• • Przykłady:

sudo apt-cache search Muzyka MP3
sudo apt-cache search "Edytor tekstu"

• Aktualizowanie bazy danych Apt (wykonywane po dodaniu/usunięciu repozytoriów Apt)

sudo apt-get update

• Aktualizowanie paczek do najnowszych wersji

sudo apt-get upgrade

• Aktualizowanie całej dystrybucji

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

• Instalacja ściągniętych paczek Ubuntu/Kubuntu bazowanych na Debianie (.deb)

sudo dpkg -i paczka.deb

• Usuwanie ściągniętych paczek Kubuntu/Ubuntu bazowanych na Debianie

sudo dpkg -r paczka

• Konfigurowanie/Naprawa zainstalowanych paczek

sudo dpkg-reconfigure paczka

• • Przykłady:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mpd

• Obsługa archiwów ".tar.gz" (Tar/GZip)

• • Aby wypakować:

tar xvzf paczka.tar.gz

Objaśnienie komendy: tar jest aplikacją którą wypakowujesz pliki z archiwum. Nie można przy jej pomocy ich dekompresować. -x oznacza rozpakowywanie. -v means verbose (list what it is extracting). -z means filter through gzip. gzip is what compresses the archive (tar cannot compress them remember?). -f specifies the file to use. (You could extract this package by first using the command gzip, then you would be left with a .tar file. You would then not have to specify the -z switch as it would no longer be compressed.)

• • To create:

tar cvfz package.tar.gz folder

• Handling ".tar.bz" (Tar/BZip) Archives

• • To extract:

tar xvjf package.tar.bz

• • To create:

tar cvjf package.tar.bz folder

• Extracting ".bz" Archives

bunzip2 file.bz

• Extracting ".gz" Archives

gunzip file.gz

• Building from Source

Make sure you have all the necessary development tools (i.e. libraries, compilers, headers)

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

"uname -r" lists the current kernel you are using.

Extract your package (as detailed above)

tar xvzf package.tar.gz

Commence the build process

cd /path/to/extracted/package
./configure
make
make install

Note - typing ./ before a filename tells unix to try and execute the file as an application.

If build is successful, consider making an Ubuntu (Debian) package (.deb) for future use:

Install package tools:

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

Rebuild package using "checkinstall":

cd /path/to/extracted/package
./configure
make
checkinstall

Keep the resulting ".deb" file for future use. It can be installed using:

sudo dpkg -i package.deb

Note: These are basic instructions that may not always work. Some packages require additional dependencies and optional parameters to be specified in order to build them successfully.

Aptitude

aptitude is a terminal-based package manager that can be used as a drop-in replacement for apt-get. One of the main features of aptitude is that it marks packages that are automatically installed and removes them when no packages depend on them. This makes it easy to remove applications completely. To use Aptitude, replace apt-get with aptitude in the command line. Examples:

sudo aptitude install <packagename>
sudo aptitude remove <packagename>
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade

For an ncurses-based user interface, type

sudo aptitude

For more information, see the aptitude documentation.

Manual Updates

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

OR

Use Adept Update Manager: K > System -> Adept Manager -> Fetch Updates > Full Upgrade

Automated Updates

• Open K menu.
• In the System menu, open Adept Manager.
• In the Adept menu, select Manage Repositories.
• Open the Updates tab at the top of the screen.
• Make sure Check for Updates has an X in the box.
• Use the selection box to the right of that to determine how often you'd like to check for updates.
• Click the close button.
• Close Adept Manager.

Add/Remove Programs

Using the Add/Remove Programs feature is very easy and it will not damage your Kubuntu installation.

• Click K > Add/Remove Programs
• Search for the sort of program you want to add. Example: type MP3 to see a list of mp3 software.
• Check the box next to the software.
• Click the "Apply Changes" button.
• The selected program(s) will be automatically installed.

Automatix2

The use of Automatix2 is NOT RECOMMENDED as it can break your system should you wish to upgrade your system in the future. If you would like to install it anyway, follow the guidelines on the official website: Automatix2 Installation

Kubuntu Addon Applications

Commercial Applications

Commercial Applications require a license which can be obtained from the relevant vendor either at a cost or free of charge (such as VMWare server).

Virtualization

VirtualBox

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

Install:

sudo aptitude update 
sudo aptitude install virtualbox

Accept the license: navigate to OK by using the Tab key and press Enter. Use right arrow key to highlight Yes and press Enter.

Add user to it:

sudo usermod -G vboxusers -a user

replace "user" with your username.

Restart KDE using CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE and re-login. Navigate to VirtualBox by K > System > innotek VirtualBox Virtual Machine

For more help on creating and managing visit ubuntugeek

Transgaming Cedega

Cedega is a semi-commercial application, similar to Wine, wherein you may install some Windows applications. Cedega, however, is designed specifically for games, containing 3D support, software acceleration support, and a high level of DirectX support. It is available at http://www.cedega.com or through the main site for TransGaming at http://www.transgaming.com. After purchasing a license (Cedega has some proprietary components, though it is largely based off of Wine), you are entitled to download it from the website, as often as desired, if you have a subscription ($5.00 USD per month). This subscription also entitles you to the updates that are offered by TransGaming.

To install Cedega, after downloading it, simply open the .deb package. The installation will be straightforward from there. After installing it, open the program and follow through the configuration options. From there, once the program is open, you simply click "install", and select the setup/installation file (typically, autorun.exe or setup.exe). Further information (including FAQs, installation instructions, and a troubleshooting guide) is available at Cedega's support page.

Be aware, that, although Cedega is largely based off of GPL'ed components, which are free (open source), as a whole the product is -not- free software, and that downloading it without purchasing a subscription is piracy.

Edutainment Applications

Edutainment Applications make learning easier and faster.

Genealogy Trees (Gramps)

sudo apt-get install gramps

run by typing in:

gramps

Google Earth (World Map Utility and Flight Simulator)

• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install googleearth

KDE Edutainment Suite

This is a collection of edutainment software from the official KDE release. Package: kdeedu

sudo apt-get install kdeedu

KDE Toys (Collection of toys and passtimes)

sudo apt-get install kdetoys

Mnemosyne (free flash-card tool)

Mnemosyne is a sophisticated free flash-card tool which optimizes your learning process. To install the latest version in the repositories run the following command

sudo apt-get install mnemosyne

Bibletime (Holy Bible)

Bibletime is a Bible study tool for KDE. It ships with the King James Bible with Strong's Numbers. Although, it has many extra bible versions, books, dictionaries and commentaries, in many languages, available for download from it's built in library.

sudo apt-get install bibletime

Zekr (Quran)

Zekr is an Islamic Quran Software. It has translations in many languages from authentic authors.

sudo apt-get install zekr

Non-free Applications

Non-free Applications help you make use of proprietary software in order to maximize your Internet experience. The software available include Multimedia Codecs, Java Runtime Environment, as well as plug-ins for Firefox and Konqueror.

