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WinSux broke my PC, so i cannot install apps without admin
i tried out winsux but it broke my pc literally, i reinstalled windows with my files exclueded(not a clean install). now installiations fails cuz temp folder needs admin priv. i tried taking the owner ...
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Having trouble connecting my phone with my laptop to open my app
I’m a beginner trying to run my Flutter app on my Android phone, but I’m having trouble connecting my device and installing the APK.
# Connect device via USB, then run: adb install build/app/outputs/...
Tooling
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module environment add executable/appimage
Hi there I have a situation where I wish to add to my module environment an executable in the form of an AppImage. Is it even possible? Below is the code I'm using and the structure I have in my /usr/...
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How can I install the Composer dependency manager when its installer has issues with my php.ini file?
I am trying to install the Composer dependency manager, hoping to use it to install phpdotenv, with the ultimate intention of linking a .env file to a PHP application I am writing for a university ...
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Cannot install Angular 21 on Windows 10
For some reason I can only install Angular 19.0.7 on my WIndows machine. I'm using Windows 10 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.6466).
No matter what I do, I keep getting Angular 19.0.7. How can I remedy ...
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Python 3.10+ equivalent to `distutils` package
I am using Python 3.12 and want to setup the ttpy package version 1.2.1. If I run the pip install ttpy==1.2.1 command, I get an error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy.distutils' because ...
Advice
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Clean install of Ubuntu over windows 11 (Full wipe)
I have watched a few vids on yt regarding the necessity to disable bitlocker, secureboot and fast start. I just need to know if that is all necessary to do a full ubuntu install, not interested in ...
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Should my project's CMakeLists create a target export file in the build dir and the package registry?
I'm the maintainer of a project - say, a library - which uses CMake.
It's been suggested to me a few times (possibly also in a Youtube video about CMake) that, in addition to install() commands and ...
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How should I cater to package users via FetchContent_MakeAvailable who don't want me to install?
I maintain a library, let's call it libfoo, using CMake as a build system generator. I've made my library usable via FetchContent_MakeAvailable() (although I dislike that interface), e.g. by prefixing ...
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Matlab Acoustics Toolbox initialisation
I am using the Acoustics Toolbox from OALib in Matlab, from the link below:
https://oalib-acoustics.org/models-and-software/acoustics-toolbox/
I go to the HTTP site and the source code and binaries ...
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Can pip be instructed to ignore a specific package during dependency installation?
When I pip-install a package, it will try to install its dependencies unless explicitly told not to (--no-deps).
I actually would like to install most of the dependencies, but there might be some that ...
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How do I use executables, installed by a dependency package, when building a dependent package?
I have a CMake package foo, which installs an executable target foo::do_foo (via install(TARGETS ...). The file goes to bin/do_foo under the installation root.
Now, if I have a package bar, which ...
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What are the mechanics of custom CMake install()-command scripts?
(Kind of a follow-up to this question.)
CMake can run a custom script for you, when installing, i.e. when you invoke it with cmake --install and the install() commands get run. This is how you tell it ...
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Sample simple GTK 3.0 GUI code that compiled fine last week now has numerous header compile errors even on re-installation of the GTX 3.0 libraries
Following the instructions below, last week I was able to compile and run a basic Hello, but this morning I cannot even get the simplest application below to compile:
g++ reallysimple.cpp -o gtk_app '...
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VS Code is not reopening: "Your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Please reinstall." but I already reinstalled
Visual Studio Code suddenly stopped launching in the evening, even though it was working correctly earlier the same day.
I uninstalled and reinstalled VS Code. After reinstalling, it launches, but ...
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Visual Studio 2026 MFC Application Wizard not shown in New Projects dialog
I want to create an MFC application in MS Visual Studio 2026 Community Edition using the wizard. However, the wizard does not appear in the New Project dialog.
What do I need to install to get the ...
