Install Xara Xtreme on Ubuntu 10.04

Xara Xtreme is a leading-edge graphic tool, easy-to-use and one of the world's best free graphics program.

Xara Xtreme  is supplied in autopackage format. Follow the next steps to install the program:

1. Download the Xara Xtreme Linux installation package (http://www.xaraxtreme.org)
2. Make this package executable:
   • Click on "Properties".
   • Click on the "Permissions" tab.
   • Ensure the checkbox "Allow executing file as program" is checked.
   • Click on "Close".
3. Double click on .package file
4. The installer will begin by prompting you whether to download the autopackage code (if autopackage is not already installed). Answer yes (or simply press Enter).
5. After some time, it will display a window asking for the administrator (sudo) password. This is to install autopackage system-wide.
6. After autopackage has finished installing, Xara installation will begin. You may be prompted for the password again.
7. When Xara has finished installing, you should have a Xara icon in your application menu (e.g. Applications > Graphics > Xara Xtreme)

Download autopackage archive from

How to install applications in Ubuntu?

There are multiple ways to install applications in Linux:

1. From the command line 

Run: sudo apt-get install app_name

If app_name files are ported for the Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) and are available then it will download and install all the files automatically.

2. Trough a graphical package management tool 
If you are not comfortable using the command line, you can use many graphical front-end tools for Apt.   
Ubuntu
        Add new applications

        Applications menu → Ubuntu Software Center → Get Software

        Remove installed applications

        Applications menu → Ubuntu Software Center → Installed Software

        → Select application → Remove

RedHat  
        Start → System Settings → Add/Remove Applications

3. Autopackage 

Autopackage has been developed keeping in mind the functionality of MS Windows installers, Autopackage is software that lets you create binary packages of software for Linux that will install automatically, interactively on any Linux distribution through multiple front-end. When the Autopackage installer file is run to install a certain software, it checks the system for the installed component the software in question needs, installs it if it finds in its installer files or downloads and installs it from internet (similar as Debian’s Apt) if it does not find it locally. This concept is in infant stage, and you can find a few applications Autopackaged already.

Source: http://raviratlami1.blogspot.com

4. From a source file

The best way to install an application in Linux is to compile its source. Linux sources are available as compressed tar gzipped or bzipped files. To install application through its source, copy or download the source in a directory you think appropriate and then decompress them. For example, if you have source file in tar gzipped format, say, source file of package xyz, xyz-3.29.tar.gz, then the command to unpack it will be:

tar -zxvf xyz-3.29.tar.gz

The command will create a directory containing all the source files called xyz-3.29 in current directory. Now change to this directory and see the directory listing. You will find many files and directories there. You will also find a script file called configure. Now give the following command:

./configure

If you had installed necessary development environment including compilers, make, automake tools in your computer, then it will start compiling necessary information and creating necessary make files. If this command finishes without errors then give next command:

make

This command should also finish without any error massage. Finally, change to root user mode by giving su command if you are not already in super user mode, and then give following command to install executable files at appropriate directories:

make install

Don't forget to give following command to remove unnecessary files created by above commands:

make clean

If you think every thing has gone right, then you can run the application by giving its name as command (in general), here, xyz. In some cases you may find program menu entries automatically added, else you have to add them manually.
Source: http://raviratlami1.blogspot.com

You need administrative access to Add/Remove Programs.

