Tag Archives: sudo

How To Remove A Non-Empty Directory in Ubuntu

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Myself

It’s really very simple. Bring up a terminal window. At the command prompt type sudo rm -r <directory-name> So, if you wanted to Remove a directory called ‘spare’ that was in the directory ‘etc’ which is itself off the home … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Update

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Myself

This article first appeared in The Eye I decided to try and keep a little ahead of the game, so I tackled an Operating System Upgrade on one of my desktops. It currently runs Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), and I … Continue reading →

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Skype in Ubuntnu

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Myself

I like command line installs. usually very quick too. Here is how to install Skype, the popular instant messenger and VOIP client. open a shell (terminal). type the following: sudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list this brings up your repository source list in … Continue reading →

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