Ondemand local webserver
Ever wanted a local directory to host contents over http? Here is how you do it, $ python -mSimpleHTTPServer Above command will host the contents of the current directory over http port 8000. If you want to use a custom...
Category: Linux
Installing perl modules in non standard directory
Source: http://modperlbook.org/html/3-9-1-Installing-Perl-Modules-into-a-Nonstandard-Directory.html Specifying PREFIX=/home/user is the only part of the installation process that is different from usual. Note that if you don’t like how Makefile.PL chooses the rest of the directories, or if you are using an older version of it...
Compiling in $HOME
Original article Author updates Original article Source: http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/compiling-in-home/ If you don’t have root access on a particular Linux system that you use, or if you don’t want to install anything to the system directories and potentially interfere with others’ work...
Fix files containing \0 characters or having incorrect file formats
Are you seeing issues consuming files on linux coming from different systems generated on windows environment? Lets take a stab, Step 1 Check what is going on in the file $ od -c bad_file.txt Step 2 Are you seeing line separator as...
umask in *nix operating systems
Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/44542/what-is-umask-and-how-does-it-work To calculate for the umask, unlike file system permissions. The octal umasks are calculated via the bitwise AND of the unary complement of the argument using bitwise NOT. The octal notations are as follows: Octal value : Permission 0...
Arc Is a Gorgeous GTK Theme for Linux Desktops
Source: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/arc-gtk-theme It has been a veritable eon since we last highlighted a GTK theme here on this site. But seeing Arc, pictured above, rectifies that. We couldn’t not mention it. Arc GTK Theme Arc is a flat theme with a subtle color scheme and...
Virtualbox Linux Guest display auto size non functioning
So you have setup Virtualbox guest additions on Linux (Mine was Linux mint 17.2) guest and the window size is not honored.. Did you change the display resolution manually? If so, you will now need to remove the monitor settings...
Add Graphical User Interface (GNOME) to a CentOS Minimal Install
Impatient? follow through 😉 Install Desktop Packages # yum -y groupinstall “Desktop” “Desktop Platform” “X Window System” “Fonts” Optional GUI packages # yum -y groupinstall “Graphical Administration Tools” # yum -y groupinstall “Internet Browser” # yum -y groupinstall “General Purpose...
No network connection on Windows XP guest – VirtualBox
Problem due to no network driver for the Ethernet hardware. References https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16616 https://www.google.com/search?q=PRO2KXP.exe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/8659/LAN-Intel-PRO-Network-Connections-LAN-Driver https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloads/eula/8659/LAN-Intel-PRO-Network-Connections-LAN-Driver?httpDown=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F8659%2Feng%2FPRO2KXP.exe Related posts: Virtualbox Linux Guest display auto size non functioning Host-Only Networking With VirtualBox Download m3u8 URL video to local Shrinking VirtualBox VDI...
Installing Office 2010 on wine
Installing Office 2010 on wine Steps Use PlayOnLinux for Office install (It downloads 1.5.x version of wine) Change wine version from 1.5.x to latest – results in improved antialising Install missing wingdng2.ttf and wingdng3.ttf Under tab ‘Install Components’, install the...
