Questions tagged [ubuntu-12.04]

The previous LTS release of Ubuntu, code-named Precise Pangolin. Released on 26th April, 2012. You should only use this tag if your question is hardware or version-specific.

Precise Pangolin was released on 26 April, 2012 and is supported until April 2017.

Code name: Precise Pangolin

The previous stable and Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Unlike previous LTS versions, Canonical will provide support for five years due to popularity of LTS usage in businesses:

  • Two years of support will include hardware updates
  • Remaining three years will consist of maintenance upgrades.

Ubuntu Flavors available under 12.04 (questions on all are allowed):

The 12.04 Ubuntu variants - Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Lubuntu - are not commercially supported by Canonical.

Ubuntu Editions available under 12.04 (questions on all are allowed):

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trying to install pymssql on ubuntu 12.04 using pip

I am trying to install pymssql on ubuntu 12.04 using pip. This is the error I am getting. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completely lost! Tried googling this but unfortunately to no avail... Downloading…
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Can't ssh to AWS EC2: Identity file not accessible

I'm unable to ssh to my EC2 server and am getting the error: ssh -i /Users/Skeniver/Keepass/skeniver.pem ubuntu@xx.xxx.xx.xxx Identity file /Users/Skeniver/Keepass/skeniver.pem not accessible: No such file or directory The file is definitely in…
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Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) 'Cannot create a server using the selected type' in Tomcat 7

I have installed: eclipse juno java-6-openjdk-i386 (selected as default JRE in Eclipse) java-7-openjdk-i386 When I try to add a new server Tomcat7, in Eclipse, I get this message 'Cannot create a server using the selected type' and I can not…
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How to connect with host PostgreSQL from vagrant virtualbox machine

I have a VirtualBox machine running Ubuntu 12.04 in a Mac OS X host machine. In my host machine (Mac OS X), I have PostgreSQL installed. I would like to connect to this PostgreSQL server from my Ubuntu virtual machine (I know normally it's the…
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how to search for a directory from the terminal in ubuntu

I am using Ubuntu and I want to search for a specific Directory called "sdk". All that I know is, that "sdk" Directory is located somewhere under /user Directory how can I search for "sdk" Directory from the terminal? I tried the following find /…
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wget: unable to resolve host address `http'

I am getting this strange thing on my Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit machine when I do a wget $ wget google.com --2014-07-18 14:44:32-- http://google.com/ Resolving http (http)... failed: Name or service not known. wget: unable to resolve host address…
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Can't install any package with node npm

I'm trying to install some node packages through npm, but it won't go. I've already tried to install/unistall/update node, but nothing seems to work. I'm using ubuntu 12.04 - Here is how i'm trying to install packages: npm install underscore npm…
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Error while powering on: VMware Player cannot connect to the virtual machine

Im using Windows8, the problem is while connecting to Ubuntu though VMware I receives an error that I do not have a rights. It is not my first time I use it. Don't know what gone wrong. The error I have got : Error while powering on: VMware Player…
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How to make auto trust gpg public key?

I am trying to add my GPG public key as a part of our appliance installation process. The purpose of it to encrypt any important files like logs before admin pulling them into his local using admin portal and then decrypt them using private key. The…
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ERROR: Android Source Generator: [project] AndroidManifest.xml file not found

I am new to Android programming; I am using Intellij IDEA. When I compile my hello-world program, I get this error "Android Source Generator: [project] AndroidManifest.xml file not found" Of course it is not in my root file. When I make any new…
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Python OpenCV - waitKey(0) does not respond?

I'm using opencv 2.4.7 on ubuntu 12.04. I'm programming with python and I have a problem when i run this script: import cv2 img = cv2.imread('347620923614738322_233985812.jpg') cv2.namedWindow("window") cv2.imshow("window", img) cv2.waitKey(0) The…
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mysql.h file can't be found

i'm trying to install connection between c++ and mysql in ubuntu 12.04. i've installed mysql-client, mysql-server, libmysqlclient15-dev, libmysql++-dev. but when i try to compile the code i got the error: mysql.h there is no such file. i looked in…
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"texi2dvi" command not found

Whenever I'm installing a software on my machine it is showing /bin/bash: texi2dvi: command not found My Operating system is Ubuntu 12.04. Do I need install any packages on it.?
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Disable ubuntu keyboard shortcuts

I must have accidentally activated some keyboard shortcut function because every time I press certain keys such as w, a, s, d they act as shortcuts to things. For example if I press f, the search function appears. How can I stop this so I can type…
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byobu Hard Status line scrolls the screen when updating

Wanting to give byobu a looksee as a screen 'update' of sorts. I start it with byobu and instead of the status line sitting at the bottom of the screen, everytime it updates it pushes to an additional line underneath the previous one. before long,…
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