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Some people might encounter the experience that they can't view a pdf file they want from a terminal when no GUI is available. This is when pdftotext comes in handy. This utility allows you to export a pdf file to a plain text format and view from any text editor. It also allows you to export only certain parts of the pdf file. [ Read More ]

How to Open a RAR File in Ubuntu

A program called unrar is used to uncompress a .rar archive file in Linux. It is not installed by default in Ubuntu. To install it, simply run the command:

sudo apt-get install unrar

You will get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
unrar
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 96.9kB of archives.
After this operation, 246kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse unrar 1:3.7.8-1 [96.9kB]
Fetched 96.9kB in 2s (34.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package unrar.
(Reading database ... 117487 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking unrar (from .../unrar_1%3a3.7.8-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up unrar (1:3.7.8-1) ...

You can see that it requires the multiverse repository. So if your installation complains something, try to update your source.list first.

To unrar .rar files, simply use command:

user@www$ unrar x <filename.rar>

See the man page for more options:

user@www$ man unrar

Have fun.... [ Read More ]

Ubuntu Install GDesklets

GDesklets is a GNOME program which provides the architecture for small desktop widgets to be placed on top of the user's desktop. The applets placed on the desktop are meant to be quick ways for the user to retrieve information and not get in the way of normal activity. [ Read More ]

Dual Monitor in Ubuntu Feisty

I have recently moved from Windows XP to Ubuntu at work. The only thing that holded me for so long to switch to Linux is because of the dual monitor support, and I wasn't sure where to start to make it work. [ Read More ]

Installing Adobe PDF Reader in Feisty

This article shows you how to install acrobat 7 reader on Ubuntu Feisty distribution, it might also work for older and newer versions of Ubuntu. [ Read More ]