Category: unix

# use a custom directory for download and installation mkdir -p ~/build/selenium cd ~/build/selenium # Install Google 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.list’ sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable # Download Selenium wget http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.41/selenium-server-standalone-2.41.0.jar # Download Chrome Driver Selenium…

One of the many ways to resolve package issues in ubuntu 🙂 sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get update # to update your package list. sudo apt-get autoclean # to clean up any partial packages. sudo apt-get clean # to clean up the apt cache. sudo apt-get autoremove # will clean up any unneeded dependencies.…

check host ftp.redhat.com with address ftp.redhat.com if failed icmp type echo with timeout 15 seconds then alert if failed port 21 protocol ftp then exec “/usr/X11R6/bin/xmessage -display :0 ftp connection failed” alert foo@bar.com References 1. https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html

1. Simple URL Check check host elastic_health_check with address 0.0.0.0 if failed url http://0.0.0.0:9200/_cluster/health for 2 cycles then alert 2. URL with Basic Authentification # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1115816/monit-and-apache-site-behind-http-basic-auth # It seems to be possible to include the credentials in the URL, have you tried this?: # (from http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#connection_testing ) # If a username and password is included…

XnView is a great image viewer popular under Windows and now available in Ubuntu 🙂 mkdir -p ~/build/xnview cd ~/build/xnview wget http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb sudo dpkg -i XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb sudo apt-get install -f References 1. XnView Home 2. http://download.xnview.com/

A process monitoring tool which looks like Sysinternals Process Explorer # download directory mkdir -p ~/build/process-explorer cd ~/build/process-explorer # download wget http://optimate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/procexp/bin_v1/procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb # install dependancies sudo apt-get install -y python-configobj # install process explorer sudo dpkg -i procexp_1.5.275-0ubuntu1_all.deb # start sudo /bin/sh /usr/bin/procexp.sh # => more errors, doesn’t work # => aaargh, i give up!…

# install dependencies – gstreamer sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y gstreamer1.0* sudo apt-get install -y libgstreamer* #sudo apt-get install -y libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev # download #wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/glrp/v1.4.4/greatlittleradioplayer_1.4.4_i386.deb wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/glrp/v1.4.4/greatlittleradioplayer_1.4.4_amd64.deb # install sudo dpkg -i greatlittleradioplayer_1.4.4_amd64.deb # start greatlittleradioplayer References 1. http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-great-little-radio-player-1-4-4-on-ubuntu-linux-mint-debian-and-derivates/ 2. http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Precise_Media_Players 2. http://superuser.com/questions/124943/how-can-i-resolve-gstreamer-dependencies-in-ubuntu

Using a bash function to determine the CPU architecture: amd64 or i386, x86_64 or i386 function os_cpu_bits() { if uname -a | grep “x86_64” 1> /dev/null then echo “amd64” elif uname -a | grep “i386” 1> /dev/null then echo “i386” else echo “unknown” fi } architecture=$(os_cpu_bits) echo “$architecture” # amd64 References 1. http://askubuntu.com/questions/41332/how-do-i-check-if-i-have-a-32-bit-or-a-64-bit-os 2. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/return-values-bash-functions