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Request Ubuntu

Wireless Networking

Things to do after installing ubuntu

Install / Compile source code

How to Install a .run File:

src: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=239797;
For this How To I am going to be using the dummy name "example.run". You should replace this with the name of the file you are trying to install.
  1. Open a terminal. In Gnome the terminal is found in Applications>Accessories>Terminal.
  2. Navigate to the directory of the .run file. For this example, I have mine on the desktop so I would type in "cd ~/Desktop" and press enter.
  3. Type "chmod +x example.run" (press enter).
  4. Now type "./example.run", press enter, and the installer will run.

Cmds

Basic Linux commands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys3y9NQqNs
Kill app: Run (ALT+F2) "xkill" an kill app; or: CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE restarts X-server;

Backup

All the programs which you install using Synapatic package manger,apt-get,aptitude have a .Deb file in the following folder: /var/cache/apt/archives. This is very useful when you want to check which version of package is installed on your system and you can take backup of this folder and install all the packages in another machine.

Apps

Best Applications: http://www.bellevuelinux.org/appslist.html;
Top 100: http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/;

gnome-terminal --command="command 1" & gnome-terminal --command="command 2" [ http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-536162.html ]
chmod 755 filename # to grant access permission (e.g. script files)
which ruby # usr/bin/ruby

DVD

Enable DVD replay and play in VLC: http:MPEG
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh
sudo apt-get install vlc
mp4: http; with VLC: http; vid

Medibuntu

% sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Podcasts

Podcasts: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/download-podcasts-on-linux/

Japanese

Japanese on Linux: http://www.mrbass.org/linux/mepis/japaneselearn/
Japanese input: SCIM

Useful Commands For The Linux Command Line

Ref sheet: http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html;

Contents

  1. 1 Inkscape
    1. 1.1 Request Ubuntu
    2. 1.2 Wireless Networking
    3. 1.3 Things to do after installing ubuntu
    4. 1.4 Install / Compile source code
    5. 1.5 How to Install a .run File:
    6. 1.6 Cmds
    7. 1.7 Backup
    8. 1.8 Apps
    9. 1.9 DVD
    10. 1.10 Medibuntu
    11. 1.11 Podcasts
    12. 1.12 Japanese
  2. 2 Useful Commands For The Linux Command Line
    1. 2.1 arch
    2. 2.2 cat
    3. 2.3 cd
    4. 2.4 chgrp
    5. 2.5 chmod
    6. 2.6 chown
    7. 2.7 cksum
    8. 2.8 cp
    9. 2.9 date
    10. 2.10 df
    11. 2.11 dir
    12. 2.12 du
    13. 2.13 echo
    14. 2.14 exit
    15. 2.15 fgrep
    16. 2.16 find
    17. 2.17 free
    18. 2.18 grep
    19. 2.19 groups
    20. 2.20 head
    21. 2.21 hostname
    22. 2.22 id
    23. 2.23 kill
    24. 2.24 killall
    25. 2.25 last
    26. 2.26 ldd
    27. 2.27 ln
    28. 2.28 logname
    29. 2.29 ls
    30. 2.30 man
    31. 2.31 md5sum
    32. 2.32 mkdir
    33. 2.33 mv
    34. 2.34 nl
    35. 2.35 nm
    36. 2.36 od
    37. 2.37 pidof
    38. 2.38 ping
    39. 2.39 ps
    40. 2.40 pstree
    41. 2.41 pwd
    42. 2.42 rm
    43. 2.43 rmdir
    44. 2.44 sed
    45. 2.45 sha1sum
    46. 2.46 shutdown
    47. 2.47 size
    48. 2.48 stat
    49. 2.49 strings
    50. 2.50 tail
    51. 2.51 talk
    52. 2.52 touch
    53. 2.53 tty
    54. 2.54 uname
    55. 2.55 uptime
    56. 2.56 users
    57. 2.57 vdir
    58. 2.58 w
    59. 2.59 wall
    60. 2.60 wc
    61. 2.61 whatis
    62. 2.62 who
    63. 2.63 whereis
    64. 2.64 whoami

arch

  • Outputs the processor architecture.
  • $ arch
  • i686

cat

  • Outputs the contents of a file.
  • $ cat lorem.txt
  • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

cd

  • Change the working directory.
  • $ cd /bin

chgrp

  • Change group ownership of files.
  • $ chgrp games moo.txt

chmod

  • Change access permissions of files.
  • $ chmod +x helloworld

chown

  • Change file owner and group.
  • # chown root lorem.txt

cksum

  • Print CRC checksum and byte counts of each file.
  • $ cksum lorem.txt moo.txt
  • 3570240675 453 lorem.txt
    4294967295 0 moo.txt

