I am trying to add a menu item that will run a script from the terminal.  However after adding it, it does not open a terminal, and it does not run the script.

The menu item is simply to start a minecraft server.  It works fine running the command via command line, but I can't get the menu item to work.  Is there a way to set the directory path to run the script from (so it will find all the files it needs to run)?  And also why does it not open the terminal window, when I have that option checked (using main menu). 

Thanks

I am looking for a text and video review of LL 2.0 for a possible new Linux user. I have looked for appropriate reviews for an XP user who did not even know what an OS was much less what he was using. Hopefully, he will figure out how to view a video although I do not think he has ever watched one on his computer. Some of the reviews of older versions look better that those for 2.0 but it may be difficult to explain why 2.0 doesn't look exactly the same as the older versions.

I have been looking at videos and text reviews that I have bookmarked but most seem to at least start off for someone with more computer knowledge than he appears to have. He will probably have to have one of his adult children install for him because he lives over 500 miles away from where I live.

Recommendations of reviews will be much appreciated.

All,

I'm using latest download of LinuxLite under vmware (64bit).  Got it loaded fine and am able to use it so far with the exception of being able to save a file with LibreOfiice.  It gives a generic message that it had an error saving the file, write error.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff

Hi,

FYI
I found that my hardware produces some odd behaviour regarding WiFi, I have observed this with LL2 & Mint 17
It will connect to my WiFi 100% from a power on, or boot Live usb stick,
But once installed, if I just do a re-start it will only re-connect 10% of the time.!!!, WLan Card in some odd state/Driver/Timing issue.??

HP Laptop with:

Maybe of interest, in case you suspect you have issues.??
Dave

Installing software with synaptic package manager:
1. Open synaptic package manager
With menu (Install/Remove Software) or with this terminal command:

2. Click Reload to  to download the latest package lists from the repositories.
3. Search for software in the search box.
4. Right click each software you want to install and mark them for installation.This will mark additional dependencies automatically.
5. After marking for installation, click on Apply to start downloading an installing all the marked applications.

PPA method:
1. Search for PPA's with google. Type something like "ppa for app"
For example: ppa for qmplay2, ppa for firefox
2.  Open the terminal and add PPA address
3. Update package lists from the repository.
4. Install application with synaptic or use the terminal method.
Make sure those PPA's are trusted. For example if some sites recomend them. You don't want to install software from an untrusted source.
Also make sure to add only stable version of a PPA.
Another way to add PPA's is with GUI tool, enter:
Then click on Add and type in the PPA.

Installing applications with Terminal:
1. Open the terminal and type in
2. Install the application, instead of 'name' type in application's package name
Optional: Instead of apt-get you can use aptitude (sudo aptitude install name)
If you know a certain aplication's name but you don't know the exact package name of that application so you can install it,
you can find the exact package name with apt-cache or aptitude:

apt-cache
The apt-cache command line tool is used for searching apt software package cache.
If you haven't done this allready, open your terminal and type:
To list all the available packages, type this command:
You can pipe the output of this command to less or more
Less allows you to scroll from within even a non-scrollable terminal, more prints a page then you press enter to bring up every line after that.
To find out the package name and  it's description, use the "search" flag.
For example, you can search for gnome-mines.
This is the output:
gnome-mines - popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME
gnomine - popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME (transitional package)
To display all packages starting with word "fire" ( you can use whatever) type:
If you want to display package version number, check sums, size, installed size, category... use show:
To check dependencies for specific packages use showpkg.
The stats sub command will display overall statistics about the cache.

aptitude
You can use ncurses interface (menu-like command line interface) or search through cli (command line interface).
To run aptitude with ncurses interface:

If you don't know what you are doing don't use aptitude with NCURSES interface!
Seaching with CLI method:
This lists all avaiable packages.
p -package is not installed
c -the package was deleted but its configuration files remain on the system
i -installed packages
v -virtual packages
A -package was automatically installed
This lists installed packages:
This matches any package which is purely virtual: that is, its name is provided by a package or mentioned in a dependency, but no package of that name exists.
This  matches any installed package which can be upgraded
Lists all firefox packages:
This will list all packages containing word "fire":
This will list all installed packages containing word "fire":
To display detailed information about package use show flag:

Installing .deb packages:
If you downloaded .deb package from the internet there are two methods available to install software.
1. Find the .deb package double click .on it,(or type gdebi-gtk in the terminal and  open the file with gdebi package manager) and click install.
2. Open the terminal,
Example: If you saved it in /home/user/Downloads type cd /home/user/Downloads
This will list all .deb files in the directory, it will help you with the next step because you will need .deb file's name.
Install it with this, just change "filename" to the deb package name.

Installing .run files
or if it needs root permision

Installing .sh files
if it needs root permission

Installing from source code
If you downloaded .tar .tar.bz tar.bz2 or even .zip archive from the internet these archives contain source code,
and you will have to compile that source code in order to install that software.
First install build-essential
1. Navigate to the directory where you downloaded archive and extract the archive
Use this command to extract a .tar.gz file:
    Or use this command to extract a .tar.bz2 file:
    Instead of extracting the archive with the Terminal, you can open the directory with file manager and use Xarchiver or any other application to do this.
2. Enter the extracted directory, it will be the same as the archive filename.
3. Once you’re in the extracted directory run:
If it fails, it will tell you to install the dependencies. Install them:
Note that some applications may not use ./configure. Check the “README” or “INSTALL” file in the application’s extracted folder for more specific instructions.
Repeat ./configure, and if it fails again install dependencies, and so on untill ./configure completes successfully.
4. Once ./configure completes successfully, you’re ready to compile.
Compile:
After this command finishes, the program is successfully compiled.
5.  Use this command to install it to your system:
6. Note: Programs you install this way won’t be automatically updated even if they contain security vulnerabilities.
it’s a good idea to stick with distribution’s official packages or the ppa.

is there a step by step guide on installing sketchup?

thanks,

When I run:

the kernel and LibreOffice are never updated:



As a result LL kernel is still 3.13.0-24, while Xubuntu on another partition is running on kernel 3.13.0.32. At the same time LL's underlying Ubuntu version has apparently been upgraded from 14.04 to 14.04.1. Is this by design or do I have some settings mixed up?



Here are my repository settings:

1) http://i.imgur.com/hbrC2n6.png

2)

I downloaded the latest Seamonkey but it complains about a missing file when trying to start it:

I installed libstdc++6 (and the dev files just in case) but the error remains. I can't find the specified file on my system and can't find a fix via Google.... any suggestions please?


Paul

Just a quick way to add a google search without first opening a browser.

Right-click main menu button and choose 'Properties'
Select the 'Search Actions' tab
Click the '+' button marked '1' in the screenshot
Fill in the details at '2' in the screenshot.

The last line is only partly visible, in full it should read:

To use this search function open your menu and type %g followed by your search term and hit enter. You can add a space for clarity after %g if you like, for example:


Paul

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Wikipedia search works fine but I can't get '#' man pages or '!' run in terminal to work. I've tried using various terminal 'names' instead of Terminal Emulator, removing the string that gets passed, enclosing various parts in single/double quotes and passing the -e option for execute.

Do these searches work for other people? If so any chance you can post your command string just to check against mine?

Paul