Firefox Plug-ins

Adblock plug-in (to block ads in a web page)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox-adblock

Adobe Acrobat Reader with Firefox Plug-in

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins

Adobe Flash Player v.9 Firefox Plug-in

To install the official Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox, install the flashplugin-nonfree package:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Adobe Flash Player v.9 Konqueror Plug-in

To install the official Adobe Flash plugin for Konqueror, go to any Flash-based website. KDE will offer to install the plugin automatically for you.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) v6.0 with Firefox plug-in

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

Kaffeine Plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs kaffeine too)

sudo apt-get install kaffeine-mozilla

MPlayer plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs MPlayer too)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

VLC plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs VLC too)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

Helix player plug-in (automatically installs helix-player)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-helix-player

AptURL (install Ubuntu programs through Firefox addressbar)

sudo apt-get install apturl

To use, type the following in Firefox addressbar:

apt:<application name>

Eg:

apt:mplayer

Image-zoom plug-in (to zoom images in a page)

Multimedia Codecs Installation

The Ubuntu Restricted Extras will install Adobe Flash Player, Java Runtime Environment with Firefox and Konqueror plug-ins, a set of Microsoft Fonts as well as media codecs. This is a single command approach.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

You may also try the Kubuntu Restricted Extras (not sure what it adds).

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

You will see a blue dialogue for confimation, use tab to highlight "OK", then press Enter. On the next screen use left-right arrows to select "Yes" and agree to License, then press Enter.

Eye Candy Applications

Eye Candy Applications refer to the decoration of the Interface. These can be added on icons, themes, wallpapers etc. As well as the 3D effects that are available with the use Compiz Fusion.

Compiz Fusion

Kicker-Applets (Extra Applets for the Panels)

sudo apt-get install kicker-applets

Use by right clicking a panel > Add Applet To Panel

Google Desktop

Download .deb file from Google Desktop Download Website

Browse to the file location:

cd <location>

e.g.

cd /home/username/Desktop

Install by running:

sudo dpkg -i google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb

Kicker-Kickoff (Suse Style K Menu)

SuperKaramba Desktop Widgets / Gadgets

sudo apt-get install superkaramba

Webilder (Automatic Flickr/Webshots Wallpaper Changer)

Yakuake drop down Konsole

sudo apt-get install yakuake

Enable it by going to K > System > Yakuake

Use it by pressing F12

Hotwire Graphical Terminal

Download .deb package from here:

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=Hotwire

Browse to the correct directory downloaded to:

cd <file location>

Install by:

sudo dpkg -i hotwire_0.599-1~getdeb1_all.deb

Run by going to K -> System -> Hotwire Shell - Command prompt

Games Applications

There are hundreds of games available under Linux. The following is a selected list of the best games.

Collections

KDE Games

A collection of games from the official KDE release is available from the Ubuntu repositories.
Package: kdegames

sudo apt-get install kdegames

GNOME Games

These are the games included with the GNOME desktop enviroment. They will also run on KDE.
Package: gnome-games

sudo apt-get install gnome-games

Action

Alien Arena

Multi-player first person shooter

sudo apt-get install alien-arena

Nexuiz 2.3

Nexuiz 2.3 is a multi-player first person shooter based on the Darkplaces engine, which is an advanced Quake1 engine.

sudo apt-get install nexuiz

There is a map pack available from http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=nexuiz&filename=nexmappack_r2.zip&use_mirror=superb-west that features 35 new maps. To install extract the map pack to /home/username/.nexuiz/data

Open Arena

Multi-player first person shooter.

sudo apt-get install openarena

Tremulous - a halo like multiplayer only game.

sudo apt-get install tremulous 

UrbanTerror 4.0

• UrbanTerror 4.0 is a Multi-player First Person Shooter. The Game uses the open source quake 3 engine and features many real weapons and free to use servers for multi-player functionality.

More information can be found at UrbanTerror

• You can manually download and install UrbanTerror from the following webpage UrbanTerror_Download
• Or you can enjoy an automated install by downloading and executing the linux install script from either of the following links: urt40-linux-installer.sh_1 or urt40-linux-installer.sh_2

• After downloading the script open Terminal into your download directory then make the script executable with the following command:

sudo chmod +x urt40-linux-installer.sh

• Now double click on the script to execute and follow the directions
• The install will take awhile as the script executes a download of the necessary files which are about 541MB
• After the install you will have a nice UrbanTerror icon on your desktop (unless you installed as root)

This easy install script is courtesy of Nexu from the UrbanTerror Forums.

Arcade

Frozen-Bubble

Similar to Bust-a-Move, this gave has the player launching bubbles to match colors.
Package: frozen-bubble

sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble

Penguin Racer

Fast (well, if you have a 3D accelerator card) and addicting race game.
Package: planetpenguin-racer

sudo apt-get install planetpenguin-racer planetpenguin-racer-extras

Board Games

MahJongg

Classic Mahjongg game
Package: kmahjongg

sudo apt-get install kmahjongg

Chess

Play chess against computer
Package: pouetchess

sudo apt-get install pouetchess pouetchess-data

Emulators

Super Nintendo Emulator (ZSNES) 1.510 for i386/AMD64

• Read #General Notes

For support or questions see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588744

• Add a 3rd Party Repository

echo "deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://packages.dfreer.org/7572013D.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

• Install using one of the lines below

sudo apt-get install zsnes32 #for amd64 users
sudo apt-get install zsnes   #for everyone else

• K -> Games -> zsnes or zsnes32

Playstation Emulator (pSX) 1.13 for i386/AMD64

• Read #General Notes

For support or questions see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=394097

• Add a 3rd Party Repository

echo "deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://packages.dfreer.org/7572013D.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

• Install using one of the lines below

sudo apt-get install psx32 #for amd64 users
sudo apt-get install psx   #for everyone else

• K -> Games -> pSX or pSX32

Puzzles

Strategy

Pingus

Pingus is a lemmings clone that uses penguins instead of lemmings. It also comes with a level builder.

sudo apt-get install pingus

Graphics Manipulation Applications

Graphics Manipulation Applications allow you to edit your favourite photos or create stunning 3D drawings.]

CinePaint (Graphics and Video Editor)

sudo apt-get install cinepaint

KdenLive(Video Editing Suite for KDE)

sudo apt-get install kdenlive

Dia (Diagram editor)

sudo apt-get install dia

GIMP Image Manipulator

sudo apt-get install gimp

There is an extra set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP.

sudo apt-get install gimp-data-extras

Inkscape Vector Illustrator

sudo apt-get install inkscape

Istanbul (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install istanbul

recordMyDesktop (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop

Kivio (Flow Chart Creation)

sudo apt-get install kivio

Picassa Photo Organiser

Download from Google website:

Picassa Download

Browse to the file location:

cd <location>

e.g.

cd /home/username/Desktop

Install by running:

sudo dpkg -i picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb

Wink (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install wink

Camorama (Web Cam)

sudo apt-get install camorama

Internet Applications

Internet applications enable you to make full use of your Internet connection. You can get hold of Web Browsers, Email Clients, Instant Messengers and many more applications here.

