Big Data has taken a lead in the IT industry and has played a significant role in the Business growth and decision-making processes that gives you an edge over the competitors. This is equally applicable to the organizations as well as professionals existing in the analytics domain. Big Data Analytics bring an ocean of opportunities…
I am using Linux Ming 17 Qiana. How to install MATE on Linux Mint 17? In Linux Mint, the package that installs MATE is ‘mint-meta-mate’: $ sudo aptitude install mint-meta-mate
How to configure iptables and make the configuration persistent across system restarting on Linux Mint 17.1? You can use the ‘iptables-persistent’ tool. To install iptables-persistency pachage: sudo aptitude install iptables-persistent The you can manipulate the iptables by the ‘iptables’ command. To save the current iptables rules: sudo /etc/init.d/iptables-persistent store It will store the rules for…
How to install musl libc on Linux Mint 17/Ubuntu 14.04? You can install musl libc on Linux Mint 17 by sudo aptitude install musl musl-dev musl-tools One note: If you want to install a newer version of musl libc than the one from Ubuntu repo, you can use this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~bortis/ archive/ubuntu/musl by sudo add-apt-repository…
How to find the available packages’ versions with aptitude on Linux? With aptitude, you can use this command to show the available versions of a package: aptitude versions <package name> In the console GUI, aptitude also show the versions. You may also simulate installation of a package and see which version will be installed: aptitude…
How to find which package can be installed for a file, like “yum provides”? That is, the package is not installed yet and I do not know the package for a file that I want. The apt-file tool can do the similar things as yum provides. You may need to install it first by sudo…
How to install node.js on Ubuntu/Linux Mint? This is how I install node.js on Linux Mint: # aptitude install nodejs nodejs-legacy npm The nodejs-legacy makes sure the command node will invoke node.js.
How to find all available versions of a package in Ubuntu? To list available versions of a package: apt-cache showpkg <package-name> For example, to check all versions of thunderbird: $ sudo apt-cache showpkg thunderbird Package: thunderbird Versions: 1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_main_binary-amd64_Packages) Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_binary-amd64_Packages MD5: 68ed1001b79d708ad48956a0c129114d Description Language: en File: /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en MD5: 68ed1001b79d708ad48956a0c129114d 1:31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 (/var/lib/dpkg/status)…
How to find the history of updated packages by apt-get or aptitude? The history is in log files of dpkg and apt: /var/log/dpkg.log /var/log/apt/history.log /var/log/aptitude To check the recently installed packages: cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep ” install ” To list history of recently installed packages by apt-get: cat /var/log/apt/history.log | grep ” install ” To…
How to monitor temperatures of laptop on Linux? This works on Linux Mint: sudo aptitude install lm-sensors hddtemp For lm-sensors, first detect the sensors by: sudo sensors-detect To detect the temperature in the system: sudo sensors To detect the HDD (e.g. sda) temperature: sudo hddtemp /dev/sda An example of the output: [zma@mini:~]$ sudo sensors acpitz-virtual-0…
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…
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.,…
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.
Which tools to mange OCaml packages in my system (Linux)? I use OPAM to manage OCaml packages: http://opam.ocamlpro.com/index.html To install it: $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/opam_installer.sh $ sh ./opam_installer.sh /usr/local/bin More options are available here. To make opam settings take effect, append this to ~/.bashrc: eval `opam config env` Some frequent usages: opam list # List all…