r/GetComputerHelp

How do I do the "{Package install } with https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages AND https://packages.ubuntu.com/ ? Like, how do I do it with Ubuntu, since I am using Ubuntu?

I assume that]] you need to open terminal and type "sudo apt install package-name" , but that wouldn't Make sense Becuase I don't find the apt name of package there on the websites!!!!

For example, I go to the debian.org/distrib/packages website, and I .look for the the package "breeze", and it shows several packages, but I choose the one at https://packages.debian.org/trixie/breeze . So, I type in " sudo apt install trixie/breeze" , buT it doesn"t work!! It returns an error saying "E: Unable to locate package trixie" .

It's the same issue with https://packages.ubuntu.com , I go to find packages for "breeze", and i find multiple, but i choose the one that's at https://packages.ubuntu.com/questing/breeze , SO I type in terminal "sudo apt install questing/breeze" , but it says the SAME ERROR.

My medion laptop bought about 5 years ago is currently refusing to boot windows due to the secure boot violation.

Problem is there seems to be literally no way to fix that. Bios can't currently be accessed because it has an unknown password. Though it gives me that random string of characters when I did 3 attempts. "setup notice"

Is my best route to bypass the biospassword, or is it to bypass the need for bios?

Ive been googling and asking a few IT people and the chatGPT about this stuff the whole day now and I just don't know what to do.

My laptop is extremely important because I need it everyday and it also has a lot of important photos and files and lists that I can't lose.

left the room and came back to a black screen on my laptop. 17z-cp200. I tried all the basic tricks before I turned it off then back on. from there I tried ctrl shift windows and b. I tried holding in the power button for a minute. I removed the back and removed the battery and put it back in. i have plugged it into a monitor so it’s not an issue of the screen connection. when I turn it on and press caps lock I don’t get the light indicator. the lights for the power button and all the side lights work as they should. important note that is interesting is that the fan does not spin either. really don’t know where to go from here. any help is appreciated thank you for your time.

Nord VPN doesn’t not work. Any help would be very appreciated

Good Morning, I should preface that I have autism and this incident has me freaked out/spooked. I’m also in Western Canada so there really isn’t anything my neighbours to the south can do to help other than advice?

I shut my computer down for the night and made my way to bed as per usual except as I was settling in I heard the glass panels on my PC shatter all around the case. I woke up to glass everywhere. Luckily it didn’t damage the parts but im afraid to turn it on to find out. As a safety pre-caution ive unplugged everything from it, called MSI support and spoke to them but im at a loss on what happened.

MSI said that this model has had defective glass before but it’s not exactly comforting me.

my questions are.

What could have caused a computer with no less than 5 months of use on it to do this? It didn’t fall or from what i‘m aware of having anything hit it.

This PC primarily is for school work, I don’t know what to do as the glass kept the components dust free?

How long does MSI take to send a replacement glass chassis that falls under manufacturer warranty (1 year) and or my 4 year protection plan that expires in 2029?

Again please be kind and thoughtful with responses, I have autism.

Thank you and god bless.

I'm trying to compile qt5ct with qmake, but I don't understand how to do it. It says to run "qmake PREFIX=<your installation path>" , but I don't know what my "installation path" is.

I'm using Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, Qmake 3.1, and Qt version 5.15.13