Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Ubuntu 20.04 Software

1.#apt install transmission # Transmission

2.https://subhra74.github.io/xdm/#downloads # Xtreme downloader

3.#apt install ultracopier #Ultracopier

4.#apt install gnome-tweak-tool #Gnome tweaks

5.#apt install gnome-chess #Gnome-chess

6.PlayonLinux

apt install wine64

apt install winetricks

apt install playonlinux

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/office2013 WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

cd /home/pna/.wine/

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/office2013 WINEARCH=win32 winetricks

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/office2013 WINEARCH=win32 winetricks msxml6

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine/office2013 WINEARCH=win32 wine filename.exe

7.KVM Refer https://linuxconfig.org/install-and-set-up-kvm-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

#apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils virt-manager

#ip a #note down the LAN interface

#vim /etc/network/interfaces

auto br0

iface enp0s3 inet manual

iface br0 inet dhcp

bridge_ports enp0s3

:wq - save the file

#adduser pna libvirt

#adduser pna libvirt-qemu

8.#apt install audacity - Audacity

9.#apt install vim - vim

10.Tor browser

#apt install torbrowser-launcher

#torbrowser-launcher

11.Libre office (Download the latest package and run dpkg -i *.deb)

12.VLC Refer: https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-20-04-vlc-installation

sudo apt install vlc

sudo apt install vlc-plugin-access-extra libbluray-bdj libdvdcss2

vlc

13.Google Chrome

sudo apt install gdebi-core wget

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

sudo gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

google-chrome

14.#apt install terminator - Terminator

15.mouse server # remote from phone

16.#apt install pinta # Image editor

17.#apt install kdenlive # Kdenlive - Videoeditor

18.#apt-get install lmms # Musicsoftware

19.#apt install testdisk #Testdisk

20.#apt-get install ansible -y

21.#apt install usb-creator-gtk #Ubuntu startup disk

22.#apt install devede #Devede writer

23.#apt install brasero #brasero

24. Works only vob format

apt install pv

pv *.VOB > output.vob

25.#apt install blender #Blender-3d editor

26.#apt install gimp #Gimp Imageeditor

27.#apt-get install ffmpeg

ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i mylist.txt -c copy output.mp4

28.#apt install pulseaudio-equalizer

apt install pavucontrol

29.#apt install soundconverter

30.Putty configuration / Termius from Ubuntu Software

31.#apt install docker.io

systemctl enable --now docker

usermod -aG docker pna

docker --version

32.sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell

33.Cubic installation for remastersys ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cubic-wizard/release

sudo apt update

sudo apt install cubic

apt install syslinux-utils

isohybrid /path/to/custom_iso.iso

34.apt-get install plank #dock for ubuntu

35.apt install squashfs-tools

http://www.linux-live.org/ - Download

#cd /tmp

#build

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8.Virtualbox / 9.VMware15 pro - CU7J2-4KG8J-489TY-X6XGX-MAUX2

11.Openshot Videoeditor

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa

sudo apt update

sudo apt install openshot-qt

15.screen recorder - Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R to start or stop recording.

screenshot

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:sylvain-pineau/kazam

sudo apt update

sudo apt install kazam

sudo apt upgrade

24.Enable hibernate

pm-hibernate

$ sudo -i

$ cd /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/

$ gedit com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

[Re-enable hibernate by default in upower]

Identity=unix-user:*

Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate

ResultActive=yes

[Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]

Identity=unix-user:*

Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate

ResultActive=yes

26.wget -O nero-64bit.deb http://drive.noobslab.com/data/apps/nero/nerolinux-4.0.0.0b-x86_64.deb

dpkg -i nerolinux

nero linux: 9M1K-0098-P3HL-PK6P-T6UA-1E5X-E557-8X41

30. zip -re output_file.zip file1 folder1

31. rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend

32. apt install cockpit

33. apt install nodejs

34. apt install screenfetch

35. apt install winbind cabextract (msxml6)