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Unable to install petitRADTRANS in Spyder
Using Spyder installed through Anaconda. I want to use the petitRADTRANS package. As instructed on their website https://petitradtrans.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html, I have tried the following ...
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Strange error when attempting to install pytables library: "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1.dev'"
Very recently I had to completely reinstall python on my Mac. In the process I'm attempting to install pytables using pip install tables, but I get a strange error when attempting to do this.
I'm a ...
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Get installation dir in Visual Studio setup within bootstrapper
I'm using a bootstrapper project that is used for 3 different Visual Studio setup projects (.msi). In the end, I have 3 Setup.exe files. I need the path of the installdir of the msi, because I want to ...
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Scripted installation of the PowerShell Active Directory (ActiveDirectory) module on Windows 11
In my PowerShell scripts I'm using the ActiveDirectory module, which contains the various *-AD* cmdlets such as Get-ADUser.
How can I automate (script) the installation of the PowerShell ...
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GDAL installation on windows 11
I am trying to install GDAL in my virtual Environment which is built based on python 3.13.7.
Following this page, In my environment I do:
pip install gdal
No success though. Please see the error ...
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python vs. pyenv installation
Today I installed two different versions of python on my windows 11 machine:
python 3.14.0 installed using executable downloaded from python repository
python 3.10.10 installed using
pyenv install
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Best practices
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Which VDI to choose
For an exercise, I am setting up a server on VirtualBox, I don't know which VDI to choose.
My choices are: VDI , VHD, VMDK, HDD, QCOW and QED.
My server will run on the absolute minimal. Its a Debian ...
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Unable to install Krona package in Anaconda
I'm having issues while trying to install Krona in Anaconda. When I run this line in Anaconda Prompt:
conda install -c bioconda krona
I get this error:
InvalidArchiveError('Error with archive C:\...
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kiwisolver' -- yet Requirement already satisfied: kiwisolver in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (1.3.2) [duplicate]
I can run a config software from a virtual environment that ends up with the following error:
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return ...
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Jupyter notebook refusing to recognize matplotlib installation
I am running a Jupyter notebook and I had to manually install using pip Matplotlib 3.10.7 because it wasn't recognized on my Anaconda. Now when I try to get it in Jupyter I get this error:
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Importing pyannote.audio into collab
Installation of all the packages I'm using into the collab environment worked fine
However whenever I try to run the following code cell
from pyannote.audio.pipelines.speaker_verification import ...
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How to download an R package including all dependencies from behind a proxy server
My R (and R Studio) cannot access either the CRAN repository or any of its mirrors due to the network's proxy configuration. Though it is not possible to install a package directly with install....
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issue installing manim on windows
Resolved 38 packages in 1.11s
× Failed to build `pyglm==2.8.2`
├─▶ The build backend returned an error
╰─▶ Call to `setuptools.build_meta.build_wheel` failed (exit code: 1)
[stdout]
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How to target_sources(PUBLIC FILE_SET HEADERS … with configured file in ./build/ directory
Setup: modern(ish) CMake 3.31.6, main CMakeLists.txt below.
As you can see, I'm generating a version.h at cmake time.
This all works fine when I run
cmake -S . -B /tmp/build
from the project ...
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R refusing to install packages "Error in h(simpleError(msg, call)):"
ever since I reinstalled my computer after some updates and tried to install FSelector and it failed, I am getting this error whenever I try to download or install a package:
> install.packages(&...
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How to introduce an option to specify the outputdir/publishdir in a nexflow pipeline?
How should one ideally encode the outputdir/publishdir in a nextflow pipeline to make it more usable in the end? I am trying to decide, whether it's good practice to introduce a parameter in the main....
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Wix quite custom action not working when running exe with arguments
I'm new to wix msi and trying to write the custom action to run the exe(which writes a registry entry) with the arguments. With all this changes would able to build the MSI but, getting error while ...
