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GIMP 3.0.4 export as HEIF/HEIC on LMDE 7?
I can't seem to be able to Export As HEIF a JPEG picture from Debian packaged version of GIMP 3.0.4, it says an error message: The given filename does not have any known file extension. Please enter ...
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Why 'helix-23.03-aarch64.AppImage' [in debian on x86_64 in Macbook Pro] is giving 'Exec format error'?
It is on debian on x86_64 me@debian:~/bin$ chmod a+x helix-23.03-aarch64.AppImage me@debian:~/bin$ ./helix-23.03-aarch64.AppImage /tmp/.mount_helix-RyzFyw/AppRun: 4: exec: /tmp/.mount_helix-RyzFyw/usr/...
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meaning of suffix in hunspell files i.e. `/EPSozm`
When I grep for phan in my hunspell-dic file /usr/share/hunspell/de_DE_frami.dic, I get list of words including cellophan/Sozm cellophan/hke cellophan/ozm glaukophan/EPSozm Where do I find ...
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Is this type of Linux configuration files format has a name or a way to designate them?
On Linux, each software can decide the configuration format he wishes to use. Some uses TOML, INI, JSON, XML, CSV, YAML, JS, CSS, scripts, and so on. However, some configuration files use kind of INI-...
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make cut output a certain term when no delimiter found
I am looking for extensions of files and cut simply gives the filename if the file has no extension so I am looking to make cut give a "extensionless" when no '.' is found I am using this as ...
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What does this bcf error mean?
I ran this code to filter out biallelic variants from my vcf file: bcftools view --max-alleles 2 --exclude-types indels merged.ecDNA.vcf.gz>merged.ecDNA2.vcf.gz However, I got an error message: [E:...
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What are the file specifications of a compress .Z file?
For some reason, I am unable to find what the specifications are for a .Z file even though I see many things supporting it. Why is it so hard to find online? I am very familiar with LZW compression ...
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How to tell an AppImage file from a regular executable?
The question is pretty much in the title. If I launch the file command on an AppImage I get: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64....