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Bit of a newbie here, but couldn't find this problem anywhere on the forums.
Running Ubuntu 18.04, default terminal.



Upon entering the clear command, terminal returned




terminals database is inaccessible




Only help I found online was to check the TERM environment variable which was set to xterm-256color



However, I tried sudo clear and this seems to work. Don't understand what's happening. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.










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    Bit of a newbie here, but couldn't find this problem anywhere on the forums.
    Running Ubuntu 18.04, default terminal.



    Upon entering the clear command, terminal returned




    terminals database is inaccessible




    Only help I found online was to check the TERM environment variable which was set to xterm-256color



    However, I tried sudo clear and this seems to work. Don't understand what's happening. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.










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      Bit of a newbie here, but couldn't find this problem anywhere on the forums.
      Running Ubuntu 18.04, default terminal.



      Upon entering the clear command, terminal returned




      terminals database is inaccessible




      Only help I found online was to check the TERM environment variable which was set to xterm-256color



      However, I tried sudo clear and this seems to work. Don't understand what's happening. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.










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      Bit of a newbie here, but couldn't find this problem anywhere on the forums.
      Running Ubuntu 18.04, default terminal.



      Upon entering the clear command, terminal returned




      terminals database is inaccessible




      Only help I found online was to check the TERM environment variable which was set to xterm-256color



      However, I tried sudo clear and this seems to work. Don't understand what's happening. Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.







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          Try installing the italic terminfo:



          tic resources/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
          tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo


          Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33



          See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible



          See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”






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            Try installing the italic terminfo:



            tic resources/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
            tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo


            Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33



            See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible



            See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”






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              Try installing the italic terminfo:



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              tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo


              Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33



              See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible



              See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”






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                Try installing the italic terminfo:



                tic resources/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
                tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo


                Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33



                See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible



                See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”






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                Try installing the italic terminfo:



                tic resources/xterm-256color-italic.terminfo
                tic resources/tmux-256color-italic.terminfo


                Source: terminals database is inaccessible #33



                See also: clear command - terminals database is inaccessible



                See also: “clear” command in GNOME terminal returns “terminals database is inaccessible”







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