chrisjlee's questions

How does one install grunt on Ubuntu 13.04?

I've attempted to install it via NPM:

sudo npm install -g grunt

Then when i run grunt:

grunt

But it doesn't seem to work it throws an error:

path.js:313
        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.resolve must be strings');
              ^ TypeError: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings
    at Object.exports.resolve (path.js:313:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt:13:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:901:3

Here's some information about what version of node i have:

$ npm -v                                                                      
1.3.8

When i'm scrolling sometimes ubuntu will think i'm trying to switch applications.

Is there a three finger application switching feature in ubuntu 13.04 that i don't know about?

It sometimes also switches applications when my palms are touching. I tried disable while typing and it's not optimal or user friendly. It's rather annoying to me.

I created an instance to run on a cloud service. The machine image was 12.04 server edition x64.

Upon initially logging in and creating a user and su'ing into that user it doesn't have a home folder:

root@chrisjlee:~# useradd -G www-data me
root@chrisjlee:~# su me
$ ls
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied
$ cd ~
sh: 2: cd: can't cd to /home/me
$ 

Do i have to initialize something in order for home folders to be automatically created?

Is there a way via CLI to determine which version number of a gem is installed on my machine? Similar to yolk -l for python?

I'm trying to see if I have the latest version of compass / sass / zurb foundation. I have a dependency that requires a particular version number. So I need to see what version it is.

I'm setting up solr locally for my development purposes and integration with Drupal 7. I'm not very familiar with tomcat. My background has primarily been LAMP setups.

So I went and installed the package provided by ubuntu for apache solr following this guide.

• sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin tomcat6-common tomcat6-user tomcat6-docs tomcat6-examples
• sudo apt-get install solr-tomcat

I've got that working. The apt-get package manager does a great job and allows me to setup solr but with one core.

What steps need to be taken to enable multi core setup for apache solr?

And below is my solr.xml file:

sudo nano /var/lib/tomcat6/conf/Catalina/localhost/solr.xml

<!--
    Context configuration file for the Solr Web App
-->

<Context path="/solr" docBase="/usr/share/solr"
   debug="0" privileged="true" allowLinking="true" crossContext="true">
  <!-- make symlinks work in Tomcat -->
  <Resources className="org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext" allowLinking="true" />

  <Environment name="solr/home" type="java.lang.String" value="/usr/share/solr" override="true" />
</Context>

After creating a vhd and going through that process i'm unable to install win7 x64. I've went through various settings and trying to get it right. It'll boot the windows install but then indicate the following error (image included too):

A required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.

Note if the windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can safely remove it for this step.

I've also set up my storage tree like so:

Would anyone know what the issue could be? It's asking for cd/dvd device drivers and i'm unable to install.

I have an empty seperate partition used for my vhd/virtualbox. mounted at /mount/win7.

I've deleted everything now and there's a lost+found folder left over. It takes up about 5gigs

Is it safe to remove a lost and found folder?

is it possible to convert mp3 to ogg via command line?

I'd like to just in a bulk swoop convert my mp3 files to ogg so i can play them in firefox without any issues.

Is it possible to query through Terminal how much ram my motherboard can take?

I'm looking to see if i can even upgrade.

I have a pdf catalog that was given to me from a client in pdf format. They don't have the images but they're in the pdf.

Is there a way to extract all images from a pdf using a command line tool while preserving it's original file names?

I reviewed this question here: Extract images from PDF with layer masks but it's for individual images.

I have both Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on a shared machine. Because a lot of the non-developers use Windows, I'd like to change the boot order to make it easier for them.

Currently the boot order looks like the following:

• Ubuntu 11.10 kernelgeneric *86
• Ubuntu 11.10 kernelgeneric *86 (safe boot)
• Memory test
• Memory test
• Windows 7 on /dev/sda6

How do I change the default order so that Windows 7 is at the top of the list?