36. apt-get -y install python3-pip

Lite Lite 6.x

 -Remove Thunderbird

apt remove thunderbird

-Remove libreoffice

sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice*

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get autoremove

-Libreoffice latest

Download latest package from Libreoffice, extract the deb packages

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/

dpkg -i *.deb

-xdm Downloader setup

https://xtremedownloadmanager.com/#downloads

-Download the atom deb package from the portal

dpkg -i atom*.deb

apt install -f

-Deluge

apt install deluge

-Playon Linux

apt install playonlinux

-Virtualbox

Download latest from

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

apt install virtualbox

apt install -f

-Install testdisk for file recovery software

apt install testdisk

-Python3 pip

apt install python3-pip

-Remove orphan packages

sudo apt-get install deborphan

deborphan

-Install neofetch

apt install neofetch

-Install mouse server

dpkg -i mouseserver

-Screen recorder with voice

apt install obs-studio

-PDF manipulations

https://download.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/PDFStudio_linux64.sh

chmod +x PDFStudio_linux64.sh

./PDFStudio_linux64.sh

-PDF Sam

https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/releases/download/v5.0.3/pdfsam-5.0.3-linux.tar.gz

-View DNS cache

killall -USR1 systemd-resolved && journalctl -u systemd-resolved | grep -A 100000 "CACHE:"

-Handbrake

apt install handbrake

-Check EFI mode or not

[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "Currently in EFI mode" || echo "Currently in Legacy mode"

-Install snap & msteams

apt install snapd

snap install teams-for-linux

-Uninstall snap & msteams

snap remove teams-for-linux

apt remove snapd

-To install pinta image editor

apt install pinta #

-To remove softmake

dpkg -l | grep softmake*

apt remove freeoffice

-Installing mspaint

apt-get install mypaint

-Systemback

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://mirrors.bwbot.org/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/systemback.list'

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key 50B2C005A67B264F

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install systemback

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Ubuntu 22.04.2 installation

-Libreoffice latest

Download latest package from Libreoffice, extract the deb packages

https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/

dpkg -i *.deb

-xdm Downloader setup

https://xtremedownloadmanager.com/#downloads

-vlc player

apt install vlc

-Deluge Torrent

apt install deluge

-Download the atom deb package from the portal

dpkg -i atom*.deb

apt install -f

-playonlinux wine frontend Software

apt install playonlinux - Remove this from budgie, if it fails.

2013 Office installation test - Did not support office 2016 yet

-Virtualbox

Download latest from

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

apt install virtualbox

apt install -f

--

usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER

groups $USER

-Audio editor

apt install audacity

-shotcut video editor

snap install shotcut --classic

-Install testdisk for file recovery software

apt install testdisk

-Install pip3

apt install python3-pip

-Remove orphan packages

sudo apt-get install deborphan

deborphan

-Install neofetch

apt install neofetch

-Install mouse server

dpkg -i mouseserver

-screen recorder with voice

apt install ffmpeg obs-studio

-pdf manipulations

https://download.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/PDFStudio_linux64.sh

chmod +x PDFStudio_linux64.sh

./PDFStudio_linux64.sh

PDF Sam

https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam/releases/download/v5.0.3/pdfsam-5.0.3-linux.tar.gz

-Teams

snap install teams-for-linux

-To get Ubuntu Pro registration

pro attach C133FpxefEMfKC5paZMsVfzFqQUx1q

-Command to find out IP address and DNS entries

ip a

ifconfig -a

resolvectl status | grep -i current

-Docker

apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg-agent ca-certificates software-properties-common -y

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"

apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y

usermod -aG docker $USER

newgrp docker

docker version

systemctl status docker

systemctl start docker

systemctl enable docker

systemctl restart docker

docker run hello-world

docker images

docker ps -a

- KVM installation

sudo apt install -y cpu-checker

sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt-daemon-system virtinst libvirt-clients bridge-utils