cp

  • Copies a file.
  • $ cp lorem.txt copy_of_lorem.txt

date

  • Outputs the current date and time.
  • $ date
  • Sat Mar  3 12:07:09 GMT 2007

df

  • Reports the amount of disk space used and available on filesystems.
  • $ df
  • Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on<br>
    /dev/simfs            39845888    218048  39627840   1% /

dir

  • List directory contents.
  • $ dir
  • copy_of_lorem.txt  lorem.txt  moo.txt  www

du

  • Estimate file space usage.
  • $ du -h /bin
  • 7.8M    /bin

echo

  • Display a line of text.
  • $ echo foobar
  • foobar

exit

  • Cause the shell to exit.
  • $ exit

fgrep

  • Print lines matching a pattern in a file.
  • $ fgrep "irure dolor" lorem.txt
  • commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate

find

  • Search for files in a directory hierarchy.
  • $ find hello*
  • hello_world
    hello_world.c

free

  • Display amount of free and used memory in the system.
  • $ free
  •              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
    Mem:       8299892    8287708      12184          0    2641772    1731236
    Low:       3581300    3572764       8536
    High:      4718592    4714944       3648
    -/+ buffers/cache:    3914700    4385192
    Swap:      8193140    2335664    5857476

grep

  • Print lines matching a pattern.
  • $ grep -i apple fruitlist.txt
  • apple

groups

  • Outputs the user groups of which your account belongs to.
  • $ groups
  • games users

head

  • Output the first part of files.
  • $ head -2 lorem.txt
  • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
    tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim

hostname

  • Outputs the machines hostname on the network.
  • $ hostname

  • anapnea.net

id

  • Outputs user id, group id, and groups of your account.
  • $ id
  • uid=1478(smallfoot) gid=100(users) groups=35(games),100(users)

kill

  • End a process.
  • $ kill -9 18298
  • -bash: kill: (18298) - Operation not permitted

killall

  • Kill processes by name.
  • $ killall irssi
  • irssi(18298): Operation not permitted
    irssi(13372): Operation not permitted
    irssi(22048): Operation not permitted
    irssi: no process killed

last

  • Show listing of last logged in users.
  • $ last -n 3
  • alice    pts/6        192.0.34.166     Fri May 18 16:17   still logged in
    bob      pts/2        64.233.183.103   Fri May 18 16:17   still logged in
    clare    pts/6        72.5.124.61      Fri May 18 15:54 - 15:55  (00:01)

ldd

  • Print shared library dependencies.
  • $ ldd /bin/bash
  •         libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x40023000)
            libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40065000)
            libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40069000)
            /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)

ln

  • Make links between files.
  • $ ln -s data.txt symlink.txt

logname

  • Print user's login name.
  • $ logname
  • smallfoot

ls

  • List directory contents.
  • $ ls
  • copy_of_lorem.txt  lorem.txt  moo.txt  www

man

  • Opens the manual page for a software or function.
  • $ man bash

md5sum

  • Outputs the MD5 hash sum of a file.
  • $ md5sum lorem.txt
  • 56da9e37259af34345895883e6fd1a27  lorem.txt

mkdir

  • Makes a directory.
  • $ mkdir foobar

mv

  • Moves a file.
  • $ mv lorem.txt ipsum.txt

nl

  • Number lines of files.
  • $ nl lorem.txt
  •      1  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
         2  tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
         3  veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea
         4  commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate
         5  velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint
         6  occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt
         7  mollit anim id est laborum.

nm

  • List symbols from object files.
  • $ nm hello_world
  • 080494a0 D _DYNAMIC
    0804956c D _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
    08048474 R _IO_stdin_used
             w _Jv_RegisterClasses
    08049490 d __CTOR_END__
    0804948c d __CTOR_LIST__
    08049498 d __DTOR_END__
    ...

od

  • Dump files in octal and other formats.
  • $ od -t x /bin/sh
  • 2376640 00098020 000054d4 00000000 00000000
    2376660 00000020 00000000 000000c7 00000008
    2376700 00000003 080e6500 0009d4f4 00004ae8
    ...

pidof

  • Find the process ID of a running program.
  • $ pidof fetchmail
  • 22392

ping

  • Pings a host.
  • $ ping -c 2 127.0.0.1
  • PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms
    64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms

