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[SOLVED] Error “undefined reference to `libiconv_open’” while compiling

Deepak Mittal — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:09:37 +0000

I was trying to compile sphinx server from source but I go the following errors on executing make undefined reference to `libiconv_open’ undefined reference to `libiconv’ undefined reference to `libiconv_close’ To fix the error, you can compile without iconv (multiple encoding support) support. Use the following commands to compile. You can add more parameters as [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Use locate command and updatedb to search all partitions

Deepak Mittal — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:59:35 +0000

Updatedb command by default does not include /media path for updating its database. You can change the settings in /etc/updatedb.conf so that it starts indexing other partitions too. sudo gedit /etc/updatedb.conf In the PRUNEPATHS setting, remove /media. Save the file and run sudo updatedb This will index all your files from /media folder. Make sure [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Suspend Ubuntu from terminal or keyboard shortcuts

Deepak Mittal — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 05:25:27 +0000

When learning to make bash scripts, at one point or other you’d like to know how to suspend your computer from terminal. Well, there are quite some methods available for Ubuntu. You can choose whatever suits your needs. I prefer method 3 (look below). Method 1: sudo sh /etc/acpi/sleep.sh force Method 2: sudo pm-suspend This [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Find number of files inside a folder in Linux

Deepak Mittal — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:09:08 +0000

I wanted to find out the number of files inside a folder. I didn’t want the folders to be included in the result. A blog post on zimbio.com shows us how to do it with ls command which is not only downright inaccurate, it is also slower than what I am going to show you. [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Enable or disable modules in Apache

Deepak Mittal — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:14:47 +0000

You can enable or disable any apache module using a2enmod and a2dismod. You don’t need to edit the conf file for that unless you are having some problem with this method. The syntax of these commands is really simple: To enable a module: sudo a2enmod module_name To disable a module: sudo a2dismod module_name For instance, [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Use mutt with msmtp

Deepak Mittal — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:12:14 +0000

Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client for Unix operating systems. Msmtp is a smtp client which is available for Linux as well as windows. Configuring mutt to work with msmtp is fortunately quite easy. Here’s a tutorial teaching the same. Step 1: Find the executable path of msmtp: which msmtp Step [...] Related posts:

[HOWTO] Send emails(using mail function) from localhost in PHP through msmtp (using gmail account) on Linux

Deepak Mittal — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:08:27 +0000

There’ve been lots of times when I wanted to use the mail() function on my local server. I am sure lots of you would’ve been wanting it too but most of you would’ve settled for PHPMailer or just used a web host to test the code instead. I myself had been doing the same until [...] Related posts:

[HowTo] Configure msmtp to work with gmail on linux

Deepak Mittal — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:38:57 +0000

Msmtp is a small but powerful and highly customizable smtp client. You can access gmail smtp using msmtp, which is exactly what I’ll teach in this tutorial. Step by step instructions: Install msmtp and ca-certificates for use with SSL: sudo apt-get install msmtp ca-certificates We’ll create and edit the configuration file using Gedit: sudo gedit [...] Related posts:

[SOLVED] No module named gtkhtml2

Deepak Mittal — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:11:27 +0000

I came across this error while trying to run BloGTK. I tried installing it from repositories but it failed: sudo apt-get install python-gtkhtml2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package python-gtkhtml2 is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has [...] Related posts:

[HOWTO] 5 methods to find out your linux distribution name and version through command line

Deepak Mittal — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:20:19 +0000

There are lots of commands to find out your ditribution name and distribution version. Some work on some distros, some work on others. Here are some of the methods: lsb_release -a cat /etc/*release cat /etc/issue cat /proc/version uname -a One of these methods will surely tell you your linux distribution name and current version. Cheers! [...] Related posts: