Ubuntu/Quick Reference

Revision as of 05:34, 22 June 2014

Enable Remote Desktop via VNC (12.04+ - these are just default, you may want to configure more)

Dash Home > [type] Desktop > [Select] either Desktop Sharing or Remote Desktop

[check] Allow view and control > [check] require user to enter password > [type] password

Upgrade from 10.04LTS to 12.04LTS via terminal

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
$ sudo vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

verify there is the following line in the file

prompt=lts

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y autoremove
$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d

rename directory with contents

~$ sudo mv -f /path/oldfolderanem /path/newfoldername

ubuntu 14.04 apt-get error

W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32

Keys are:

40976EAF437D05B5
3B4FE6ACC0B21F32

fix by importing keys from Canonical's key library:

~$sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
~$sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5