apt install qemu-system

- Mypaint installation

apt-get install mypaint- Mypaint installation

Things has to be done after installing RHEL 9

 -Cockpit Enablement
    systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket
-RedHat 9.x
    subscription check: https://access.redhat.com/management
    subscription-manager register
    username/password
    subscription-manager status  
    subscription-manager list --consumed
    subscription-manager repos --list
    dnf update
-Set Hostname
    hostnamectl set-hostname porulagam.redhat
-Unregister and reregister
    sudo subscription-manager remove --all
    sudo subscription-manager unregister
    sudo subscription-manager clean
    sudo subscription-manager register
    sudo subscription-manager refresh
    sudo subscription-manager attach --auto
-Xtreme Download Manager
    Download from internet and run the install.sh script
-Gnome-tweaks
    dnf install gnome-tweaks
-Ansible
    dnf install ansible-core
-Virtualbox
    Download the rpm from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
    dnf install *.rpm
    usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER
    groups $USER
    #systemctl status vboxdrv
-Kernel related modules for virtualbox    
    dnf install make time perl gcc dkms kernel-devel kernel-headers
    /sbin/vboxconfig
-Libre Office Latest
    Download the latest office from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
    Extract the compressed file 
    dnf install *.rpm
-Libre Office uninstallaion
    dnf remove libreoffice*
    dnf clean all
-VLC
    sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
    sudo dnf upgrade
    sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
    sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"
    sudo yum update
    sudo yum install snapd
    sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
    sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
    sudo snap install vlc
-Remove Totem player
    dnf remove totem
-Grub update and scan other installed OSes
    grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
-To repair the corrupted xfs partition 
    Run the below command in the rescue mode
    xfs_repair -v -L /dev/dm-0
-VS Codium Installation
    Download the latest rpm package from this link
    https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases
    yum localinstall codium-1.84.2.23319-el7.x86_64.rpm
-To disable selinux fully
    grubby --update-kernel ALL --args selinux=0 
-To back to enable
    grubby --update-kernel ALL --remove-args selinux  

18 Things has to be done after installing Red Hat 8.x as a desktop server

1.Xtreme Download Manager - Download the latest version and run the script

https://subhra74.github.io/xdm/#downloads

https://github.com/subhra74/xdm/

2.Transmission

dnf -y install epel-release

dnf repolist

dnf install transmission-gtk

3.VLC

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-8.noarch.rpm

dnf install vlc

4.LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

5.KVM

dnf module install virt

dnf install virt-install virt-viewer libguestfs-tools

dnf install virt-manager

systemctl enable libvirtd.service

systemctl start libvirtd.service

systemctl status libvirtd.service

Ref: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-kvm-on-centos-8-headless-server/

6.Make NTFS support

dnf install epel-release

dnf install ntfs-3g

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt

7.Install new tools in RHEL8

https://www.simplylinuxfaq.com/p/major-differences-between-rhel-8-and-7.html

8.Wifi drivers

lspci | egrep -i --color 'network|ethernet'

dnf install dkms kernel-headers kernel-devel

wget https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new/archive/master.zip

unzip master.zip

dnf install git

git clone https://github.com/lwfinger/rtlwifi_new.git -b rtw88

make

make install

9.Cockpit

dnf install cockpit

systemctl enable cockpit.socket

systemctl start cockpit

10.Cockpit modules - https://docs.centos.org/en-US/centos/install-guide/Composer/

dnf install lorax-composer composer-cli cockpit-composer

systemctl enable lorax-composer.socket

systemctl enable cockpit.socket

systemctl start lorax-composer

systemctl start cockpit.socket

11.Nodejs

dnf install nodejs

12.New features

Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using the new packaging, modularity, and appstream features.

Upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using new tools.

Perform integrated file system and volume management using Stratis.

Use Cockpit for system management.

Create system images with Composer.

Configure Identity Management using authselect.

Understand the Wayland graphical display server.

Deploy containers using the new integrated OCI runtime and tools.

Configure firewall rules that use the new NFT back end.

13.Ansible

dnf install ansible

14.Wine - works for something but not all

dnf groupinstall 'Development Tools'

dnf localinstall http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/isdn4k-utils-3.2-99.el7.x86_64.rpm

dnf install wine* --skip-broken

https://tecadmin.net/install-wine-centos8/

15.Gnome-tweaks

dnf install gnome-tweaks

16.https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app#desktopAppDownloadregion

dnf install teams-1.3.00.16851-1.x86_64.rpm

17.dnf install handbrake

HandBrakeCLI -i Jarugandi\ full\ movie\ in\ tamil\ -\ YouTube.mkv -o Jaru.mp4 -e x264 -q 20 -B 160

18. Remove older kernels

dnf remove --oldinstallonly --setopt installonly_limit=2 kernel

grubby --set-default "/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64"