Using "get_iplayer" For Linux

Install from distro repositories. To retrieve the list of available shows, type...

get_iplayer

To narrow the search down to specific shows: in this instance Doctor Who, type...

get_iplayer doctor

To download a programme, using the programme number, use the following command... 

get_iplayer --get 607 --vmode=flashhd

Note: If get_iplayer isn't in the repositories, download the tarball and extract it to preferred location. To run, navigate to the folder using a terminal, then type..

./get_iplayer

 To download radio, to pull up the streams try...

 get_iplayer --type=radio

To download in all audio formats type...

 get_iplayer --type=radio --get --amode=iphone,flashaac,flashaudio --pid b00jtm1l

Fixing Java in Opera

If you start Opera from the console you may see the following error message if java doesn't work correctly:

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

To fix this, correct the Java path under Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced Tab -> Content -> Java options. It should look similar to this:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06/jre/lib/i386/

Check your installed Java pathways and change accordingly.

Installing ISA 2.X Using Wine (Ubuntu)

1. Download and install ISA program file and bible modules using Wine. DO NOT START APPLICATION AT THE END OF INSTALLING!

2. Add Symbol.ttf to .wine/drive_C/windows/Fonts.

3. Copy usp10.dll to .wine/drive_C/windows/system32. (Often not necessary as it already exists).

4. Add ISA.exe to wine-config "applications".

5. Under "Libraries" add riched20.dll, riched 32.dll and usp10.dll.

OpenOffice UK Spell Checker

To enable the UK spell checker in OpenOffice download the "myspell-en-gb" package using synaptic or apt-get. In OpenOffice hit F11, right click on default, and choose modify. The UK option should now have a blue tick next to it. Choose and hit OK.

Embedded Audio in Linux (Realplayer)

Realplayer for Linux is a bit duff, and is prone to stutters, freezes and crashes. Better to use the Totem media codecs. To get Totem to handle your embedded audio, download the "mediaplayerconnectivity" add-on from Mozilla, and choose your applications manually.

Add yourself as a user in Virtual Box

Via command line:


sudo adduser $USER vboxusers

Via GUI:

System>Administration>Users and Groups

Hit "unlock" and then "manage groups". Add yourself as a user to "vboxusers" by clicking on "properties" and ticking next to your name. Hit OK.

Enable USB support in Virtual Box.

Open the mountdevubfs.sh file with a text editor as root:

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh

Find the block of text which looks like the following:

#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
#mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Now uncomment the last 4 lines above to look like this:

#
# Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work
#
mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

Installing ISA 2.X Using Wine

Installing ISA on Linux.

Download the files of ISA 2 and the additional modules you want from here.......

http://www.scripture4all.org/downloa...load_ISA20.php

Install these files with wine with the command:

wine /path/to/the/installer/ISA_basic_v20_RC5.exe

......or if preferred, right click on the installation files (the main program file first), and choose "open with" and type in "wine". The other modules install in the same way.

The program will not start yet, because you need also two dll's, so uncheck the "launch" box, and click on "finish". Copy msxml3.dll and msxml3r.dll from windows or download them from the web. To reduce error messages the files riched20.dll and riched32.dll are also needed. Drop these DLLs in the drive_c/windows/system32 of your .wine folder.

Start 'Configure Wine' from your applications menu or type on the terminal: winecfg

Add ISA.exe (default location: drive_c/Program Files/ISA2) to the Applications tab of the configuration tool, and choose "XP" as your Windows Version. Select 'ISA.exe' on this tab and switch to the Libraries tab. Add to the list: msxml3, riched20 and riched32.

Now you can use ISA 2. Start it from your application menu when you allow the installer to create shortcuts there, or change to the wine directory where ISA is installed (~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/ISA/ and start it with wine ISA.exe.

Only the help function doesn't work, because a required dll is broken down. This is tested with wine-0.9.49 and some versions ago (but seems to work on 0.9.56).

