How to install PhotoFilmStrip on Debian Distros

install PhotoFilmStrip 2.0.0 on Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Pear OS, Elementary OS, Debian, Crunchbang and Kwheezy.

Because it is not available via repository, we have to download the photofilmstrip deb package from the official site and install it with dpkg. Like this:

$ wget -c http://sourceforge.net/projects/photostoryx/files/photofilmstrip/2.0.0-RC1/photofilmstrip_2.0.0-1_all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i photofilmstrip_2.0.0-1_all.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f

Things To Do After Installing CentOS 7

I have been using Linux OS for the past 10 years. I believe that I've finally found a system that's stable, easy on the eyes, minimum of pre-install packages, HDMI friendly, speed and reliability.

Well, the OS is CentOS 7. I was extremely surprise that everything works. I even install CenOS 6 on an old desktop But sadly some necessary packages were not pre-installed. If you're a regular Linux user , you should have no problem adding those packages, but if you're a novice or new implant from Windows or Mac, you will have to dig around to find all the info you need.

I decided to add these instructions to help my redears:

How to setup multimedia

You will need to also install the EPEL repository as nux-dextop depends on this for some of its packages.

Step 1: Install the nux-dextop repository

Run this command to install the nux-dextop repository.

yum -y install http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

Step 2: Install the adobe repository

Run this command to install the adobe repository.

yum -y install http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Step 3: Install the desired packages

This command will download the flash plugin for Firefox.

yum install flash-plugin

This command will download the java plugin for Firefox.

yum install icedtea-web

This command will install Handbrake, VLC and smplayer.

yum install vlc smplayer ffmpeg HandBrake-{gui,cli}

The following command installs a decoder and codecs which are required to play certain types of media. Their usage may be legally restricted in some areas. Obtain legal advice if you are uncertain about the laws in your locality.

yum install libdvdcss gstreamer{,1}-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld

Install VLC

The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. Many of VLC’s codecs are provided by the libavcodec library from the FFmpeg project, but it uses mainly its own muxer and demuxers and its own protocols implementations. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and OS X by using the libdvdcss DVD decryption library.

For EL7:

Install EPEL from http://www.unixmen.com/install-epel-repository-centos-rhel-7/ rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-1.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

For EL6:

rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm

Now:

yum update
yum  install vlc

Installing (rpmfusion) Free and Nonfree Repositories

We have two separate software repositories:

• free for Open Source Software (as defined by the Fedora Licensing Guidelines) which the Fedora project cannot ship due to other reasons
• nonfree for redistributable software that is not Open Source Software (as defined by the Fedora Licensing Guidelines); this includes software with publicly available source-code that has "no commercial use"-like restrictions

Installation can be done either using a web browser, or via the command line.

Graphical Setup via Firefox web browser

1. First enable access to the free repository. For users of gpk (gnome package kit) or kpackagekit in Fedora that is easy and basically only one step: just click on one of the following files, depending on what distribution you use and then follow the default options that Firefox and Package Kit offer by clicking Enter a few times:

• RPM Fusion free for Fedora 20
• RPM Fusion free for Fedora 21
• RPM Fusion free for Fedora Rawhide
• RPM Fusion free for RHEL 5 or compatible like CentOS
• RPM Fusion free for RHEL 6 or compatible like CentOS

1. Once that succeeds, you can enable access to the nonfree repositories by clicking on one of the following files, depending on what distribution you use and then follow the default options that Firefox and Package Kit offer by clicking Enter a few times(¹):

• RPM Fusion nonfree for Fedora 20
• RPM Fusion nonfree for Fedora 21
• RPM Fusion nonfree for Fedora Rawhide
• RPM Fusion nonfree for RHEL 5 or compatible like CentOS
• RPM Fusion nonfree for RHEL 6 or compatible like CentOS

Once you clicked on above link Firefox will ask you how to Open the file. Here you can simply use the default and open the file with the default application Package Installer. Then Firefox will call Package Kit, which asks Do you want to install this file ?. Click OK to begin install; Package Kit then will complain about a Missing security signature; once you tell Package Kit to install the package nevertheless it will move on and install it. That's all.

