Ubuntu Linux, Permissions and a Local WordPress Install | Jason G. Designs by Jason Gonzalez Posted in Categories: Articles Upon installing LAMP and WordPress 3.3 on my local computer, I ran into a couple issues when trying to put my own previously created themes into the wp-content/themes directory. Mainly, it was the “Connection Information” screen that may pop up when installing a theme, not being able to access the /themes directory and the Manage Themes screen not recognizing themes once I had access. This article describes how I researched then remedied those. Getting Rid of the “Connection Information” screen After locally installing WordPress in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, I was asked to provide an FTP hostname, username and password when trying to download a theme. First, we need to see what user Apache is running under. Now, you should be able to download themes and plugins and bypass the Connection Information screen. Making sure WordPress’s Manage Themes Screen Can See Files Dropped into the /themes/ directory
Download | iceScrum Free and OpenSource platform for your agile developments If you are new to iceScrum, welcome! iceScrum is an efficient agile project management tool available from your favorite browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE9 and greater). Try iceScrum You can try iceScrum online by creating a free account on iceScrum Cloud. If you want to try iceScrum on your computer, you should try the iceScrum Server desktop application (Windows and Mac OS). Follow the Getting started guide to start enjoying the features of iceScrum. Install iceScrum on a server If you like iceScrum but don’t want to benefit from our hosting services, the .war that is deployable in a Java web container is for you. Upgrade If you are already an iceScrum user, please find instructions for upgrading iceScrum in the Upgrade guide. Current version R6#13.8 – 10 April 2015 – Release notes Or try iceScrum Cloud / iceScrum Pro Previous version R6#12.1 – 15 January 2014 – Release notes iceScrum is distributed mainly distributed under the Affero GPL V3 licence:
Viber available for Linux, Install in Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives (Currently for 64bit) Install new version of Viber in any Debian/Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives (Currently available for 64bit/amd64/x86_x64) Viber is cross-platform application (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Windows, Mac, Symbian, Nokia and Bada devices), it allows users to send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users, on any device and network, anywhere in the world. Viber's millions of users call, text, send photos and locations to any other Viber user, anywhere, from iPhone and Android phones. Viber's voice calls, delivered over 3G or Wi-Fi, offer better sound quality than carrier networks. Features:Best-quality voice callsText, photo and sticker messagesGroup conversationsFull sync between your mobile and PCTransfer ongoing calls between devicesNo registration, passwords or invitations requiredTo install Viber (64bit only) in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal: That's it
Which git workflow for my project? | @nicoespeon A little look around git-flow, GitHub flow and which one to choose regarding your needs. One of the greatest strenght of git is the simplicity of its branching system. If you’re in charge of a project, you may have wondered: which workflow could I set up to efficiently deal with my project and keep it simple thanks to this cool branching system? As usual: some people already wondered the same and have found possible solutions to your problem. The git-flow is the most popular with no doubt. It’s a standard branching model that seems to adapt to any project, not that complex to deal with even though there are some specificities to understand. If versioning has a meaning for you project, this workflow is for you. There is a relevant alternative that is far easier: the Github flow. If versioning doesn't have a particular meaning for you project de sens and you would like to use an easy workflow, this workflow is for you. The git-flow How it works The git-flow has the following branching model: 1.
Install PowerTOP 2.1 In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Via PPA PowerTOP is a command line tool that helps diagnose issues with power consumption and provides suggestions on how to improve power usage. PowerTOP 2.1, released a few days ago, introduces support for Intel GPUs and for cores without P-states, a new manual page along with an option to specify workload to run during measurement and an option to suppress output to the terminal. Install PowerTOP 2.1 in Ubuntu 12.04 via PPA The latest PowerTOP 2.1 is available in the Ubuntu 12.10 official repositories, and for Ubuntu 12.04 in the main WebUpd8 PPA. Add the PPA and install PowerTOP 2.1 using the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install powertop The latest PowerTOP 2.1 source can be downloaded from HERE. Usage To use PowerTOP, you need to run it as root: sudo powertop PowerTOP doesn't just diagnose power consumption issues, but it can also provide solutions. sudo powertop --html=powertop.html
Git Workflows Why use git? Git is an extremely powerful source control system. Its power lies in its speed and flexibility, but this can also be a point of confusion for many new users. Git is unfortunately quite inconsistent in its syntax, and exposes many of its not-so-friendly internals to the outside world, sometimes to the detriment of usability. As many systems built by hardcore engineers (Git came from Linux kernel hackers), if wielded by a wizard, it can be used to achieve many great things, but can be initially confusing even for seasoned developers. This book bypasses the ugly internals of git and gets to the heart of improving your development workflows by using git. If you've picked up this book, it's likely you're already convinced that git is great. Offline productivity, speed, and multitasking Git encourages multitasking and experimentation. Remote collaboration and code review Changeset cleanliness How is this book different from other git books? As the Peepcode book says, "Git ! The Index .
