Questions tagged [parallels]
Parallels is a virtual machine host program for macOS.
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DPKG: installing .deb package, unmet libxml2 dependency (but software works), how can I fix or ignore the unmet dependency?
I can work from home via Parallels Client (a remote work package), but installing it leaves me with an unmet libxml2 dependency, however the software works fine, but apt keeps complaining and blocking ...
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How to upgrade a multi-architecture installation from Jammy to Noble?
This is a Parallels VM running on an ARM Mac with the support enabled for running x86 binaries under Rosetta.
/etc/apt/sources.list has been expanded to pairs of lines like this:
deb [arch=arm64] ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 and 22.10 report unrecoverable system error when installing in Parallels 17.1.6 on macOS Big Sur
When I try to create a virtual machine for either Ubuntu 22.04.2 or 22.10 from the ISO image using Parallels 17.1.6 on a MacBook Air (2020, Intel, 16GB) running macOS Big Sur (11.7.3), the ...
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How can I definitely and permanently increase the open file limit in Ubuntu
I recently used parallel and got this message:
parallel: Warning: Only enough file handles to run 252 jobs in parallel.
parallel: Warning: Try running 'parallel -j0 -N 252 --pipe parallel -j0'
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Parallels 16 , Ubuntu22 tools install fails
trying to install parallels tools into a clean Ubuntu 22.04 VM with Parallels 16. The install fails immediately with
Error: Xorg version 1.21 not supported
Obviously a version conflict. Parallels is ...
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issues installing packet tracer (ubuntu, parallels, M1 MacBook)
I am trying to install Cisco Packet Tracer in Ubuntu running in Parallels on an M1 MacBook Air.
So when I go to install the .deb file I get an error saying Wrong architecture AMD64 run dpkg --add-...
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Install Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 ARM64 on macOS Apple Silicon (M1/Pro/Max) in Parallels
There's no direct download of Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 for ARM64 yet, how do you install it?
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Getting the error 0x80370102 when trying to run WSL on Windows 11 on Mac
I installed Windows 11 on my Mac (M1) using Parallels, and on the windows machine I tried installing the Ubuntu subsystem to run Docker, so I downloaded Ubuntu (Ubuntu2004-220404) and installed it. ...
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Updating/Upgrading Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Under Parallels 17 Mac M1 Chip Causes Crashes - Help?
I have about 600MB of updates to download and install - but, in a previous attempt, after seeming to upgrade correctly - the OS refused to boot.
Again Mac M1 Chip Running Parallels 17 and Ubuntu 20.04....
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Is there a way to install new software on ARM64 Ubuntu on M1 Mac running on Parallels?
There is no software center, Pamac, or whatever it is called in Ubuntu. I can run what is installed and I can update to 21.10 but there is no way to install new software. Is that on purpose because ...
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How to configure Ubuntu Server instance under Parallels to have a repeatable ip address
I'm trying to learn how to use Ansible using Parallels on my macbook pro. I have a target Ubuntu 20 server vm running under parallels. But I would like to have either a static ip address or hostname, ...
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Failed to install parallels tools on ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu 18 using parallels on Mac.
Now I'm trying to install parallels tools and wasn't successful after multiple hours.
When I start the OS I click on "Install Parallels Tools..."...
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Ubuntu 20.04.1 desktop screen resolution on parallels VM
I recently installed Ubuntu 20 on my parallels virtual machine but can't figure out how to fix the resolution. If I make it full screen, it is a box in the middle that doesn't take up much as black ...
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Can't authentic Livepatch on Mac's Parallels
I just installed the Parallels app for Mac OS. I tried to install the latest Ubuntu which worked successfully. In the process, I created a password for logging into Ubuntu and a password for Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 stuck in login from Parallels desktop access
I know a similar question has been asked before, but the proposed solutions do not work for me as I am accessing Ubuntu from my Mac by means of Parallels Desktop.
The login worked fine until a couple ...