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How to Install UltraStar Deluxe on Ubuntu 13.04

Last updated: July 17, 2013

UltraStar Deluxe is a free video singing game. It allows up to six players to sing along with music using microphones in order to score points, depending on the pitch of the voice and the rhythm of singing.

The UltraStar Deluxe official ppa repository is not available for Ubuntu 13.04. You can install the DEBs for Ubuntu 12.04 and it runs well on my laptop with 32-bit system.

To download the DEBs, you may check 32-bit or 64-bit by going to top-right shutdown menu and choose ‘About This Computer’.

Then download UltraStar Deluxe Deb for 32-bit or 64-bit, and date package.

After that, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal window:

Install downloaded package via below command:

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

Enjoy!

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How to Install UltraStar Deluxe on Ubuntu & Linux Mint

Last updated: March 12, 2025

UltraStar Deluxe is a free and open-source singing game. It allows up to six players to sing along with music using microphones in order to score points, depending on the pitch of the voice and the rhythm of singing.

Objectives:

Install UltraStar Deluxe on Ubuntuor Linux Mint
Enjoy!

There used to be a PPA repository maintains the game packages for Ubuntu & Linux Mint users, which however has no longer been updated for years.

For the most recent 2025.2.1 release, it can be installed by using Flatpak package which runs in sandbox environment.

Tips: Linux Mint 21/22 may simply launch Software Updater, then search & install the UltraStar Deluxe package.

While, Ubuntu users may run the 2 commands below one by one to install:

First, install the flatpak daemon package:
```
sudo apt install flatpak
```
For old Ubuntu 18.04, add this PPA first for the updated Flatpak package.

Then, run command to install the game package:

flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/eu.usdx.UltraStarDeluxe.flatpakref

After installation, either search & launch the game from system application launcher (may need a log out and back in), or run the command below in terminal instead:

flatpak run eu.usdx.UltraStarDeluxe

(Optional) To uninstall the package, use command (Ctrl+Alt+T):

flatpak uninstall --delete-data eu.usdx.UltraStarDeluxe

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Install Cuckoo Alarm Clock on Ubuntu 13.04

Last updated: July 17, 2013

Cuckoo is a simple alarm application that is designed specifically for Ubuntu. It supports the Ubuntu Unity Launcher, HUD, and Indicator interfaces which allows for you to control Cuckoo faster.

Objectives:

Install Cuckoo Alarm Clock app on Ubuntu
Enjoy!

Since cuckoo is no longer available in Ubuntu Software Center, you can install it from the ppa repository. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal.

Then run below 3 commands one by one to install cuckoo:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:john.vrbanac/cuckoo

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cuckoo

If you don’t want to add the ppa, download the DEB from the link below:

cuckoo_1.0.8-1~raring_all.deb

Then install it via:

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

In Howtos cuckoo alarm ppa repository

How to Disable Unlock Login Keyring Dialog on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04

Last updated: May 20, 2024

Got the authentication dialog asks to unlock the login keyring on every login of your Ubuntu Desktop? Here’s how to disable the dialog in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and old releases, such as Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04.

If you enabled automatic login, passwordless login, or use another authentication method (e.g., fingerprint reader), then you may got “Authentication Required – The login keyring did not get unlocked when you logged into your computer” dialog. Which, usually occurs to web browsers or other apps that store encrypted passwords.

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Install DownVerter on Ubuntu 13.04 and Fix Open Error

Last updated: July 25, 2014

DownVerter is a popular Youtube downloader which also has the ability to convert videos to MP3, M4A, MPEG, 3GP, OGG and other formats. It’s free!

Objectives:

Install DownVerter Youtube downloader and fix can not open error.
Enjoy!

To get started, download DEB package from the official site. You may check 32-bit or 64-bit via ‘Details’ utility.

DownVerter for Linux

Then press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal.

Run below command to install the package:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/downverter*.deb

That’s it. The installed executable script is /opt/downverter/Downverter. But Ubuntu keeps looking for /opt/downverter/downverter when you open Downverter from Unity Dash. To fix this problem, run below commands to rename it:

sudo mv /opt/downverter/Downverter /opt/downverter/downverter

Then give executable permission:

sudo chmod +x /opt/downverter/downverter

Enjoy!

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Enable / Customize the Login Sound on Ubuntu 13.04

Last updated: July 17, 2013

This tutorial shows how to enable or customize your login sound on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. This can be done by adding a startup application.