Linux Usefull Applications

Here there are some of the best Linux applications:

 1. Work with files (File Managers)
- NC style: Midnight Commander (mc)
- Windows Commander style: Krusader
- Windows style: Konqueror
- Text editors: Kedit, Gedit
2. Multimedia
- Music/mp3/ogg players: Rhythmbox Music Player, Mplayer, Winamp
- Video / mpeg4 players: Mplayer, Kplayer
- Audio editors: Ardour, Audacity
- Programs for CD/DVD burning with GUI: K3b Support: k3b.org
- Graphic files viewer: Xnview download from: xnview.com, GQView
- Simple graphic editors:  OpenOffice.org Drawing,  Xpaint
- Drawing program for children: Tuxpaint
- Powerful graphic editors in PhotoShop style: Gimp,  ImageMagick
- Program for work with vector graphics: Inkscape
- 3D-graphics: Maya, Blender
3. Office/business
- Office suite: OpenOffice download from: openoffice.org
- Graphing / charting data: Kivio, Dia
4. Programming and development
- IDE: CodeForge, Eclipse
- C++ IDE: gcc
- Assembler: NASM
- Disassembler: Code source is open, Idasm
- Java IDE: NetBeans, Eclipse
- FTP-server: pure-ftpd, vsftpd, ftp
- Language for Web-development: PHP, Perl, ASP (module for Apache)
- Database engine: MySQL, PostgresSQL, Freebird
5. Scientific and special programs
- Math system in Matlab style: Matlab
- Math system in Mathematica style: Maxima
- Equation/math editor: OpenOffice Math

The applications are free and in order to install them you need to run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install application name

What is Linux?

        LINUX is a Unix-like operating system that was designed to provide personal computer users a free or very low-cost operating system comparable to traditional and usually more expensive Unix systems. Linux has a reputation as a very efficient and fast-performing system.

        LINUX's kernel (the central part of the operating system) was developed by Linus Torvalds (1991) at the University of Helsinki in Finland. To complete the operating system, Torvalds and other team members made use of system components developed by members of the Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project.

        Typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed, both commercially and non-commercially, by anyone under licenses such as the GNU General Public License.

    Why Linux?

     → Free

     → Forget about viruses

     → Stable OS

     → Flexibility

     → Multitasking

     → Command line

     → Full access

     → Remote tasking ("real networking")

     → Multiuser

     → Access to shell, programming languages, databases, open-source projects

     → Better performance

     → More up-to-date

     → Open-source, publicly open and extendible by contributors

    LINUX distributions: Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, etc.

Sources: wikipedia.org, searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com

Usefull Linux Shortcuts

1.   CTRL+ALT+T = Run a terminal.
2.   CTRL+L = Clear the terminal.
3.   CTRL+C = Stops the program (end task).
4.   CTRL+Z = Send the current process to background. It is useful if  you you need the terminal for awhile but don’t want to exit the running program completely. To get the process back type the command fg.
5.   ALT+[F9 or F10] = Minimize/Maximize a window.
6.   TAB = Start typing the command, filename, or directory and hit tab. Bash will automatically complete what you are typing.
7.   CTRL+ALT+[LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN] ARROW = go to [LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN] desktop.
8.   CTRL+U = Erase the current line.
9.   Ctrl + [a or e] = Move the cursor to the beginning/end of the current line.
10. Ctrl + Alt + Backspace = Kill the X server if X crashes and you can’t exit it normally.

NS2 allinone 2.34 install on Ubuntu 10.04

1. Download ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz from isi.edu
2. tar -xzvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz to unpack the saved archive
3. cd ns-allinone-2.34
4. sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
5. sudo apt-get install g++-4.3
7. cd otcl-1.13
8. gedit Makefile.in → Replace CC= @CC@ with CC=gcc-4.3 → Save
9. cd .. → ns-allinone-2.34
10. ./install
11. gedit ~/.bashrc → Add the following lines to the end of the file and specify the folder wher ns-allinone-2.34 was unpacked as /your/path (eg. /home/dan):
# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/lib
X11_LIB=/usr/X11R6/lib
USR_LOCAL_LIB=/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB:$X11_LIB:
$USR_LOCAL_LIB
# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB
# PATH
XGRAPH=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/your/path/ns-allinone-
2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix
NS=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/
NAM=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.14/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM
12.   source ~/.bashrc
13. ns → % exit
14. cd ns-2.34
15. ./validate
Installation complete.