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GTK3 apps in KDE4 on Arch

WladyX — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:19:15 +0000

packer -S oxygen-gtk3-git

$ ln -s /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/gtk-3.0

source

Pacman tips

WladyX — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:11:03 +0000

Find orphan packages:
pacman -Qdt

Remove them with:
pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qdtq)

Find explicit installed packages:
pacman -Qh

Find AUR packages:
pacman -Qm

Force remove a package:
pacman -Rdd perl-libwww

Huawei on Linux

WladyX — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:12:39 +0000

Ubuntu:

apt-get install usb-modeswitch

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 12d1:141b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

/etc/udev/rules.d/62-option-modem-modeswitch.rules:
ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="141b,RUN+="modem-modeswitch-v 0x%s{idVendor} -p 0x%s{idProduct} -t option-zerocd"

sudo service udev restart

source source2

Arch:

Install usb_modeswitch from AUR and create:

/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf.e1550
/etc/udev/rules.d/55-e1550.rules
/usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/20thirdparty/10-huawei-e1550.fdi

source1
source2

Archive mounter

WladyX — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:28:51 +0000

/usr/share/applications/mount-archive.desktop:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Archive Mounter Icon=gtk-cdrom Exec=/usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-archive file=%u MimeType=application/x-cd-image;application/x-bzip-compressed-tar;application/x-compressed-tar;application/x-tar;application/x-cpio;application/zip; Terminal=false StartupNotify=false Type=Application NoDisplay=true

Source

Firebrand

WladyX — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:46:37 +0000

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=597312#p597312

Arch ABS

WladyX — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:29:38 +0000

# abs

$ cp -r /var/abs/extra/slim/ ~/abs $ cd ~/abs/slim $ nano PKGBUILD $ makepkg -s # pacman -U slim-1.3.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS_-_The_Arch_Build_System

Change the Gnome Foot Icon to an Arch Icon

WladyX — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:31:08 +0000

Gnome Tips – ArchWiki

Yaourt on Arch Linux

WladyX — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:59:31 +0000

Search and install
yaourt [keywords]: quick search + install
yaourt -S [packages] : install package, Compile it from AUR if needed
yaourt -Ss [keywords] : search on repos and on AUR (with notice for already installed packages)
yaourt -Sb [packages] : install a packages by compilation from sources (abs)
yaourt -Sl [repos] : prompt for packages of the selected repos (emphasize those already installed)
yaourt -Qs [keywords] : colorized ouput of installed packages and the repos where they come from
yaourt -Qo [progname] or [filename] : shows the package which provides the program or the file

Updgrade:
yaourt -Syu : complete update and upgrade of the system (onlys from repos)
yaourt -Syu –aur : complete update and upgrade, even for packages coming from AUR
yaourt -Sybu –aur : complete update and upgrade by compilation of all packages (repos and AUR)
yaourt -Su –devel : update and upgrade of cvs/svn/mercurial/git packages

Cleaning:
yaourt -C : editing and merging of .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Cc : removal of all .pacnew/.pacsave
yaourt -Qt : search for orphaned packages
yaourt -Cd : search for obsolete repos

Other options:
–export [directory] : exports compiled packages for gensync
yaourt -S –aur [packages] : forces compilation from AUR for a packages which is also in repos
yaourt -G [packages] : retrive PKGBUILD and local sources in current directory.
yaourt -B : backup the pacman database

Tux Training » Blog Archive » How to install and use Yaourt in Arch Linux

Changing GDM/root cursor

WladyX — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:24:05 +0000

Create a /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme.

It should contain something like:

[icon theme]
Inherits=justblue

Arch Linux Forums / Xcursor for GDM… possible?