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Install MythTV 0.27 via PPA in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.04 / 13.10

Last updated: September 21, 2013

MythTV, the Digital Video Recorder and home media center has reached a new stable release 0.27. Now it features Airplay photo sharing. This tutorial shows what’s new and how to get it in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy.

Highlights of MythTV 0.27:

Support has been added for streaming music stations in mythmusic
Airplay photo sharing is now available
Airtunes OSD has been implemented
The Interactive TV support has been improved for the users in UK and Ireland
The recording scheduling interface has received a number of important improvements

Other changes:

Remove the Timeslot and Weekslot recording rule types.
Remove the Channel Record recording rule type. Add a This channel filter to maintain that functionality. Automatically convert existing Channel Record rules to All Record rules with the This channel filter enabled.
Provide accurate position/duration/seeking with non-constant frame rates. Note that to get the benefit of these changes for preexisting recordings, it may be necessary to run “mythcommflag –rebuild” on affected recordings.
Remove the AutoRecPriority feature.
Remove redundant “All Programs – ” text in Watch Recordings screen.
Improve the group filter display on the Watch Recordings screen.
Default to local time for mythshutdown --setwakeup, use --utc if required.
As promised in the 0.26 Release Notes, the legacy CEA-608 teletext (not closed-captioning) support has been removed.
The Set Recording Priorities screen has been removed (use the “Manage Recording Rules” screen.)
The Reschedule higher priorities setting has been removed. The scheduler now always does this.
Use recording rule priority as the primary scheduling priority.
The Delete Recordings screen has been removed.
Change the ADJUSTSTRETCH action to also support toggling.
In mythtv-setup/Capture cards, some Card type: names have been changed/corrected. The list was also reordered.

Card type name changes

Old	0.27
HDHomeRun DTV tuner box	HDHomeRun networked tuner
DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)	DVB-T/S/C, ATSC or ISDB-T tuner card
Analog V4L capture card	Analog capture card
MJPEG capture card (Matrox G200, DC10)	Analog to MJPEG encoder card (Matrox G200, DC10, etc
MPEG-2 encoder card	Analog to MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-150/250/350, etc)
H.264 encoder card (HD-PVR)	HD-PVR H.264 encoder
USB MPEG-4 encoder box (Plextor ConvertX, etc)	Analog to MPEG-4 encoder (Plextor ConvertX USB, etc)

Install MythTV 0.27 via PPA:

The new release is available in Ubuntu Software Center for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy. For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. WHen it opens, run below commands to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/0.27

sudo apt-get update

After that, you can read this Ubuntu Document to install / setup MythTV on your system.

MythTV 0.27 release note: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Release_Notes_-_0.27

In Howtos DVR, MythTV, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

PAC manager 4.5.3 adds support for SOCKs proxies & Perl 5.18

Last updated: September 21, 2013

PAC Manager 4.5.3 has been released with bug fixes and improvements. This tutorial shows how to install / upgrade it in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint.

As you may know, PAC is a Perl/GTK replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc. It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections. The latest release 4.5.3 has following changes:

Added support for SOCKs proxies!
Added support for defining proxies configuration PER CONNECTION! :)
Added an option to “Auto save” every PAC change in realtime, without user interaction
Added preliminary date/time information on disconnections
Added support for Perl 5.18
Fixed a minor bug with PAC substitution variables
Changed PAC’s behaviour to prevent password from appearing on “ps” command for RDP (both rdesktop and xfreerdp commands)

Install PAC Manager 4.5.3:

Download the Deb and double-click to install via pop-up Ubuntu Software Center.

pac-4.5.3.2-all.deb

Or you can run below commands to install the downloaded package in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/pac-4.5.3.2-all.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

Enjoy!

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Install / Upgrade Gparted 0.16.2 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04

Last updated: September 21, 2013

Gparted 0.16.2 has been released with important bug fixes and language translation updates. Here’s how to install or upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint 13 Maya, 15 Olivia.

Key changes include:

Fix crash if click apply before pending operations fully displayed
Fix FAT16/32 labels are sometimes shown corrupted
Fix regression which broke linux-swap resize
Fix to not hide the progress of the tools used (e.g., ntfsresize)

GParted is a GTK+ front-end to GNU Parted and the official GNOME Partition Editor application besides Disks. It’s available in Ubuntu Software Center, but old. The GetDeb repository contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and their derivatives.

