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How to Install qBittorrent-nox on Ubuntu

Install qbittorrent-nox on Ubuntu from the official PPA or universe repo, accept the legal notice, log in to the Web UI, run it under a dedicated user with the bundled systemd template, open the firewall safely, and fix …

Deepak Prasad11 min read
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How to Install Telegram on Ubuntu

Install Telegram Desktop on Ubuntu with Snap, the official tsetup Linux tarball from desktop.telegram.org, or Flatpak: verify version 6.9.3, launch from the app menu, update with snap refresh, and uninstall cleanly.

Deepak Prasad8 min read
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How to Install Steam on Ubuntu

Install Steam on Ubuntu with Valve official steam_latest.deb (recommended), sudo apt install steam-installer from multiverse, Snap, or Flatpak. Enable i386 multiarch, install GPU drivers, bootstrap the client on first …

Deepak Prasad10 min read
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How to List Installed Packages on Ubuntu

List installed packages on Ubuntu with apt list --installed, dpkg -l, snap list, and apt-mark showmanual. Search one package, count totals, export a list for another machine, and check upgradable packages.

Omer Cakmak11 min read
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How to Install qBittorrent on Ubuntu

Install qBittorrent on Ubuntu with sudo apt install qbittorrent from universe, the official qbittorrent-stable PPA, or Flathub. Compare GUI vs qbittorrent-nox, avoid outdated Snap builds, accept the legal notice, and …

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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How to Install Picard on Ubuntu

Install MusicBrainz Picard on Ubuntu from universe apt, the official MetaBrainz Snap, or the MusicBrainz stable PPA: verify with picard -V, tag your first album, and uninstall cleanly.

Deepak Prasad5 min read
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How to Install VS Code on Ubuntu

Install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu from the official packages.microsoft.com APT repo, a direct .deb download, or Snap: add the Microsoft signing key, install code 1.126, launch with code, and install VS Code Insiders …

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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How to Install Plex on Ubuntu

Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu from the official repo.plex.tv APT repository or a .deb download, start plexmediaserver with systemctl, open port 32400, complete setup at http://127.0.0.1:32400/web, and fix plex user …

Omer Cakmak9 min read
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How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu

Install MongoDB 8.0 Community on Ubuntu from the official mongodb-org repo with gpg keyring (jammy/noble/focal), start mongod with systemctl, connect with mongosh, install shell-only for Atlas, and fix libssl1.1, AVX, …

Omer Cakmak10 min read
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How to Install Terminator Terminal on Ubuntu

Install Terminator on Ubuntu with sudo apt install terminator from universe (2.1.4 on 25.04), verify with which terminator and dpkg, set the default x-terminal-emulator, split panes with Ctrl+Shift+O/E, and fix DISPLAY …

Omer Cakmak10 min read
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How to Install OpenCV on Ubuntu

Install OpenCV on Ubuntu with sudo apt install libopencv-dev python3-opencv (4.10.0 on 25.04), verify with import cv2 and pkg-config opencv4, use pip opencv-python in a venv for newer wheels, or build from source when …

Omer Cakmak8 min read
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How to Install Minecraft on Ubuntu

Install Minecraft Java Edition on Ubuntu from the official Minecraft.deb (launcher 2.1.3), openjdk-21-jre-headless, or the Minecraft.tar.gz binary: sign in with a Microsoft account, launch minecraft-launcher, and …

Omer Cakmak7 min read
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How to Set Up a NAS Server on Ubuntu

Turn Ubuntu into a NAS server with Samba for SMB/CIFS shares and NFS for Linux clients: install packages, create /srv/nas storage, add smb.conf shares, export NFS to your LAN, open the firewall, and verify with smbclient …

Deepak Prasad11 min read
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Must-Have Apps for Ubuntu

A practical must-have Ubuntu apps list for desktop users: what ships by default, a one-shot apt starter bundle, and curated picks for media, security, dev tools, and gaming on Ubuntu 25.04—with apt, Snap, and Flatpak …

Deepak Prasad11 min read
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How to Mount a Network Drive on Ubuntu

Mount a network drive on Ubuntu over SMB/CIFS or NFS: install cifs-utils, create a mount point, use credentials safely, add fstab entries with _netdev, browse shares in the Files app, and unmount cleanly.

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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How to Install Velociraptor on Ubuntu

Install Velociraptor on Ubuntu 25.04: download the linux-amd64 binary, generate server.config.yaml, build the Debian server package, enable velociraptor_server, add a GUI admin user, open port 8000 for clients, and …

Deepak Prasad10 min read
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How to Remove LibreOffice from Ubuntu

Remove LibreOffice from Ubuntu with apt purge or the libreoffice* wildcard, autoremove UNO and URE dependencies, delete ~/.config/libreoffice, uninstall from App Center, and confirm no dpkg or desktop leftovers remain.

Deepak Prasad12 min read
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How to Clean Disk Space on Ubuntu

Free disk space on Ubuntu with apt clean and autoremove, journalctl vacuum, BleachBit previews, and the Ubuntu Cleaner PPA; find large caches with du and Baobab before you delete anything.

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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How to Install xoscope on Ubuntu

Install xoscope on Ubuntu from the universe apt package or build 2.3 from source; enable universe, pull GTK and ALSA dev libraries, work around SourceForge 404 and COMEDI API changes, launch the sound-card oscilloscope, …

Deepak Prasad10 min read
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How to Install Modoboa Mail Server on Ubuntu

Install Modoboa on Ubuntu with the official installer: DNS (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, PTR), Let's Encrypt SSL, domains and mailboxes, webmail and Thunderbird setup, port 25 checks, and common troubleshooting.

Deepak Prasad16 min read
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How to Install OnlyOffice on Ubuntu

Install OnlyOffice Desktop Editors on Ubuntu from the official download.onlyoffice.com APT repo, a direct .deb, Snap, or Flatpak: import the GPG key, install onlyoffice-desktopeditors 9.4, launch desktopeditors, and …

Deepak Prasad9 min read
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Install Fonts in Linux

Learn how to install fonts in Linux using the command line and GUI. Install TTF and OTF fonts for the current user or system-wide, update font cache, verify with fc-list, and uninstall fonts.

Omer Cakmak5 min read
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How to Check Sudo Access for a User in Linux

Learn how to check sudo access in Linux. Check if you or another user has sudo privileges with sudo -l, test sudo access non-interactively in a bash script with sudo -n, and list all sudo users, with real tested output.

Deepak Prasad11 min read
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How to Refresh Network Settings in Ubuntu

Learn how to refresh network settings in Ubuntu after IP address, route, DNS, DHCP, Netplan, NetworkManager, or systemd-networkd changes. Includes safe remote-server workflow, tested verification commands, and practical …

Deepak Prasad14 min read
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How to Backup Brave Browser Profile, Settings, Bookmarks, and Session on Linux

Learn how to backup and restore Brave Browser profile data on Linux, including settings, bookmarks, session files, cache, profile paths, tar archives, checksums, and safe restore steps.

Omer Cakmak7 min read
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How to Install a Specific Version with APT

Learn how to install a specific package version with apt or apt-get on Ubuntu and Debian, list available versions, simulate installs safely, handle dependency conflicts, and hold or unhold package versions.

Omer Cakmak9 min read
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How to Add User to Sudo Group in Linux

Learn how to add a Linux user to the sudo group on Ubuntu and Debian, use the wheel group on RHEL-based systems, verify sudo access, and avoid confusing group-based sudo with custom sudoers file rules.

Omer Cakmak6 min read
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How to Check Linux Kernel Version from Command Line

Learn how to check Linux kernel version with tested uname, hostnamectl, procfs, journalctl, dmesg, boot image, dpkg, and apt commands, and understand the difference between the running kernel and installed kernel …

Deepak Prasad8 min read
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Install YARN on Linux and Windows

Step by Step instructions to install yarn on Linux and WIndows. Installation on Ubuntu (Debian based) and Rocky Linux (Red hat based) and Windows.

Omer Cakmak7 min read
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[SOLVED] pip command not found in Ubuntu

There are two different versions of pip which you can install to solve the error i.e. pip command not found in Ubuntu 20.04 Linux. Step by Step instructions to fix pip command not found error.

Deepak Prasad5 min read