    --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
    2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
    rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.048/0.050/0.052/0.002 ms

ps

  • Outputs running processes.
  • $ ps
  •   PID TTY          TIME CMD
    21542 pts/12   00:00:00 bash
    27706 pts/12   00:00:00 ps

pstree

  • Display a tree of processes.
  • $ pstree
  • init-+-2*[BitchX]
         |-3*[bash---sleep]
         |-fetchmail
         |-screen-+-bash---irssi
         |        `-bash---ctorrent
         |-screen-+-bash---lisp.run
         |        |-bash---vi
         |        |-2*[bash]
         |        `-bash---lynx
         |-2*[screen---bash---irssi]
         |-screen---irssi
         |-screen---bash
         |-screen-+-bash
         |        `-irssi
         |-skjerm---irssi
         |-sshd-+-5*[sshd---sshd---bash---irssi]
         |      |-8*[sshd---sshd---bash]
         |      |-sshd---sshd---bash---screen
         |      |-sshd---sshd
         |      `-sshd---sshd---bash---pstree
         `-syslog-ng

pwd

  • Outputs the name of current working directory.
  • $ pwd
  • /home/smallfoot

rm

  • Removes a file or directory.
  • $ rm lorem.txt

rmdir

  • Removes a directory.
  • $ rmdir foobar

sed

  • Stream editor for filtering and transforming text.
  • $ echo "My cat's name is Bob" | sed -e 's/Bob/Mittens/g'
  • My cat's name is Mittens

sha1sum

  • Outputs the SHA1 hash sum of a file.
  • $ sha1sum lorem.txt
  • c942ddebd142ec8bacac9213d48096e74bab4957  lorem.txt

shutdown

  • Bring the system down in a secure way. All logged-in users are notified that the system is going down.
  • $ shutdown now

size

  • List section sizes and total size.
  • $ size /bin/bash
  •    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
     621233   22712   19176  663121   a1e51 /bin/bash

stat

  • Outputs file status.
  • $ stat lorem.txt
  •   File: `lorem.txt'
      Size: 453             Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
    Device: 77h/119d        Inode: 27312217    Links: 1
    Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1478/smallfoot)   Gid: (  100/   users)
    Access: 2007-03-03 12:24:39.000000000 +0000
    Modify: 2007-03-03 12:24:39.000000000 +0000
    Change: 2007-03-03 12:24:39.000000000 +0000

strings

  • Print the strings of printable characters in files.
  • $ strings hello_world
  • /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    _Jv_RegisterClasses
    __gmon_start__
    libc.so.6
    puts
    _IO_stdin_used
    __libc_start_main
    GLIBC_2.0
    PTRh%
    [^_]
    Hello World!

tail

  • Output the last part of files.
  • $ tail -2 lorem.txt
  • occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt
    mollit anim id est laborum.

talk

  • Talk to another user.
  • $ talk bob Lookout for the dopefish!

touch

  • Change a file's access and modification timestamps. If file does not exist, create it.
  • $ touch lorem.txt

tty

  • Outputs the name of the current terminal.
  • $ tty
  • /dev/pts/16

uname

  • Outputs operating system, hostname, kernel version, date and timp, and processor.
  • $ uname -a
  • Linux anapnea.net 2.6.9 #1 SMP Wed Jul 19 16:24:18 MSD 2006 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

uptime

  • Outputs the system uptime.
  • $ uptime
  •  14:50:26 up 7 days, 17:52, 18 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01

users

  • Print the user names of users currently logged in to the current host.
  • $ users
  • alice bob charlie eve

vdir

  • List directory contents.
  • $ vdir
  • total 8
    -rw-r--r-- 1 smallfoot users 453 Mar  3 12:32 copy_of_lorem.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 smallfoot users 453 Mar  3 12:24 lorem.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 smallfoot users   0 Mar  3 12:32 moo.txt
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root      root   18 Feb 27 19:33 www -> /var/www/smallfoot

w

  • Show who is logged on and what they are doing.
  • $ w
  •  12:14:30 up 5 days, 15:16, 19 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    USER     TTY        LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
    charlie  pts/0     Fri21    3:26m  2.52s  2.52s irssi
    alice    pts/2     Wed17   30:21m  0.00s  0.00s -bash
    emma     pts/4     11:37   36:57   0.00s  0.00s -bash
    frank    pts/5     11:48   11:03   0.00s  0.00s -bash
    smallfoo pts/12    12:01    0.00s  0.04s  0.01s w

wall

  • Send a message to everybody's terminal.
  • $ wall next week we change the server for a new one

wc

  • Counts lines in a file.
  • $ wc -l lorem.txt
  • 7 lorem.txt

whatis

  • Search the whatis database for complete words.
  • $ whatis bash
  • bash                 (1)  - GNU Bourne-Again SHell
    bash [builtins]      (1)  - bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

who

  • Outputs who is currently logged into the system.
  • $ who
  • charlie  pts/0        Mar  2 21:37 (xtreme-11-65.acme.com)
    alice    pts/2        Feb 28 17:48 (147.21.16.3)
    emma     pts/4        Mar  3 11:37 (32.84-48-181.uac.com)
    frank    pts/5        Mar  3 11:48 (port-212-202-233-2.foobar.org)
    smallfoot pts/12       Mar  3 12:01 (c-12776f4.cust.example.net)

whereis

  • Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command.
  • $ whereis bash
  • bash: /bin/bash /etc/bash /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz

whoami

  • Outputs your username / the name of your account.
  • $ whoami
  • smallfoot

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