Install / Upgrade Gparted:

First click the link below to download the getdeb package, then double-click to install it via pop-up Ubuntu Software Center. It will add getdeb repository to your system.

Download GetDeb package

Then, run below command in terminal to update and install it. Or you can use Synaptic Package Manager to upgrade the Gparted if you have it installed.

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install gparted

In Howtos gparted partition editor, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04

Install the ImageX alternative Wimlib in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04

Last updated: September 20, 2013

Wimlib is a C library for creating, modifying, extracting, and mounting files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). It comes with wimlib-imagex, which may be used to create customized images of Windows PE, or to back up, install, or restore Windows operating systems.

On UNIX, wimlib has special support for capturing and applying WIMs directly to/from NTFS volumes using libntfs-3g, preserving Windows-specific and NTFS-specific data.

Features:

Support for both Linux and Windows
Apply/extract an image from a WIM file to a directory
Apply/extract an image from a WIM file directly to a NTFS volume
Capture a directory tree as a WIM image in a new or existing WIM
Capture a NTFS volume as a WIM image in a new or existing WIM
Mount an image from a WIM file read-only or read-write (Linux only)
Add or delete files from a WIM image without mounting it
Extract individual files or directories without mounting it
Delete an image from a WIM file
Display information about a WIM file
Change WIM image name, description, or bootable status
Export image(s) from one WIM to an existing or new WIM
Support for both compression formats used in WIMs (LZX and XPRESS)
Split a WIM file into parts, or join a split WIM into a standalone WIM
Directly apply, export, or mount an image from a split WIM

Install Wimlib via PPA:

There’s a PPA contains the packages for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 12.10 Qunatal and their derivatives.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Then update package lists:

sudo apt-get update

Install the wimlib:

sudo apt-get install wimtools

Once installed, run man wimlib-imagex to see the available options and run man mkwinpeimg to make a customized bootable image for Windows PE. For more, see official documents.

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Install Rosa Media Player via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04

Last updated: September 20, 2013

Rosa Media Player (ROMP) is a media player based on Mplayer. It’s the default player for Rosa Desktop, a Linux distribution based on Mandriva that comes with some special features. ROMP can play almost any audio/video formats, it also has the ability to extract audio from videos, trim videos or record the desktop.

To install Rosa Media Player in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise LTS, and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Update package lists:

sudo apt-get update

Install the player:

sudo apt-get install rosa-media-player

Enjoy!

In Howtos media player, rosa, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

Install Textadept – Lightweight text editor in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04

Last updated: September 20, 2013

This tutorial shows how to install the lightweight text editor Textadept via ppa in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint.

Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless extensibility without sacrificing speed or succumbing to code bloat and featuritis.

Features:

Entirely keyboard driven.
Unlimited split views (GUI version).
Support for over 80 programming languages.
Powerful snippets and key commands.
Code autocompletion and API lookup.
Unparalleled extensibility.
Terminal (curses) version.

Install Textadept via PPA:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Update package lists:

sudo apt-get update

Install the Editor:

sudo apt-get install textadept

Enjoy!

In Howtos text editor, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

QCAD 3.3 Released, How to Install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Last updated: February 11, 2014

The 2D CAD software QCad 3.3 has been released with a focus on block attributes. Block attributes can be used to define variable, dynamic text entities in blocks. Watch this screencast for a brief introduction on creating and using block attributes with QCAD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X-1Wtq0Mpbw

QCAD is available in Ubuntu Software Center by default, but it’s old. This tutorial is going to show you how to download & install the latest package (so far, it’s 3.3) in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Download & Install QCad 3.3:

Download:

QCad installer for 32-bit Linux

QCad installer for 64-bit Linux

Install:

1. Go to Downloads folder, right-click on downloaded file and go to its Properties window. Check on ‘Allow executing file as program.’ under Permissions tab.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to run the installer:

cd ~/Downloads/ && ./qcad-3.3.0-linux-x86_*.bin

That’s it. Enjoy!