Filesharing / P2P

KTorrent

This application is included with Kubuntu.

Azureus (BitTorrent Client)

sudo apt-get install azureus

QTorrent (PyQT-based Bitorrent Client, suppose to be very fast)

sudo apt-get install qtorrent

Transmission (BitTorrent Client)

sudo apt-get install transmission

Apollon (P2P Filesharing)

sudo apt-get install apollon gift libfasttrack-gift

KMLDonkey (P2P eMule/eDonkey2000 Client)

sudo apt-get install kmldonkey

Email Clients

KMail

This application is included with Kubuntu. Access it by clicking on the Kontact icon on your panel.

Evolution

sudo apt-get install evolution

Thunderbird

To install Mozilla Thunderbird, simply type in a console (e,g, Konsole)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird

Mozilla New Mail Icon for Thunderbird (minimise Thunderbird to tray)

In order to minimise Thunderbird to the tray, you can install the extension "Mozilla New Mail Icon"

On the website, right click "mozTrayBiff-1.2.3-tb2.0.0.0.xpi" and save the file to a destination you may use.

Then do in Thunderbird:

Tools -> Extensions -> Install

Browse to the location where you saved mozTrayBiff-1.2.3-tb2.0.0.0.xpi to. Select the file.

Instant Messengers

Kopete

This application is included with Kubuntu.

aMSN

sudo apt-get install amsn

To enable Drag-and-Drop capabilities to aMSN for easy file transfer follow this link:

Ubuntu Geek

Skype (Internet Telephony (VOIP))

sudo apt-get install skype

Pidgin

sudo apt-get install pidgin

Emesene

Emesene is a MSN messenger client. You can download the latest .deb version from http://apt.emesene.org/ . To install open the Konsole and cd into the directory where you saved it. Now enter:

sudo dpkg -i emesene_version-no.deb

Kmess

Kmess is a MSN messenger client aimed at integration with KDE.

sudo apt-get install kmess

FTP Clients

Although Konqueror can use FTP via kioslaves, you might wish to ue a dedicated FTP client.

Filezilla

sudo apt-get install filezilla

FireFTP for Firefox

Install FireFTP as an extension within Mozilla Firefox. Visit the FireFTP Homepage.

Newsreaders

Akregator

This application is included with Kubuntu.

RSSOwl

Following instructions to install RSSOwl do only work with version 1_2_3 of RSSOwl.

This application is a in Java written RSS | RDF | Atom Newsfeed Reader.

In order to use the internal browser, install first the packages xulrunner and firefox , either via Adept Manager or by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo apt-get install firefox xulrunner

Change to your "opt" directory by typing this command into Konsole:

cd /opt

Download the tar.gz-archive into your opt directory by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo wget http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rssowl/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz

Extract the archive and remove the extracted file by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo tar zxvf ./rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz && sudo rm ./rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz

Make a startscript by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo vim /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

and add the following lines to your starter-script file /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

    export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/xulrunner
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
    cd /opt/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin
    ./run.sh

Make the startscript executable by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo chmod u+x /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

Now you always can start RSSOwl by typing this command into Konsole:

runRSSOwl.sh

After having started the application "RSSOwl":

Go to --> View and enable "View Newstext in Browser".

Then go to --> Tools --> Preferences... --> General and enable in misc-section "Open any news automatically in browser".

Go to --> Tools --> Preferences... --> Browser and enter the path to the executable (my path was /usr/lib/firefox/firefox). Finally enable “use external browser” at the bottom.

Videoconferencing

Web Browsers

Konqueror

This application is included with Kubuntu.

Mozilla Firefox

Install the package firefox, either via Adept Manager or by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo apt-get install firefox

Firefox Widgets

Opera

sudo apt-get install opera

Download Managers

KGet

Package: kget

sudo apt-get install kget

KGet can be easily configured to work with Konqueror.

Download Manager (Downloader for X)

sudo apt-get install d4x

Multimedia Applications

Multimedia Applications enable you to make full use of your Linux system. There is a vast variety of Applications available for Multimedia under Linux, and most of them are very stable.

CDs and DVDs

Install MP3 support for K3b

Install the libk3b2-mp3 package:

sudo apt-get install libk3b2-mp3

K9copy DVD-Ripper

sudo apt-get install k9copy

Ripper X CD Ripper/Encoder

sudo apt-get install ripperx

DVD Playback Capability

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

Internet TV

Democracy TV Player (Now called Miro Player)

Democracy Player allows you to watch user-generated content via the Internet.

Install Democracy Player:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install democracyplayer

Sopcast Internet TV

Sopcast is a live stream program. Here is how to install it:

Retrieve the package by running:

wget http://sopcast.fuerzw.de/download/1.1.0/sp-sc.tgz

Untar the package:

tar -xvf sp-sc.tgz

Move sopcast base application to /usr/bin/

sudo mv sp-sc/sp-sc /usr/bin/

Now you have two options to run the program:

Command Line:

sp-sc sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 3908 8908 > /dev/null &

replace sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 with the stream address given to you.

Open the Stream in Mplayer or VLC player

mplayer http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

or

vlc http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

GUI version:

Multimedia Players

Banshee Music Player

sudo apt-get install banshee

Elisa Multimedia Player

Follow this guide to install

Exaile Music Manager and Player

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install exaile

Listen Music Manager and Player

MPlayer Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install mplayer

RealPlayer 10 Multimedia Player

The Linux Realplayer is actually based on the open-source Helix player. Helix itself can be installed as a package easily (Read #Firefox Plug-ins) and used instead of Realplayer. These instructions are to install the proprietary version of Realplayer only.

Download Real Player official linux player

Open a terminal and cd to the directory you have downloaded realplayer's .bin file. Then issue the following commands

chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

When it asks for installation path enter /usr/local/RealPlayer

For all other questions just choose default by pressing enter.

If you have installed mozilla-mplayer package you will need to delete the mplayer firefox plugin for real player videos. Other wise all real player files will open with mplayer. For that please do this

cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
sudo rm mplayerplug-in-rm.*

Please remember to restart firefox and when ever you click on a real player video choose the option open with and use /usr/bin/realplay

SMPlayer Multimedia Player

SMPlayer is a rich user-friendly-interface to the popular MPlayer

sudo apt-get install smplayer

Songbird Music Player

Follow the guide from psychocats.net. Songbird is still in development, you should only use it for testing purposes.

StreamTuner Stream Directory Browser

Xine-UI Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install xine-ui

VLC Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install vlc

XMMS Music Player

sudo apt-get install xmms

Multimedia Servers

MPD Multimedia Playing Server

Timidity++ MIDI Sound Server

Multimedia Encoders

KRec (Sound Recorder)

sudo apt-get install krec

SOX (encodes/decodes audio)

sudo apt-get install sox

Run by typing in:

sox

Internet Radio

Last FM

sudo apt-get install lastfm

Productivity Applications

Office Suites

KMyMoney2 (Personal Finance Management)

sudo apt-get install kmymoney2

Open Office

Open Office is installed by Default with Writer (Word equivalent), Presentation (PowerPoint equivalent), Spreaddheet (Excel equivalent).

