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Audacious 3.4.1 Released, Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: September 6, 2013

The Audacious music player has released version 3.4.1. It mainly fixed below bugs:

no gapless playing with ALSA output #314
.minipsf looks for .psflib one directory level up #316
Tray icon missing after restarting xfce4-panel #317
Neon plugin fails to play stream over proxy with authentication. # 319
Buffer size too small for HVSC songlengths db #326
no metadata display for opus files #329
metadata updating failed and other weird tag issues #332
file writer flac does not write tags #334
Fix skinned ui not being drawn properly with gtk-3 >= 3.9 #336

Install Audacious in Ubuntu:

The Webupd8 Team PPA has updated the packages for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

To install it, 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

Then install / upgrade Audacious via:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install audacious audacious-plugins

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Choqok 1.4 Now Supports for Twitter API v1.1: Install it in Ubuntu

Last updated: September 5, 2013

The Choqok micro-blogging client has updated to version 1.4 which brings back the Twitter support. Identi.ca support has been removed from StatusNet plugin.

The developer announced in the official website:

Sometimes ago we had two bad news, Identi.ca service switched to pump.io software and dropped it’s API, so Choqok is no longer support Identi.ca service, but it still supports StatusNet websites, because StatusNet is not died. About Identi.ca support, right now there’s no one working on pump.io support as I know, so unfortunately there’s no promise on supporting it again.
And in Twitter land, they turned off support for API v1.0 which Choqok was using, and so with this update Twitter support is back to Choqok.

other changes:

Support for Twitter API v1.1 (Thanks to Daniel Kreuter for his effort on it)
“mark timeline as read” menu item added to tabs context menu (Lim Yuen Hoe)
Show “in reply to” in twitter search timelines (Lim Yuen Hoe)
Identi.ca support removed from StatusNet plugin, we still support StatusNet
And some other minor fixes

Install Choqok 1.4 in Ubuntu:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to install the client in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adilson/experimental

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install choqok

In News choqok twitter client, Ubuntu 12.10, 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

Install DrJava via PPA in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Last updated: April 4, 2019

As you may know, DrJava is a lightweight programming environment for Java designed to foster test-driven software development. It includes an intelligent program editor, an interactions pane for evaluating program text, a source level debugger, and a unit testing tool.

This tutorial shows you how to install DrJava via getdeb repository in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 10.04 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint, Elementary, etc.

To get started, download and install the deb from the below link which will add the GetDeb repository to your system:

~~Download getdeb package~~

For Linux Mint, you can directly enable getdeb repository from Software Sources.

To install DrJava, click Reload button and search and install drjava package in Synaptic Package Manager. Or, run below command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install drjava

Update-20170107: The tutorial should also works on current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and their derivatives. To uninstall, simply run commands:

sudo apt-get remove drjava && sudo apt-get autoremove

And the getdeb repository can be removed by going to System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Other Software tab.

In Ubuntu Server DrJava PPA, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04

Linux Kernel 3.11 Released: Install / Upgrade it in Ubuntu 13.04/12.04

Last updated: September 3, 2013

Linus Torvalds has announced the Linux Kernel 3.11. Here are the new features and how to install / upgrade new kernel in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint.

Linus Torvalds wrote on the mailing list:

As some people noticed, I got distracted (“Ooh, look, a squirrel..”)
and never wrote an announcement for -rc7. My bad. But it wasn’t
actually all that interesting a release apart from the date, and it
had a silly compile error in ohci-pci if you hadn’t enabled
CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME, so we’ll just forget -rc7 ever happened, ok?
Instead, go and get the real 3.11 release, which is out there, all
shiny and ready to be compiled and loved.

Since rc7 (ok, I lied, it happened) there’s been just small fixes.
Most of them came in from the networking tree, but there’s some all
over: some random filesystem fixes, a couple of sound fixes, a
/proc/timer_list fix, things like that. Nothing really stands out
(unless you happened to use the new soft-dirty code, that had a buglet
that could really hurt), but let’s hope we don’t have some silly
configuration that doesn’t even compile this time around.

Shortlog appended.

Linus

The Linux Kernel 3.11 Features:

Graphics:

The DRM driver changes dominate the Linux 3.11 kernel! The big feature is Radeon dynamic power management support has finally come to AMD’s open-source driver along with early support for the Radeon HD 8000 “Sea Islands” GPUs. Phoronix tests have shown Radeon DPM is successful at improving power use and lowering temperatures while delivering great performance.
There’s a new DRM display driver for the Renesas R-Car SoC.
Intel Haswell improvements and Valley View / Bay Trail support is now ready for Linux desktop usage.
H.264 / MPEG-2 video decoding for Nouveau with select NVIDIA GPUs bearing the VP2 engine as part of the PureVideo HD support. This is exposed in Gallium3D via the VDPAU state tracker. There’s also early GK110 GPU support. The NVIDIA GK110 is the firm’s latest high-end Kepler GPU.