Command Line Setup using rpm

To enable access to both the free and the nonfree repository use the following command:

• Fedora 14 to the most current:

  su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'

• RHEL 5 or compatible like CentOS:

  su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/5/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-5-1.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/5/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-5-1.noarch.rpm'

• RHEL 6 or compatible like CentOS:

  su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm'

For further info and wiki you can visit the official CentOS:

 http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories

How to Upgrade LinuxMint 14.1 to 15 in Terminal

So i am trying to upgrade from Linux Mint 14, to Linux Mint 15, by following these steps.
1.) sudo sed -i 's/quantal/raring/' /etc/apt/sources.list
2.) sudo sed -i 's/nadia/olivia/' /etc/apt/sources.list
3.) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
4.) sudo apt-get upgrade
5.) When ask, Keep new config files. Press Yes for all three.

a: Configuration file `/etc/issue'
b: Configuration file `/etc/issue.net'
c: Configuration file `/etc/lsb-release'
6.) Restart your system

MTP Support for in Ubuntu12.10 or 12.04 to connect Android 4.0

Gvfs has been updated in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, bringing a new MTP backend which allows users to access Android 4.0 devices which do not support the USB Mass Storage protocol.

or some reason, there are no thumbnails for images on the Android device in Nautilus and the images can't be opened directly from the device but copying and viewing them on the computer works. These issues aren't Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 specific and they even occur in Ubuntu 13.04.

The packages in this PPA may be unstable. Use the PPA at your own risk! There are instructions on how to revert the changes at the bottom of the post.

1. To add the Gvfs (and libmtp) PPA created by the Gvfs MTP backend developer in Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update

(Very important to run a system update before restart) 

 Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.

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Revert the changes (purge the PPA)

To revert the changes (downgrade all the packages from our Gvfs PPA to the version available in the official Ubuntu repositories), firstly install PPA-Purge with multi-arch support from the main WebUpd8 PPA.

Then, purge the PPA using the following command:

sudo ppa-purge ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp 

Wait for the packages to be downgraded successfully, restart the computer and everything should go back to the way it was before adding the Gvfs PPA above.

Install Ubuntu One on Elementary OS Luna

Now coming to cloud storage. I presume that you must have an account on Dropbox or Ubuntu One. To install Dropbox, you can download the installer from their website or search it in Software Centre or synaptic.

To install Ubuntu One in Elementary OS Luna, you can use the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install pantheon-files-plugin-ubuntuone

Install additional codecs to run all sorts of media

One of the first trouble you’ll have to run a MP3 file or a You Tube video on some linux distro, you will find out that you need additional codecs. You can install additional codecs the same way as you do in Ubuntu Linux and i.e. by installing Ubuntu Restricted Extra. Open a terminal and use the following commands:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Add Elementary Tweaks to customize the desktop

Elementary OS has Elementary Tweaks that enables you to customize desktop. You can change themes, tweak animation etc with it. Elementary Tweaks is available in a community PPA by Elementary OS team:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

With elementary Tweaks, you can change themes, configure advanced Plank 
options, tweak animation timings, configure Files and Slingshot. And the
best of all? It is written as a plug and therefor integrates into 
switchboard!

In case of error message: to solve this problem with libgranite2 you have to add this ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update

Install with: sudo apt-get install libgranite2
Install elementary tweaks with: sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

INSTALL/RECOVER GRUB FROM LINUX LIVE CD

Recover/Reinstall/Repair grub2 from Linux Live CD/USB after Windows 7/8/vista/xp or grub doesn't work, It is really easy to install grub.
You just have to follow simple steps after that you will see grub2 in your system again.
(source: nobslab.com)

First of all Boot your Linux Live CD/USB then open Terminal  and enter following commands:
This command for root permissions:

• sudo -i

Check the drives number in Partition Manager :

• sudo fdisk -l

Now select your Linux installed drive and change the number in following commands (Only change 'x' with your drive number) and change (sda) with your hard drive it can be (sdb, sdc, etc) you can see this in Partition Manager:

• sudo mount /dev/sdax /mnt
• sudo mount /dev/sdax /mnt/boot
• sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev/

This command will change mnt directory to root permissions:

• sudo chroot /mnt

Now grub install command and Change 'a' in "sda" with your hard drive where you want to install grub, check in Partition Manager:

• grub-install /dev/sda

Now installation finished, Enter following commands to unmount (If these two command doesn't work, then leave them):

• sudo umount /mnt/dev
• sudo umount /mnt

Now reboot your pc:

• sudo reboot 

Your grub is back. That's it.

Avahi Error when Enabling Sharing in Miro

If you have just installed Miro, you may be wondering why trying to enable sharing  or on first start, Miro results in an error message about the Avahi mDNSResponder Compatibility Library.

In the Terminal

sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd1

After restarting, you can launch Miro and enable sharing, no more Install Avahi mDNSResponder Compatibility Library error message.

