[10:56] <xubuntu94w> hello
[11:02] <knome> hello
[11:04] <xubuntu94w> hi there i need some assistance
[11:05] <xubuntu94w> if you are able to do that it would be appreicated
[11:05] <knome> ask the question and we will find out
[11:07] <xubuntu94w> thank you
[11:07] <xubuntu94w> probably a silly question
[11:08] <xubuntu94w> i have been a windows user for 15+ years
[11:08] <xubuntu94w> i got no idea how to install anything on linux
[11:08] <xubuntu94w> how do i install programs?
[11:09] <knome> use the "software" application found in the menu
[11:09] <xubuntu94w> it wont load
[11:09] <knome> which xubuntu version are you using?
[11:09] <xubuntu94w> at first it was crashing, then it stopped giving an error
[11:10] <xubuntu94w> 16.4.1
[11:10] <xubuntu94w> but now when i try to open it just looks like its loading
[11:11] <knome> ok, open a terminal from the menu, then run the following command in it:
[11:11] <knome>   rm ~/.local/share/gnome-software/*
[11:11] <xubuntu94w> no icons or anything show everything is white with 3 dots
[11:11] <xubuntu94w> ok this is a command in terminal?
[11:11] <knome> (you might want to close the software window first)
[11:11] <knome> yes
[11:11] <knome> then try opening software again
[11:11] <xubuntu94w> without the asterisc?
[11:11] <knome> with it
[11:12] <xubuntu94w> from rm to the*?
[11:12] <knome> yes, the whole line
[11:12] <xubuntu94w> ok software is closed
[11:12] <xubuntu94w> will try now thanks
[11:12] <xubuntu94w> another silly question lol
[11:12] <xubuntu94w> whats the paste command>?
[11:13] <xubuntu94w> right click worked fine
[11:13] <xubuntu94w> it says rm: cannot remove '/home/pc/.local/share/gnome-software/*': No such file or directory
[11:19] <xubuntu94w> im going to restart my computer, thanks for your time i really appreciate it. maybe after a restart that command will work
[15:05] <skillz> Hello - since an update last week, I've noticed my wireless has become very unstable - any ideas?
[15:24] <xubuntu01w> I lost all graphical environment of my installation
[15:25] <xubuntu01w> The command line still works, you can recover there
[15:25] <pmjdebruijn> when did you "lose" it
[15:26] <pmjdebruijn> what happened
[15:26] <pmjdebruijn> what version of xubuntu are you using? what graphics card do you have?
[15:27] <xubuntu01w> I revove gtk + 2.0
[15:27] <pmjdebruijn> revove?
[15:27] <pmjdebruijn> removed?
[15:27] <pmjdebruijn> how did you remove it?
[15:27] <xubuntu01w> remove
[15:27] <pmjdebruijn> apt-get remove libgtk2.0-0 ?
[15:28] <xubuntu01w> Because I need to install gt + 2.18
[15:28] <pmjdebruijn> how did you expect that to not cause problems?
[15:28] <xubuntu01w> yes
[15:28] <pmjdebruijn> apt will have explicitly warned you about that
[15:29] <pmjdebruijn> and you can't install random versions of software on random distro versions
[15:29] <xubuntu01w> then apt-get autoremove
[15:29] <pmjdebruijn> if you need GTK 2.18, I would recommend to use an older xubuntu version
[15:29] <pmjdebruijn> but better yet, not use GTK 2.18 at all
[15:29] <pmjdebruijn> why would you need specifically 2.18?
[15:30] <pmjdebruijn> I just realized how old 2.18 is
[15:30] <xubuntu01w> Is it possible to roll back this or just reinstall?
[15:30] <pmjdebruijn> reinstalling will be much much much simpler
[15:31] <pmjdebruijn> recovering won't be super hard, but I don't have time to hold your hand doing it
[15:31] <pmjdebruijn> but seriously, why do you think you need GTK 2.18?
[15:31] <xubuntu01w> So let's go
[15:31]  * pmjdebruijn is really curious
[15:31] <xubuntu01w> I was trying to compile xscope
[15:32] <xubuntu01w> I understood that I needed this version of gtk
[15:33] <pmjdebruijn> if that's the case xscope is too unmintained to realistically use
[15:33] <xubuntu01w> I tried installing, but an error happened ...
[15:33] <pmjdebruijn> it might just as well not exist
[15:33] <pmjdebruijn> presumably this is why distros aren't shipping it
[15:35] <pmjdebruijn> unless the error was unrelated to gtk versions, you might want to pastebin the exactly including backlog, and someone might be able to help you build it
[15:36] <pmjdebruijn> xubuntu01w: but in short, when you remove a package, and apt tell you it's going to remove ten of other packages, you probably shouldn't proceed
[15:36] <pmjdebruijn> tens*
[15:36] <pmjdebruijn> dozens*
[15:37] <xubuntu01w> I needed a parallel port logic analyzer, I did not find it for linux ...
[15:38] <xubuntu01w> So I thought about modifying xscope and was trying to study it
[15:39] <xubuntu01w> But I discovered that I am a user with little knowledge for this
[15:41] <knome> well
[15:41] <knome> hmm, wrong channel. nvm.
[16:01] <pmjdebruijn> oh damnit, I wanted to point him to sigrok
[18:17] <xubuntu56i> hi everyone