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HowTo Install firefox-8.0.tar.bz2 in Linux

by Vivek Gite on November 9, 2011 · 0 comments

I have downloaded Firefox version 8.0 file from mozilla ftp/web site. The name of file is firefox-8.0.tar.bz2. How do I install firefox-8.0.tar.bz2 in Linux? What about my old bookmarks and add-ons. I am going to lose them?

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Linux / Unix: Tarball Delete ( remove ) File

by Vivek Gite on September 20, 2011 · 2 comments

How do I delete OR remove a single file from within a tar ball under Unix / Linux like operating systems?

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WordPress Rename Image URL For a CDN Usage

by Vivek Gite on November 20, 2010 · 23 comments

Recently, we moved all our static assets to a CDN as described here. However, we have over 8000+ old blog posts and we need to point static images url to our CDN account hosted at http://MyACCOUNT.cloudfront.net/images/ folder. How do I rename all image urls stored in wordpress posts? How do I offload static images to a CDN urls under Wordpress?

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Linux / UNIX: Untar / Extract a .lzma Tar Ball

by Vivek Gite on September 8, 2010 · 1 comment

I’ve downloaded a file called file.tar.lzma tar ball from the Internet but I am not able to open tar ball. How do I open or extract a .lzma file under Linux or UNIX like operating systems using command line options?

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How do I make sure only authorized person access my backups stored on the tape drives (DAT, DLT, LTO-4 etc) under Linux or UNIX operating systems? How do I backup /array22/vol4/home/ to /dev/rmt/5mn or /dev/st0 in encrypted mode?

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Linux: tar Extract Files

by Vivek Gite on February 16, 2010 · 0 comments

How can I extract or uncompress a file from tar ball downloaded from the Internet under Linux using bash command prompt?

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How do I remove a directory from a tar ball under Unix / Linux operating systems?

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