Wine doesn't have enough fonts to display ISA 2 such as Windows does. To make it so, add Times, Arial, Symbol and Courier to drive_c/windows/fonts, but you could make your own choice. As default Times is used to display the Hebrew words and Symbol is used for the Modern greek font mode of the NT text.

How to uninstall programs installed with WINE

Simply type in.....

wine uninstall

Installing eSword 7.X Using Wine

1. Install WINE

2. Run "winecfg" in a terminal, select "XP" under "Windows Versions", and add the "riched20.dll" to "Libraries", remembering to change it's "load order" to "Native(Windows)". Click "OK".

3. Copy the "msls31.dll" file from you Windows installation.....WINDOWS/System32, to the system32 folder in Linux. This can be found inside the hidden "wine" folder in your home directory.....wine/drive_c/windows/system32. This file allows you to use "Strongs" without crashing eSword.

4. Download the eSword installation file, and then copy setup785.exe to your home folder and in a terminal use "wine setup785.exe" to install eSword (logged in as su).

5. To get the modules to run, you need to copy them from the eSword directory on your Windows machine, to the /.wine/drive_c/Program Files/e-Sword folder in your home directory.

Installing Eve in Linux

1. Complete the Online registration and download the client.

2. Using KPackage, open the downloaded file and check out the dependencies which need to be resolved.

3. The dependencies for Eve are, according to KPackage

libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4)
xlibmesa3 | libgl1
python (>= 2.4)
python2.4-dbus
python-gtk2 (>= 2.6)
python-glade2
wget

Most of them should be already installed, with perhaps the exception of python-glade2 and python2.4-dbus (actually in the repo's as "python-dbus" for some reason). Install all that is missing and then click on "install" in KPackage.

4. An "Eve Online" icon should now appear under Kmenu>Games. Click on it and follow the instructions, choosing the internet install option (unless of course you have the necessary files stored locally). Downloading the files should take around an hour.

Installing XP in Virtual Box

Comprehensive instructions given at the following url...

http://forums.raiden.net/viewtopic.php?t=13817

Fix VirtualBox after a new Kernel installation

After installing a new kernel, some packages dependent upon the kernel "headers" package will cease to function. To fix this problem, install the new kernel "headers" (if they're not there already) and then type.....

sh /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Installing WT CD-ROM Using Wine

To install the WT CD-ROM in Linux, follow these steps.

1. Install WINE. The recommended version is 0.9.47, although I've gotten it working with the bog standard Mepis repo supplied 0.9.25-2.1. If the repo version however doesn't work for you, uninstall your version of WINE, delete your .wine folder (found in "home" folder), and then install the recommended version.

2. Make sure you have "msttcorefonts" installed. Presumably the WT Library uses Microsoft fonts and the world will explode without them.

3. Download Microsoft Visual C++ from here http://tiny.cc/8FeNA

4. Install it by right clicking on the downloaded file, choose "open with", and then manually type "wine" in the top box. It will then install.

5. Put WT CD-ROM in the CD drive and navigate to the setup.exe file. Right click on it, and again, choose "open with" and type "wine" to run the install. It should then start to install. Change the path from the "C:/Windows" path to one within your home folder. Apart from that, install as usual.

At this stage, for me anyway, everything should run fine. Try running it from the shortcut which should now be on the desktop. If it doesn't run, try the following steps.

6. Set up wine by typing "winecfg" into a terminal.

7. "Add application" under "Applications" by navigating to the newly installed "WTLibrary.exe" file in your home folder (follow the WT directory until you find it). Make sure "Windows 2000" is highlighted under the "Windows version" option.

8. Under the "Libraries" tab, from the drop down menu, choose "comctl32" and set it as "native, builtin".

9. Copy the comctl32.dll from your Windows installation/disk to "/home/melchizedek/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32" (or /home/melchizedek/MEPSCommon). This may need adjusting, depending upon installation tree location etc. The file can be found in windows at...... C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.0.0_x-ww_1382d70a

10. If the desktop icon is missing try http://mr.mepis.googlepages.com/icon24bit_32x32.png