Reinstall Linuxmint Rebecca 17.1 Without Losing Personal Data, When There Is No Bckup

this is what I get after running "inxi -r"
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/clipgrab-team-ppa-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/clipgrab-team/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/clipgrab-team/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ferramroberto-lffl-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/lffl/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/lffl/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnome3-team-gnome3-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kalakris-okular-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kalakris/okular/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kalakris/okular/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kilian-f_lux-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kilian/f.lux/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com rebecca main upstream import
deb http://extra.linuxmint.com rebecca main
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ricotz-testing-trusty.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/testing/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/testing/ubuntu trusty main

Thanks in advance, ScottG

I tried to install bluegriffon. Didn't work with apt-get install (error: unable to locate package bluegriffon).
I installed compiler (with apt-get install build-essential)
then I unpacked the "bluegriffon-1.7.2.Ubuntu13.04.x86_64.tar.bz2" that I downloaded from their website
then I changed to bluegriffon folder with the unpacked files and I tried to compile the package but the "./configure command" did not work (error : -su: ./configu No such file or directory)
What should I do now?

Have Toshiba Tecra 64-bit 500gb disk 4gb ram running Windows 7 professional it has Intel core i5 processor.
I downloaded iso file of DVD LinuxMint Rebecca Cinnamon to DVD.
When I restart the system with the DVD inserted it immediately opens in Windows 7.
I could not follow the instructions to "disable secure boot and (u)efi".
Have partitioned the disk to allocate 100 gb to Linux in E:
First of all I really would like to run Live DVD and then later on to install it permanently it the E: partition.
Can I just simply copy the iso file into disk E:
Help from anyone is greatly appreciated.
Best regards to all of you.

What Is Linux Kernel?

Those who don't know what is the Linux Kernel they should know it because Linux kernel is the essential part of any Linux operating system. It is responsible for resource allocation, low-level hardware interfaces, security, simple communications, basic file system management, and more. Written from scratch by Linus Torvalds (with help from various developers), Linux is a clone of the UNIX operating system. It is geared towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliances.

Latest Stable Linux Kernel Version 3.18.1
It's been a quiet week, and the patch from rc7 is tiny, so 3.18 is out.
I'd love to say that we've figured out the problem that plagues 3.17 for a couple of people, but we haven't. At the same time, there's absolutely no point in having everybody else twiddling their thumbs when a couple of people are actively trying to bisect an older issue, so holding up the release just didn't make sense. Especially since
that would just have then held things up entirely over the holiday break.
So the merge window for 3.19 is open, and DaveJ will hopefully get his bisection done (or at least narrow things down sufficiently that we have that "Ahaa" moment) over the next week. But in solidarity with Dave (and to make my life easier too let's try to avoid introducing any _new_ nasty issues, ok?]

To read all the changes and bugs fixed Download the changelog below -
Changelog

Why to Upgrade to the Latest Linux kernel

Recently in December Linux Kernel version 3.18.1 has been released and announced by Linus Torvalds. If you are using Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 or Linux Mint or any other debian/Ubuntu based then you can update to the latest kernel 3.18.1 to fix bugs, increase performance and security of the system.


Install Linux Kernel 3.18.1

Because it is not available via PPA, the needed deb packages of Kernel 3.18.1 are available via kernel.ubuntu.com. Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture exactly, in order to get a successful installation.

To install or update Latest Stable Kernel 3.18.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) , Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:


For Linux system 32 bit :

Pass the following commands in the terminal to download the kernel file.

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...170637_all.deb

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...70637_i386.deb

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...70637_i386.deb

Install Linux Kernel 3.18.1


$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.18.1*.deb linux-image-3.18.1*.deb

Atfer install complete, update grub and reboot your computer and choose new kernel in grub :

$ sudo update-grub
$ sudo reboot

For Linux system 64 bit :

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...170637_all.deb

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...0637_amd64.deb

$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...0637_amd64.deb

Install Linux Kernel 3.18.1

$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.18.1*.deb linux-image-3.18.1*.deb

Atfer install complete, update grub and reboot your computer and choose new kernel in grub :

$ sudo update-grub
$ sudo reboot

How To Uninstall Linux Kernel 3.18.1

If you come across any problem after installing/upgrading to linux kernel, can uninstall the newly installed kernel and switch back to old kernel.

$ sudo apt-get remove 'linux-headers-3.18.1*' 'linux-image-3.18.1*'

Again my friends I am having trouble,
Have Toshiba Tecra 64-bit 500gb disk 4gb ram running Windows 7 professional it has Intel core i5 processor.
I burned iso file of DVD LinuxMint Rebecca Cinnamon to DVD.
When I restart the system with the DVD inserted it immediately opens in Windows 7.
Then I pressed F1 to change the boot order to USB ODD.
Then I re-started several times to no avail.
When I press F1 to select the boot device it only gives me the Windows 7 option.
I know the disk is good because I checked the files it should contain and they are there.
Help from anyone is greatly appreciated.
Best regards to all of you.

Hello everybody

I am running Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca with the Cinnamon Desktop.

I have experiences with the ubuntu derivatives and ffmpeg and avconv are always avavilable the repos, this time both aren't available

Here are the commands I typed:

apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade

After the packages were upgraded. I ran these commands. Below are there outputs.

Quote:
apt-get install ffmpeg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ffmpeg' has no installation candidate

apt-get install avconv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package avconv
This nevered happened to me before with linux mint in prior versions.

Any ideas?

hello sir
I m new in Linux. I m trying to install ns-allinone2.33 package in Ubuntu 10.04. according to step which I follow. i have already extract ns-allinone2.33package in home folder. bt I m getting problem in installing dependencies. when i write the command "$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev gcc-4.3", i m getting the message like "unable to fetch some archive, maybe run apt-get update or try with -fix-missing?". so because of that next steps are not working. please help me out.

