I've heard some packages being classified as a meta-package. So now I am left wondering what is the difference between a meta-package and a package?
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I am using the irssi client for IRC chat, and I would like to know how to configure the ~/.irssi/config
file so that I can put in my username and password (I have a registered nickname in the IRC).
Also, I'd like to know if I can configure it to open multiple terminals (as in gnome-terminal windows) to connect to different channels like #ubuntu, #ubuntu-in, etc. Or should I alias the command with different parameters so as to connect to different channels from different terminals?
I followed this post on AU and then downgraded back to 2.32. Then I followed a tip in a post asking me to add the gnome3 PPA to install a package dconf-settings-backend
because my settings weren't being remembered even after installing dconf-tools
and libdconf0
. Now I have the following issues:
- The time it takes from gdm login for the desktop-background to paint and the notification area icons to appear and conky to load has gotten high which wasn't the case earlier.
- Although I am connected to a network and can browse the internet, there is no network icon in my notification area.
- Although there are files in my Desktop folder, I am unable to see them except for
ls
via terminal - The buttons to close, minimize and maximize have disappeared from all windows.
- Nautilus doesn't open. When I try to open nautilus via the terminal I encounter this error:
nits@nits-workstation:~$ nautilus . Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported aborting... Aborted
I am guessing there is a package confusion with the upgrade from and downgrade back to Gnome2. Please help me fix this. Thanks.
Been trying to install git-core package for almost more than half a day now. Every time I do, I get this error:
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0:
newline in field name `../../../../../share/pyshared/UpdateManager/Core/__init__.py'
I've also tried running sudo apt-get update
and sudo apt-get install --fix-missing
. Even tried rebooting and cleaning the apt-get cache, still doesnt work.
I have been trying to set up a SFTP server with multiple users chrooting into their home directories. I followed the advice on this guide (Archive.org link) and then executed the following commands on the user's directories
chown root:root /home/user/
chmod 755 /home/user/
There is an additional folder in every user's home directory called public
, which is owned by its user so as to allow them to create directories and upload and remove files as needed. (This was advised in the guide I mentioned earlier)
Now when I execute sftp -P 435 user@localhost
, I get this error:
Write failed: Broken pipe
Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer
How do I proceed from here? The ultimate idea is to have each user on some other machine use FileZilla to log into their chrooted home directories and then be able to upload directories and files. All this in SFTP (because it's more secure)
The script command typecasts the terminal activity to a particular file. I understood that part, but is there a way it can be made to append to an existing file?
The end goal for me is to make the script
append the data to an existing file with a timestamp that is achieved by the date
command. And ultimately have a launcher that pre-executes this upon its launch and I have a logfile of every output on my terminal. I think I have the puzzle solved except for making the script command append.
When I right-click on a file and go to UbuntuOne, I am unable to select any option except "Hide Ribbon" and most of the time there is no ribbon to hide. So is moving files to the UbuntuOne folder the only option?
Is there a way to make Banshee show the current song playing in Empathy? I remember Rhythmbox had this functionality. But I don't even see an extra plugins option in Banshee. All I see is the Extensions in Preferences. Is there some way to achieve what I need? I am on 11.04 btw
I want to access this DB and I use this to access the SQLite DB: sqlite3 .mozilla/firefox/profile_name/places.sqlite
The query that I want to execute to this DB and store the output in a text file is SELECT moz_places.url FROM moz_places
How do I do that?