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How to install local .deb packages with apt-get
Is there a way to install packages store on your HD with apt-get, like ? If not, how to handle the dependencies in a very very easy way?
How do I update all fields in a Word document?
I want a way of updating all fields in a Word 2013 document. (If it works in other versions, all the better; I originally had this problem with Word 2007, and nothing seems to have changed since then.) This includes cross-references, page numbers, tables of contents, indexes, headers, etc. If it can be updated by pressing F9, I want it updated. (In theory updating fields can cause other fields to need updating, e.g. a longer table of contents changes some page numbers in the main text. Taking care of the common cases is good enough for me. In fact, it's ok if I have to run the macro two or three times before it stabilizes. I just want to have a single macro that finds everything.) My attempt so far doesn't update fields in text boxes inside figures. How do I update them, and what else have I missed? EDIT: Combining the answer given with what I already had gives a macro that seems to update everything (with a known defect).
Pros and cons of bzip vs gzip?
I've known gzip for years, recently I saw bzip being used at work. Are they basically equivalent, or are there significant pros and cons to one of them over the other?
Keyboard shortcut to unhide or unminimize a window in OS X
I know how to Hide ( ) or Minimize ( ) a focused window in OS X, but I can't find a keyboard shortcut or even a menu item to restore, unhide, unminimize, or otherwise show a window that I've hidden or minimized. Anyone have a suggestion?
Selecting text in Tmux copy mode
I run Tmux in Vi mode. Vi-like navigation in copy mode works fine. However, I can't select any text. Neither v nor V switches to Vi-like text selecting mode. What am I missing? By the way, is it possible to display line numbers in copy mode? P.S.: I'm running Tmux on Mac OS with Z shell
Where does Putty store known_hosts information on Windows?
How do I tell if Putty already knows about and has cached credentials for specific ssh servers? Another way to ask this question is what is the Windows/Putty equivalent of a unix/ssh known_hosts file?
Can't delete folder and I am admin. "You need permission to perform this action. You require permission from..."
I can't delete a certain folder in Windows 7. It's not a system folder. It was created by an app. I get an error message "You need permission to perform this action. You require permission from Tony....". I am an admin and logged in as myself Tony. I have full ownership of the folder with full control permission. I rebooted the machine. I killed the app which created the folder. I am out of ideas. Why is Windows 7 not letting me delete the folder?
How can I find files that are bigger/smaller than x bytes?
In a terminal, how can I find files that are bigger or smaller than x bytes? I suppose I can do something like and then pipe the result to to filter by file size. But shouldn't there be an easier way than this?
How can I recover the original file from a .swp file?
I tried opening the .swp file using and but it displays junk.
How to clear/flush the DNS cache in Google Chrome?
As you probably know Google Chrome has its own internal DNS cache. Is there a way to clear it without having to wait for the time out or close the browser?
Disable Java Plugin in Google Chrome?
This is the second time I've had a drive-by executable installed on my machine using the following: Google Chrome 6 (latest) Windows 7, UAC on This happened while I was browsing for images to add to a gaming.se post; one of the sites I visited (to get an image of a transfer cable) must have had drive-by browser exploit code running. UAC alerted me that a weird temporary executable wanted to run, and I declined, but I still got the fake antivirus executable running on my machine. Sigh.. I do have Java installed because I upload stuff monthly to clearbits.net and their uploader is a Java plugin. So my best guess is, websites are doing drive-by installs using the massive numbers of zero-day vulnerabilities in the Java browser plugins. For now, I have uninstalled Java, which works. But I wondered if I could disable the Java plugin in Google Chrome instead. So, how do you disable these vulnerable plugins in Google Chrome? I can't find the UI.
Create .zip folder from the command line - (Windows)
Is it possible to create a .zip file from a folder in the command line, I don't want to use any third party executable. I was thinking something like 'send to compressed folder' but I don't know how to do it...
How can I execute a Windows command line in background?
How can I execute a windows command line in the background, without it interacting with the active user?
Recursively count all the files in a directory
Possible Duplicate: How can I count the number of folders in a drive using Linux? I have a really deep directory tree on my Linux box. I would like to count all of the files in that path, including all of the subdirectories. For instance, given this directory tree: If I pass in , I would like for it to return four files. Or, bonus points if it returns four files and two directories. Basically, I want the equivalent of right-clicking a folder on Windows and selecting properties and seeing how many files/folders are contained in that folder. How can I most easily do this? I have a solution involving a Python script I wrote, but why isn't this as easy as running or similar?
How do I ensure Git doesn't ask me for my GitHub username and password?
I am working with a repo on GitHub and everytime I try to push something, it asks for my GitHub username and password. I don't want it doing that. I tried the instructions on setting your email in Git, namely set up the Git variables github.user and github.token, but that didn't make any difference. I don't understand why this is happening.
How to uninstall Homebrew?
I’ve got some problems with the package manager, Homebrew. I can’t find how to remove it! Is it safe to remove whole ? Homebrew was installed somewhere in that directory.
Zsh not hitting ~/.profile
I've just installed zsh on my Ubuntu system. It seems zsh isn't executing ~/.profile on init. To my best understanding, this should be an automatic behavior. What am I missing?
How do I reverse selected lines order in Vim?
For example, if I have four lines as follows: the first line the second line the third line the fourth line I want to reverse them to the fourth line the third line the second line the first line How could I do this in Vim?
Too many authentication failures for *username*
I have a hostgator account with ssh access enabled. When trying to upload the generated .pub key file with this command: I keep getting: I've been toying around previously with ssh until I got the auth failure. But now it seems that the auth failure counter does not reset (been waiting more than 12 hours now, tech support "supposes" it resets after 30 min to 1 hour, and another guy told me "it resets every time you try to login with the username", jeesh). This is driving me nuts. I even had this set up in a Slicehost custom server and had fewer issues than with these guys. Any tips? Perhaps it's something client side and not server side.
How to fix ERR_UNSAFE_PORT error on Chrome when browsing to unsafe ports
I'm getting this error when connecting to a web server on port 6666 ( ): Error 312 (net::ERR_UNSAFE_PORT): Unknown error. Is there an easy way to resolve this without rebuilding Chrome from source?