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How to Install Dependencies of Software Programs in Ubuntu

If you encounter any error while running some applications in Ubuntu, then you may got dependency problem which the application depends on, To solve this problem go to your terminal and type the command  sudo apt-get install -f  ,all your dependencies will be installed and you will be running your application error free.

How to skip permission to install software through terminal in Ubuntu

To install software's through terminal as simple as that with one simple command sudo apt-get install example-software , however in doing that you need to give permission in Y (or)  N But a simple tip (or) extended command to skip this step can be done by following command sudo apt-get install -y example-software

How to Install Node js on Ubuntu

If you are trying to install Node.js on Ubntu then follow the instruction given below Setup with Ubuntu: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo bash - The above command just updates your system with the latest software builds. Install Node js which is in Ubuntu repository: sudo apt-get install nodejs Install build tools: sudo apt-get install build-essential For more information on various platforms visit the official doc on github .

How to Install ClamAV - Antivirus for Ubuntu

Although you don't need to install any antivirus software on your Ubuntu machine, however out of curiosity to keep your heart and mind rest in peace, you may try out open source antivirus project ClamAV . To do that just follow the steps ClamAV can be found for Ubuntu in the apt repository. Run this command to install ClamAV: sudo apt-get install clamav If you need clamd, you may also want to run: sudo apt-get install clamav-daemon If you require support for scanning compressed RAR files you first need to enable the non-free archive, and then you can install the RAR-plugin using: sudo apt-get install libclamunrar6 After successful installation, you may try searching for it in Dash, but to your surprise there is no GUI shipped with this product, either you can run it through terminal by typing help command ( clamscan --help ) and follow the instruction's provided in the help manual (or) You may install ClamTk - A GUI provided by Ubuntu community. To install it just visit...

How to solve blank screen terminal problem in Ubuntu

If you are a getting blank screen on your terminal in Ubuntu, also no command seems to work, then you may have the sourced the .bashrc file and added the line source .bashrc in .bashrc file.          So to solve this press ctrl + c   in terminal and you will get back to the normal terminal screen then  type gedit .bashrc and remove the line source .bashrc  in the .bashrc file

Apache not Starting in Xampp through control panel

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So you have done your work in web server and stopped all the services and switched of your computer, when you reboot it and start your xampp again then you may find that apache is not running and you might get like this as shown in image below To solve this first stop then go to the terminal and type pidof apache2 and you may find four to five different types of numbers for Eg: 1022,1023,1024,1026, these are the process created by apache and has not been killed,so kill it using command sudo kill -9 processno(Eg:sudo kill -9 1022) ,so kill all those process using the command shown for all the numbers. Then again type pidof apache2 to check if there are any process left,if you get again some numbers then kill it using the command shown above follow this until you don't get any numbers.Then press start,now all the services will be running and hence your web-server will be up and running. So before starting the xampp on reboot check for processes of apache and kill it then start you...

Issue's related to Wordpress install in Ubuntu 12.10,13.04,13.10

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If you are thinking of developing website using popular blogging and CMS software Wordpress in Ubuntu locally in your machine then you may need to follow below steps to smoothly run your Wordpress. Prerequisites...? Get the Latest Wordpress software. How To Get The Result→ When you install xampp in /opt directory,by default you don't have any permissions of writing (or) deleting any files in that directory,so if you try to paste the wordpress directory in htdocs then it will not allow you to move. To solve this go to terminal and type chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/lampp/htdocs                                                                                                     (owner name):(groupname) Now, you got the permission to write an...

How To Add Menu Entry to Xampp in Ubuntu 12.10,13.04,13.10

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So you have installed the xampp in Ubuntu 12.10,13.04,13.10, if you haven't installed you want to go through my previous post " How to install xampp ". after installing you may want to add a menu entry (or) desktop shortcuts so that you can easily start and stop instead of doing it through terminal. Prerequisites...? You will need to install python-glade2 for the XAMPP control panel to work: Go to terminal and type  sudo apt-get install python-glade2 How To Get The Result→ Then create a file called XAMPP-Control-Panel.desktop  using text editor in  desktop (or) Home folder and put the following in it: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=XAMPP Control Panel GenericName=Control Panel Comment=XAMPP Control Panel Exec=gksudo "/opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel" Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico StartupNotify=true StartupWMClass="xampp-control-panel.py" Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Developer; and save it in y...

Re-size Images in Ubuntu

The Ubuntu doesn't ships with any default image editor's which provides you an option of re-sizing and rotating the images, so if you think of re-sizing images and don't want to install heavy tools like Gimp, F-spot etc, then you can install Nautilus Image Converter ( sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter ) from Ubuntu Software Center which adds two context menus in nautilus so you can right click choose " Re-size image " which presents you with the GUI to perform the necessary action.    Prerequisites...?  First Install Imagemagick through terminal (or) Ubuntu Software Center. In the terminal type ( sudo apt-get install imagemagick ).  How To Get The Result→  First log-out and log-in back to so that changes can be made to your context menu(i.e; right click menu).  Then Right click any image (or) bulk of image to re-size.

Ubuntu 12.10

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Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software, using its own desktop environment. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu ("humanity towards others").       The Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) as name given by its developers, have amazing home page when compared with win 7, and beautiful in lining of silver interface and numerous inbound (or) hidden applications one would love to have it.       I installed on the my Com and loved the interface and their inbuilt functionality and dozens of apps to look out for. Ubuntu Home Screen With Unity The  beautiful home page which they called " Unity " has been good to use for new  and experience user's. The new desktop background has stunning images and lots of other functionality to watch out for. Try out the new Ubuntu 12.10 and Do some magic over it.