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Unable to uninstall Python 3.11 on Windows 11 – Error when uninstalling from Settings/Control Panel. Gets 'D:\Config.Msi\e9e4050.rbf'. Error: 5
I was trying to uninstall Python 3.11 from my Windows 11 Pro 24H2 laptop.
When I tried from:
Windows Settings → Apps
or
Control Panel → Programs and Features the uninstallation failed multiple times.
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Java installed on macOS but not found in terminal
I installed Java 25 on my Mac running macOS Ventura 15.5.
I downloaded the installer from Oracle’s official website and completed the installation.
However, when I try to verify the installation in ...
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Installing Gtkada 2025 for windows 11
I tried to install Gtkada on my windows system. The last version I had was 2021 which is the last version that can be found on the adacore site and it is an exe file. I need version 2025 because som ...
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WIX v4/Test Complete. Installer runs 2 parallel processes
I have problem with Test Complete software, and WiX software.
When we build installer(MSI file) from pipeline (or locally) after running installer we see two different processes (on screenshot).
When ...
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How can I copy an entire directory using the new WiX 5 Files syntax?
In WiX Version 5 there is support for a new wave of file harvesting that removes the need for additional tools to add whole folders.
I can't get this to work at all, and the documentation seems to be ...
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Are MSIX installers suitable for Windows services with complex dependencies?
I'm looking at options for creating an installer for an application, and MSIX seems to be the newest kind of installer for Windows. But it also seems to focus a lot on sandboxing and the Windows App ...
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Crew-AI tool installation failed due to Dependency - after manual wheel install
I am having trouble installing CrewAI tools, due to dependency to opentelemetry packages.
To work around this, I manually installed the packages from wheel files. The "problematic" libraries ...
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C Compiling error occurs when installing Janus-gateway on CentOS7.9
I want to install janus-gateway on CentOS7.9. I read the following document and tried installation. https://github.com/meetecho/janus-gateway/blob/master/README.md
I've successfully installed janus-...
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RestSharp stops working in installed version of software
I am using RestSharp for the first time, having installed it via NuGet.
Everything works wonderfully in my development environment. I have now created an installer for my software by means of an MVS ...
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Wix installer Custom dialog is not refreshing after Custom Action
I'm new to WIX MSI Installer. And creating a custom dialog for password and validation of password with that I have added a custom action for password validation.
The issue I'm facing is, when I ...
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I have set up a virtual environment in VS Code but can't import modules
All,
I have:
Installed VS Code
Created a virtual environment (imaginatively named venv)
Activated the environment
Installed simple-salesforce
Tried to import simple-salesforce with the following line ...
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customize UI in Mac OS pkg installer
I made an Mac OS PKG installer for my app, using pkgbuil and productbuild. In the installer window there are standard installation steps like "Introduction", "Red me" ... "...
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'RemoveRegistryValues' after upgrade to Wix 6.0
After upgrading our Wix installer project from Wix 3.14 to 6.0, the installation does not upgrade properly from a previous version.
I did a compare of the install log files, between an upgrade from ...
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How to copy files in Inno Setup for {all users} Documents Folder?
I’m writing an Inno Setup installer that needs to copy certain files from installer into each user’s Documents >> Power BI Desktop >> Custom Connectors and Custom Visuals folders on a ...
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How to include a custom folder into Compose for Desktop installer using Gradle?
I have a Kotlin Project using Compose for Desktop on Windows (IntelliJ). I built the installer with the Gradle tasks provided by the libary.
When installing the program, I want the installer to copy a ...
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Wix Installer - Why is it printing invalid/non-printing characters in my License.rtf?
I have a Wix installer for my project OpenRGB, and ever since we created it an annoying issue has presented itself in the License screen. The source file License.rtf displays normally in WordPad, but ...
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fail to install node-pty library
I'm trying to add node-pty. Set as the following in the package.json file "node-pty": "^0.10.1" (it's a 3 years old project) but it's returning the error when I run the yarn ...