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Okay, I see that it is possible to use pdftk to display pdf bookmarks, but how can I edit them?

Thank you for your reply. I don't know if I misunderstood you, but it's not that I don't want other people to edit the pdf.

The problem is that when the file is exported to PDF, it automatically...

I´m writing an essay for my classes in LibreOffice writer, and I want to hand it in as a pdf file.

The problem is, when I export the .odt file as a pdf, it automatically creates an index. That...

Small bump. Please help me guys.

Hello ubuntuforum,

I made a text document in LibreOffice writer, and converted it to PDF.

When I opened the pdf file the default document viewer, there were suddenly a lot of ugly white lines...

Already tried that, didn't work. sudo apt-get update gives a wall of text, the last few lines being:

W: Failed to fetch...

The following:


# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to...

Thanks. I wasn't specifically looking for that program, it is an example of a bigger problem that occurs every time I use the apt-get install command.

I have two Ubuntu versions, one from the...

when I try to install the command pdfsam:

$ sudo apt-get install pdfsam

I get the following message:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state...

Thanks guys.

Okay. Is it true that you only need a specific root password when you have various users on a PC, while only the admin can have root access?

This is question is purely about terminology.

I read this on wikipedia, in the article about "sudo"



Is there a difference between the user password and the root password?

I use Ubuntu...

Thanks guys. This is all just sandbox stuff, but I learn so much here. :guitar:

Unsolved this thread again. I did the for/do loop, and it worked like a charm

Then I wanted to read some more info about it, and I typed:

$ man for
But it told me that there is no manual...

Nice, thanks.

I'm playing around in the terminal to get better with it. Here's what I did

I created files:

01.txt 02.txt 03.txt 04.txt 05.txt 06.txt 07.txt 08.txt 09.txtusing the command:

$ touch...

Can't believe I missed it. Thank you sir.

Hi,

I would like to edit pdf documents on Ubuntu. Mainly putting various pdf documents together, and removing pages from them.

What is the best tool to do it? I found some information about...

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Ok I think I fixed it.

This only works with youtube videos that you can embed:

you change the URL from:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=*videoID*to
...

I use the live Ubuntu disc a lot. Doing that, I'd like to have YouTube play me some background music.

When I go to YouTube, I can't watch any vids because it says it's missing plugins. (and I...

Installation went smooth. Problems started shortly after installation. I didn't install much software, just a few lightweight programs (like TrueCrypt).

Further details:
- I did check the...

I installed Ubuntu using the alternate installation disk and opted for the option of full disk encryption.

However the OS shows unstable behavior. After a few minutes of using it, it reacts very...

Hello forum,

I'm considering installing Ubuntu on an external hard drive, for extremely awesome portability.

My question, does that have any disadvantages?

- If it connects to the computer...

Whoops, you are totally right. My bad.

Thanks for the replies guys.