Linux for Radio Astronomy

If it’s a Python virtual environment created with venv or virtualenv, you open (activate) it with a single command—just make sure you’re in

FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NO LIABILITY ACCEPTED FOR LOSS OF DATA FROM FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. Yes —

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Yes — you can absolutely make a byte-for-byte (block-level) backup of an Ubuntu machine remotely, provided you have either SSH terminal

To install Tkinter on Ubuntu, open a terminal and run the following commands: This will install the Tkinter library, allowing

You can add a folder shortcut to the Ubuntu desktop by holding down Ctrl + Shift while dragging the folder

To update a snap app, first completely close the app by using killall [app-name] in the terminal. Then, use sudo

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You can get a Raspberry Pi disk image in a few different ways depending on what you mean: 1. Downloading

sudo apt install git cmake build-essential gqrx-sdr cubicsdr libsoapysdr-dev soapysdr-tools gr-osmosdr uhd-soapysdr