As described by the linked Stackoverflow answer, run these commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby
Run dconf-editor (as your user) Go to org / mate / panel / objects / clock / prefs Change the key format to custom...
To create a 10 GB file: fallocate -l 10G huge_file.dat
In /etc/rc.local add: service bluetooth stop
Make sure you have libcurl3-dev installed: sudo apt-get install libcurl3-dev gem install typhoeus
Good article that tells you how to change behavior of certain keys via xmodmap (with the help of exv if...
Also works on Gnome 2 Much prettier than Skype notifications Better visibility
i686 means 32-bit.
To list the name and version of your Linux distribution, type the following: cat /etc/*-release
I’m working on a problem for a client which involves connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database from...
...will be installing rbenv and ruby-build from our own fork, not from the Ubuntu sources. Installing rbenv Install rbenv: git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv For Bash:
...old Rubies (<= 2.3) with a standard rbenv + ruby-build is no longer possible on Ubuntu 20.04. This is because those Rubies depend on OpenSSL 1.0 which is no longer shipped...
...with current Ubuntus. We have forked ruby-build with a workaround that makes it compile and statically link the latest OpenSSL 1.0 version. This works on Ubuntu 20.04, as well...
From Ubuntu 17, rbenv fails to install Ruby below 2.4 because of a mismatching OpenSSL dependency: it needs libssl1.0-dev for the installation process, but recent Ubuntus come with libssl-dev...
...now unsupported. It no longer receives bug fixes or critical security updates. BUILD FAILED (Ubuntu 18.04 using ruby-build 20180424) Inspect or clean up the working tree at /tmp/ruby-build.20180507142116.3799
...has repeatedly caused security incidents in the past (compare ImageMagick CVEs with libvips CVEs). Ubuntu is sometimes slow to fix the numerous ImageMagick vulnerabilities. E.g. this Ubuntu update from June...
...from November 2020. We repeatedly had major pains upgrading ImageMagick across major releases of Ubuntu. I also found a few downsides: Documentation and examples for libvips are sometimes sparse.
Every now and then, Java is subject to security issues where code can break out of Java's sandbox and...
When you install Type 1 fonts (like makandra's corporate typeface), they won't show up in OpenOffice. OpenOffice requires...
...between Awesome and regular Gnome on login. Here is how: (Tested on Fedora 15 / Ubuntu 11.10/12.04/14.04 with Gnome 3, and Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome 2): Install Awesome
...install awesome On Fedora, register this repository and run sudo yum install awesome. On Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04, run sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback notification-daemon Register Awesome...
...The version of the PostgreSQL server doesn't matter here. For example, the official Ubuntu 20.04 sources include only PostgreSQL 12, so your pg_restore version will also be v12...
...Ubuntu 22.04 includes version 14 in its sources. Both seem to be incompatible with dumps created by PG 16's pg_dump, for example. If you cannot upgrade to the...
CTRL + ALT + Left arrow Move to last position (see this card for Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome) CTRL + ALT + L Auto indent marked code (does not always work)
...increase your productivity Rubymine: How to restore the Back to last position shortcut on Ubuntu...
Here is a bash script that I use to auto-configure displays on Ubuntu 24.04 with Xorg. Background Ubuntu always sets the primary display to the 1st (i.e. internal) display...
...using the "Menu" key which is located between the right Meta and Ctrl key. Ubuntu / MATE Control Center → Keyboard → Layout → Options → Position of Compose Key Ubuntu / Gnome
...ADDITIONAL SECTION" shows information about the authoritative name servers. >dig heise.de ; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.11-Ubuntu <<>> heise.de ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38907
...reader. Since it is part of the GNOME project it should come preinstalled with Ubuntu installations. To turn on the screen reader you can either go to Settings > Accessibility and...