Important files /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon -> SysV service /etc/default/transmission-daemon -> run by /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon /********/.config/transmission-daemon -> CONFIG_DIR in /etc/default/transmission-daemon /********/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json User and Group running transmission-daemon change to desired ones (e.g. USER=************) in /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
Ubuntu
APT (Advanced Package Tool)
checking that python3-pip package is installed dpkg –get-selections python3-pip search packages by name using REGEX see http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/apt-get-intro/info.html apt-cache search libapr apt-cache search ‘php.*sql’ apt-cache search apache.\*perl apt-cache search elvis\|vim list the contents of a (not-installed) package see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/6311/how-to-find-out-which-not-installed-package-a-file-belongs-to apt-file list […]
Ubuntu and Oracle
# see also https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Oracle12onCentos7 # see also https://adrhc.go.ro/wordpress/centos-and-oracle/ # Follow this (works with Ubuntu 16.04 too): # http://www.techienote.com/install-oracle-12c-on-ubuntu/ # systemd oracle.service (working when only one db is automatically started with /etc/oratab) [Unit] Description=Oracle 12c After=local-fs.target Wants=local-fs.target [Service] Type=forking User=oracle Group=oinstall […]
Oracle and systemd
# http://docs.oracle.com/database/121/index.htm # https://172.16.148.137:5500/em/login # start db: [oracle@redhat7 ~]$ sqlplus / AS SYSDBA STARTUP # start TNS listener [oracle@redhat7 ~]$ lsnrctl start # TNS listener status [oracle@redhat7 ~]$ lsnrctl status cat /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora # stop TNS listener [oracle@redhat7 ~]$ lsnrctl stop […]
Uninstalling login/window managers
Login/window manager information dpkg -l | grep -i kde > kde.txt dpkg -l | grep -i plasma > plasma.txt dpkg -l | grep -i gnome > gnome.txt dpkg -l | grep -i xfce > xfce.txt dpkg -l | grep -i […]
Ubuntu and Windows domain
wget http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/likewise-open/likewise-open_6.1.0.406-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb wget http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libg/libglade2/libglade2-0_2.6.4-2_amd64.deb wget http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/likewise-open/likewise-open-gui_6.1.0.406-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i 1.likewise-open_6.1.0.406-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i 2.libglade2-0_2.6.4-2_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i 3.likewise-open-gui_6.1.0.406-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb sudo domainjoin-gui sudo domainjoin-cli query sudo dpkg -l likewise* sudo dpkg –purge likewise-open-gui sudo dpkg –purge libglade2-0 sudo dpkg –purge likewise-open sudo […]
How to create a debian package
method 1 see also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=910717 supposing anything-sync-daemon-5.76 contains all package’s files Than simply create anything-sync-daemon-5.76/DEBIAN/control file with a similar content: Package: anything-sync-daemon Version: 5.76 Section: Utilities Priority: optional Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Gigi Kent <gigi77@yahoo.com> Description: anything sync daemon then run […]
Compiling anything sync daemon
Environment variables NEW_BUILD_NAME=anything-sync-daemon NEW_BUILD_VER=5.76 NEW_BUILD_NAME_AND_VER=$NEW_BUILD_NAME-$NEW_BUILD_VER ls -l /tmp/$NEW_BUILD_NAME-* ls -l ~/ubuntu_packages/*/$NEW_BUILD_NAME-* NEW_BUILD_NR=0 # rm -r $HOME/temp/$NEW_BUILD_NAME_AND_VER Download and unpack cd $HOME/compile wget http://repo-ck.com/source/anything-sync-daemon/anything-sync-daemon-5.76.tar.xz tar xpvf anything-sync-daemon-5.76.tar.xz Compilation cd $HOME/compile/anything-sync-daemon-5.76 with systemd use export DESTDIR=$HOME/temp/$NEW_BUILD_NAME_AND_VER;make V=1 install-systemd-all with upstart use export […]
Make ubuntu or applications run faster
See also https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/optimisation Check ubuntu startup times systemd-analyze blame /etc/fstab http://www.lgqyc.com/move-tmp-to-ram/ http://jsmylinux.no-ip.org/performance/improving-performance/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/173094/how-can-i-use-ram-storage-for-the-tmp-directory-and-how-to-set-a-maximum-amount http://www.digitalinternals.com/unix/linux-io-performance-tuning-noatime-nodiratime-relatime/388/ mount | grep -P “^tmpfs.+/(tmp|var/run)” sudo du -sh /tmp /var/tmp; du -sh /********/apps/tmp /********/apps/var/run /run/user/`id -u` /tmp/tomcat 2>/dev/null tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,relatime,mode=1777,size=4G 0 0 tmpfs /var/tmp […]
IBM WebSphere 6.1 on Ubuntu
Install 1. install java 1.5 from oracle 2. start WAS install: cd /********/Downloads/was.cd.6100.trial.base.linux.ia32/WAS/ /********/apps/opt/java/jdk1.5.0_22/bin/java -jar setup.jar 3. WAS install window should start … Configuration export JAVA_HOME=/********/apps/opt/java/jdk1.5.0_22 export PATH=”/********/apps/opt/java/jdk1.5.0_22/bin:$PATH” cd /********/apps/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/bin mv /********/apps/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java /********/apps/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java1 ln -s $JAVA_HOME/bin/java /********/apps/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/java/bin/java ./manageprofiles.sh help -> […]
Ubuntu 16.04 XRDP (remote desktop)
installation Consider ubuntu xrdp error problem connecting 5910 solution: tightvncserver MUST be installed before xrdp!!! sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get install tightvncserver sudo apt-get install xrdp sudo usermod -aG xrdp adr configure XRDP (option 1) cat ~/.xsession echo ‘xfce4-session’ […]
Handling video in Linux
video exif tool sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl display video’s rotation exif exiftool -Rotation 20151024_132350.mp4 rotate the exif metadata only ffmpeg -i 20151024_132350.mp4 -metadata:s:v rotate=”0″ -vf “hflip,vflip” -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -acodec copy 20151024_132350b.mp4 resize to 720p ffmpeg -i IMG_0001.MOV -vf […]
VMWare
ERROR1 VMWare says something like “vmware kernel module updater …” and requires pressing Install button then nothing happens. ERROR2 After some Ubuntu updates the vmware network adapters are gone. SOLUTION sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
fan speed control/monitor
Install the lm-sensors Install lm-sensors and fancontrol Install fancontrol packages. # Configure lm-sensors; respond with yes for everything below (will modify /etc/modules): sudo sensors-detect # Monitoring programs won’t work until the needed modules are # loaded. You may want to […]
/var/mail && thunderbird
See http://askubuntu.com/questions/1916/how-can-i-access-system-mail-in-var-mail-via-thunderbird. Create the account Thunderbird -> Edit -> Account settings -> Account Action -> Add Another Account -> Unix Mailspool (Movemail) Your Name: adr (mailspool) Email Address: adr@localhost Browse your mails Open Thunderbird then press Get Messages button; you […]