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How do I check whether a module is installed in Python, and install it if needed?

In terminal, after I start Python, how will I know what are the modules present in python? Suppose I need to learn the modules NumPy and SciPy. How will I install it if it is not installed? How will I know if it is already installed?
sigdelsanjog
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What's the difference between multiverse, universe, restricted and main?

I've been peeking into the ubuntu respository and I see four folders, multiverse, universe, restricted and main. What do they represent?
alexyorke
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Natural Sounding Text to Speech?

I am looking for some easy to install text to speech software for Ubuntu that sounds natural. I've installed Festival, Gespeaker, etc., but nothing sounds very natural. All very synthetic and hard to understand. Any recommendations out there?
I Heart Ubuntu
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Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows

MY NTFS Partition has gotten corrupt somehow (it's a relic from the days when I had Windows installed). I'm putting the debug output of fdisk and blkid here. At the same time, any OS is unable to mount my root partition, which is located next to…
Nemo
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Command to open new tab in the current terminal

Is it possible to open a new tab in the current terminal with some commands?
Avinash Raj
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What does the StartupWMClass field of a .desktop file represent?

I am working on this pre-existent .desktop file and I have a doubt: The file content is: [Desktop…
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What's the difference between "Service" and "/etc/init.d/"?

I've been managing server installations both on and off Ubuntu flavor for some time - I've become quite adjusted to /etc/init.d/ for restarting servcies. Now I get this message: root@tatooine:~# /etc/init.d/mysql status Rather than invoking init…
Marco Ceppi
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How to install OTF fonts?

I know how to install TrueType fonts (by copying them to /usr/share/fonts/truetype and doing sudo fc-cache -f) but what about OTF formats? I didn't find a suitable folder to copy them to.
Behzadsh
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How to install Firefox as a traditional deb package (without snap) in Ubuntu 22.04 or later versions?

As far as I see in the ongoing development for 22.04 Jammy, Firefox is a Snap package. The related Deb package in apt is just a shortcut/link to the that snap version. I prefer my installation not to be from snap packages, since I find them too much…
igi
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How to enable the hibernate option in Ubuntu 20.04?

I tried different options to enable hibernation in Ubuntu 20.04 but nothing is working. How can I enable the hibernate option in Ubuntu 20.04?
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How do I install the Cinnamon Desktop?

I have read that there is a new Gnome-2 like interface called Cinnamon produced by the Linux Mint developers. Is this available for Ubuntu users - and if so how do I install it?
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How do I install kernel header files?

i want to write a device driver but not able to find the header file can someone please help me find them?Also if someone can point out some important site links that would be really appreciated
coder
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Unity: How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?

Enabling Bias alt-tab sorting to prefer windows on the current viewport as described here made no difference. How can I get back the exact same behavior as 11.04, so that alt-tab only switches between windows on the current workspace? Simply…
chris.ritsen
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Is it possible to install a .deb from a URL?

Is there a way to install a deb package directly from a URL, using a shell? Something like dpkg -i http://domain.com/path/to/package.deb (I know I could use wget and then dpkg, I'm just wondering if there's something that does it already)
Joril
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How to text-to-speech output using command-line?

How to get speech output from entered text by using command-line? Also facility to change speech rate, pitch, volume etc using simple command.
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