Ubuntu GoogleEarth Installation

http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/Third_Sources

add below address to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ feisty free non-free

$sudo apt-get install googleearth

Ubuntu cdrom

1. Mount and unmount cdrom
Mount: sudo mount /media/cdrom0 -o unhide
Forcefully Unmount: sudo umount /media/cdrom0 -f

3. Create ISO file: mkisofs -r -o file.iso  /location_of_folder
Generate MD5 checksum file: md5sum file.iso > file.iso.md5
Check MD5 checksum of file: md5sum -c file.iso.md5

4. Mount and unmount iso file:
Mount :
sudo mkdir /media/iso
sudo modprobe loop
sudo mount file.iso /media/iso/ -t iso9660 -o loop

Umount:  umount /media/iso

Ubuntu ssh server

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Ubuntu read and write NTFS partition

1. Install package:
sudo apt-get install ntfs-config

2. Run: Applications -> System Tools -> NTFS Configuration Tool

Update driver for Intel Graphic Controller

1. Install driver :
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

2. Edit configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
change : Driver “i810″ -> Driver “intel”

3. That all. If you want to have wonderful desktop, please test this:
sudo apt-get install beryl beryl-manager

Ubuntu Delete file in .Trash

When you delete one file, it’ll locate in ~/.Trash directory.
After a long time, please delete these file: rm -rf ~/.Trash

Ubuntu Install Java 1.5

1. Remove gcj
apt-get remove gcj libgcj-common libgcj7-0

2. Download and install jdk from Sun at /opt
sh jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin

3. Export $PATH: put these lines in file ~/.bashrc
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.5.0_11
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Ubuntu Install xvnkb

1. Prepare your system:
sudo apt-get install build-essential xorg-dev gcc xlibs-dev libxft-dev

2. Install Unicode fonts
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

3. Download and extract new version of xvnkb at http://xvnkb.sourceforce.net
cd xvnkb/
./autogen.sh
./configure ; may be -> check it ./configure --use-extstroke,

4. Edit config.h file contain these line:

#define __VK_CONFIG_H
#define VK_CHECK_SPELLING
#define VK_USE_EXTSTROKE
#define VK_NEED_UCHAR
And complile : sudo make && make install

Ubuntu Install Fonts

1. Install Windows's fonts
Make sure you have the “universe” repository added. If not, as root, modify your /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the deb line which will look something like this:
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe
Then update apt-get:
# apt-get update
Run the following as root:
# apt-get install msttcorefonts

2 . Install for system wide use
Make the following directory as root:
# mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts
Copy the font(s) into the newly created directory:
# cp [fonts] /usr/share/fonts/truetype/myfonts
Run the following:
# fc-cache -f -v

Ubuntu Install online with apt

There are many way to install new package into your system. With Ubuntu, apt is the simples way. You can easy upgrade and install package with command apt-get.

After install Ubuntu. You can let Ubuntu doesn’t use packages from cd by edit file /etc/apt/source.list
Please find line: deb cdrom:[Ubuntu ….
You can delete or insert letter # in front of that line.

Now you can:
- upgrade your system by command: apt-get upgrade
- install new package (ex mc) apt-get install mc
If you an error occur, please type apt-get update