• Windows 7 on /dev/sda6
• Ubuntu 11.10 kernelgeneric *86
• Ubuntu 11.10 kernelgeneric *86 (safe boot)
• Memory test
• Memory test

From my understanding and correct me if I'm wrong, I have to get ruby or NPM installed to get the less css compiler working.

I don't have any ruby installed and I'm not really sure how to get my computer to that point. I also want to minimize my footprint; installing the minimal amount of ruby libraries if possible (because i will never use ruby except for when i run less).

What are the steps involved in getting less working and running?

Before you down vote, I know there was this previous thread (Less CCS compiler install).

This particular person already has some other packages installed. I'm trying to figure out all the packages needed to get to that point.

Or if someone could point me to the right documentation I would be thrilled!

Is there a way to install fonts on wine?

I'm looking to install fonts so i can use them to render text differently on various apps. Specifically myriad.

I've made the mistake of installing the ATI proprietary driver by command line.

Steps i took:

1. Downloaded linux drivers
2. Opened the terminal
3. sh amd..driver.run
4. Followed the steps
5. Rebooted

This has caused my screen to not even load after a fresh install of 11.10 Is there a way to remove of disable these proprietary drivers by command line?

I installed Drush with apt-get install drush. which drush says the file has been installed on /usr/bin/drush.

I would like to manually update Drush as well as adding files like an example.alias.php file to that folder. However, /user/bin/drush isn't actually a folder but the PHP file itself.

How can I find the Drush folder?

I download the latest Aptana 3.0.5 after reinstalling ubuntu 11.10.

I place aptana in the /opt/ folder. Upon trying to launch the application it warns me with:

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run AptanaStudio3. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: /opt/AptanaStudio3/jre/bin/java java in your current PATH

Is this error occurring because i'm missing Java packages? Previously in 11.04 i had to install a couple different java packages (i forgot which) and it suddenly worked.

What do i need to do to get aptana working?

I'm trying to mass convert a handful of .tif files. I found phatch could look like a good candidiate but I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. Looks like they don't have a .deb for my version.

Anyone have any alternatives to phatch or any other recommendations as to quickly batch convert tif to jpeg files.

I'm looking for a non-Photoshop (ala Wine) solution.

In terminal i've changed my PS1.

I think it maybe causing issues with allowing me to hit the home button. Normally by hitting the home button it's suppose to return to the first character on the first line

my prompt file: https://raw.github.com/chrisjlee/dotfiles/master/.prompt

# Setup color Variables
#############################
STARTFGCOLOR='\e[0;36m'
STARTBGCOLOR="\e[0;32m"
ENDCOLOR="\e[0m"

export PS1="\e[0;36m\n[ $STARTFGCOLOR$STARTBGCOLOR\u@\h\e[01;35m \w $STARTBGCOLOR$STARTFGCOLOR]\e[0;32m\n\e[0;35m]$ $ENDCOLOR"

Whenever i redo the last command (by hitting the up button in terminal) and hit the home button it'll stop halfway. And then the characters will not read correctly

Has anyone else have this issue?

Is there an application or a command that could to split a csv (preserving the a table header) into smaller equal parts?

I'm trying to import a large 36mb file and the importer is going kaputz.

Here's an example of a windows application: http://download.fyxm.net/CSV-Splitter-33994.html

I guess i could use wine to use this program but would prefer something native of ubuntu.

I've installed win 7 and ubuntu 11.04. After a storm killed the power. I'm unable to boot.

I'm stuck in the busybox shell (ash).

Here's what happens when I boot:

• Bios loads
• Grub displays option to load:
  • ubuntu
  • ubuntu recovery
  • memtest
  • another memtest option
  • win7
  • win 7 recovery
• I load Ubuntu
  • This cause it to load and i see no normal ubuntu screen just the busybox shell
  • I try loading ubuntu via fsck -l and it returns me a /bin/sh not found error.
• I load Windows 7 and I'm unable to boot. I get a blue screen of death
• I then load Ubuntu recovery and i don't have any luck either.

Any ideas where to go from here?