Objectives:

Play a sound / music when login on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring.
Enjoy!

To get started, open ‘Startup Applications’ utility from Unity dash search results.

In next window, click ‘Add’ button to add a program to start at login. Then give a name, comment, and command to play the sound file.

To play the classic gnome login sound, use below in command area. Change the value of “–volume” to turn up / down.

/usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="play login sound" --volume=10

To play a custom sound, install mplayer (Movie player for Unix-like systems), then type following in command area:

mplayer path/to/your/sound/file/name

For example, I have Hello-Moto.mp3 in my Music folder. The file path is /home/handbook/Music/Hello-Moto.mp3, where handbook is my username. So I use:

mplayer /home/handbook/Music/Hello-Moto.mp3

In Unity custom login sound on Ubuntu

Install Spotify on Linux Mint from Official Repository

Last updated: March 12, 2025

This simple tutorial will show you how to install the Spotify Client on Linux Mint 13, 14, 15 from the official repository.

Spotify is a digital music-streaming service that gives you on-demand access to millions of songs on all your devices. It works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7/8 (7 no longer updated), BlackBerry (GSM only), Symbian.

To install it from the official repository, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal.

1.) Run below command to add the repository to Linux Mint:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/spotify.gpg] http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list'

2.) Install the public key:

wget -qO - https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_C85668DF69375001.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/spotify.gpg

3.) Finally update package lists and install spotify:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Enjoy!

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How to Install uTorrent on Linux Mint 15

Last updated: July 16, 2013

Here’s a beginner’s guide to install and setup uTorrent server on Linux Mint 15. There’s no command in tutorial, just a few clicks!

1.) First, download uTorrent server for Linux: www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux. You may check 32-bit or 64-bit by going to Start Menu -> System Tools -> System Settings -> System Info. Where “Distribution Linux Mint 15: olivia (i686)” means 32-bit. x86_64 means 64-bit system.

2.) Decompress the package in Downloads folder, then navigate to the extracted folder.

3.) Right-click on utserver and goto its Properties window. Make sure “Allow executing file as program” is checked.

4.) Before running the utserver, install ssl share libraries from Start Menu -> Software Manager.

5.) Now double-click on utserver file to start it. That’s right you see nothing happens because the server is running as a background program.

6.) Open your file browser and go to http://localhost:8080/gui/. Type:

username: admin
password: leave password empty

Done!

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Install uTorrent on Ubuntu 13.10

Last updated: November 3, 2013

This tutorial shows you how to easily install uTorrent sever on Ubuntu and Linux Mint. There’s no command, just a few clicks!

First, download uTorrent server: http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux. Check 32-bit or 64-bit by top-right corner shutdown menu (gear icon) -> About This Computer.

After downloading, navigate to the package in Nautilus file browser. Then decompress it.

Go into the extracted folder, right-click on utserver and select Properties.

Make sure that the box before “Allow execute as a program” is checked.

Before starting this service, search for and install libssl0.9.8 (SSL shared libraries) from Ubuntu Software Center.

NOTE: If you’re on 64-bit Ubuntu, press Ctrl+Alt+T and install the libssl0.9.8 with command below in terminal to fix utserver not launching problem:

sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386

Then double click utserver to start uTorrent server (or run ~/Downloads/utorrent-server-v3_0/utserver command to start it). That’s right you see nothing happens because the server is running as a background program.

Launch your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080/gui/. Type:

username: admin
password: leave password empty

You’re done!

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Install Rigs of Rods on Ubuntu 13.04, Linux Mint via PPA

Last updated: July 14, 2017

This brief tutorial will show you how to install the Rigs of Rods on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and Linux Mint using the official repository.

Rigs of Rods (“RoR”) is an open source multi-simulation game which uses soft-body physics to simulate the motion and deformation of vehicles. The game was built using a specific soft-body physics engine called Beam, which simulates a network of interconnected nodes (forming the chassis and the wheels) and gives the ability to simulate deformable objects. With this engine, vehicles and their loads flex and deform as stresses are applied. Crashing into walls or terrain can permanently deform a vehicle.

The official ppa repository for Ubuntu 12.04 has been announced. So far it supports Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 and 11.10. Here’s how to install it:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, run command to add the ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aapo-rantalainen/rigsofrods

Then update package lists and install the package:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install rigsofrods

Discuss: http://www.rigsofrods.com/threads/97932-Announcement-PPA-for-Ubuntu-12-04

In Howtos Rigs of Rods official repository

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