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.
Installing MenuLibre 2.0
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) …
Here’s the easy way
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
LibreOffice 4.2 in Ubuntu 13.10
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
WebEx on 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10
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?
Existing directory
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.
Finding Missing Libraries
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.
Fixing SQL Developer 4.0
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!
Switch Back to Bumblebee from Prime
When I first installed Ubuntu 13.10, I installed Nvidia Prime. It was easy to install and things seemed to just work at first. Now, I am having second thoughts. Bumblebee sounds like the better route for me now, and these are my notes. Switching back to Bumblebee was no trivial task though.
Using Microsoft Lync with Ubuntu
I have had two different needs come up for using Lync as my instant messaging tool. First, the company that I work for subscribed to Microsoft’s online service called Office365. Then, I started working for a client that hosted it’s own internal server.
These are my notes for getting connected so that I could chat on both networks using Pidgin.
Annual Report from WordPress
Today, I received my annual report from WordPress/Jetpack. I have always enjoyed these reports, so I thought I would make it public.
For the complete report, view it here: Linux Sagas 2013 Year in Blogging
Ubuntu 13.10: System Tools And Settings
This part of my Ubuntu 13.10 installation series. I took a few notes on the tools I installed and settings that I tweaked.