Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">SparkleShare</a> is an open source file synchronization and collaboration tool </b>somewhat similar to Dropbox, <b>available for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare uses GIT version control system and can be used with code hosting services like GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious as well as your own server.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Ubuntu AppIndicator"><img alt="SparkleShare appindicator" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-appindicator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>SparkleShare features:</b><br /><ul><li>presets for projects hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket or Gitorious</li><li>a recent changes window shows who changed what</li><li>restore deleted files or revert to previous versions</li><li>conflict handling</li><li>notifications</li><li>client side encryption</li><li>optional Ubuntu AppIndicator</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In previous versions there used to be Nautilus integration but unfortunately this has been removed about 2 months ago, however, everything you need is integrated into the "Recent Changes dialog":</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare Recent Changes dialog"><img alt="SparkleShare recent changes dialog" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-recent-changes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">E.g.: to restore a previous file version, from the main "Recent Changes" dialog view, click on the timestamp next to a file:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" rel="image_group" title="SparkleShare - Recent Changes - restore previous file version"><img alt="SparkleShare restore file" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-restore-file_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The SparkleShare version available in the official repositories is a bit old - 0.9.0, but if you don't want to add a PPA, you can use that. Some of the changes included in SparkleShare since version 0.9.0 are: new status icons, project folders can be renamed, new GNOME 3 symbolic icon, restore previous revisions of files from the event log and other changes as well as many many bug fixes - changelog <a href="http://mac.softpedia.com/progChangelog/SparkleShare-Changelog-93731.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SparkleShare 1.0 will most probably be available in the official Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail repositories, but it can easily be installed on older Ubuntu versions by using an unofficial PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10, firstly add the Git stable releases PPA (the Sparkleshare PPA below depends on this PPA):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then, add the unofficial SparkleShare PPA and install the latest SparkleShare 1.0 in Ubuntu 12.10, 12.04 or 11.10 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/sparkleshare+unofficial<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install sparkleshare libwebkit1.1-cil libmono-posix4.0-cil libmono-system-core4.0-cil libnotify0.4-cil</code></pre>(some dependencies are missing, that's why there's more than one package in the install command above)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important: the Ubuntu appindicator icon won't show up unless you're using the "ubuntu-mono-dark" (the default Ubuntu icon theme) or "ubuntu-mono-light) icon theme! </b>This is a <a href="https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/1033">known bug</a>.<b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch SparkleShare and follow the initial setup dialog steps. To add a project, select <i>SparkleShare > Add Hosted Project</i> from the appindicator menu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adding a project hosted on GitHub, etc. is very easy: SparkleShare will create a text file with a ssh key in the SparkleShare folder which you need to add to GitHub under https://github.com/settings/ssh . If you've already added your own ssh key to GitHub, SparkleShare can use that instead, without any extra setup so just enter the remote path and you're ready:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github.png" rel="image_group"><img add="add" alt="SparkleShare" project="project" src="http://img.netupd8.com/sparkleshare-add-github_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to set up your own host, there's a script you can use which configures everything for you - see the SparkleShare <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a> for more info on this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows and Mac OSX, download SparkleShare from its <a href="http://sparkleshare.org/">homepage</a>.</b></div>

Install SparkleShare 1.0 In Ubuntu (Dropbox-Like File Synchronization Tool)

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Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers, an application that can be used to create stacks (drawers) on the Unity Launcher, has been updated to version 12.12.1, getting new features which some of you have requested such as an option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost and more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers lets you create launchers for Unity on which you can add applications as well as files, folders or even links so you can quickly access them from one place. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers.png"><img alt="Drawers Unity Launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using it, you can unclutter the Unity launcher and better organize the most used applications or files - e.g. if you're a web developer, you can for instance have a drawer for web browsers, one for work-related applications and important documents, and so on.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences.png"><img alt="Drawers preferences" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Improvements in the latest Drawers 12.12.1:</b><br /><ul><li>Individual configuration of drawers now possible</li><li>Auto-layout option to use maximum available horizontal screen space</li><li>Option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost</li><li>Create drawers pre-loaded with applications whose category matches a search term</li><li>Various bug-fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html" title="Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`">previous Drawers post</a>, the application works and looks a lot better (the Preferences dialog is still a bit of a mess, but hopefully it will get some attention soon).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br />To add the Drawers PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />For how to use Drawers, see our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html">Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`</a><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.

Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

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2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>We've got quite a few requests to post some dark GTK3 themes, so here it is: DeLorean Dark and MediterraneanNight are two great dark GTK3 themes that support both GTK 3.6 (Ubuntu 12.10) and 3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04).</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h3>DeLorean Dark</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>DeLorean Dark</b> is a beautiful GTK3 theme that supports the latest GTK 3.6. There's also a GTK2 theme available, which has been completely redesigned recently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the theme isn't just for GNOME (this includes Unity, Cinnamon, etc.), there are Xfce and Openbox themes available as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some DeLorean Dark screenshots:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install DeLorean Dark in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:killhellokitty/themes.ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install delorean-dark-theme-3.6</code></pre><br /><b>The theme is also available for GTK 3.4 / Ubuntu 12.04. To install it in Ubuntu 12.04, instead of the last command above, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install delorean-dark</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b> and some extras which include Firefox, Thunderbird or Chromium themes, tweaks and fixes, see the DeLorean Dark DeviantArt page: for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-Theme-3-6-vs-2-56-328859335">GTK 3.6</a> | for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-1-55-318612217">GTK 3.4</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>MediterraneanNight</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MediterraneanNight</b> is a <b>pack of 3 <i>darkish</i> GTK3 themes</b> that's available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6: MediterraneanDark, MediterraneanLight and MediterraneanNight as well as for Xfce. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is a variation of Adwaita Cupertino (now called <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Gnome Cupertino</a>) with dark colors, which not only looks very nice, but it's also relaxing for the eyes.</div><br />Here are a few Mediterranean* screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is highly customizable, but it requires editing some theme files. To make it easier for the users, <b>I've uploaded MediterraneanNight to the WebUpd8 Themes PPA along with a script I've created that lets you customize the theme</b>: you can select the environment used: GNOME Shell / Cinnamon or Unity, the style used by Nautilus, the Unity panel, tabs style, choose between regular and glossy window buttons and more:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config.png" rel="image_group" title="MediterraneanNight configuration script"><img alt="Mediterranean Config script" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Note that the Nautilus 3.4 styles seem to also work with Nautilus 3.6.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install the MediterraneanNight theme pack  in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 (GTK 3.6) or 12.04 (GTK 3.4), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mediterraneannight-gtk-theme</code></pre><br />Then, if you want to configure the theme using the script I've created, run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, you can manually edit the theme yourself - see the readme inside each Mediterranean theme folder under <i>/usr/share/themes/</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, download MediterraneanNight via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148398">Gnome-Look</a> (available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6).</b></div><br /><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Zukitwo, Adwaita Cupertino Themes Ported To GTK 3.6</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/8-gtk-36-compatible-themes-available-in.html">8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10</a></li></ul>

2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

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Download Google Earth 7 With Fixed "Signal 11" Issue For Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Google Earth 7 was released more than a month ago, however, the new version doesn't work for most Linux users. Here's how to run Google Earth 7 on Ubuntu right now.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Google Earth 7 (7.0.1) features new 3D imagery and a virtual tour guide which highlights interesting places around the world. You can read the official release notes, <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.ro/2012/10/explore-world-with-tour-guide-and-3d.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, many Linux users get the following error when trying to start the latest Google Earth 7:</div><br /><blockquote><b>Google Earth has caught signal 11.</b></blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-signal11.png"><img alt="Google Earth signal 11 Linux" src="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-signal11_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />And the crash log looks something like this:<br /><br /><blockquote>[...]<br />Stacktrace from glibc:<br />./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9cfb)[0xf75c1cfb]<br />./libgoogleearth_free.so(+0x1e9f43)[0xf75c1f43]<br />[0xf777a400]</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the Google Earth developers has emailed fixed Google Earth builds (pre-release) to some Linux users who have commented about this issue on the <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/earth/linux/dlzBfGl4eKM">Google Earth forums</a>, and it seems a fixed build will be available soon (the exact date is not known) on the Google Earth download page.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-7-ubuntu.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Google Earth 7.0.1.8283 Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/google-earth-7-ubuntu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google Earth 7 (7.0.1.8283) running in Ubuntu 12.10</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Update: Google has updated the official Google Earth packages so <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/agree.html">download the latest Google Earth</a> and you shouldn't get the error any more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the "Google Earth has caught signal 11" issue, it seems that the font issue that used to occur for the Google Earth Linux builds has been fixed as well in these new packages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/earth/linux/dlzBfGl4eKM">productforums.google.com</a></i></div>

