pam_limits.so line to the...
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