Questions tagged [compatibility]
Use this tag to know if a software can run satisfactorily on a given environment setup or computer.
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Automatically check if my Nvidia GPU, CUDA drivers, cuDNN, Pytorch and TensorFlow are all compatible between each other?
I'd like to know if my Nvidia GPU, CUDA drivers, cuDNN, Pytorch and TensorFlow are all compatible between each other ahead of time instead of getting some less explicit error when running code such as:...
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How to determine a certain linux distribution release is RVA20/RVA23 compatible?
For example, Ubuntu 25.10 plan to raise the required RISC-V ISA profile family to RVA23. How can I verify if this release is RVA23 compatible? Is there any efficient test tools I can use?
I know that ...
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bash - list of breaking change
I know bash tries very hard to keep new versions compatible with previous ones.
However they sometime introduced (minor, but still) breaking changes:
for exemple when we could no longer have : { foo }...
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How to install CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications)
I need help. I've tried to install CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) from the NRAO website that I will need to use for a research, but I'm having trouble to configure it.
I followed this ...
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How to format the hard drive so it is compatible across windows, macOS and linux itself on linux
I formatted my hard drive using the mkfs.exfat -n "HDD" /dev/sda1, but it is not recognized on macOS.
If I do that on macOS, it is readable on Linux, but I want to be able to format on Linux ...
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Is there an equivalent of caniuse for commands on posix systems?
I'm thinking about using a callout to the jq command in a utility script I'm writing, rather than parsing JSON manually.
In order to make the script as portable as possible, I want to know which ...
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dnf won't let me overwrite or change packages
I want to do something that is supposed to be simple in any package manager, install a package, in my case it is this specifically lib64MLIRVectorToSPIRV13.
LC_ALL=C dnf install ...
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How to gracefully handle differences in command options between different versions?
Inspired by What is the difference between “base64 -b0” in macOS versions prior to macOS 13 (Ventura) and “base64 -i” in macOS 13 (Ventura)?
Are there common ways to avoid the script breaking on a ...
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How can I build an older GCC version (8.5.0) on a newer Linux distribution (Devuan Excalibur/Debian Trixie)?
If I download and try to build GCC 8.x on a newer machine, e.g. Devuan Excalibur GNU/Linux (i.e. Debian Trixie without systemd) - this fails, with the error going something like this:
libstdc++.so.6: ...
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Are FreeBSD binaries compatible with macOS?
Since FreeBSD and macOS (OS X) are very similar to each other, can programs written for FreeBSD run on macOS? And if a program can't, then would it be possible to make it work?
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tracking linux-firmware.git and backwards kernel compatibility
I've been tracking the upstream Linux firmware repo in /lib/firmware on a couple of machines, doing very periodic updates of that tree.
I think I saw a firmware loading error booting an older kernel ...
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How to install printer drivers on Arch Linux when there is no official Arch package provided?
I am trying to print to Epson WorkForce WF-2650 All-In-One Inkjet PRinter from my Arch Linux desktop. Both the desktop and the printer are in network range 192.168.0.1/24.
Initialize Printer Service
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Are KeePassXC and KeePass Solaris-compatible?
I wanted to know whether KeePassXC and KeePass are compatible with Solaris (I am using Solaris 11.4.26.75.4 (sun4v / sparc architecture)). I would need to use only the KeePassXC/KeePass command line ...
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I'm trying to make a wifi adapter with a old chipset
I want to know if a Ralink RT3070L chip has packet injection, monitor mode, and is compatible with Linux.
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Should the use of /etc/mtab now be considered deprecated?
I'm curious about the file or symlink /etc/mtab. I believe this is a legacy mechanism. On every modern linux I've used this is a symbolic link to /proc/mounts and if mtab were to be a regular file on ...
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