Category Archives: Linux

Vmware : How to install Vmware Tools on Backtrack4- Final

I used VMware Workstation 7 to test this. The BackTrack kernel sources are already in place, so all that’s left to do is install BackTrack in VMware and start the VMware tools install. BackTrack uses up around 5 GB once installed, so plan accordingly. mkdir /mnt/cdrom mount /dev/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom cp -rf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.tar.gz /tmp/ cd /tmp/ […]

Linux : CentOS-5.5 Released

CentOS-5.5 is based on the upstream release EL 5.5 and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client All are torrent links user utorrent ( on windows ) or deluge ( Linux) CD ISO: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-1to7.torrent http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-1to8.torrent DVD ISO: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.torrent http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent LiveCD ISO: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-LiveCD.torrent http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-LiveCD.torrent

Ubuntu : How to install ubuntu-restricted-extras on ubuntu 10.04lucid

Most digital media comes in some sort of proprietary format or another; MP3, AAC, DVDs, MPEG, and so on. Ubuntu by default doesn’t include these codecs due to licensing issues. However, it’s quite simple to install the necessary codecs, which come in the Ubuntu Restricted Extras packages. To do so, open up a Terminal window […]

Linux : Google Picasa for ubuntu 10.04 lucida

Picasa 3.0 for Linux (beta) Instructions: Picasa is free photo software from Google. This version is Linux compatible. Picasa won’t delete your pictures or put them online without your permission. This is a preview of the upcoming release of Picasa 3 for Linux. We encourage you to try out this beta release and provide feedback […]

Linux : Rebuild deb package from installed files

Step 1 : To rebuild Debian package (.deb) from an installation kartook@H4C<3r:~$apt-get install dpkg-repack Now here i am going to rebuild K3B from my Ubuntu 10.04 kartook@H4C<3r:~/packagebuild$ sudo dpkg-repack k3b dpkg-deb: warning: ‘./dpkg-repack-13038/DEBIAN/control’ contains user-defined field ‘Original-Maintainer’ dpkg-deb: building package `k3b’ in `./k3b_1.91.0~rc2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb’. dpkg-deb: warning: ignoring 1 warnings about the control file(s) kartook@H4C<3r:~/packagebuild$ kartook@H4C<3r:~/packagebuild$ kartook@H4C<3r:~/packagebuild$ […]

Lunix : How to Install Nvidia Video Drivers In 10.04 Lucid Lynx ?

1. Open your terminal kartook@H4C<3r:~$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia* 2. Next we need to blacklist “nouveau”. Do so by adding the following into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf with your favorite text editor. About Nouveau kartook@H4C<3r:~$ sudo blacklist nouvea 3. Install the latest official stable driver from the repository kartook@H4C<3r:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current 4. Next we’ll load the […]