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How can I change source directory from System 32? [closed]
I am a newbie in Ubuntu. When I open my terminal, the source path (directory) starts with System32, how can I change it to User or Desktop ?
When I type cmd.exe :
Microsoft Windows [version 10.0.19042....
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Why isn't tilde recognised as home folder in this case?
This doesn't work:
$ ls "~/.wine/drive_c/tools/Family Tree v2.0"
ls: cannot access '~/.wine/drive_c/tools/Family Tree v2.0': No such file or directory
But this does:
$ ls "/home/daniel/.wine/...
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Can't append to PATH in ~./bashrc using $Home
I just want to add a path in ~/.bashrc as:
export PATH="$Home/gg/gamit/bin:$Home/gg/kf/bin:$Home/gg/com:$PATH"
But when I am using echo $PATH is showing it as:
/gg/gamit/bin:/gg/kf/bin:/gg/com:/...
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Need to clean user home folder and organize game folders (with saves, configs, etc)
I have many installed games, from various sources/stores/frontends (Steam, GOG, Humble Store and Lutris with modules like DOSBox, Libretro, WINE and ScummVM).
Unfortunately many game developers elect ...
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How to add /home/username/bin to $PATH? [duplicate]
Show how you can add /home/<yourusername>/bin to the $PATH variable. Use $HOME (or ~) to
represent your home directory.
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directory creation problem
What is the meaning of the following statement : I want to install math system named GAP.
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/gap4r5': Permission denied
Cannot create directory /usr/local/...
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Use of relative path to a local file for bookmarks in Firefox
For Ubuntu 12.04 using Firefox 21.0,
say I have a local .html file, test.html, in my home directory, which I want to add to the bookmarks menu..
First I use "Open File" and then choose the file from ...
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Unable to execute shell scripts from `~/bin` [duplicate]
I am learning to write shell script from this tutorial on linuxcommand.org. It says -
Most modern Linux distributions encourage a practice in which each
user has a specific directory for the ...
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How to change the path of folders in home directory to an external HDD?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I'm trying to change the path from the special folders (I mean the ones in my home directory) to folders on my external HDD.
I already auto-mounted the HDD by adding a UUID-...
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Adding a Directory to a Path in .profile
I am new to Ubuntu (coming from Windows 7) and I am trying to add a directory to my system path and for some reason I can't get it to work. I am using Ubuntu version 12.04 LTS
I tried following this ...
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