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Install HexChat via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy

Last updated: September 10, 2013

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. HexChat was originally called XChat-WDK which in turn was a successor of freakschat.

Features:

Easy to use and customizable interface
Cross-platform on Windows and Unix-like OSes
Highly scriptable with Python and Perl
Translated in multiple languages
Fully open source and actively developed
Multi-network with auto-connect, join, and identify
Spellcheck, Proxies, SASL, DCC support and more

Here’s how to install HexChat via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

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

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/hexchat-stable

Then update system package lists and install the IRC Client:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hexchat

Once installed, open hexchat from unity dash home.

In Howtos IRC client, Ubuntu 13.10, xchat

Audacity 2.0.4 Released, Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04

Last updated: September 9, 2013

The Audacity audio editor & recorder has reached version 2.0.4. Here’s how to install or upgrade it via PPA in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Audacity 2.0.4 replaces all previous versions, with these improvements:

New Effect > Reverb (based on Freeverb), that replaces GVerb.
New View > Go to Selection Start and Go to Selection End commands.
New Tracks > Align End to End command to append selected tracks.
WAV files import/export now supports “Album Title”, “Track Number” and “Genre” LIST INFO tags and ID3 tags.
(Windows) New support for Windows WDM/KS host which can provide very low latencies if you reduce “Audio to Buffer” in Recording Preferences.
(Windows Vista and later) You can now record computer playback by choosing the new Windows WASAPI host in Device Toolbar, then a “loopback” input.
Bugs have been fixed, involving Keyboard Preferences, Equalization curves, and Effect > Change Pitch, and several more.

Install Audacity 2.0.4

The Audacity team PPA has reached to 2.0.5 alpha. So here I use Nate Muench’s PPA.

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

For Ubuntu 13.04 and its derivatives:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install audacity

For Ubuntu 12.04 and its derivatives:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc2

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install audacity

For source code and other systems, go to this page.

In Howtos audacity, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04

How to Install and Use Numix Icon Theme in Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04

Last updated: September 9, 2013

This brief tutorial shows you how to install & use Numix Ubuntu Touch style icons on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy and Ubuntu 13.04 Raring.

Numix is a modern flat theme with a combination of light and dark elements. It supports Gnome, Unity, XFCE and Openbox.

To install this icons, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands to add the ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa

Then update and install:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-utouch

Or you can download the Debs from the PPA packages page if you don’t want to add the ppa.

Once installed this theme, use the theme via unity tweak tool or gnome tweal tool. To set the theme in Xfce, run the following commands in Terminal:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -s "Numix"
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme -s "Numix"

In Howtos icons, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

FrostWire 5.6.4 Released, Ubuntu Installation Instructions Included

Last updated: September 8, 2013

As you may know, FrostWire is a free and high quality BitTorrent client. The latest version 5.6.4 fixed a few bugs and updated translations.

Fixes issues parsing some cloud urls.
Fixes issues with soundcloud meta search.
Spanish translation updated.
French translation updated. Thanks @jeromemorignot.
Portuguese translation updated. Thanks @tati110.
Brazilian Portuguese translation updated. Thanks @tati110.
Arabic translation updated. Thanks @nisrmasr.
Turkish translation updated. Thanks @Serrae.

Interested? Here’s how to install or upgrade in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

Before getting started, you need to install OpenJDK from Ubuntu Software Center or install Oracle Java via ppa

1.) You can always download the latest Debs for Ubuntu based system from the official download link:

Download FrostWire for Ubuntu

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

2.) The other way to install FrostWire is using the GetDeb repository. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install frostwire

In Howtos bittorrent client, frostwire, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

How to Install the Flash Plugin in Elementary OS Luna

Last updated: November 28, 2013

The Elementary OS Luna – Ubuntu 12.04 Precise based system – comes with lightweight browser Midori. To get Flash working for it, you’ll need to install ndiswrapper and do some tweaking. It’s not difficult, just folow the below steps, copy and paste commands into terminal and hit enter to run.

1.) To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to install the flashplugin-installer.

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper

2.) Then run below commands one by one to get the flash working.

sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

nspluginwrapper -v -a -n -i

That’s it. Restart your browser and enjoy!

UPATE: As KW said, if previous commands does not work, just move the libflashplayer.so file to the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins folder

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Install Aegisub Subtitle Editor 3.0.4 in Ubuntu via Official Deb

Last updated: September 6, 2013

As you may know, Aegisub is a free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview.

Aegisub is available in Ubuntu Software Center since Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, but it’s old. At the moment, the latest version is 3.0.4 and it’s available for downloading at the below links:

aegisub_3.0.4-1_i386.deb

aegisub_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb

Or you can check out all Debs from the official ftp download page.

Once downloaded, you can install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their deviratives such as Linux Mint and Elementary by running below commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/aegisub_*.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

Or you can directly double-click to install the Deb if there’s no dependency problem.

In Howtos aegisub, subtitle editor, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

Install Light Table IDE and Create Launcher in Ubuntu Unity

Last updated: September 4, 2013

This tutorial shows how to install Light Table IDE in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04,12.10, 12.04 and manually create launcher for Unity Desktop.

