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Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.

Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin) was released on 26 April 2012 and is the latest LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu. This means that unlike normal releases, both the desktop and server version will be supported until April 2017, in contrast to the 18-month support period of non-LTS releases.

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How to install libfaac-dev?

I edited /etc/apt/source.list to have restricted and partner repository, but the results always: sudo apt-get install libfaac-dev .... .... E: Unable to locate package libfaac-dev The package is used by audio codecs, and ffmpeg uses it.
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Ubuntu 12.04 application shortcut on top panel

How to make application shortcuts in Ubuntu top panel? Which script need to edit? I don't like to drag and drop. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-classic session.
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command for spliting a chapter from a book in pdf format

I want to split from page 365 to 432 ( a chapter) from my Calculus (27 mb) book and send it to some one as a single pdf file. What command I should write in Terminal to split ? I am using ubuntu 12.04
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How to automatically enable vmware-user on Ubuntu guest?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin as guest OS in VMware 8 and I have to enter in Terminal tne vmware-user command each time I want to enable VMware tools (autoresize screen, shared clipboard, VMWARE unity) and I could not figure out a…
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Package problems after upgrade

I installed a new upgrade on ubuntu which seemed to fail near the end. Now I'm being told that an error has occurred and to please run apt-get to see what's wrong. After some further tries with that I eventually gave up. It seems there's a left over…
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how to start automatically Ubuntu Update Manager / Ubuntu Software Centre downloads on a particular time of day

How do I automatically start Ubuntu Update Manager on a particular time of the day and make it download updates ? Similarly, do I automatically update installed softwares (Ubuntu Software Center) on a particular time of the day and make downloads?
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Ubuntu 12.04.5 - unable to connect to internet

I have just installed ubuntu 12.04.5-desktop-i386 However, i am unable to connect to the internet. Also, do i have to download packages? Any other info needed? Please do ask. Thanks!
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Ubuntu - how to find live usage of port numbers

I am trying to debug a problem with a apache server, wherein I need to find the application that uses a particular port number. I tried using netstat, but didn't help. The scenario is that I am using mitmproxy and SSL is also involved, and I find…
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Ubuntu undefined symbol: _XGetRequest

I've installed mednafen emulator in my Ubuntu 12.04, the thing is every time I try to run the game, it crashes with mednafen: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0: undefined symbol: _XGetRequest How can I solve this??
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Don't understand Linux screensaver

Could someone explain how the screensaver in Ubuntu and Linux Mint works. This "blank after so many minutes" or only one screensaver doesn't make sense to me. Thanks.
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shared library--libvw.so.0--is missing

all, I installed 'vowpal wabbit' package and also use 'make test' to test it. It shows everything is okay. However, when I input 'vw' in terminal, it has the following errors: vw: error while loading shared libraries: libvw.so.0: cannot open shared…
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Ubuntu 12.04 server keeps crashing, no idea why

So I have an Ubuntu server I've built myself. However, today it has started crashing pretty regularly but I can't figure out why. At first I thought it might correspond to Time Machine backups so I disabled Time Machine completely. Crash still…
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Why does fdisk show sda, sdf and sdg but seems to skip sdb, sdc, sdd and sde in Ubuntu?

It is my understanding that Linux will list hard drives using alphabetical ordering and partitions as numbers. On a machine I am working on there are 3 drives but fdisk lists them as /dev/sda, /dev/sdf and /dev/sdg. Why is fdisk skipping b through…
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How do i change wifi password without a monitor (Ubuntu)

I have an ubuntu device that is wifi enabled, I plan to distribute it to clients that may not have a monitor. What is the best way to modify the wifi password of such a device ?
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Linux Server Won't Connect to internet

I have a Linux server that I use for a minecraft server. Ran flawlessly for the last two years. I usually shut it down when not using it because servers are expensive to run. Usually when I turn it back on everything works fine and I can SSH to it…
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