Install GNOME 3.6 for openSUSE 12.2

Two part section on how to install Gnome 3.6 on Suse 12.2
 
Part1- Before starting, make sure to have your openSUSE 12.2 installation fully updated, easiest by using
zypper patch

If needed, repeat the above until there is nothing left to be done… and NOW we’re ready for the FUN

zypper ar obs://GNOME:STABLE:3.6/openSUSE_12.2 GS36
zypper mr -r GS36
zypper dup --from GS36(Should you see issues with obs://GNOME:STABLE:3.6/openSUSE_12.2, you can also use http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/3.6/openSUSE_12.2)

The steps explained:
adds a new repository, called by GS36, to your system
zypper ar obs://GNOME:STABLE:3.6/openSUSE_12.2 GS36 enables the repository to auto-refresh as needed. After all, you will want to get any updates we’re eventually to publish there as well

zypper mr -r GS36 Actually do perform the upgrade, preferring packages in GS36, allowing others to be pulled in as needed.
zypper dup --from GS36

Part2- Easier Installation of Gnome 3.6 

To install Gnome 3.6, follow these steps:

Add a new repository:
zypper ar obs://GNOME:STABLE:3.6/openSUSE_12.2 GS36

Enable auto refresh in repo:
zypper mr -r GS36

And perform an upgrade to install Gnome 3.6:
zypper dup --from GS36

Let us know of your experiences of Gnome 3.6 in OpenSuse.

NOTE: This has all been tested on pristine openSUSE 12.2 installations and is considered to work reasonably well. There are for sure small things to be cleaned out here and there (work is still in progress). NO tests have been done with any 3rd – party Repositories enabled!

Not responsible for damage to your system.

Install Java JDK / JRE for OpenSuse 12.2

 If you need java installation to enable you to develop applications then you need JDK(Java Development Kit). If you don't want to develop any application in java and you just want to run some jars and some applets in the browser like Firefox then what you would need is to install JRE and JAVA Plugin. Due to some licensing issues, Oracle (Sun) Java JRE cannot be distributed through the official repositories of openSUSE since openSUSE 12.1. Here is a official quick guide to install newest and secure version of Java. For people who just want the software and averse to long procedure i would suggest installing them from user maintained repositories. openSUSE don't guarantee any stuff downloaded from user maintained repositories. I usually install from user maintained repositories and they work just fine.

To install JRE (packages are named java-...-sun-plugin-...rpm) . Installing using plugin link will automatically pull in the required JREs.
You can get JRE 1.6 here. alternatively you can also use these one-clicks (1,2,3,4,5) on openSUSE 12.2 for a simpler simple install.
You can get JRE 1.7 here. Here are the one-clicks (1,2) for a openSUSE 12.2 simple install.

To install JDK (packages are named java-...-sun-devel-...rpm)
You can get JDK 1.6 here. Here are the one-clicks(1,2,3,4,5) for a openSUSE 12.2 simple install.
You can get JDK 1.7 here. Here are the one-clicks(1,2) for a openSUSE 12.2 simple install.

Install Mp3 support in OpenSuse 12.2

If you don't have mp3 support even after using the above one click and get error similar to the below screenshot in gstreamer based applications like Banshee then you may need to install the mp3 codec.

You can install mp3 codec through terminal by running the command "sudo zypper in gstreamer-0_10-fluendo-mp3".

 During installation you may get a end user agreement prompt (--more--). If you see this press enter or return key till it goes away. After scrolling to 100% it will ask you to press y to confirm installation.

Introduction To Linux

If you're new to Linux and want to find out how to use the fastest growing operating system today, all you have to do is follow these lessons and you'll be using Linux efficiently in no time.

Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS to 12.10

1. Press the Superkey (Windows key) to launch the Dash and search for Update Manage

2. Click the Check button to check for new updates. If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, press Check again after that first update is complete — then press the Upgrade button.

How to find out your Ubuntu version

In order to use one of the following ways to identify Ubuntu version you have to open Terminal (go to Ubuntu main menu –> Accessories –> Terminal):

cat /etc/issue.net

This will show Ubuntu version number but without codename:

Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Or

lsb_release -a

Hello Techie Friends!

Welcome to "Fix My Tech blog". I Started this blog to be more productive in searching for problems resulting from technical issues, either from my smartphone, my laptop, Linux OS, Windows OS, Chrome OS, and other technical issues. Now every time I found a problems, the solutions will be posted as well. Please comment on other ways to fix issues.

Thanks for reading

Jean-Paul Devarenne