Open Word 2007 Documents in Open Office

OpenOffice add ons

Opening .docx files in OpenOffice

First we need to download the converter, it can be found here> [3] Download the "odf-converter-1.0.0-5.i586.rpm"

Now install alien, if you have not yet

 sudo apt-get install alien

Then we need to convert it, we do not want a .deb package for this, so we use the -ct switch not the -k The -ct converts it to a .tgz

 sudo alien -ct odf-converter-1.0.0-5.i586.rpm

Once it is converted you need to unpack it

 tar xvf odf-converter-1.0.0.tgz

Now there should be three dirs on you desktop or where ever you un tared these You now run

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/program/OdfConverter /usr/lib/openoffice/program/

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu    /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/MOOXTypeDetection.xcu /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types

Then you are done, you can now open and edit .docx files.

KOffice

Install the KOffice suite by installing the koffice package:

sudo apt-get install koffice

Planner (Project planning & management (like MS-Project))

sudo apt-get install planner

Scribus (Desktop Publishing)

sudo apt-get install scribus

Development

BlueFish Web Development Editor

sudo apt-get install bluefish

Kompozer Web Development Editor

sudo apt-get install kompozer

Quanta Plus (Web IDE)

sudo apt-get install quanta kompare kxsldbg cervisia

Netbeans IDE

sudo apt-get install netbeans5.5

Science & Maths Applications

Science & Maths Applications are the e-Learning programs available under Linux.

Utilities

Utilities are meant to facilitate every day tasks that are performed such as a front-end to the IP Tables (Firewall), keeping clock up to date, zipping utilities and many more.

Archiving Utilities

BChunk

BChunk is a command-line utility that allows you to convert .cue and .bin file into .iso so they become useful on Kubuntu and you can open them. Warning: If the bin/cue image has audio tracks, they will be lost.

Get BChunk

sudo apt-get install bchunk

To convert .cue and .bin files navigate to the folder and run this command (replacing filenames with your own ones):

bchunk inputfilename.bin inputfilename.cue outputfilename.iso

After the file is converted into ISO; you can easily mount it using:

sudo mount -o loop outputfilename.iso /media/output

Navigate to /media/output and you should see all the content there, you can copy it to anywhere you want.

To unmount:

sudo umount /media/output

HJSplit Files Joiner/Splitter

HJSplit for Linux (Java version) Make sure you have Java Runtime Environment installed

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Download the HJSplit JAR file

wget http://www.freebyte.com/download/hjsplit/hjsplit_g.jar

Create the directory for HJSplit

sudo mkdir /opt/hjsplit

Move the file to an appropriate directory

sudo mv hjsplit_g.jar /opt/hjsplit/ 

Run by:

cd /opt/hjsplit/ && java -jar hjsplit_g.jar 

You can also make a terminal shortcut to the above in K Menu Editor.

Rar

sudo apt-get install rar

This application is a 40-day trial.

Unrar

sudo apt-get install unrar

This application is free for noncommercial use.

7-Zip

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

The open-source 7-Zip archive format was originally designed for Windows (and, to a lesser extent, DOS) but is also available for Ubuntu. The GNU/Linux version of 7-Zip does not come with a GUI, but Ark can hook into 7-Zip to handle 7z archives.

Firestarter (Firewall)

sudo apt-get install firestarter

NTP (Clock Synchronizer)

sudo apt-get install ntp

KDiskFree (Disk, CD free space and other properties monitor)

sudo apt-get install kdf

===QTParted (Hard disk partition editor (like Partition Magic))

sudo apt-get install qtparted ntfsprogs

===KNemo (Network interfaces monitor for systray)

sudo apt-get install knemo

Windows Applications

The Windows Applications allow you to install most of the applications available for Windows on Linux.

Wine

Package: wine

sudo apt-get install wine

Also consider installing Microsoft's TrueType fonts. In this case, enter:

sudo apt-get install wine msttcorefonts

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Edutainment Applications

Edutainment Applications make learning easier and faster.

Genealogy Trees (Gramps)

sudo apt-get install gramps

run by typing in:

gramps

Google Earth (World Map Utility and Flight Simulator)

• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install googleearth

KDE Edutainment Suite

This is a collection of edutainment software from the official KDE release. Package: kdeedu

sudo apt-get install kdeedu

KDE Toys (Collection of toys and passtimes)

sudo apt-get install kdetoys

Mnemosyne (free flash-card tool)

Mnemosyne is a sophisticated free flash-card tool which optimizes your learning process. To install the latest version in the repositories run the following command

sudo apt-get install mnemosyne

Bibletime (Holy Bible)

Bibletime is a Bible study tool for KDE. It ships with the King James Bible with Strong's Numbers. Although, it has many extra bible versions, books, dictionaries and commentaries, in many languages, available for download from it's built in library.

sudo apt-get install bibletime

Zekr (Quran)

Zekr is an Islamic Quran Software. It has translations in many languages from authentic authors.

sudo apt-get install zekr

Non-free Applications

Non-free Applications help you make use of proprietary software in order to maximize your Internet experience. The software available include Multimedia Codecs, Java Runtime Environment, as well as plug-ins for Firefox and Konqueror.

Firefox Plug-ins

Adblock plug-in (to block ads in a web page)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox-adblock

Adobe Acrobat Reader with Firefox Plug-in

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install acroread mozilla-acroread acroread-plugins

Adobe Flash Player v.9 Firefox Plug-in

To install the official Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox, install the flashplugin-nonfree package:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Adobe Flash Player v.9 Konqueror Plug-in

To install the official Adobe Flash plugin for Konqueror, go to any Flash-based website. KDE will offer to install the plugin automatically for you.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) v6.0 with Firefox plug-in

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

Kaffeine Plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs kaffeine too)

sudo apt-get install kaffeine-mozilla

MPlayer plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs MPlayer too)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

VLC plug-in for Firefox (automatically installs VLC too)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-plugin-vlc

Helix player plug-in (automatically installs helix-player)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-helix-player

AptURL (install Ubuntu programs through Firefox addressbar)

sudo apt-get install apturl

To use, type the following in Firefox addressbar:

apt:<application name>

Eg:

apt:mplayer

Image-zoom plug-in (to zoom images in a page)

Multimedia Codecs Installation

The Ubuntu Restricted Extras will install Adobe Flash Player, Java Runtime Environment with Firefox and Konqueror plug-ins, a set of Microsoft Fonts as well as media codecs. This is a single command approach.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

You may also try the Kubuntu Restricted Extras (not sure what it adds).

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

You will see a blue dialogue for confimation, use tab to highlight "OK", then press Enter. On the next screen use left-right arrows to select "Yes" and agree to License, then press Enter.

Eye Candy Applications

Eye Candy Applications refer to the decoration of the Interface. These can be added on icons, themes, wallpapers etc. As well as the 3D effects that are available with the use Compiz Fusion.

Compiz Fusion

Kicker-Applets (Extra Applets for the Panels)

sudo apt-get install kicker-applets

Use by right clicking a panel > Add Applet To Panel

Google Desktop

Download .deb file from Google Desktop Download Website

Browse to the file location:

cd <location>

e.g.

cd /home/username/Desktop

Install by running:

sudo dpkg -i google-desktop-linux_current_i386.deb

Kicker-Kickoff (Suse Style K Menu)

SuperKaramba Desktop Widgets / Gadgets

sudo apt-get install superkaramba

Webilder (Automatic Flickr/Webshots Wallpaper Changer)

Yakuake drop down Konsole

sudo apt-get install yakuake

Enable it by going to K > System > Yakuake

Use it by pressing F12

Hotwire Graphical Terminal

Download .deb package from here:

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=Hotwire

Browse to the correct directory downloaded to:

cd <file location>

Install by:

sudo dpkg -i hotwire_0.599-1~getdeb1_all.deb

Run by going to K -> System -> Hotwire Shell - Command prompt

Games Applications

There are hundreds of games available under Linux. The following is a selected list of the best games.

Collections

KDE Games

A collection of games from the official KDE release is available from the Ubuntu repositories.
Package: kdegames

sudo apt-get install kdegames

GNOME Games

These are the games included with the GNOME desktop enviroment. They will also run on KDE.
Package: gnome-games

sudo apt-get install gnome-games

Action

Alien Arena

Multi-player first person shooter

sudo apt-get install alien-arena

Nexuiz 2.3

Nexuiz 2.3 is a multi-player first person shooter based on the Darkplaces engine, which is an advanced Quake1 engine.

sudo apt-get install nexuiz

There is a map pack available from http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=nexuiz&filename=nexmappack_r2.zip&use_mirror=superb-west that features 35 new maps. To install extract the map pack to /home/username/.nexuiz/data

Open Arena

Multi-player first person shooter.

sudo apt-get install openarena

Tremulous - a halo like multiplayer only game.

sudo apt-get install tremulous 

UrbanTerror 4.0

• UrbanTerror 4.0 is a Multi-player First Person Shooter. The Game uses the open source quake 3 engine and features many real weapons and free to use servers for multi-player functionality.

More information can be found at UrbanTerror

• You can manually download and install UrbanTerror from the following webpage UrbanTerror_Download
• Or you can enjoy an automated install by downloading and executing the linux install script from either of the following links: urt40-linux-installer.sh_1 or urt40-linux-installer.sh_2

• After downloading the script open Terminal into your download directory then make the script executable with the following command:

sudo chmod +x urt40-linux-installer.sh

• Now double click on the script to execute and follow the directions
• The install will take awhile as the script executes a download of the necessary files which are about 541MB
• After the install you will have a nice UrbanTerror icon on your desktop (unless you installed as root)

This easy install script is courtesy of Nexu from the UrbanTerror Forums.

Arcade

Frozen-Bubble

Similar to Bust-a-Move, this gave has the player launching bubbles to match colors.
Package: frozen-bubble

sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble

Penguin Racer

Fast (well, if you have a 3D accelerator card) and addicting race game.
Package: planetpenguin-racer

sudo apt-get install planetpenguin-racer planetpenguin-racer-extras

Board Games

MahJongg

Classic Mahjongg game
Package: kmahjongg

sudo apt-get install kmahjongg

Chess

Play chess against computer
Package: pouetchess

sudo apt-get install pouetchess pouetchess-data

Emulators

Super Nintendo Emulator (ZSNES) 1.510 for i386/AMD64

• Read #General Notes

For support or questions see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588744

• Add a 3rd Party Repository

echo "deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://packages.dfreer.org/7572013D.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

• Install using one of the lines below

sudo apt-get install zsnes32 #for amd64 users
sudo apt-get install zsnes   #for everyone else

• K -> Games -> zsnes or zsnes32

Playstation Emulator (pSX) 1.13 for i386/AMD64

• Read #General Notes

For support or questions see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=394097

• Add a 3rd Party Repository

echo "deb http://packages.dfreer.org gutsy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://packages.dfreer.org/7572013D.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

• Install using one of the lines below

sudo apt-get install psx32 #for amd64 users
sudo apt-get install psx   #for everyone else

• K -> Games -> pSX or pSX32

Puzzles

Strategy

Pingus

Pingus is a lemmings clone that uses penguins instead of lemmings. It also comes with a level builder.

sudo apt-get install pingus

Graphics Manipulation Applications

Graphics Manipulation Applications allow you to edit your favourite photos or create stunning 3D drawings.]

CinePaint (Graphics and Video Editor)

sudo apt-get install cinepaint

KdenLive(Video Editing Suite for KDE)

sudo apt-get install kdenlive

Dia (Diagram editor)

sudo apt-get install dia

GIMP Image Manipulator

sudo apt-get install gimp

There is an extra set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP.

sudo apt-get install gimp-data-extras

Inkscape Vector Illustrator

sudo apt-get install inkscape

Istanbul (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install istanbul

recordMyDesktop (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop

Kivio (Flow Chart Creation)

sudo apt-get install kivio

Picassa Photo Organiser

Download from Google website:

Picassa Download

Browse to the file location:

cd <location>

e.g.

cd /home/username/Desktop

Install by running:

sudo dpkg -i picasa_2.2.2820-5_i386.deb

Wink (Desktop Session Recording)

sudo apt-get install wink

Camorama (Web Cam)

sudo apt-get install camorama

Internet Applications

Internet applications enable you to make full use of your Internet connection. You can get hold of Web Browsers, Email Clients, Instant Messengers and many more applications here.

Filesharing / P2P

KTorrent

This application is included with Kubuntu.

Azureus (BitTorrent Client)

sudo apt-get install azureus

QTorrent (PyQT-based Bitorrent Client, suppose to be very fast)

sudo apt-get install qtorrent

Transmission (BitTorrent Client)

sudo apt-get install transmission

Apollon (P2P Filesharing)

sudo apt-get install apollon gift libfasttrack-gift

KMLDonkey (P2P eMule/eDonkey2000 Client)

sudo apt-get install kmldonkey

Email Clients

KMail

This application is included with Kubuntu. Access it by clicking on the Kontact icon on your panel.

Evolution

sudo apt-get install evolution

Thunderbird

To install Mozilla Thunderbird, simply type in a console (e,g, Konsole)

sudo apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird

Mozilla New Mail Icon for Thunderbird (minimise Thunderbird to tray)

In order to minimise Thunderbird to the tray, you can install the extension "Mozilla New Mail Icon"

On the website, right click "mozTrayBiff-1.2.3-tb2.0.0.0.xpi" and save the file to a destination you may use.

Then do in Thunderbird:

Tools -> Extensions -> Install

Browse to the location where you saved mozTrayBiff-1.2.3-tb2.0.0.0.xpi to. Select the file.

