Compile 2ManDVD for DVD Authoring

2ManDVD is the successor of ManDVD A complete DVD authoring and highly sophisticated video slideshow making software in Linux. To compile 2manDVD some packages are needed . For Ubuntu Linux ,  open a terminal and run : sudo apt-get install build-essential fakeroot checkinstall libqt4-opengl-dev libqt4-dev netpbm mjpegtools ffmpeg sox mkisofs ffmpegthumbnailer libsox-fmt-all dvdauthor mplayer mencoder xine-ui g++ exif libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libsdl1.2-dev Download the latest version of 2ManDVD from here Unzip the files to any folder Go to folder in a terminal : cd /path/2ManDVD Compile with Qt4:   /usr/bin/qmake-qt4 2ManDVD.pro && make && sudo make install To uninstall, go to the installation directory and enter the following command sudo make uninstall && sudo make clean Enjoy.....

Re-install favourite packages in a fresh Ubuntu system

Easy way to save and install our favourite software packages into a new Ubuntu Linux system. :~$ dpkg --get-selections > installed-software The above command will make a file called "installed-software " in home directory.If we want to install this whole packages into a new ubuntu system,just copy this file (installed-software" into home directory of the new system , open a terminal and type this: :~$ sudo apt-get install dselect :~$ sudo dpkg --set-selections < installed-software :~$ sudo dselect Install software from the new menu........ ( Don't forget to copy all repos and deb files also otherwise you will have to re-download all the softwares again )

How to Fix Grub Error in Ubuntu Linux

Boot with Ubuntu live cd , open a terminal and run: :~$ sudo fdisk -l :~$ sudo su :~$ cd / mount /dev/sda12 /mnt #(Here my Root system is in sda12 shown from the 1st command) # next line only if you have a separate boot partition :~$ mount –bind /path/to/boot-partition /mnt/boot  # if no separate boot partition, please continue: :~$ mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc :~$ mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys :~$ mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev :~$ chroot /mnt # in the chroot session: :~$ update-grub # if update-grub fails :~$ grub-install /dev/sda # if you get any errors  please use this command : :~$ grub-install --recheck /dev/sda # now you can exit the chroot, unmount the system and reboot your box : :~$ exit :~$ sudo umount /mnt/dev :~$ sudo umount /mnt/proc :~$ sudo umount /mnt :~$ sudo reboot Enjoy...