This is what I’ve encountered recently at the time of writing that Google Chrome on Ubuntu and it’s derivatives could not be updated/upgraded via terminal or GUI, that is default package updater as seen in Linux ! The error’s can…
Ubuntu vs Fedora Linux.
So now, here I don’t care where you’ve landed(into the Tux World of course!) but this thing is mostly questioned when it comes down to Linux distribution or “distros” in short and before we boil down to the differences between…
Simple way to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 LTS
All the Ubuntu fans out there who wanna upgrade LTS to LTS directly. Here is by far the most simple tried and trusted way to upgrade. Note:- I have tried this on my personal desktop running Unity desktop Ubuntu 16.04…
Install Flatpak(Flathub) apps in Linux(any distro).
Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is a software utility for software deployment, package management, and application virtualization for Linux desktop computers. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run applications in isolation from the rest of the system. Applications using…
How to open a pdf file from terminal.
This is perhaps the most asked and searched questions by people using FOSS software and the one’s who breathe inside the terminal. Well your mileage might vary depending on which Operating System you’re on and the Desktop Environment(DE), etc. But…
How to apply transparent background in Gimp.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and for more specialized tasks. GIMP is released under GPLv3+ licenses and is available…
How to install the latest version of Cmake via command line.
Build, Test, and package your software with Cmake ! CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration…
How to install CUDA in Ubuntu.
TensorFlow is an open-source software library for dataflow programming across a range of tasks. It is a symbolic math library, and also used for machine learning applications such as neural networks. Now we see a general way to install CUDA…
Create an exact root user in Linux !
Today we shall see, how to make an exact replica of a root user which shall behave and control what all the different functions that a normal sudo or a root users controls in Linux. Create a user, let’s call…
How do I get the parent process ID of a given child process in Linux.
Use ps -o ppid= e.g. ps -o ppid= 2076 returns 2054, which you can easily use in a script etc. ps -o ppid= -C foo gives the PPID of process with command foo. You can also use the old fashioned ps | grep: ps -eo ppid,comm |…