Instant Messengers

Kopete

This application is included with Kubuntu.

aMSN

sudo apt-get install amsn

To enable Drag-and-Drop capabilities to aMSN for easy file transfer follow this link:

Ubuntu Geek

Skype (Internet Telephony (VOIP))

sudo apt-get install skype

Pidgin

sudo apt-get install pidgin

Emesene

Emesene is a MSN messenger client. You can download the latest .deb version from http://apt.emesene.org/ . To install open the Konsole and cd into the directory where you saved it. Now enter:

sudo dpkg -i emesene_version-no.deb

Kmess

Kmess is a MSN messenger client aimed at integration with KDE.

sudo apt-get install kmess

FTP Clients

Although Konqueror can use FTP via kioslaves, you might wish to ue a dedicated FTP client.

Filezilla

sudo apt-get install filezilla

FireFTP for Firefox

Install FireFTP as an extension within Mozilla Firefox. Visit the FireFTP Homepage.

Newsreaders

Akregator

This application is included with Kubuntu.

RSSOwl

Following instructions to install RSSOwl do only work with version 1_2_3 of RSSOwl.

This application is a in Java written RSS | RDF | Atom Newsfeed Reader.

In order to use the internal browser, install first the packages xulrunner and firefox , either via Adept Manager or by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo apt-get install firefox xulrunner

Change to your "opt" directory by typing this command into Konsole:

cd /opt

Download the tar.gz-archive into your opt directory by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo wget http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rssowl/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz

Extract the archive and remove the extracted file by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo tar zxvf ./rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz && sudo rm ./rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin.tar.gz

Make a startscript by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo vim /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

and add the following lines to your starter-script file /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

    export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/xulrunner
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
    cd /opt/rssowl_1_2_3_linux_bin
    ./run.sh

Make the startscript executable by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo chmod u+x /usr/bin/runRSSOwl.sh

Now you always can start RSSOwl by typing this command into Konsole:

runRSSOwl.sh

After having started the application "RSSOwl":

Go to --> View and enable "View Newstext in Browser".

Then go to --> Tools --> Preferences... --> General and enable in misc-section "Open any news automatically in browser".

Go to --> Tools --> Preferences... --> Browser and enter the path to the executable (my path was /usr/lib/firefox/firefox). Finally enable “use external browser” at the bottom.

Videoconferencing

Web Browsers

Konqueror

This application is included with Kubuntu.

Mozilla Firefox

Install the package firefox, either via Adept Manager or by typing this command into Konsole:

sudo apt-get install firefox

Firefox Widgets

Opera

sudo apt-get install opera

Download Managers

KGet

Package: kget

sudo apt-get install kget

KGet can be easily configured to work with Konqueror.

Download Manager (Downloader for X)

sudo apt-get install d4x

Multimedia Applications

Multimedia Applications enable you to make full use of your Linux system. There is a vast variety of Applications available for Multimedia under Linux, and most of them are very stable.

CDs and DVDs

Install MP3 support for K3b

Install the libk3b2-mp3 package:

sudo apt-get install libk3b2-mp3

K9copy DVD-Ripper

sudo apt-get install k9copy

Ripper X CD Ripper/Encoder

sudo apt-get install ripperx

DVD Playback Capability

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

Internet TV

Democracy TV Player (Now called Miro Player)

Democracy Player allows you to watch user-generated content via the Internet.

Install Democracy Player:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install democracyplayer

Sopcast Internet TV

Sopcast is a live stream program. Here is how to install it:

Retrieve the package by running:

wget http://sopcast.fuerzw.de/download/1.1.0/sp-sc.tgz

Untar the package:

tar -xvf sp-sc.tgz

Move sopcast base application to /usr/bin/

sudo mv sp-sc/sp-sc /usr/bin/

Now you have two options to run the program:

Command Line:

sp-sc sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 3908 8908 > /dev/null &

replace sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/6098 with the stream address given to you.

Open the Stream in Mplayer or VLC player

mplayer http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

or

vlc http://localhost:8908/tv.asf

GUI version:

Multimedia Players

Banshee Music Player

sudo apt-get install banshee

Elisa Multimedia Player

Follow this guide to install

Exaile Music Manager and Player

• Read #General Notes
• Read #Add Extra Kubuntu Repositories

sudo apt-get install exaile

Listen Music Manager and Player

MPlayer Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install mplayer

RealPlayer 10 Multimedia Player

The Linux Realplayer is actually based on the open-source Helix player. Helix itself can be installed as a package easily (Read #Firefox Plug-ins) and used instead of Realplayer. These instructions are to install the proprietary version of Realplayer only.

Download Real Player official linux player

Open a terminal and cd to the directory you have downloaded realplayer's .bin file. Then issue the following commands

chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

When it asks for installation path enter /usr/local/RealPlayer

For all other questions just choose default by pressing enter.

If you have installed mozilla-mplayer package you will need to delete the mplayer firefox plugin for real player videos. Other wise all real player files will open with mplayer. For that please do this

cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
sudo rm mplayerplug-in-rm.*

Please remember to restart firefox and when ever you click on a real player video choose the option open with and use /usr/bin/realplay

SMPlayer Multimedia Player

SMPlayer is a rich user-friendly-interface to the popular MPlayer

sudo apt-get install smplayer

Songbird Music Player

Follow the guide from psychocats.net. Songbird is still in development, you should only use it for testing purposes.

StreamTuner Stream Directory Browser

Xine-UI Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install xine-ui

VLC Multimedia Player

sudo apt-get install vlc

XMMS Music Player

sudo apt-get install xmms

Multimedia Servers

MPD Multimedia Playing Server

Timidity++ MIDI Sound Server

Multimedia Encoders

KRec (Sound Recorder)

sudo apt-get install krec

SOX (encodes/decodes audio)

sudo apt-get install sox

Run by typing in:

sox

Internet Radio

Last FM

sudo apt-get install lastfm

Productivity Applications

Office Suites

KMyMoney2 (Personal Finance Management)

sudo apt-get install kmymoney2

Open Office

Open Office is installed by Default with Writer (Word equivalent), Presentation (PowerPoint equivalent), Spreaddheet (Excel equivalent).

Open Word 2007 Documents in Open Office

OpenOffice add ons

Opening .docx files in OpenOffice

First we need to download the converter, it can be found here> [4] Download the "odf-converter-1.0.0-5.i586.rpm"

Now install alien, if you have not yet

 sudo apt-get install alien

Then we need to convert it, we do not want a .deb package for this, so we use the -ct switch not the -k The -ct converts it to a .tgz

 sudo alien -ct odf-converter-1.0.0-5.i586.rpm

Once it is converted you need to unpack it

 tar xvf odf-converter-1.0.0.tgz

Now there should be three dirs on you desktop or where ever you un tared these You now run

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/program/OdfConverter /usr/lib/openoffice/program/

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu    /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter

 sudo cp usr/lib/ooo-2.0/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/MOOXTypeDetection.xcu /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types

Then you are done, you can now open and edit .docx files.

