Can I run packages like metasploit, ngrok, gparted, etc all install from terminal but run or install to external hard drive? I am running Ubuntu on USB 3.0 but I want all packages installed to an external hard drive. Can I do that?
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I am running Xenial 16.04 and looking to install packages to an external drive - my computer has a 32gb SSD so it would be very useful to me to be able to use an external drive.  In a quick search I found a framework called  which seems to be designed to package all dependencies for a program (chromium, GIMP, some python packages, etc), but haven't had time to look into it.   seems to be looking for the same solution I am.   Thanks, Chris
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I'm having a rough time getting Ubuntu to run from a 250 GB USB hard drive.  I booted Ubuntu 9.10 from a CD and ran the regular "install" to the attached USB drive. I used the "advanced" option on the drive partition question to put the boot loader on /dev/sdb (the USB disk) but when I boot the machine it doesn't recognize there's a boot loader on the USB drive (it offers to boot from 2 other devices but not the USB disk).  I also tried booting from the Ubuntu CD and using usb-creator-gtk to set up the USB drive. Seems to me this is meant to work with flash drives. I got a bootable USB disk but it looked and worked like the CD, i.e. it gave me options of "live CD" operation, installing, memtest, etc. That's not the way I want to run the system.  Some help in installing Ubuntu, bootable into a "full" running system on my USB drive would be appreciated.
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I'm installing Ubuntu from an Ubuntu Minimal image, and I've gotten to the software selection part. What I'm wondering is, which packages are included in the "Basic Ubuntu Server" option?    I'm assuming it's a bundle of packages, but which exactly are included in it?
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I was wondering what the difference between running and trying Ubuntu and I was also wondering if there was any downfall to running Ubuntu on a USB drive.
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How do I install ubuntu packages from the ubuntu cd. I have ubuntu-desktop 10.04 running and I have to install wvdial package but no internet connection for installing from apt repository.
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Trying to run gparted in fresh installed Ubuntu. System not found this program. When I try to install I have report that it is already installed. How to solve this problem?  g@g-Lenovo:~$ gparted The program 'gparted' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt install gparted g@g-Lenovo:~$ sudo aptitude install gparted [sudo] password for g:  gparted is already installed at the requested version (0.25.0-1) gparted is already installed at the requested version (0.25.0-1) No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 130 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
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I run commands in terminal a lot and i'm wondering if it is possible to run the commands from spotlight. For example in spotlight  would like to run the command(because i have a lot of network issues):   ping google.com   And then spotlight to load terminal and execute the command instead of having to load terminal because it takes so long to load. So is this possible?
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I do not want packages to be installed under /. (sudo apt-get install ...).   The reason why I need to do this is that:  My '/' is mounted with my SSD(16GB) and my hard disk(500GB) is mounted at '/home'.   I have already installed my Ubuntu 12.04 on that SSD. There is not much free space under '/' now.
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I'm looking for a package that provides a specific binary, so I can install it. how can I search to find out what packages provide this binary? (note: I know there's at least one tool that does this, but I have forgotten its name.)
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I'm trying to install a portable app onto my USB drive such that it is compatible with both Ubuntu and Windows (specifically, a program called eToys). Support is already built into the app for both operating systems - there's etoys.sh for Ubuntu and etoys.exe for Windows. I decided to install onto a FAT drive since that can be read from both systems. This works fine for Windows, but for some reason I cannot execute etoys.sh on Ubuntu.  The problem is not with the file - when the whole folder is copied to the local hard drive, the app works great in Ubuntu. But when I try to execute it from the USB, it opens the file in a text editor.  I then tried to run it from a terminal, but I got the message Permission denied.  I've had the same problem with other executables as well.  Is there an easy way to execute things from a USB stick?
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When we want to run a programs as root we use sudo, gksu, gksudo and etc. Now my question is how do we can run a Terminal as the root user in Terminal?  I tried with using gksudo terminal and gksu terminal but nothing happens. and by running sudo terminal I get error sudo: terminal: command not found.
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What is the best way to install Python packages in Ubuntu 11? I am a recent convert to Ubuntu and want to learn best practices.  For context, I am looking to install the tweeststream package, but I did not see it in my Synaptic package manager. Also, I am very new to programming, but I usually can follow along with code samples.
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I am a newbie. For some reasons, I need to install Virtualbox. I see that I can easily install it using the Software Center, but I trust most the apt-get install way, because I find it safer, less buggy, and it helps me accommodate more with the Terminal.  So, my question is the following: is there a way to install VirtualBox using the command line? I would prefer something easy, like apt-get install not unzipping, archiving, etc, because I still don't know how to do these in the Terminal.
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I am new to ubuntu and i would like some help. I have a laptop with windows 7 installed but i would love to have ubuntu too because it's a great OS. So i would like to install ubuntu on an external usb hard drive (320 - 500 GB) and i have some questions about that :   Do i need a usb external hard drive which will be compatible with ubuntu - linux ? or i can do it with any hard drive  If i make a partition on it for ubuntu staff will i be able to use it and save other staff in the usb hard drive (movies,songs,documents etc) ? If i have ubuntu installed on the usb hard drive will i be able to boot ubuntu from any pc ? Are my changes going to be saved normally or my settings will be lost after shut down ?   Waiting for your answers, if something is not explain well tell me to try explain it better . Thank you!
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How do I install the latest  on Ubuntu? I've been looking around, and I can't find anything. Is there a Ubuntu package for node.js, or do I have to compile it myself?
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Is there a standard procedure to 'unit test' an Ubuntu system against the deb packages?  Assume, a system has ubuntu-desktop installed according to the package manager. Can I find out, whether the file system has all the files in ubuntu-desktop and dependencies?   related question:
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Alright, so due to problems connecting to a wifi network on the ubuntu server distribution, i want to install the neccesary packages for a lamp, mail and ssh server on an ubuntu desktop 14.04 lte distribution(i am able to connect to the internet with the desktop version).  what should i install from the command line?  Thanks in advance!