Q&A for Ubuntu users and developers
2236 How to list all installed packages 2010-12-17T02:08:49.860
1722 How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? 2011-12-11T04:37:54.413
1387 How can PPAs be removed? 2010-07-29T09:09:42.257
1206 How do I install a .deb file via the command line? 2011-05-06T17:40:28.927
1108 Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it? 2010-11-30T02:12:48.520
1098 "The following packages have been kept back:" Why and how do I solve it? 2010-07-31T21:59:22.357
1028 How do I save terminal output to a file? 2014-02-14T19:49:07.497
991 How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a different directory using terminal? 2011-12-11T01:19:37.643
961 How to get bash or ssh into a running container in background mode? 2014-08-01T16:19:07.383
960 Is there a command to list all users? Also to add, delete, modify users, in the terminal? 2014-01-24T19:20:51.910
945 What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file? 2011-02-08T22:50:41.563
935 How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the command line? 2010-08-05T18:20:23.830
934 How can I use docker without sudo? 2014-06-06T08:17:43.673
914 How to upgrade a single package using apt-get? 2011-05-20T16:36:42.543
914 Where is the cron / crontab log? 2011-08-11T12:06:43.717
895 How do I uncompress a tarball that uses .xz? 2012-01-02T23:41:17.057
882 How can I add a new user as sudoer using the command line? 2010-10-15T12:02:45.507
881 How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? 2012-09-12T18:09:55.750
867 How to enable or disable services? 2010-12-29T21:03:32.987
846 Error message "sudo: unable to resolve host (none)" 2011-08-31T19:09:43.280
829 How can I update my nodeJS to the latest version? 2014-02-26T20:51:07.633
823 How to add a directory to the PATH? 2009-07-22T20:42:23.913
795 Find and replace text within a file using commands 2011-01-07T04:10:13.057
786 How to install updates via command line? 2012-10-05T13:44:26.280
766 How to keep processes running after ending ssh session? 2010-10-21T12:09:13.250
758 How to extract files to another directory using 'tar' command? 2011-05-26T16:01:42.283
746 How to add existing user to an existing group? 2011-11-15T18:21:54.063
738 How do you monitor the progress of dd? 2012-11-10T20:24:04.360
726 How do I remove old kernel versions to clean up the boot menu? 2010-08-21T03:37:01.843
725 How do I reset a lost administrative password? 2011-01-30T14:50:28.727
724 Command for determining my public IP? 2012-01-16T11:50:35.613
723 How do I search for available packages from the command-line? 2012-07-07T18:28:23.203
722 What Application Indicators are available? 2011-03-14T15:51:42.880
712 How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? 2012-11-16T04:37:24.457
699 How to increment a variable in bash? 2013-12-03T16:34:26.143
680 How can I recursively delete all files of a specific extension in the current directory? 2013-11-15T13:03:34.670
665 What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? 2010-09-20T02:01:27.663
650 How do I rename a directory via the command line? 2011-08-08T16:58:41.407
638 What is the correct way to completely remove an application? 2012-09-14T21:54:48.607
637 Change folder permissions and ownership 2010-10-13T09:31:05.303
614 How to run scripts on start up? 2010-08-04T19:54:17.300
610 How do I find the amount of free space on my hard drive? 2011-10-28T12:53:03.190
608 How do I get the CPU temperature? 2010-12-02T07:02:14.630
608 What is the difference between apt and apt-get? 2014-04-09T09:16:28.350
606 What does "sudo apt-get update" do? 2012-11-27T00:07:53.433
601 How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA? 2012-05-21T14:17:52.667
588 Why crontab scripts are not working? 2011-01-24T09:56:54.673
578 How do I set up a Cron job? 2010-08-16T08:25:04.800
578 How do I free up more space in /boot? 2011-12-22T10:06:05.697
576 How can I record my screen? 2010-09-20T11:59:15.137