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*chocolatey.org/ Basically it allows installing lots and lots of applications from the command line in one go! Really useful if you mess around with various libraries and tools Or if you format often or have to do lots of installs. Seriously I am loving this :D , makes windows soo...

Hi. I need assistance regarding g++ installation in Ubuntu 12.04. this is what happened: > I installed gcc and g++ version 4.4 using 'apt-get'. > I also installed gcc and g++ version 4.6. After this, 4.6 became the default, but the tool I'm usng doesn't support v4.6 of both compilers; only...

yesterday, after i update my system , i cannt login to ubutnu 10.10 and loing page shows again and again when i enter my passworld and click OK button. such irritating one. i have installed gnome only. i have checked the following commands sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get update -f...

Hello All! I am in the process of shifting from Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.04. I need to install around 50 programs from apt-get, then install KDE, FluxBox and IceWM from apt-get, then do an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, after which I need to purge the configuration files in my home directory for...

As the title suggests,sudo apt-get is not working for me!!I updated my ubuntu today.Dunno if its causing probs every time a type sudo apt-get install xxxx in teh terminal it gives the error. Some things like nvidia-glx are working and others like emerald and gtweakgui are giving the error - E...

Ubuntu is one of the widely used GNU OS which is considered as Newbie friendly . But still there are few things to work .. Here is a small/quick guide that will let you enable Playback for any type of Audio/Video files.. Since most users get baffled after they fail to play media files. So I...

Though it’s been a while since Gutsy was released, I couldn’t try out for various reasons. But finally I got my hands on Gutsy DVD edition, and I sat about installing it on my Dell Inspiron. I noticed first signs of trouble when Gutsy was taking unsually long to boot up. Switching to verbose...

all of you would have seen the 3d-desktop plugin in beryl(if you havent its the one that raises the opened windows while the rotating cube).just figured out how to add it to ubuntu gutsy's compiz fusion. heres the script #!/bin/bash sudo apt-get install compiz-bcop compiz-dev sudo apt-get...

how to ??? is there some way to backup the install packs got thru apt-get the thing is that if i have to shift my os and reinstall ubuntu .. and i dont want to download the pack by apt get thru internet again ... apt get requires net conn right ... and can i get the packs(like wine, etc which...

I've been using ubuntu for many years now, and am quite familiar with apt-get for installing / upgrading packages. My university serves house mirrors of the repositories so by changing the source.list file, I can use those serves which save me from using my internet bandwidth to update /...

Install Compiz & compiz Fusion plugins. Add repositories to sources.list file add these lines at the end & save. after adding entries, update for gnome. for kde. For Fusion-icon. Install Emerald themes. For manually starting Compiz-fusion Press Alt+F2, then type For Autostart during boot...

Howto upgrade kernel(2.6.22-9-generic) in Feisty Fawn source: ubuntu geek

Hey all my PC shut down auto. due to load sheading the UPS was sent for repair :( and after I open it shows apt-get not install plz install it via apt-get install apt ... It irritating how to fix this I had encountered this 3'rd time plz do help me :( I have installed loads of s/w and updates...

I have downloaded Simdock now its a .tar.bz2 file plz tell me how to install it :D and steps how to treat installation files like this ;) Regards Also plz tell me hoiw to un-install an application from teminal.. Like sudo apt-get install xyz for files that are there in rep..so plz tell me...

Well I was installing Envy and the installer hanged ( Internet connection Broke :mad: ) so I did a Ctrl+Alt+Bkspace and the X Windows crashed :( stating that module nvidia could not be found so something like that. How can I restore my previous settings? .. will doing a "apt-get install...

The following guide will teach you (step by step) how to install Compiz Fusion on your Ubuntu (Kubuntu) 7.04 operating system. Be aware that Compiz Fusion is still in heavy development, so it may not be very stable. For me (at this moment) it's pretty stable, as I didn't encounter any bugs...

Hello, i have installed kubuntu 6.06 LTS for pc. I am completely new to this ditro and i need help updating it. I tried 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade' but in vain. I don't know how to use adept. Please help as i am now stuck with a distro that does not even have g++ or gcc...

I know its too late for a review on Breezy..I just wanted to test my skills as a reviewer...So tell me your comments...I want to become KDE volunteer for writing documentation and reviews so tell me where I stand ... PS : This is my first review,point out all the mistakes you can.I used vi to...

Is there any Free, OpenSource Flash IDE that i can use to create flash programs in linux? If it can be installed by yum, or apt-get it'll be convinient. Searched google but no satisfactory results.

I installed knoppix 3.6 using knx2hd command and I have a debian system running. I have a dial-up and have very bad connections. Is it possible to pause my apt-get update and resume it later. I have searched for this in google but not found a suitable answer. Any one knows how to...