Just did an update via terminal:

Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-49 linux-headers-3.13.0-49-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-49-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-49-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fglrx-core linux-headers-3.13.0-53 linux-headers-3.13.0-53-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-53-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-53-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
accountsservice apport apport-gtk fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fuse
libaccountsservice0 libfuse2 liboxideqt-qmlplugin liboxideqtcore0
liboxideqtquick0 libspice-server1 linux-firmware linux-headers-generic
linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev oxideqt-codecs-extra python3-apport
python3-problem-report
19 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 227 MB of archives.
After this operation, 490 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y

It downloaded and unpacked files, everything was automated until it asked for my input before replacing the following files:
I backed them up then chose to replace them:

DKMS: install completed.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up fglrx (2:15.200-0ubuntu0.3) ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** amdpcsdb.default (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/atiapfxx'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** atiapfxx (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/atiapfxx ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/control'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** control (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? ^[Y

Configuration file '/etc/ati/control'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** control (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/control ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/signature'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** signature (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/signature ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/atiapfxx.log'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** atiapfxx.log (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/atiapfxx.log ...

Configuration file '/etc/ati/atiapfxx.blb'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options a
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** atiapfxx.blb (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/ati/atiapfxx.blb ...
Creating backups for the fglrx-core transition
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf because link group x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf is broken
Restoring backups for the fglrx-core transition
Setting up fglrx-amdcccle (2:15.200-0ubuntu0.3) ...
Setting up linux-firmware (1.127.12) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-53 (3.13.0-53.89) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-53-generic (3.13.0-53.89) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic

Good news! Module version for fglrx.ko
exactly matches what is already found in kernel 3.13.0-53-generic.
DKMS will not replace this module.
You may override by specifying --force.
Setting up linux-headers-generic (3.13.0.53.60) ...
Setting up linux-image-extra-3.13.0-53-generic (3.13.0-53.89) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-53-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/Zorin/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-52-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-52-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-51-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-51-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-48-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-48-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-46-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-46-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
No volume groups found
Found Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on /dev/sda1
done
Setting up linux-image-generic (3.13.0.53.60) ...
Setting up oxideqt-codecs-extra:amd64 (1.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up liboxideqtcore0:amd64 (1.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up liboxideqtquick0:amd64 (1.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Setting up liboxideqt-qmlplugin:amd64 (1.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.2) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish

Finally the error in red immediately above pops up.
I searched the net and found a site with an article dated back in 2010 that said to fix the error before rebooting or I'd probably not be able to boot to Linux.
Which I'm doing right now, I've not yet rebooted.

How should I recover from such an error before I reboot.

The site had several solutions depending upon other variables, one of which was to delete and/or re-run something. But none of the solutions seemed to fit my case.

I'm running the Zorin OS 9 Theme on top of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, an AMD PhenomII 64bit 4 core processor on an ASUS MB. The video card is also an AMD/ATI, hence the need for the fglrx drivers listed above.

I'm not sure if the overwriting of the ATI/AMD driver config files shown above are responsible for the error or not. I did nothing that I was aware of that might have caused it, except close another instance of terminal that was runnning, and a libre office writer window.

Any ideas on how to solve this before I reboot would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 (wheezy)
Release: 7.8
Codename: wheezy


sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
chromium dnsmasq-base icedtea-7-jre-jamvm iceweasel libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libxml-libxml-perl ntfs-3g openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.


When I try to install libcurl3-gnutls I get:

sudo apt-get install libcurl3-gnutls
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libcurl3-gnutls : Depends: libgnutls-deb0-28 (>= 3.3.0) but it is not installable
Depends: librtmp1 (>= 2.4+20131018.git79459a2-3~) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


This is my sources:
/etc/apt/sources.list


deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main non-free contrib

Hello All

I am still working out the basics of Linux.
I have a Centos 7 install. I cannot get this RPM to install. It installs fine under Centos 6.

What am I doing wrong? I really need a GUI Find and Replace program!
--skip broken does not work either.

Thanks in advance
Scott

[root@server ~]# yum localinstall regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm --skip broken
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Examining regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
Marking regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Skipping: broken, filename does not end in .rpm.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package regexxer.x86_64 0:0.9-1.el5.rf will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libatkmm-1.6.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.keystealth.org
* epel: mirror.hmc.edu
* extras: mirror.keystealth.org
* rpmforge: mirror.hmc.edu
* updates: mirror.keystealth.org
--> Processing Dependency: libcairomm-1.0.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libgdkmm-2.4.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libglade-2.0.so.0()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libglademm-2.4.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libgtkmm-2.4.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpangomm-1.4.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpcre.so.0()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package atkmm.x86_64 0:2.22.7-3.el7 will be installed
---> Package cairomm.x86_64 0:1.10.0-8.el7 will be installed
---> Package gtkmm24.x86_64 0:2.24.2-8.el7 will be installed
---> Package libglade2.x86_64 0:2.6.4-11.el7 will be installed
---> Package pangomm.x86_64 0:2.34.0-3.el7 will be installed
---> Package regexxer.x86_64 0:0.9-1.el5.rf will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: libglademm-2.4.so.1()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libpcre.so.0()(64bit) for package: regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64

Packages skipped because of dependency problems:
atkmm-2.22.7-3.el7.x86_64 from base
cairomm-1.10.0-8.el7.x86_64 from base
gtkmm24-2.24.2-8.el7.x86_64 from base
libglade2-2.6.4-11.el7.x86_64 from base
pangomm-2.34.0-3.el7.x86_64 from base
regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64 from /regexxer-0.9-1.el5.rf.x86_64