KOffice

Install the KOffice suite by installing the koffice package:

sudo apt-get install koffice

Planner (Project planning & management (like MS-Project))

sudo apt-get install planner

Scribus (Desktop Publishing)

sudo apt-get install scribus

Development

BlueFish Web Development Editor

sudo apt-get install bluefish

Kompozer Web Development Editor

sudo apt-get install kompozer

Quanta Plus (Web IDE)

sudo apt-get install quanta kompare kxsldbg cervisia

Netbeans IDE

sudo apt-get install netbeans5.5

Science & Maths Applications

Science & Maths Applications are the e-Learning programs available under Linux.

Utilities

Utilities are meant to facilitate every day tasks that are performed such as a front-end to the IP Tables (Firewall), keeping clock up to date, zipping utilities and many more.

Archiving Utilities

BChunk

BChunk is a command-line utility that allows you to convert .cue and .bin file into .iso so they become useful on Kubuntu and you can open them. Warning: If the bin/cue image has audio tracks, they will be lost.

Get BChunk

sudo apt-get install bchunk

To convert .cue and .bin files navigate to the folder and run this command (replacing filenames with your own ones):

bchunk inputfilename.bin inputfilename.cue outputfilename.iso

After the file is converted into ISO; you can easily mount it using:

sudo mount -o loop outputfilename.iso /media/output

Navigate to /media/output and you should see all the content there, you can copy it to anywhere you want.

To unmount:

sudo umount /media/output

HJSplit Files Joiner/Splitter

HJSplit for Linux (Java version) Make sure you have Java Runtime Environment installed

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Download the HJSplit JAR file

wget http://www.freebyte.com/download/hjsplit/hjsplit_g.jar

Create the directory for HJSplit

sudo mkdir /opt/hjsplit

Move the file to an appropriate directory

sudo mv hjsplit_g.jar /opt/hjsplit/ 

Run by:

cd /opt/hjsplit/ && java -jar hjsplit_g.jar 

You can also make a terminal shortcut to the above in K Menu Editor.

Rar

sudo apt-get install rar

This application is a 40-day trial.

Unrar

sudo apt-get install unrar

This application is free for noncommercial use.

7-Zip

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

The open-source 7-Zip archive format was originally designed for Windows (and, to a lesser extent, DOS) but is also available for Ubuntu. The GNU/Linux version of 7-Zip does not come with a GUI, but Ark can hook into 7-Zip to handle 7z archives.

Firestarter (Firewall)

sudo apt-get install firestarter

NTP (Clock Synchronizer)

sudo apt-get install ntp

KDiskFree (Disk, CD free space and other properties monitor)

sudo apt-get install kdf

===QTParted (Hard disk partition editor (like Partition Magic))

sudo apt-get install qtparted ntfsprogs

===KNemo (Network interfaces monitor for systray)

sudo apt-get install knemo

Windows Applications

The Windows Applications allow you to install most of the applications available for Windows on Linux.

Wine

Package: wine

sudo apt-get install wine

Also consider installing Microsoft's TrueType fonts. In this case, enter:

sudo apt-get install wine msttcorefonts

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Kubuntu System Administration

Automating Tasks

Boot Menu

Default Applications

Hardware

CPU

Digital Cameras

Enabling NUM LOCK On Startup

K Menu->System Settings. Select Keyboard & Mouse under Computer Administration. Under Keyboard settings turn on Numlock on KDE Startup. Click apply.

Graphics Card

Install Latest Nvidia/ATI drivers

Fix Intel 915 resolution problem

sudo apt-get install 915resolution

Reconfigure xserver-xorg

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Hard Drives and USB Storage

Mice

Activate side-mouse-buttons in FireFox

Just add two lines to xorg.conf will activate side-mouse-buttons in FireFox. This should work with most 5-button mouse. Here is a list of mice that worked with this instruction.

   * Logitech MX310
   * Logitech MX510
   * Logitech MX518
   * Logitech MX700
   * Logitech MX Revolution
   * Intellimouse Explorer (first edition)
   * Razer Copperhead 

Backup X.org configuration file

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

Modify the X.org configuration file

kdesu kate& /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the Input Device section for your mouse and add two lines as shown below. You may also increase the number of buttons if your mouse has more than 7, just fix the rest of the section based upon the number of buttons (remember back/forward, wheel click & tilt left/right all count as buttons)

Change:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 
 Option "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
EndSection

to:

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
 Option "Buttons" "7"
 Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

Monitors / Displays

Configure Dual Monitors with nVidia

Please make sure that the nVidia driver has been installed and is functioning properly on your first screen. Also, make sure both monitors are connected.

We will use the NVIDIA X Server Settings application to do all of the work. This can be found in K->System Settings. However, we will need to be root to make the configuration stick. So we will launch it from a terminal. Open Konsole and type:

sudo nvidia-settings

Then select "X Server Display Configuration". You should see 3 boxes (2 if your card doesn't have an S-Video out). From here you can configure all of your card's outputs. Select the "(Disabled)" box and hit "Configure..." below. The most common choice is TwinView. Select it and hit OK.

Now, take the time to setup the desired screen resolutions and positions of your two active displays. The new display will likely have resolution set to "Auto" to match your first. Feel free to change this if you wish. Leave the first screen's position as "Absolute" and set your second display's position relative to that. "Clone" means the same output on both.

Once you are satisfied with your settings, hit Apply to test them. Note: if your displays are side-by-side, the kicker may extend across both screens as well as any maximized applications. This will be corrected when the X server is restarted. If everything else is ok, hit "Save to X Configuration File". Now hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X. You now have 2 screens!

Troubleshooting: if the X server fails to reload you can recover your old X configuration. In a terminal:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Optical Drives

Palm

Printers & Scanners

Fix Scanner in Kubuntu Gutsy

Sound

Touchpad

USB

Other

Networking

Bluetooth

Filesharing

Try the guide at http://littlergirl.googlepages.com/NFSForIdiots.html

Voice Over IP (VOIP)

Configure Google Talk

See Google's instructions at http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=57557

Samba File Sharing

Enable File Sharing Server With User Login (Very Reliable Method)

Do the following on the machine that has the files to be shared:

Install Samba

sudo apt-get install samba

Add current user to Samba:

sudo smbpasswd username

(replacing username with your login username)

Open the samba config file:

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add the directories to be added (right at the end) in the following format:

[Pictures]
path = /home/username/FOLDER_TO_BE_SHARED

(Replace username with your username and FOLDER_TO_BE_SHARED with the folder you want to share)

Press CTRL+X and then Y to save.

Restart Samba

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

On Windows access the folder in the following format in Windows Explorer:

\\192.168.x.x

(replacing 192.168.x.x with your actual IP address of the server serving the folder)

On Linux type the following in Konqueror or Nautilus:

smb://192.168.x.x

(replacing 192.168.x.x with your actual IP address of the server serving the folder)

Note: If you use Sharing in KDE's System Settings panel, be aware there's a small bug, reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdenetwork/+bug/95452 To summarize, you need to comment out/delete any instances of these two lines in /etc/smb.conf :

case sensitive
msdfs proxy

Local Area Network

Modems / Dial-up

While previously one had to use scanModem tool to find out what kind of software modem he/she was using, now it works out of the box, after you accept to use restricted drivers.

