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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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About a week ago I setup Ubuntu as my primary OS on an old machine. It is my first time trying a unix based OS (previously windows). It has been ok, but it seems like every time I try to install something I run into problems. The app has the wrong permissions or I don't have the right packages or I need to change port settings ect... I was expecting a learning curve but I wanted to know if this is something I should expect to be a long term issue or if I will aquire the skills to side step stuff like this over time?

Update* I got it working. Last night I reinstalled it and figured it out. Two issues. On initial install I failed to update one of the packages needed. I also assigned the service to a group without the required permissions. On reinstall I rectified both of these issues and it works flawlessly. Thanks all for your help and input (and ignoring typos in the title)!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens when you try to start it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It starts just fine. When I try to add a series to it, it shoot up an error that it cannot create the required directory. Even if I sudo the directory in manually it cannot write the files. I assume that it doesn't have write privileges but I lack the skills to find the appropriate service and change it's privileges.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What directory is it trying to write to? Can you show us the full error, preferably as text and not a screenshot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It is trying to create a new directory. I think it is under root but I am not sure. I will recreate the next time I am on it and post. Thanks for the help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also, how are you starting it? I'm looking at the Arch package in the AUR (not your distro, but just looking), and I notice that it includes a .service file. This means that it would be started as a service, and not as a user, like you're probably attempting to do.