As you may know, Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.

Install Light Table IDE:

1.) Download Light Table from its homepage

2.) For global use, extract the download package and put the result folder to /opt/.

3.) You need to open Nautilus file browser as root to copy and paste Light Table Folder to /opt/. To do so, press Alt+F2 on your keyboard and type to run gksudo nautilus

Once done, you can open the IDE via command terminal:

/opt/LightTable/LightTable

NOTE: If you have problem launching it in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, run below command to fix:

for 32-bit:

sudo ln -sf /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0

for 64-bit:

sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0

Create Launcher for Light Table

1.) Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to install required package:

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel --no-install-recommends

2.) Bring up the ‘Create Launcher’ dialog via below command:

sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new

Type in:

Name: Light Table
command: /opt/LightTable/LightTable
choose icon from /opt/LightTable/core/img/lticon.png

In Howtos Light Table, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

How to Install DeadBeef Audio Player in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Last updated: September 2, 2013

If you would like to install DeadBeef audio player in Ubuntu and its derivatives such as Linux Mint, Elementary OS. This tutorial will tell you how to do it easily

As you may kown, DeaDBeeF is a lightweight audio player for GNU/Linux systems with X11 written in C and C++. It has below features:

plays mp3, ogg, flac/oga, ape, wav, wv/iso.wv, aac/m4a, alac, mpc/mpp/mp+, tta, wma, shn, sid, nsf, mod, s3m, vtx, vgm/vgz, psf, midi, audio cds, all formats supported by ffmpeg, dumb, gme, libsndfile, adplug, and more!
light on memory and CPU use
expandable through plugins
supports cuesheets (from .cue files, and embedded), reading and writing m3u and pls playlists
plays internet radio (shoutcast, icecast, mms), as well as normal mp3 files over http and ftp (e.g. from podcasts)
global hot-keys
reads and writes id3v1, id3v2, apev2, vorbiscomment tags to/from all relevant formats; read-only mp4 itunes tags
can detect charset of bad (non-unicode) id3 tags, as well as charsets in metadata from tracker modules and chiptunes
user-customizable playlist columns with title-formatting
high quality resampling using libsamplerate
playback using ALSA, OSS and PulseAudio
last.fm/libre.fm scrobbler
sample-accurate seeking and gapless playback support for many formats
multiple playlists organized in tabs
album art display, fetching covers from music folders, id3v2 and apev2 tags, last.fm and albumart.org
18-band equalizer with presets, with importing of fb2k eq presets
track grouping using title-formatting
album art display in playlist
customizable OSD notifications with album covers
configurable converter/transcoder
replay gain (playback only)
playing files directly from zip archives
supports tagging of files with custom fields, including editing custom fields added by other taggers/players
multichannel playback, support for integer 8, 16, 24, 32 and float 32 bit sound output
localized into many languages

Download & Install DeadBeef:

The easiest way to install the DeadBeef is using the DEB package. Just download and double-click to install the package from below link. You may check your OS type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details

DeadBeef Ubuntu Deb 32-bit

DeadBeef Ubuntu Deb 64-bit

You can also use the PPA which supports Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install deadbeef

In Howtos deadbeef music player, Ubuntu 13.10

How to Install PeaZip in Ubuntu 13.04 and Fix Dependency Problem

Last updated: September 2, 2013

This tutorial shows how to install PeaZip 5.1 in Ubuntu 13.04 and fix the dependency problem. PeaZip depends on libgmp3c2, but it’s no longer available in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy.

As you may know, PeaZip is a free Zip files utility which supports 150+ archive formats. With it, you can compress, convert, split, encrypt, secure delete, open RAR TAR 7Z ZIP ZIPX CAB ISO files.

To get started, first download and install the libgmp3c2 package from the below links. You may check 32-bit or 64-bit by System Settings -> Details.

libgmp3c2 32-bit deb

libgmp3c2 64-bit deb

NOTE: I don’t know why this package is removed from Ubuntu repository. It may conflict with other packages on your system and cause problem. Use it at your own risk!

Now, download and install the peazip_5.1.0.LINUX.GTK2-2_all.deb from Sourceforge.net

You may need a restart to see the PeaZip icon in Unity Dash.

In Howtos Peazip, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

Install SmartGit via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04/Linux Mint

Last updated: June 17, 2015

This tutorial will show you how to install SmartGit/HG easily via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint.

As you may know, SmartGit/Hg is a graphical Git and Mercurial client which can also connect to SVN repositories. SmartGit/Hg runs on Linux, Mac OS X (10.5 or newer) and Windows (XP or newer). Git and Mercurial (Hg) are distributed version control system (DVCS). Read Smartgit documentation

SmartGit/Hg depends on Java Runtime Environment. So before get started, install OpenJDK from Ubuntu Software Center or install Oracle Java via PPA.

UPDATE-2015: For Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 and their derivatives, run below commands instead:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install smartgit

Once Java properly installed, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to install the git client:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install smartgithg

In Howtos SmartGit, SmartGit/Hg, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

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