For dialing, use KPPP application.

Wireless

There are two applications you might try:

knetworkmanager (default Wireless Manager in Kububtu Gutsy)

or

sudo apt-get install kwifimanager

KWifiManager only supports WEP encryption.

Manual configuration

3 steps for WEP:

sudo iwconfig eth[N] essid [SSID]
sudo iwconfig eth[N] key restricted s:[PASSWORD]
sudo dhclient

WPA is more complicated:

su
mkdir /etc/wpa_supplicant
cd /etc/wpa_supplicant
echo network = { > wpa_supplicant.conf
echo ssid="SSID" >> wpa_supplicant.conf
echo key_mgmt=WPA-PSK >> wpa_supplicant.conf
echo psk="PRESHAREDKEY" >> wpa_supplicant.conf
echo } >> wpa_supplicant.conf
cd /etc/network
vim interfaces

Now add after "auto eth[N] ..." & "iface eth[N] .." (press 'i'):

wpa-driver wext # or whatever driver your network card needs
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Save the file ('Esc', ':x', 'Enter') and restart your system.

Remote Access

SSH

Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. Encryption provides confidentiality and integrity of data. SSH client is installed by default in Feisty so you can connect to another computer running SSH server, while if you want to run an SSH server you have to install it:

   sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Telnet

XDMCP

VNC

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a graphical desktop sharing system which uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer. It transmits the keyboard and mouse events from one computer to another, relaying the graphical screen updates back in the other direction, over a network. VNC is platform-independent — a VNC viewer on any operating system can usually connect to a VNC server on any other operating system.

On Kubuntu, a VNC viewer is installed by default under K-Menu -> Internet -> Krdc To connect to a vnc server, simply type vnc:/SERVER_IP_ADDR

You can also install XVNC4Viewer if you prefer it over Krdc using:

   sudo apt-get install xvnc4viewer

To install a VNC server to share your desktop with other computer, type each of these commands in order:

   sudo apt-get install x11vnc
   mkdir ~/.vnc && x11vnc -storepasswd YOUR_PASSWORD ~/.vnc/x11vnc.pass
   echo "/usr/bin/x11vnc -rfbauth ~/.vnc/x11vnc.pass -o ~/.vnc/x11vnc.log -loopbg -display :0" > ~/.kde/Autostart/x11vnc.sh
   chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/x11vnc.sh

You can test the server by running the shell script (just type ~/.kde/Autostart/x11vnc.sh) and after restarting KDE, the script should start the VNC server automatically. For customization of x11vnc server, edit the commands in the x11vnc.sh file enter after viewing "man:/x11vnc" in konqueror, where a description of parameters for x11vn is given.

Security

System Backup

System Recovery

System Resources

User Administration

Windows Compatibility

Mounting NTFS Partitions(with read/write privilege)

Install NTFS-3G:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Edit fstab:

sudo vi /etc/fstab

When kubuntu installation finished, kubuntu mounted all ntfs partisions automatically with ntfsprogs. Change(maybe slightly different in your machine):

UUID=8466268666267956 /media/sda1     ntfs    defaults,gid=46 0       1

to:

UUID=8466268666267956 /media/sda1     ntfs-3g    defaults,nls=utf8,locale=zh_CN.UTF-8,umask=000,gid=46 0       1

In my case, I have a Chinese language windows installed on my first partition. set the locale parameter so that my Chinese documents can display correctly. set umask=0 let me write the partition without sudo.

Mounting FAT32 Partitions

Tips & Tricks

Restore Konqueror as Default File Manager

Run kcontrol (e.g. with K-menu -> Run command)

Open KDE components -> File Associations -> inode

Choose directory. In the right part of the window, change the application preference order so that Konqueror would be the first app in the list.

Do the same with system_directory.

create a symlink from a file to another location

ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/destination

If /path/to/destination require superuser rights do:

sudo ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/destination

Get a root prompt without assigning a root password

In other GNU/Linux distributions you can switch to a root user prompt with su. However, in Ubuntu no password is set for the root user, and sudo is used instead. You can still get a root prompt in Ubuntu by typing:

sudo su

You can also get a prompt for any other user on the computer by typing:

sudo su <username>

Mount and Unmount a device

To mount a device:

mount /dev/hda

replace /dev/hda with the location of the device.

To unmount a device:

umount /dev/hda

replace /dev/hda with the location of the device.

Assign a root password

To be able to log in as root directly, you must assign a root password. This can be done with:

sudo passwd root

Afterwards, you can use

su

to get a root prompt.

Remove Konqueror thumbnails temporary files

When browsing files locally Konqueror builds up thumbnails of images viewed. To remove those, put this in the Konsole (substituting "user" with your username):

cd /home/user/.thumbnails/normal
rm -rf *.png
cd /home/user/.thumbnails/large
rm -rf *.png

Eye Candy Tips

Change USplash Boot Screen

You can download splash screens at http://kde-look.org/

Go to K Menu->System Settings. Click on Splash Screen. Click on Add... then browse to your splash screen tar archive file and select it. Click Apply. Restart to see your new splash screen.

Compiz Fusion Installation Configuration

Software Troubleshooting

Amarok Troubleshooting

Amarok permissions error on Amarok startup

If you get a permissions error when launching Amarok, try the following:

sudo chown -R user /home/user 

("user" replaced with the actual username)

Codeweavers Crossover Office 6

Crossover Office 6 NOT creating any menus in Gutsy

This is a bug within Crossover Office and NOT Kubuntu Gutsy. Here is an easy fix (from start):

Install Crossover Office 6 (presuming you have the .deb file):

cd /browse/to/the/directory

("/browse/to/the/directory" replaced with the actual directory holding the .deb file)

sudo dpkg -i crossover-pro_6.0.0-1_i386.deb

("crossover-pro_6.0.0-1_i386.deb" replaced with the actual name for the .deb file)

You will get the following error after installation (you can just ignore it):

fileparse(): need a valid pathname at /opt/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXMenuXDG.pm line 254

Now edit the following file:

sudo nano /opt/cxoffice/lib/perl/CXMenuXDG.pm

Near line 254 replace the following:

my $dir=dirname($self->{filename});

With this:

my $dir=dirname($self->{menu});

Press CTRL + X and then Y to exit.

Now run the following command:

/opt/cxoffice/bin/cxmenu --crossover --install

(NOTE: You must not do this as "sudo" user).

Now to finish off do:

killall kicker
kicker

You can check that the menus are now created!

Katapult Troubleshooting

Katapult Configurations

Katapult is pre-installed in Kubuntu and gives you easy access to all the programs on your computer. To use it press ALT+SPACE, then enter the first few letters of the program you want to access.