Things to do after installing Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin · How to Ubuntu After Installing Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, there are a wealth of things that need to be dealt with, including Hardware Drivers, DVD, Audio and Video Codecs, Archiving formats, generally useful stuff. These instructions presume you are proficient with PPAs, .Debs, and other terminal commands, Ubuntu Tweak, and require a full set of video, audio, and archive codecs, as well as Skype, Flash, and a truck-load of wallpapers. Warning Using the sudo command can result in severe system damage. Make sure you type commands correctly, or copy and paste the entire code. 1. If the Additional Drivers dialogue has not opened, and does not appear as an icon in the system tray, you may not require any Additional Drivers. Once the Additional Drivers program has finished searching for new drivers, it will open a dialogue similar to the one to the left (above on mobiles). To learn which driver you should be activating, if any at all, you should do some research into the component it applies to. 2. 3.
dphys-swapfile - set up, mount/unmount, and delete an swap file Ubuntu manuals hardy (8) dphys-swapfile.8.gz Provided by: dphys-swapfile_20061020-1_all dphys-swapfile - set up, mount/unmount, and delete an swap file dphys-swapfile setup|swapon|swapoff|uninstall dphys-swapfile computes the size for an optimal swap file (and resizes an existing swap file if neccessary), mounts an swap file, unmounts it, and and delete it if not wanted any more. There is only one parameter, an command, which can be either of these: setup Tells dphys-swapfile to compute the optimal swap file size and (re-)generate an fitting swap file. The config file /etc/dphys-swapfile allows the user to set up the working environment for dphys-swapfile. /etc/dphys-swapfile user config $CONF_SWAPFILE the swap file, target of the whole action (defaults to /var/swap) dphys-swapfile is usually run at system startup and shutdown from an /etc/init.d (or /etc/rc.d) script, such as this (minimal) one: #! franklin@phys.ethz.ch,
Terminology: More Than A Terminal Emulator (Ubuntu Installation Instructions) Terminology is a relatively new terminal emulator written for the Enlightenment desktop, but it can be used in other desktop environments. The application comes with many cool features, some of which do not exist in any other terminal emulator. Besides features that are already available in other terminal emulators such as split views support, Terminology can do a lot of things you wouldn't expect from a terminal emulator, like displaying thumbnails for images, videos and documents and furthermore, it also allows you to preview those files directly from Terminology. That's not all Terminology can do. Other features included in the latest 0.3 release: Below you can watch a video recorded by the Terminology developer, demoing the application (unfortunately, the resolution isn't great but it should be enough to get an idea on what Terminology can do): (direct video link) Using Terminology Here are a few Terminology usage tips: 1. 2. 3. 4. Install Terminology in Ubuntu
Install lamp with 1 command in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 Quantal Quetzal & LinuxMint13 Updated: 10/09/2012 :LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. We did show you in our previous post how to install LAMP in Ubuntu 10.04 with one command using tasksel command. It is a software installation application that is an integral part of the Debian installer and works under Ubuntu Linux too. This tutorial was has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Open terminal and Type the command :install it first with sudo apt-get install tasksel Now to install LAMP, type the taskel command in terminal : sudo tasksel And select LAMP Server: During the installation you will be asked to insert the mysql root password Now check if php is working : $sudo vi /var/www/info.php and add save and exit restart apache2 , #sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Php is installed.
Use Facebook From The Command Line With fbcmd fbcmd is a cross-platform tool that lets you use Facebook from the command line. It supports posting a status, uploading photos, creating albums, listing profile information for friends, display events or your stream, share links and lots more. This little utility can be useful for those who want to quickly post a status on Facebook, upload some photos and so on without having to open a browser, or to use in scripts. To install fbcmd in Ubuntu, follow the steps below (the installation instructions below are for fbcmd 1.1 stable; for 2.0 beta, the installation is slightly different): 1. sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-curl 2. cd && wget php fbcmd_update.php sudo php fbcmd_update.php sudo php fbcmd_update.php install And that should complete the installation. - For basic access, run the following command - it should open a new tab in your default web browser, asking you to allow fbcmd to access Facebook: fbcmd go access fbcmd
How To Mount Partitions Automatically On Startup In Linux Although partitions created when installing a Linux distribution are automatically mounted on boot, the ones created before the installation need to be mounted manually (unless you manually create a mount point on installation). This can be changed, however, so here is how to mount these partitions automatically. 1. Auto mount partitions using Storage Device Manager (pysdm). PySDM is a GUI to manager fstab (/etc/fstab) and allows customizing hard disk mountpoints, creating dynamic udev rules, etc. Install PySDM in Ubuntu using the following command: sudo apt-get install pysdm In Fedora, install it using the command below: sudo yum install pysdm Before proceeding, even though nothing should go wrong if you follow the exact steps below, it's still a good idea to back up fstab: sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old Here, you need to check / uncheck the following boxes: - check the box next to "The file system is mounted at boot time" (it's probably already be checked), sudo cp /etc/fstab.old /etc/fstab