To find a package in Ubuntu, search its local APT index by name or description. A reader on Ask Ubuntu put the problem this way: “How can I find the name of a Package?” I compared apt search with apt-cache search, then show how to check a match before installing it. What APT search reads
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If you uninstall packages from Ubuntu and still see vsftpd.conf under /etc, Ubuntu’s package manager may have left its configuration behind.[5][8] I simulated APT (Advanced Package Tool) removal and purge for tree, and the output separated the named package from auto-removable dependencies. Which remover matches the installation? An application name can refer to a Debian
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Arch Linux’s pacman package manager uses -Syu to refresh repository databases and upgrade installed packages in one operation. A bare -Sy refreshes the databases without upgrading installed packages, leaving a partial-upgrade state that the ArchWiki’s system-maintenance guidance warns against. What pacman syncs Arch Linux’s pacman sync operation reads repository databases to install packages and resolve
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Install Discord on Linux with the package your distribution manages: a DEB on Debian or Ubuntu, an RPM on Fedora, an Arch package on Arch Linux, or Flatpak where Flathub is available. I checked Discord’s stable download endpoints on 26 September 2026, and the DEB, RPM, and Arch files resolved to version 1.0.159. Each native
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“wc -l is not counting the last line” usually means the file ends without a newline. I checked the command against both file endings, and the count changes because wc counts newline characters rather than an unfinished record. What Linux counts as a line wc -l prints the number of newline characters in a file.
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Puppy Linux is a family of small distributions with different desktops and package tools. You can boot a selected build from USB without installing it to your internal drive. For a first test, I recommend live boot so you can check essential hardware before deciding whether changes should persist. What Puppy Linux includes, and what
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If the VMware Tools install option is grayed out, install open-vm-tools from Ubuntu’s archive inside the guest. The disabled menu belongs to the host, while apt installs Ubuntu’s guest-side package. I checked Broadcom’s guidance and Ubuntu’s package listings to confirm the core and desktop packages are separate. What open-vm-tools does inside Ubuntu open-vm-tools is VMware’s
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gzip replaces each file you hand it with a smaller .gz version using the DEFLATE algorithm. It is the standard compression tool on Linux and has been for decades, so the commands below work on any distribution without installation. I tested every example here on gzip 1.12. How gzip compression works gzip combines LZ77 and
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Installing Minecraft on Linux still means grabbing the official launcher. You can get it as a .deb for Debian-based distros, a .tar.gz for everyone else, or through a community snap installer if you prefer that route. Install Minecraft on Ubuntu and its derivatives Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions get a direct .deb package from Minecraft. This
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When you need to pull a file from a URL on the command line, curl can do it over HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SFTP without a browser. The catch is that a bare curl command prints the file to stdout, not to disk. Add one flag and the download lands in your current directory. Save
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