I cannot login desktop in Ubuntu Precise. It told me following errors: Could not write bytes: Broken Pipe… Check Battery Satte Actually, I tried many ways to solve this problem. It seems that something wrong with my lightdm software so, at last, I use gdm software to replace lightdm to kill this problem. Just install…
Managing a cluster of servers, I would like to notified when a server is started. How to make the Linux servers email me or other admins automatically after they are started? I did this by adding a crontab entry on each servers like @reboot date | mailx -S smtp=smtp://smtp.example.com -s “`hostname` started” -r zma@example.com zma@example.com…
How to list all running system service on Linux Mint 17.1? You can use initctl to list all services: initctl list
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…
My Linux distro is Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (Trusty Tahr)). I am using NetworkManager. The old trick does not work: $ cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND — YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.1.1 If you are using…
I prefer Linux Mint (I am using Cinnamon) not automatically mounting a portable storage such as USB disk or iPhone for me and I would like do the mounting manually if I need it. The default behavior of Linux Mint is to automatically mount the disks. How to disable this? The auto mounting on Linux…
How to list all files from a .deb package like rpm -ql on RPM based systems? Use this command dpkg -L pkg_name -L lists files: -L, –listfiles package-name… List files installed to your system from package-name. More on the dpkg command, check dpkg manual.
How to install latest version of Calibre? The version from my distro (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora) seem at 1.xx while the latest Calibre is already at 2.x. You may check Caibre website’s instruction: http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c “import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write(‘Download failedn’); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()”
How to install gitbook on my own Linux box? First, install node.js following https://www.systutorials.com/qa/1268/how-to-install-node-js-on-fedora or How to install node.js on Ubuntu/Linux Mint depending on your distro. Second, install gitbook by npm to /opt/: # cd /opt/ # npm install gitbook Then, the gitbook can be invoked by /opt/node_modules/gitbook/bin/gitbook.js You may need to install the latest…
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 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 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 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…
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 install ffmpeg on Linux Mint 17 Qiana? To install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 14.04 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 Ubuntu…
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.