Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ubuntu – Install LibreOffice 3.5.0 via PPA

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A quick update for Ubuntu users: LibreOffice 3.5.0 is now available in its official PPA for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and 10.04 Lucid Lynx users.

LibreOffice 3.5.0 could already be manually installed by downloading the debs from its website, but the global menu doesn’t seem to work using this method and there are some desktop integration issues with KDE.

Add the PPA and upgrade to LibreOffice 3.5.0

To add the PPA and upgrade to the latest LibreOffice 3.5.0 in Ubuntu 11.10 or 10.04, copy/paste the following commands in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

If you don’t want to use “dist-upgrade”, use the Update Manager or Synaptic to upgrade the packages.

The LibreOffice global menu should work when using the packages in the PPA. If it doesn’t, removing and reinstalling it should get it working:

sudo apt-get remove lo-menubar
sudo apt-get install lo-menubar

That’s it for Ubuntu 11.10.

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Ubuntu – Install Transmission 2.50 BitTorrent Client

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Transmission is designed for easy, powerful use. We’ve set the defaults to Just Work and it only takes a few clicks to configure advanced features like watch directories, bad peer blocklists, and the web interface. When Ubuntu chose Transmission as its default BitTorrent client, one of the most-cited reasons was its easy learning curve.

Features:
- Uses fewer resources than other clients
- Native Mac, GTK+ and Qt GUI clients
- Daemon ideal for servers, embedded systems, and headless use
- All these can be remote controlled by Web and Terminal clients
- Local Peer Discovery
- Full encryption, DHT, µTP, PEX and Magnet Link support

New in 2.50 Version:
in GTK+

Fix regression that broke the “–minimized” command-line argument
Instead of notify-send, use the org.freedesktop.Notifications DBus API
Fix a handful of small memory leaks

To install Transmission BT Client on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install transmission

Ubuntu – Install VLC 2.0 TwoFlower

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Install VLC 2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Linux Mint

VLC media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. However in recent years it has also become a extremely powerful server to stream live and on demand video in several formats to our network and the Internet.

To install VLC on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install vlc