Things to do after installation of Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Finally, I managed to install Debian 12 XFCE, also known as, Bookworm on my laptop and found that though it installed and booted successfully, it needed some issues to be resolved and some additional activities to be done. These are all listed below with links to the relevant posts. Assign sudo rights to a normal … Continue reading Things to do after installation of Debian 12 (Bookworm)

How to work with flatpak on Linux Mint or Linux

Flatpak is a relatively new way of managing Linux packages. The basic commands of Flatpak are given below. To list flatpaks, use the below command in a terminal window: $ sudo flatpak list <enter> It will display the following output:Name Application ID Version Branch InstallationMint-Y Gtk Theme org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Mint-Y 3.22 systemMint-Y-Aqua Gtk Theā€¦ org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Mint-Y-Aqua 3.22 system … Continue reading How to work with flatpak on Linux Mint or Linux

How to install ttf-mscorefonts-installer on Linux Mint or Debian

Do not install the package ttf-mscorefonts-installer using like Software Center or Synaptic on Linux Mint 21. It does not work because the user licence has to be accepted. To install the package, open a terminal window and enter: $ sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer <enter> The above command will also work on Debian 12.

How to install masscode code snippets manager on Linux Mint

masscode is one of the best code snippets managers out there. It works on multiple platforms and devices. However, it is only available as a snap package for Linux. To install it on a Linux Mint system where snap packages are disabled by default requires snap packages to be enabled. Therefore, enable snap packages on … Continue reading How to install masscode code snippets manager on Linux Mint

Download Windows 11 ISO

To download Windows 11 or to install it on a Windows 10 computer, visit the below link. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 Below are the SHA256 check sums that can be used to validate the integrity of the ISO file downloaded. English 64-bit 667BD113A4DEB717BC49251E7BDC9F09C2DB4577481DDFBCE376436BEB9D1D2FEnglish International 64-bit B117FE6A87E8707FB2E228591F1CFF3C062C08679F2D856D48D01BE5A052BB30 The check sums are available at the Windows 11 download link and … Continue reading Download Windows 11 ISO

How to install kvm on Fedora Linux

To install KVM on Fedora, open a terminal window and enter:$ sudo dnf -y install bridge-utils libvirt virt-install qemu-kvm <enter> Next, install virtual machine management tools:$ sudo dnf -y install virt-top libguestfs-tools <enter> Start the daemon:$ sudo systemctl start libvirtd <enter>$ sudo systemctl enable libvirtd <enter> This is a required step to use Android Studio's … Continue reading How to install kvm on Fedora Linux

How to resolve update-binfmts: warning: current package is oracle-java8, but binary format already installed by openjdk-7

I earlier had Oracle Java 7 installed on my Linux box. I upgraded to Oracle Java 8 as follows (below commands to be typed in a terminal window):$ sudo apt-get purge oracle-java7-installer <enter>$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer <enter> However, when Oracle Java 8 was downloaded and installed, I saw a message like this: update-binfmts: warning: … Continue reading How to resolve update-binfmts: warning: current package is oracle-java8, but binary format already installed by openjdk-7

How to install a Ubuntu package file using gdebi with dependencies

If you download a Debian package file, .deb file from the internet, you can install it with any dependencies using gdebi. dpkg will not install the dependencies. If you do not have gdebi installed on your computer, see Step 1. 1. Install gdebi in Linux $ sudo apt-get install gdebi-core <enter> This installs the gdebi … Continue reading How to install a Ubuntu package file using gdebi with dependencies