In Howtos 2d cad software, qcad, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04

How to Upgrade to Thunderbird 24 in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.04 / 12.10

Last updated: September 19, 2013

Thunderbird 24 Stable has been released. Here’s how to upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal.

New Features in Thunderbird 24:

Message threads can now be ignored or watched
Emails can now be sent to IDN based email addresses
Zoom functionality is now available in the compose window
In the Compose window, ctrl/cmd + and ctrl/cmd – now change the zoom setting rather than the font size
In Twitter, replying to a tweet now replies to all users, just like on the Twitter website
Interactions in the filter list dialogs have been improved
In Chat user nicknames are now highlighted when mentioned
In IRC, long messages will now be sent in multiple parts instead of being cut off
Various security fixes

You don’t have to do something special to install Thunderbird 24 because Canoncial has updated Ubuntu universe repository, so that you can easily upgrade to the latest version via Sysnaptic Package Manager. For details, follow the steps below:

1.) Open Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install Synaptic Package Manager:

2.) Open Synaptic Package Manager from Unity Dash.

3.) Click Reload button to update package lists.

4.) Search thunderbird in the Quick filter box.

5.) Right-click on the package and choose ‘Mark for Upgrade’

6.) Click Apply button to start upgrading.

Enjoy!

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Install Komodo Edit 8.5 via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04

Last updated: September 22, 2013

Komodo Edit 8.5 has been released for days, now the PPA is ready for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

What’s new in Komodo 8.5:

Code Refactoring (Komodo IDE only)
you can now select multiple positions in the editor, so that changes made at one position will be reflected in all selected positions.
A breadcrumbs navigation bar has been added to show a trail of directory ancestors relative to the current editor file.
Add the new Open Files side pane, which groups open files by language. In 8.5, you can now sort and group the Open Files pane by various attributes: language, file extension, directory, location, and even custom regex pattern match.
Add a touch of darkness with the new “Abyss” native dark UI theme. This theme applies to the UI elements outside of the main editor and can be enabled in the Appearance preferences.
Komodo can now be configured to consolidate the menu bar into a collapsible button (Windows and Linux). The last used menu items will be displayed in the top-level of the button menu, making it quick and easy to run the same menu command again.
php 5.5 support
Komodo’s code intelligence system is now handled by an external process, greatly enhancing editing responsiveness.
added two-character length triggering for Python symbols.
Komodo now runs on Mozilla 24, Python 2.7.5, Scintilla 3.34 and other updated components. What this means for you:
- Faster startup times and less CPU and memory resources
- Better hardware support for newer systems
- Better browser preview, supporting the latest web technologies
Other improvements

Install Komode Edit 8.5 via PPA:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mystic-mirage/komodo-edit

Then update package lists and install Komode Edit:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install komodo-edit

In Howtos komodo edit, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

Firefox 24 Released, Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.04 / 12.10

Last updated: September 18, 2013

The Mozilla Firefox 24 has been released with bug fixes and improvements. The easiest way to upgrade Firefox in Ubuntu is using the Synaptic Package Manager, here’s how to do it in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Precise.

What’s new in Firefox 24:

Support for new scrollbar style in Mac OS X 10.7 and newer
Implemented Close tabs to the right
Social: Ability to tear-off chat windows to view separately by simply dragging them out
Accessibility related improvements on using pinned tabs
Removed support for Revocation Lists feature
Performance improvements on New Tab Page loads
Major SVG rendering improvements around Image tiling and scaling
Improved and unified Browser console for enhanced debugging experience, replacing existing Error console
Removed support for sherlock files that are loaded from application or profile directory
Replace fixed-ratio audio resampler in webrtc.org capture code with Speex resampler and eliminate pseudo-44000Hz rate
24.0: Security fixes can be found here

Upgrade Firefix in Ubuntu:

Some web tutorials lead the readers to install Firefox via the PPA repository which indeed is not neccessary because Canonical will update Ubuntu universe repository as soon as a new stable release of Firefox comes out.

1.) Open Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install the Synaptic Package Manager

2.) Open Synaptic Package Manager from Unity Dash.

3.) Click on Reload button to update package lists.

4.) Search for Firefox in Quick filter box

5.) Right click on the language version you want, click Mark for Upgrade

6.) Finally click on Apply to start upgrading.