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How to upgrade/update to Ubuntu 11.10?

Joys of Programming — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:00:27 +0000

Ubuntu has released Oneiric Ocelot, the Ubuntu 11.10. If you are using Ubuntu 11.04, you can follow the steps given here to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10. First install the update-manager-core package. There are high chances that it is already available in your system. Secondly run the following command Follow the instructions.

How to install zziplib-bin in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:07:20 +0000

The zziplib library is intentionally lightweight, it offers the ability to easily extract data from files archived in a single zip file. Applications can bundle files into a single zip archive and access them. The implementation is based only on the (free) subset of compression with the zlib algorithm which is actually used by the [...]

How to install zygrib-maps in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:07:13 +0000

This contains maps and country names used by zyGrib. (dpkg package description) To install this package in Ubuntu, You can use dpkg to know more about zygrib-maps after installing it

How to install zygrib in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:07:06 +0000

This application, written with the Qt toolkit, enables: * Visualisation of meteo data from files in GRIB Format 1 * Automatic GRIB data download * Automatic Download from IAC (fleetcode) Data (dpkg package description) To install this package in Ubuntu, You can use dpkg to know more about zygrib after installing it

How to install zvbi in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:58 +0000

Televison broadcasts use the VBI to transmit text such as closed captioning (NTSC), Teletext (PAL/SECAM), and now Intercast and the ATVEC Internet television encodings. The zvbi library is used to capture and decode raw VBI data. This package contains three utilities: o zvbid, a proxy for VBI devices. It forwards VBI data streams to one [...]

How to install ztclocalagent in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:51 +0000

This sample application demonstrates how to set up an Intel(R) AMT device for Zero Touch Configuration (ZTC) and trigger it to initiate the configuration process. (dpkg package description) To install this package in Ubuntu, You can use dpkg to know more about ztclocalagent after installing it

How to install zsync in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:44 +0000

zsync is a file transfer program to download files from remote web servers. If a previous version of a file is available locally, zsync will only download changed parts and hereby minimise the download volume. The algorithm is the same as used by rsync(1), but zsync does not require any server software (apart from a [...]

How to install zssh in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:35 +0000

zssh (Zmodem SSH) is a program for interactively transferring files to a remote machine while using the secure shell (ssh). It is intended to be a convenient alternative to scp, allowing to transfer files without having to open another session and re-authenticate oneself. Files are transferred through the zmodem protocol, using the rz and sz [...]

How to install zsnes in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:28 +0000

ZSNES allows you to play classic games written for the Super Nintendo (SNES) game console on a GNU/Linux system. It supports advanced features such as multiplayer gameplay over a TCP/IP network. Please note that many separately-available games playable under this emulator are non-free. See /usr/share/doc/zsnes/README.Debian for more information. (dpkg package description) To install this package [...]

How to install zsh-static in Ubuntu/Linux?

Joys of Programming — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:21 +0000

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. Of the standard shells, zsh most closely resembles ksh but includes many enhancements. Zsh has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and a host of other [...]