Jared Burrows Blog

Monday, September 17, 2012

How to install subversion

To install the packages:

sudo apt-get install subversion

Then you can download copies of svns:

svn checkout SVN_LINK

How to install Python WX for creating Python GUIs

WX is a cross-platform GUI kit for Python.

To install the packages:

sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8

How to install Objective C packages:

To install them:

sudo apt-get install gobjc gnustep gnustep-make gnustep-common

To compile files:

gcc -o hello hello.m -Wall -lobjc

How to play .mp4 files

Simply install these packages:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

How to disable AppleMobileDeviceService.exe

To disable the service, launch services.msc

Windows + R > Type services.msc

Right click on the service and set the Start Up type to "Disable" and hit "Stop" service

How to disabled IPV6

First, check to see if you are running IPV6(there is more than just one way to check):

ip a | grep inet
netstat -tupln

Try blacklisting: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add this to the file(have to restart):

blacklist ipv6

/etc/sysctl.conf add this to the file and then run "sudo sysctl -p":

net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

/etc/default/grub and then run "sudo update-grub2":

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="ipv6.disable=1"

Always check your work:

How to burn ISO files to CD-RW/DVD-RW in Linux

List the devices to write with:

cdrecord -scanbus

After running this command, match the "dev=NUM,NUM,NUM" with the next command to make sure your are writing the ISO with the correct device.

cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=0,0,0 FILE.iso

-v - verbose(shows my information)
-pad speed=1 - change the write speed
dev=0,0,0 - this is your device

How to wipe a CD-RW/DVD-RW on linux

Run this command to make sure that the cd is unmounted:

umount /dev/cdrom

Use the "cdrecord" command to quickly erase the CD-RW/DVD-RW

cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast