Time to upgrade again. Each time Linux comes out, I try to install everything from scratch. I could upgrade, but this keeps me consistent in backing things up and helps me revisit my install steps.
This post is just simply going through the installer and selecting the different options. If you want to follow along with the other steps in my install, check out the main installation page:
So, here’s what I did…
I’ve been trying to back up my computer, and I have a virtual machine that is rather large. I am using a Samsung Blu-Ray burner, and I am having trouble. Brasero just bombed out at the beginning of the burn. So, I went back to K3b. That did the trick mostly, but I ran into issues at the end of every disk. So, I found a nice article on Ubuntu Forums.
Here are my notes on implementing the fix…
I’ve had an issue with one of my email addresses recently. When I reply to all with my GMail address, it’s smart and does not send the email back to myself. On the other hand, when I sent an email from another address, it would include that address in the reply list. It finally got annoying enough to find a problem…
A couple of emails came through the other day that I didn’t catch right away. This set me on a quest for a good notification system for my email. I need something where if I step away from my computer for 30 seconds that I can see that I got an email during that time. Or, if I am working on something that I can’t stop, I need something that will quietly sit and remind me that something needs attention when I have a chance.
I just saw that Packt is running a special on their books. To celebrate their 2,000th title, you get a free eBook with your purchase. If you’re in need of a book, now’s the time to check it out.
You can learn more on the Packt Website.
I just discovered MenuLibre with this last time that I installed Ubuntu 13.10. Tom pointed out on that post that a new 2.0 version is available. It’s not in the Ubuntu 13.10 repositories, but it was easy enough to install (or, at least should have been) …
First, you need to install two prerequisites.
sudo apt-get install python3-distutils-extra sudo apt-get install python3-psutil
Now download the latest version from the Project Page.
Finally, extract and install like this:
tar -xzvf menulibre-2.0.1.tar.gz cd menulibre-2.0.1 python3 setup.py install --user
Run it like this (or, from the menu):
$ ~/.local/bin/menulibre
I ran across the articles on WebUpd8 and OMGUbuntu about the latest version of LibreOffice. I decided to give it a try. New features are always great.
Here’s all I did:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Periodically, I use WebEx with work. It seems like it is just often enough to remind me that I didn’t make sure it was working since my last install.
Well, thanks to Russ Lowenthal, I found an easy fix to get it working.
Ask Ubuntu: How to I make Cisco WebEx work with 13.10 64bit?
Well first, he has you look for missing libraries in the config directory. The problem is, I had two of them already.
$ ls $HOME/.webex 1124 1424 lastshareindex.bak
I just deleted the directory to start from scratch.
rm -r .webex/
I started a new WebEx from my browser. I just logged into the meeting and ended it. After that, I had just one directory there:
$ ls $HOME/.webex 1424
As a side note, the Meeting Center opens at this point. I just can’t share my desktop or view someone else’s.
Next, I ran this command to identify the missing libraries.
ldd $HOME/.webex/1424/*.so >>check.txt
I could have opened the check.txt with gedit or something like that. It was easier to use grep to find all of the “not found” lines:
$ grep "not found" check.txt libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => not found libXmu.so.6 => not found libXtst.so.6 => not found libjawt.so => not found libjawt.so => not found libXmu.so.6 => not found libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => not found libXft.so.2 => not found libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => not found libpangox-1.0.so.0 => not found
Then, I installed the apt-file program.
sudo apt-get install apt-file apt-file update
Finally, I used it to search each of the libraries that were not found.
$ apt-file search libXmu.so.6 libxmu6: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXmu.so.6 libxmu6: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXmu.so.6.2.0 libxmu6-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXmu.so.6.2.0
Once I knew the libraries, I could use that to install them. Not each of these actually installed packages because some were dependencies.
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-0:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libxmu6:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libgcj14-awt:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libxft2:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 sudo apt-get install -y libpangox-1.0-0:i386
I didn’t even have to reboot or even restart my browser. The next meeting worked fine and showed me the shared desktop.
Back when I was going through installing my programming/editor related tools, I had installed SQL Developer, but it wouldn’t work for me. Well, time to revisit! I have it working now!
