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APT and Aptitude uses cache on the disk. The following are the directories are used

/var/cache/apt/archives A directory where downloaded packages...

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I'm trying to get Bluetooth to work, to no avail. So I ask for help.

~$ inxi -E
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type:...

Hi everyone. I'm using version 9.13 and forgot my password. Is there a way to reset it, or would it be easier to reinstall the system?

Hello.
When booting the system, before the GRUB menu, the following error appears:

Failed to open /EFI/debian - Not found

I tried reinstalling...

In ~/.profile I have expanded the past thumbnail tmpfs to the entire ~/.cache, still on watch.
#create tmpfs disk savers
systemd-mount -t tmpfs -o...

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I am running Debian GNU/Linux Bookworm 12.7, running kernel 6.1.0-25-amd64 on a Victus Laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS CPU and integrated AMD...

I have the program on Windows to backup my phone to the PC. How do I do the same thing using Debian 12 ? I went to the Samsung site and they only...

There appears to be an outdated dependency: libfuse2t64. Does anyone know if this is in the pipeline for a near-term fix, or should I implement a...

Is it just me or the 6.10.4 (and 3) kernel boots much longer than 6.8.x?

Hey guys, I have a clean install of Debian 12.6 (64bit) running in VirtualBox.

I have installed build-essential. However, I am unfamiliar with the...

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I am building an older application on Debian 12.6 and am having some issues with gcc-12. The last time I built this on linux was using gcc...

I decided that I don't trust Brave any more, there's something wrong with it, but I need a second browser along with FF ESR which is preinstalled and...

Anyone know how to get jpilot running on Debian 12?
I have DLed and installed jpilot, jpilot-plugins and lipisock9 from buster. I have pilot-link but...

Side question: can you go straight from 10 to 12? Is it even recommended?

Anyway, trying to run the update logging in via CLI. Changed all mention...

I am running Debian 12 on a MacPro 5,1 and after installing and merrily beginning to set it up to use for a daily driver, I was confronted with a...

One of our staff members bought an Asus Zenbook 14 Q425M for home use. We tested it with Debian Testing Live USB (weekly build, 09/09/2024). Things...

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I have just used the same dvd to install Debian Bookworm 12.6 on a pair of laptops. Both laptops had their hdd's completely(!) reformatted with...

Dear friends, I am running Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) with Gnome 3.30.2 in a Core i7 Positivo-Vaio from Brazil (not the best hardware). This...

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I am getting two errors when trying to install debian.
I used debian-12.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso to create a bootable USB with Rufus.
I restart...

I've been caught out a few times. Searching has provided the answers but I'd like a user manual/guide type of thing. Advice please.Thanks.

Hi guys,

I am trying to install Firefox from mozilla repo, but it fails:

Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process...

Hi all, every time I try to install something like 'Hardinfo' using 'apt install foo', I get the following error message Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg...

A simple how-to for set up of the profile-sync-daemon package which I found is an easy way to achieve moving browser profiles to RAM, and how-to move...

How can I best add drives to my volume group and keep things mirrored?

My current setup has a volume group containing two drives, within the group I...

So my installation of Debian 12 stable with Gnome froze randomly. Can someone please tell me why this keeps happening

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME...

I picked up one of those generic 8 micro laptops ( Amazon Link ) and after a new install with KDE plasma, grub will display and then I get a blank...

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I'm running testing on a Beelink U59 mini pc. It has been fine until the 6.9 kernel but since then, within a minute or two of booting I get...

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I'm on latest debian sid fully up-to-date. My laptop is MSI Delta 15, which support WIfi 6E.
On my router, 6 Ghz band show up as active, but in...

Hello, with the command sudo journalctl | grep suspend I noticed that every now and then the laptop wakes up by itself from standby (not...

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I run debian bookworm on a work pc that is then managed by a policy agent (jumpcloud).
One of the policies checks /etc/shadow ownership and...

Over the last few weeks, I've noticed a crackling sound from the speakers. It is not continuous and seems to mainly happen when I am browsing. It may...

debian 12
system -> control center -> preferred applications.
Can you get an appimage into the menu of preferred applications? Thank you.

While installing the XFCE desktop environment, I noticed that xfce4-screensaver is missing. It also doesn't seem to be available in the official...

Is it possible to set up Debian with the XFCE desktop environment and PipeWire as the default audio server directly through the installation process?...

After using Kubuntu for years in my HP laptop I installed Debian 12. I can't boot properly. I've set the BIOS to boot via UEFI, but every time I end...

debian 12 main firmware=never installation

since about debian 8 I have not encountered this error before.

Searching the internet I noticed others...

I've never seen this behaviour before, so I took careful note of files and timestamps. (famous last words)

In the past, I've had updates which...

Hi all,

I've been using the same VPS provider since 2013, though in the past couple of years (I assume a consequence of Brexit) my direct debit for...

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I'm new to debian with Xfce.

Late at night I was trying to increase the borders around windows, and did something silly (can't recall!), and now...

Is there any way to do hibernate when booting from a live usb? Suspend (to RAM) is no problem. I have created a swap partition on the same USB the...

I've used linux for many years now and have never found an easy to understand answer to this question. Say for example I open many programs at once...

Hi everyone,

I didn't find the an answer to this problem here or elsewhere on the web before.

I'm trying to install anki on my machine but...

Hello folks, new user to the forums but seasoned user of Debian.

There seem to be hundreds of posts like this with similar issues but I've tried the...

Is anyone successfully using debmirror with bookworm-proposed-updates? It downloads the packages just fine, but apt complains about not having...

As I just arrived on the forum, this is only a way of presenting me and of talking about the history of Linux seen through the eyes of a complete...

I can't find the name of vi command package.
I didn't find it in dpkg -S and apt-file.
What is the /bin/vi command package?

I'm still trying to get my black screen after grub after upgrading my operating system problem solved, and like I mention in my previous post I get...