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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 ]

SCIM Problem In Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

I have recently upgraded from Ubuntu Feisty to Gutsy, everything went smoothly expect one thing - the SCIM input support. Somehow I can't switch to Chinese language input method anymore after the upgrade. It was working perfectly in Feisty. The SCIM icon in the system tray is just a disabled button with the only option is to right click to reload the configuration and change settings. However, after settings are updated and reloaded, nothing happens, I still can't change from English to Chinese PinYin. [ Read More ]

Subversion Externals Basic

I have been using subversion since I started in Hitwise more than a year ago, and have been using externals on the day to day basics, but I have never tried to figure out how to setup externals on the subversion server myself. I have recently bought a new virtual server for my website and installed subversion server myself. Now it is time for me to learn how to configure and maintain the subversion server. [ Read More ]