I'm still new. Trying to install software that has a "run" extension. So far, my attempts have not worked.  Update: Ubuntu 19.10 Desktop. I had to do a chmod + and then use sudo bash to make it go.  Issue resolved.  Thanks everyone.
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My PC has both Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed. I have installed all my drivers in Windows like Nvidia graphics, motherboard etc. Shall I install them in Ubuntu too?  I looked on the web for my Nvidia drivers and I have found a .run file. How could I install it on my Ubuntu?
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I was trying to run chmod -R 777 ./ but ended up typing chmod -R 777 / and set 777 on my entire machine. What can go wrong? How can I fix it?
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I recently moved to Linux, and I am in love with the experience. Opinions apart, I am having problems when running sudo dpkg --configure -a  My computer stops processing the command here:  You may know Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported, and I believe that could be why the command is unable to load pepperflashplugin-nonfree. I have tried fixing the problem by checking older posts here, but none of them was able to fix this problem.
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How can I install and run  on Ubuntu?
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I just ran this a few seconds ago. I managed to do Ctrl - C as soon as I realized what I started doing.  So far the only directory it's started going through is /bin.  I'm afraid to do anything else. So far I realized I can't use su as my normal user anymore.  Luckily I still have another root terminal open. What do I do?
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What should I do if I want to be able to run a given program regardless of my current directory? Should I create a symbolic link to the program in the /bin folder?
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For some reason, when I try to run any programs (I am trying to run a rootkit hunter: rkhunter) as root on the command line with sudo like this:  sudo rkhunter   Then I get this message:  You must be the root user to run this program   and then I get these lines:  sudo: error in /etc/sudo.conf, line 0 while loading plugin 'sudoers_policy' sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins   I try typing in just sudo but that comes up with the same three errors as above. Also in /etc/ sudo.conf does not exist.  I cannot run any other programs as root through sudo. It was also strange because I could run as root a day ago. I would like it to work.  Just so you know, I am the only user of this computer, and the administrator, running Lubuntu 14.04.1.
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I can seem to run scripts (.sh) with and without them being set as executable. So where exactly this matters?
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I've read  and am interested in this line:     You should never use normal sudo to start graphical applications as Root.   Why? What is the difference? Please provide a simple explanation, as I'm just a normal desktop user.
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If script.sh is just something typical like  #!/bin/bash echo "Hello World!"   Is there a preferred way to run the script? I think you first have to chmod it so it becomes executable?
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What is the difference between chmod u+x and just chmod +x?  I have seen a ton of tutorials that say to use u+x to make scripts executable.  However, omitting the u doesn't seem to have any effect.
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It didn't fixed the error. So, how do I fix my GUI update?  For every software I have to install it from command line because I got same error when install software from Ubuntu Software Center.
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Can I install extra desktop environments without affecting my current environment?   I'm asking because I got mixed messages saying that it is no problem as well as those that say that the universe basically exploded when they switched temporarily.
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The problem is, when I open applications I need to always right click, select run as admin.     When I don't do it getting unexpected application errors. BTW, I turned off UAC.   It's annoying. Is there any way to change behavior of double left-click to act as "Run as administrator" action? I mean to make "Run as administrator" action by default. Thx in advance
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I'm having trouble opening jar files because there is no java runtime in open with listed. Even I have installed it via Software Center(i also try to reinstall it via synaptic and i do a --purge via terminal).
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I've just installed Ubuntu to replace Windows. I can't seem to find a good alternative to  to run on Ubuntu. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello fellow dwellers of askubuntu, as the title says I'm having difficulties with getting Steam to run properly. I think I have the solution but I am pretty incompetent with Ubuntu (just started using it the other day) so a step by step process would be unbelievably appreciated! Here are the links to what I think possible solutions are:  [1]   [2]   I've tried googling how to preform the solutions such as changing the alias/script for steam (no idea what that is) to -no-dwrite or launching with wine Steam.exe -no-dwrite. The dwrite seems to be the issue in all this but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do anything about it.  Any useful input is what I'm hoping for but for the brave soul who feels like typing a bit more, perhaps a step-by-step list of instructions starting from downloading Steam off the official website, would be my saving grace.  If there is any more info you guys need let me know and I'll of course be happy to oblige!