September 7, 2009 – 5:02 pm
Following the instructions at:
https://launchpad.net/~anders-kaseorg/+archive/subversion-1.6
Edit the apt sources, using your favorite editor:
$ sudo emacs /etc/apt/sources.list
Add these lines to the end of the file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu jaunty main
The add the key signature:
$ sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 413576CB
where 413576CB is the Signing Key from the web page above… update the apt cache, and force [...]
sudo -i
apt-get install lvm2
modprobe dm-mod
vgchange -a y
Also try –
pvdisplay
Displays physical volumes
vgdisplay
Displays volume groups
lvdisplay
Displays logical volumes
and: man lvm
If you want support for MP3 files, Youtube video, and Java on your webpages, you could hunt down several packages – or just install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package install all the codecs and other files in one step. This also includes Microsoft core fonts.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Eliminate Irritating Update Notifier Pop-Unders
This from Joseph Sinclair
In Ubuntu 9.04, [...]
January 21, 2009 – 7:52 pm
So I tried to install simutrans on Ubuntu 8.10 and get this error message:
./simutrans/simutrans: error while loading shared libraries:
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory
Note the filename I put in bold — apt-get rejects commands like:
# apt-get install libSDL_mixer
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package libSDL_mixer
Well, that’s [...]
November 5, 2008 – 6:29 am
Additional Repositories
We are going to add the Ubuntu Partner and Medibuntu repositories which contain a number of apps.
From a terminal window, edit /etc/apt/sources.list…
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
… and enable the intrepid partner repository:
[...]
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical’s
## ‘partner’ repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical [...]