Download Google Earth 7 With Fixed "Signal 11" Issue For Ubuntu

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Use Nvidia Experimental 310 Drivers With Bumblebee

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Bumblebee PPA has been updated today, and the packages now allow the latest "nvidia-experimental-310" drivers to be used with Bumblebee.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nvidia GeForce driver 310 is <a href="http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Delivers-Massive-Performance-Boost-to-Linux-Gaming-8ac.aspx">said</a> to "double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming" and it can be installed from the "updates" Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 repository. Below you'll find instructions on how to configure Bumblebee to work with nvidia-experimental-310 driver.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nvidia Optimus is a technology used to increases battery life by switching between two graphics adapters (a low-performance integrated Intel graphics adapter and a high-performance one by Nvidia) within a computer system. Optimus GPU switching is officially only supported on Windows, but it's also unofficially available on Linux thanks to the Bumblebee project.</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to configure Bumblebee to work with nvidia-experimental-310 driver</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/bumblebee-nvidia-experimental-310.png"><img alt="Bumblebee nvidia experimental 310" src="http://img.netupd8.com/bumblebee-nvidia-experimental-310_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>1.</b> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee">Install Bumblebee</a> if you haven't already.<br /><br /><b>2.</b> Install the Nvidia GeForce driver 310.14 experimental driver:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310</code></pre><br /><b>3.</b> Configure Bumblebee to use nvidia-experimental-310.<br /><br />Open "/etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf" as root with a text editor:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu gedit /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf</code></pre><br />And change the following:<br /><br />- on line 22, make sure "Driver=" is set to "nvidia", like this:<br /><b>Driver=nvidia</b><br /><br />- change the "KernelDriver=" (on line 47) to "nvidia-experimental-310", like this:<br /><b>KernelDriver=nvidia-experimental-310</b><br /><br />- change "LibraryPath=" (on line 51) to "/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310:/usr/lib32/nvidia-experimental-310", so it looks like this:<br /><b>LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310:/usr/lib32/nvidia-experimental-310</b><br /><br />- change the "XorgModulePath=" (line 54) to "XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules" so it looks like this:<br /><b>XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-experimental-310/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules</b><br /><br /><br /><b>4.</b> Restart Bumblebee, logout.<br /><br />Restart the bumblebeed daemon using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service bumblebeed restart</code></pre><br />Then log out and log back in and try it out:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>optirun glxspheres</code></pre><br /><b>If it doesn't work, try to restart your system.</b><br /><br /><b>Note:</b> if you're using <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/primus-better-performance-and-less.html" title="Primus: Better Performance And Less Power Consumption For Bumblebee [Optimus Hybrid Graphics Chipsets]">Primus</a>, you'll have to edit the <i>/usr/bin/primusrun</i> script to use "nvidia-experimental-310" instead of "nvidia-current".

Use Nvidia Experimental 310 Drivers With Bumblebee

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Foobnix Music Player Gets New Ubuntu PPA

<b>A quick update for our Ubuntu readers using Foobnix: the player has a new PPA, so remove the old one and add ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player instead.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - last.fm integration"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For those not familiar with Foobnix, this is a very interesting music player available for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX and even Android that comes with a clean design and can play formats ranging from mp3, mp4, aac, audio CDs, wma to FLAC, <b>WavPack (WV), Musepack, CUE</b> and many others (and can convert between audio formats). Among its features are:</div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>a huge list of built-in online radio stations;</li><li>last.fm scrobbling, including for radios;</li><li>customizable global hotkeys;</li><li>equalizer;</li><li>display album cover, lyrics;</li><li>last.fm integration which can display your favourite songs, top songs from an artist, more;</li><li>integration with VKontakte (VK), a controversial social network that, among others, allows users to upload (but not to download), search and stream music, kind of like Grooveshark;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br />Here are a few more Foobnix screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_1.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - radio list"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_3.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_4.png" rel="image_group" title="Foobnix music player - audio converter"><img alt="Foobnix music player" src="http://img.netupd8.com/foobnix_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Foobnix in Ubuntu using the new PPA</h2><br /><b>To add the new Foobnix PPA and install the latest Foobnix player in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install foobnix</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, Windows, Mac OSX or Android, see the Foobnix <a href="http://www.foobnix.com/download?lang=en">downloads page</a>.</b>

Foobnix Music Player Gets New Ubuntu PPA

A quick update for our Ubuntu readers using Foobnix: the player has a new PPA, so remove the old one and add ppa:foobnix-team/foobnix-player...

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How To List Packages From A PPA / Repository In Ubuntu

<div style="text-align: justify;">A few weeks ago, we saw how to find out <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-find-out-to-which-ppa-repository.html">to which PPA / repository a package belongs to</a> in Ubuntu / Debian. But how about getting a list of packages available in a PPA / repository?</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h3>Synaptic</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To get a list of packages available in a PPA / repository enabled on your system (if the repository is disabled or not added on your system, it won't show up here), firstly install Synaptic if you haven't already:</div><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install synaptic</code></pre><br />(or install <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-synaptic-with-gtk3.html">Synaptic GTK3</a>)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then <b>open Synaptic, select "Origin" on the bottom left, then select a PPA or repository on the left and it should list all packages in that PPA / repository for your Ubuntu version, both installed and not installed:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-origin.png" rel="image_group" title="List packages in repositories with Synaptic"><img alt="Synaptic origin" src="http://img.netupd8.com/synaptic-origin_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the latest Synaptic built with GTK3, there are two entries for each PPA here, one that uses "/now" at the end, which displays the packages you've installed from a repository and another one which displays all the packages available in that repository.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> if the exact same package (including the package version) exists in two or more PPAs / repositories, it will only be listed for one repository entry in Synaptic. That's why I've added other ways of doing this (see below), which list all the packages, even if the package exists in other PPAs / repositories.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Command line</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can also do this using a command like the one below, but this will only list the package names, without any additional info (no version, description, etc.):</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*<b>PPA-FIRST-PART</b>*<b>PPA-SECOND-PART</b>*Packages</code></pre><br />where "PPA-FIRST-PART" is the first part of a PPA, e.g. for the ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 PPA, "PPA-FIRST-PART" is "nilarimogard" and "PPA-SECOND-PART" is "webupd8".<br /><br />Let's try it out:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*nilarimogard*webupd8*Packages</code></pre><br />And here's the terminal output:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/list-packages-terminal.png" rel="image_group" title="Get a list of packages in a repository from the command line"><img alt="list packages ppa terminal" src="http://img.netupd8.com/list-packages-terminal_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">(I've tweaked the original command - see the credits -, to remove duplicate lines which would occur on 64bit systems with multi-arch support).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This works for regular repositories too, e.g. to see all the packages available in the proposed repository:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*proposed*Packages</code></pre><br />Or, to see the packages available in the security multiverse repository:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>awk '$1 == "Package:" { if (a[$2]++ == 0) print $2; }' /var/lib/apt/lists/*security*multiverse*Packages</code></pre><br /><br /><br /><h3>Using Y PPA Manager</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/y-ppa-manager-0092-released-with-new.html">Y PPA Manager</a>, a small application I've created, can list all the packages available in each PPA added on your system. It doesn't work with regular repositories (just Launchpad PPAs) though and the PPA needs to be enabled on your system for this to work. So it's not perfect. </div><br />But there are advantages over Synaptic / the command above:<br /><ul><li>unlike Synaptic, it lists all the packages in a PPA, even if the exact same package (exact version) is available in multiple PPAs;</li><li>unlike the command above, Y PPA Manager displays the package version next to the package name.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/y-ppa-manager-list-packages.png" rel="image_group" title="List all the packages in a PPA using Y PPA Manager"><img alt="List packages PPA Y PPA Manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/y-ppa-manager-list-packages_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />To lists all the packages in a PPA, install Y PPA Manager:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Then launch Y PPA Manager, double click "Manage PPAs", select the PPA and click "List packages". </b></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some info via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/43581/how-to-list-packages-from-a-ppa-source-in-command-line">AskUbuntu</a> & <a href="http://usemoslinux.blogspot.com/2012/11/como-listar-los-paquetes-dentro-de-un.html">UsemosLinux</a></i></div>

How To List Packages From A PPA / Repository In Ubuntu

A few weeks ago, we saw how to find out to which PPA / repository a package belongs to in Ubuntu / Debian. But how about getting a list of ...

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