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--- linux:start [2021/03/16 22:34] – [Reducing PDF size] mh
+++ linux:start [2025/04/08 22:10] (current) – [AppImages] mh
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 [[https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases|Link to AppImage Daemon]] //This Daemon scans well known places for appimages and creates menu entries and extracts icons//
+To run an AppImage just make it executable :
+<code bash>
+$ chmod +x /path/to/example.AppImage
+$ ./example.AppImage
+</code>
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 //Note to self : Added "mii" module to the list, the fix didn't seem to hold after reboot. Mii seems to be using r8169 and is network-monitoring-related//
+==== Fixing python on youtube-dl ====
+If following error occurs while using ''youtube-dl'' :
+<code bash>
+/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory
+</code>
+=== If python3 is not installed ===
+<code bash>
+$sudo apt install python3
+</code>
+=== If python3 is  installed ===
+<code bash>
+$whereis python3
+$sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+</code>
+Change first argument according to where python3 is installed.
 ===== Linux Screencast tools =====
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 <code bash>
-#All the following commands are verbose (-v)
+#All the following commands are verbose (-v) and target a file archive (-f)
-$ tar -xvf file.tar #Unpack tar
+$ tar -xvf file.tar #Unpack tar (-x : extract)
-$ tar -xvzf file.tar.gz #Unpack compressed (gzip) tar
+$ tar -xvzf file.tar.gz #Unpack compressed (gzip) tar (-z : filter through gzip)
-$ tar -cvf file.tar /path/folder #Pack folder into file.tar archive
+$ tar -cvf file.tar /path/folder #Pack folder into file.tar archive (-c : create)
-$ tar -cvzf file.tar /path/folder #Same as above with compression (gzip)
+$ tar -cvzf file.tar /path/folder #Same as above with compression (gzip) (-z : filter through gzip)
 </code>
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+=== Samba ===
+<code bash>
+sudo service smbd start/stop/restart
+</code>
+----
+===== apt and dpkg =====
+==== Fixing apt dependency problems ====
+This can fix some states in which apt is broken and refuses to update because some libraries fail :
+<code bash>
+$ dpkg --configure -a
+$ apt --fix-broken install
+</code>
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 <code bash>
 $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
+</code>
+On Macs :
+<code bash>
+$ sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
 </code>
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   *[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key#Configuration|SysRq Keys]] -- Best combo is ''Alt + SysRq + R E I S U B''
   *[[https://www.guruadvisor.net/en/software-saas/465-advanced-linux-troubleshooting-methods-and-tools-for-diagnostics-and-problem-identification|Advanced Linux Troubleshooting]]
+  *[[https://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/nstwiki/index.php?title=HowTo_Create_A_GPT_Disk_With_EFI_System_And_exFAT_Partitions_Using_Parted|Creating GPT/exFAT partitions using CLI]]