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Commands

  • apt-cache policy <packageName> - check available version
  • du -sh * - list all directories and files with its real size
  • du -h * | sort -r | head -50 - 50 heaviest subdirectories with size
  • tar -cvf archived-file.tar ./directory-to-archive - tar directory to file
  • tar - xvf archived-file.tar - untar directory to file
  • tar -czvf archived-file.tar.gz ./directory-to-archive - tar.gz directory to file
  • tar - xzvf archived-file.tar.gz - untar.gz directory to file
  • scp file.zip username@host:/home/target/path/ - copy file to remote host with scp
  • ps aux | grep java - display all services with java string
  • kill $(ps aux | grep 'chrome' | awk '{print $2}') - kill all processess with chrome phrase
  • python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 - very light HTTP server with Python
  • netstat -tulpn | grep 8080 - return process which process listen on port 8080
  • diff -bur dir1 dir2 - differs content of two directories
  • find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; | sort -k 34 | md5sum - computes md5 for the current directory
  • find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum - computes md5 for each file in the directory
  • ` ln -s target_path link_path` - create symbolic link
  • find /media/kospiotr/8765-4321/DCIM/105GOPRO -type f -mtime -20 -exec cp -p "{}" /tmp/photos \; - copy files newer than 20 days from my GoPro to /tmp/photos directory with preserved modification timestamp
  • find /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A003%2C003%5D/Pamięć wewnętrzna/DCIM/Camera -type f -mtime -20 -exec cp -p "{}" /home/kospiotr/Obrazy/CG \; - copy files as above from OnePlus camera
  • sudo apt-get install gnome-system-monitor - taask manager from GNOME
  • sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0 - format /dev/mmcblk0 device as fat
  • umount /dev/sdb1 && badblocks -svn /dev/sdb1 - check ssd card
  • umount /dev/sdb1 && badblocks -o ./badblocks.list -w -s -v -b 4096 -c 16 /dev/mmcblk0 - check ssd card in destructive way
  • sudo adduser <username> sudo - create user and add it to sudo group
  • sudo usermod -a -G sudo <username> - add user to group sudo
  • ssh cloud_user@talentmanagement3c.mylabserver.com -R 7001:localhost:7000 - espose local 7000 port on remote machine on 7001 port locally
  • ssh cloud_user@talentmanagement3c.mylabserver.com -R 7001:localhost:7000 - espose local 7000 port on remote machine on 7001 port locally

Set up environment

Commons

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common gdebi

Chrome

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - && \
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list' && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta

JDK 8

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

or via package:

sudo wget -O /tmp/jdk.tar.gz --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u73-b02/jdk-8u73-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
sudo mkdir /opt/jdk/ && \
sudo tar xvzf /tmp/jdk.tar.gz -C /opt/jdk/

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_73/bin/java 100 &&
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_73/bin/javac 100

sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javac

java -version
javac -version

Maven

wget http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/maven/maven-3/3.3.9/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz && \
tar -zxf apache-maven-3.3.9-bin.tar.gz && \
sudo cp -R apache-maven-3.3.9 /usr/local && \
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.9/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn && \
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.9/bin/mvnDebug /usr/bin/mvnDebug

GIT

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install git

NodeJS

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Remove:

 sudo rm -rf bin/node bin/node-waf include/node lib/node lib/pkgconfig/nodejs.pc share/man/man1/node

VLC

sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc

Intellij Idea

  • Download version without jdk
sudo cp ~/Pobrane/idea-* /opt -r \
sudo chown

Create activator:

vim ~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-idea.desktop

paste:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=IntelliJ IDEA
Icon=/opt/idea-IU-143.1184.17/bin/idea.png
Exec="/opt/idea-IU-143.1184.17/bin/idea.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-idea

Elementary OS

Download: https://elementary.io/pl/

Install:

# detect mounting point for USB
lsblk

# unmount mounting point for /dev/sdb
sudo umount /dev/sdb

#
sudo dd bs=4M if=elementaryos-5.1-stable.20200814.iso of=/dev/sdb conv=fdatasync  status=progress
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Tweaks

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpstark/elementary-tweaks-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

Create custom Activator:

Create a .desktop file in your ~/.local/share/applications folder for the script (or in usr/share/applications for system wide access). E.g.:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=My bash script
Comment=bash script to do custom stuff
Type=Application
Exec=/path/to/bash/script %U
Icon=/path/to/some/fancy/icon
Terminal=false (or true)
Categories=Other;

It will show up in the Other category for slingshot. Run it and then select “Keep in dock” when it is running.

Recipes

Remove obsolate PPA

  • edit /etc/apt/sources.list
  • install synaptic
  • sudo update-manager
  • ppa-purge: 
    sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edger/ppa

Add cloud printer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simon-cadman/niftyrepo
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cupscloudprint

Once the installation is ready, you can connect your server to the Google Cloud Print account.