Delete trash from command line
Today I had some stubborn folders that I could not remove from the trash. In the end, this command did the trick: sudo rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/*
Ubuntu
Chrome – “package list or status file could not be parsed or opened”
Once in a while while working with Ubuntu, I’ll get this error in the top right corner. Some of the lines it says are: An error occurred, Please run Package Manager… Error: Opening the cache Encountered a section with no Package: header… dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main This package list or status file could not be parsed or opened This […]
Updating Java
One of my Java programs wasn’t working well today on the GUI side of things. I was running Java 7.0 and decided it was time to upgrade to Java 8.0 Thankfully, upgrading to 8.0 seems to have fixed my problems. Here are the simple commands. To give credit, they are form this page. It has […]
OrangePi
I just bought a OrangePi (model “PC”) It cost me $15 plus $3 for shipping. The documentation is rather limited. Here are a couple of the most helpful links I found: http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=342 http://vosse.blogspot.hr/2015/10/installing-linux-img-files-on-orange-pi.html http://tech.scargill.net/orange-pi-pc/ Editing script.bin and copying uImage was an important step (See here for details on all the steps) I had missed in […]
Install OpenVPN client on Ubuntu 14.04
We use OpenVPN for various purposes. Here is a quick overview of how to install it. 1. Install the client: sudo apt-get install openvpn 2. Install the network manager: sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
Ubuntu – Not enough free disk space – Error
Sometimes when Ubuntu does its updates, I will get an error dialog saying: Not enough free disk space. The upgrade needs a total of XX.X M free space on disk ‘/boot’… The error appears to be caused by old kernels that have not been removed from the system. The easiest solution I’ve found is a […]