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How to install cheese webcam software on ubuntu 12.10

Post last modified:January 7, 2013
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

cheese is a free webcam software to use your webcam for take pictures or record videos and it applies fancy special effects.

To install cheese on ubuntu 12.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get install cheese

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

4.Type y and hit enter to confirm cheese installation.

5.After the successful installation,click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type cheese in the search field.And click cheese.

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Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu

Post last modified:August 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu

To install Mac OS X Lion theme on Ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

5.Type below command and hit enter
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How to install GLX-Dock / Cairo-Dock on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:August 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install GLX-Dock / Cairo-Dock on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open ubuntu software center.To open ubuntu software center click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type ubuntu software center in the search field.Then click ubuntu software center.

2.Type Cairo-Dock in the search box.

3.Select GLX-Dock (Cairo-Dock with OpenGL) and click install button.

4.Type your ubuntu password if needed.
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How to install Ambiance square theme on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:July 28, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install Ambiance square on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kokoto-java/omgubuntu-stuff

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

5.Type below command and hit enter
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How to install Download Monitor on ubuntu

Post last modified:July 23, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Download Monitor Monitors the amount of data uploaded and downloaded over a network.

Main features:

Network usage in graphs.
Set the limit and it warns when it is exceeded.

To install Download Monitor on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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How to install Komodo Edit on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:July 22, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Komodo Edit is free and open-source code editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl, on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

To install Komodo Edit on ubuntu 12.04

1.Go to Komodo Edit download page and download the latest Linux version AS Package. (like Komodo-Edit-7.1.0-10496-linux-x86.tar.gz ).

Copy your downloaded Komodo Edit .tar.gz file to your Desktop.

Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.

Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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How to install Skype 4.0 on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:June 20, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

What’s new in skype 4.0

1.Go to skype for linux download page and download the deb package file for ubuntu (32-bit or 64-bit).

2.Double click the downloaded .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.

4.After the successful installation,click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type skype in the search field.And click Skype to open.

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Qreator – create your own QR codes

Post last modified:June 20, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Qreator is a free ubuntu software to create your own QR codes to encode different types of information.

Main features:

It supports:

Text
URL
Geolocation
wifi network
Ubuntu software center app

To install Qreator just download .deb package file from below link and double click.Then install via software center.
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How to install and configure Android SDK, Eclipse and ADT Plugin on Ubuntu

Post last modified:February 6, 2014
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Here we using:

Ubuntu 12.04
Oracle JDK 7 update 4
SDK Starter Package revision 18
Eclipse Indigo (3.7.2) – Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (32 bit)

Step 1:
Installing Oracle JDK

First install JDK. To install JDK 7 on ubuntu Click Here.
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How to Install latest GIMP on ubuntu

Post last modified:May 26, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

If you already have Gimp installed and you want to upgrade, run the below commands first before upgrading. 1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal. 2.Type the…