How to boot Linux Mint to the console by default? (that is, the run level 3). 2 methods introduced here to boot Linux Mint to console/command line. Method 1 (may only work for earlier releases; check method 2 below): set kernel option. Edit /etc/default/grub and add text to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash text” Then, re-generate grub…
I find git diff output is not easy to read when the text file contains long lines that is long enough to exceeds the screen size. We may not forbid the using the long lines for all files. How to handle lone lines in git diff better? Two possible methods to make git diff with…
The question is as follows. harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda qcow2.img -cdrom domU-x86_64-FS.img -boot d -m 1024 VNC server running on `::1:5900′ harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1 vncviewer: ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection refused Unable to connect to VNC server Solution (add -vnc parameter for qemu-system-x86_64): harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda qcow2.img -cdrom domU-x86_64-FS.img -boot d -m 1024 -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ vncviewer 127.0.0.1:2…
How to un-trust a computer that I have trusted with iOS 7 device, such as iPhone? You can delete the Lockdown folder to reset the trust/un-trust status of iPhones. Apple provides tutorials for Max OS X and Windows at: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5335 (archived) . If you are using Linux, the Lockdown folder is: /var/lib/lockdown Answered by Lucy.
How to install Adobe Reader on Linux Mint 17? First, add Canonical PPA repository sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner” Then, update apt cache and install Adobe Reader sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install acroread You can select “Yes” to set Adobe Reader as the default PDF viewer or “No” to not set it. E.Z.M.,…
The video files copied from iPhone is rotated by 90 degree when they are played on Linux. How to rotate a .mov video from iPhone by 90 degree on Linux? Specifically: 1) Play the video by rotating 90 degree. 2) Edit the video by rotating 90 degree and save it. You may check Rotating Video…
How to find whether a package is installed on Linux Mint? For example, I would like to check whether ghostscript is installed. Using dpkg: dpkg -l List all available packages (installed and not installed): apt-cache pkgnames
How to find which package provides a file in Debian based releases, such as Linux Mint, Ubuntu? You can use `dpkg`: $ dpkg -S /path/to/the/file -S or –search is the option to make dpkg do a “search”: -S, –search filename-search-pattern… Search for a filename from installed packages. To search which package provides a command file…
I installed Linux Mint 17 in the traditional BIOS mode. However, Windows 8.1 on my computer can only boot in the UEFI mode. I do not want to reinstall the Windows or erase it. How to turn a BIOS-based Linux Mint 17 installation to UEFI booting? You may refer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting for some information.
How to convert a video file in format as flv to mp4 with ffmpeg? You may use method from here: https://www.systutorials.com/3540/converting-video-files-for-ipod-iphone-ipad/ ffmpeg -i input.flv output.mp4 Or by specifying more details about how to handling the codecs: ffmpeg -i input.flv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mp4 You may also add more options as you like. For more,…
How to install ffmpeg on Linux Mint 17 Qiana? To install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17 Qiana and etc: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg Does anyone know why this was taken out of the main repositories? Linux Mint 17 is based on…
How to install WordPress Buddy Press template? Themes for BuddyPress are available at:http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tags/buddypress Make sure that the theme tagged as “buddypress” is compatible with the BP/WP version activated in your server. As of BuddyPress 1.7, BuddyPress works with most any WordPress out of the box. BuddyPress 1.7 includes base template files that should fit into…
I’d like to force using of https on one of my site. How to redirect HTTP to HTTPS in Apache with mod_rewrite? You can put these lines to the .htaccess file in the directory from which you would like to redirect HTTPS to HTTP: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
How to run programs in different languages from Windows’ language? For example, some non-unicode programs in Chinese on English version of Windows will display some garbage characters. You can use the AppLocale util provided by Microsoft to run legacy applications without changing language of non-Unicode applications (system locale): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppLocale You may check this link for…
How to install no-ip.com update client noip2 on Linux Mint 17? First, install the noip2 client: sudo su – cd /usr/local/src wget http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz tar xzf noip-duc-linux.tar.gz cd no-ip-2.1.9-1 make make install Then, generate the configuration file noip2 -C Last, make noip2 daemon run at reboot crontab -e Add this line to crontab: @reboot /usr/local/bin/noip2 I’ve…
I know that one can make a zip of the current branch by: git archive -o archive.zip HEAD However, at situations, one may want to clone a copy/snapshot of remote repository at a specific branch because: 1) The repository is large with long history and cloning the whole history takes too much time. 2) What…
How to set up the driver for an HP printer on Linux Mint or Ubuntu? First install the packages: sudo aptitude install hplip hplip-gui Then run sudo hp-setup and follow the GUI instructions to set up the printer.
How to set the number of mappers and reducers of Hadoop in command line? Number of mappers and reducers can be set like (5 mappers, 2 reducers): -D mapred.map.tasks=5 -D mapred.reduce.tasks=2 in the command line. In the code, one can configure JobConf variables. job.setNumMapTasks(5); // 5 mappers job.setNumReduceTasks(2); // 2 reducers Note that on Hadoop…
How to view a file at a specific commit/revision in git? You can use git show to view a file’s content at a specific commit in git: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-git-show/ $ git show REVISION:/path/to/file You can also save a copy by $ git show REVISION:/path/to/file >file.copy
How to change the hostname on Linux Mint? The hostname (e.g. mypc or mypc.example.com) can be changed by putting the hostname in one line in the file /etc/hostname on Linux Mint.