Disk / File-System:

LZ4 compression support.
Zswap was merged for compressed swap caching.
Various XFS file-system improvements.
Performance tuning for Btrfs.
F2FS file-system updates.
EXT4 file-system updates.
The Lustre file-system client was merged for the first time.

CPU:

AVX2 Crypto optimizations.
PowerPC improvements from IBM.
Continued ARM improvements.
Xen and KVM virtualization now work for 64-bit ARM.

General Hardware & Miscellaneous Improvements:

Input device improvements.
Lots of audio / sound improvements.
With Linux 3.11, Wine can now handle Windows RT applications.

Download & Install Linux Kernel 3.11:

The Kernel PPA has updated DEB packages for Ubuntu and its derivatives. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to download the DEBs.

for 32-bit system:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-headers-3.11.0-031100-generic_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-headers-3.11.0-031100_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-image-3.11.0-031100-generic_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_i386.deb

for 64-bit system:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-headers-3.11.0-031100-generic_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-headers-3.11.0-031100_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-saucy/linux-image-3.11.0-031100-generic_3.11.0-031100.201309021735_amd64.deb

For both 32-bit & 64-bit, run below command to install them:

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.11.0*.deb linux-image-3.11.0*.deb

Once installed, restart your computer!

If you have problem with this kernel, run below command to remove it:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.11.0*

Read More:

Linux Kernel 3.11 announcement

Kernel 3.11 on kernel ppa mainline

In News Linux Kernel, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04

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

Fotoxx 13.09 Released: Install it via PPA in Ubuntu 13.04/12.04

Last updated: April 4, 2019

As you may know, the digital photo editor Fotoxx updates every month. Here I’ll show you how to install and keep the latest version in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and their derivatives via PPA.

So far, the latest release is 13.09. With it, you can edit photos and manage a large collection. Includes thumbnail image browser and navigator, RAW file import, a comprehensive set of edit functions working in deep color, fast full-image feedback, multiple undo/redo, select/copy/paste, file versioning, batch transforms, HDR and panorama composites, metadata edit, fast search and display, named image subsets (views). Read the changelog.

Install Latest Fotoxx:

The getdeb repository provides Fotoxx packages for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 13.04. You can add the repository by downloading and installing the Debs from the below link:

~~download gedeb package~~

After that, you can install fotoxx and receive updates by Synaptic Package Manager or by running below commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install fotoxx

For other Ubuntu editions, such as Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 10.04, etc. Download the deb packages from the official site.

In News fotoxx digital photo editor, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 13.10

Avidemux 2.6.5 Released: Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04

Last updated: September 1, 2013

The Avidemux video editor has reached version 2.6.5 with improvements and bug fixes. This tutorial shows how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 via PPA.

As you may know, Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file formats, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, ASF and MP4 using a variety of codecs.

Avidemux 2.6.5 has below changes:

libva hardware decoding
xvba hardware decoding, ported from xbmc, experimental
Re-enabled 64bits windows build using octave
Only lock job database when adding a job
Fixed the doubled fps bug on mpeg ts
Fixed positive and negative audio shift having the same effect
Windows : Better drag n drop support
Added back save/load video filter set
Dv encoding
Fast, superfast and ultrafast x264 preset by bernd_b
Support for 10bits h264 decoding
Much improved speed for downmixing
Updated libav*
Plenty of bugs fixed

Intall Avidemux via PPA:

For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and their derivatives such as Linux Mint 13 Maya, 15 Olivia, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to add the ppa:

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

For Linux Mint users, you can read this post to add the GetDeb repository

To install the editor, run below command:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install avidemux2.6

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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

Terra: Yakuake Alternative for Ubuntu Unity / Gnome / Xfce

Last updated: August 31, 2013

Terra is a drop-down terminal emulator based on GTK+3.0. It has a tranparent background and supports multiple terminals with splitting screen horizontally or vertically.

It’s a good alternative to Yakuake terminal. Here are the screenshots:

Install Terra in Ubuntu & its derivatives

For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Linux Mint and Elementary OS. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to install it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ozcanesen/terra-terminal

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install terra

Download and install the DEB from this page if you don’t want to add the ppa.

In App Review terra terminal emulator, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04

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