Aaron von Awesome

Enter the Hugo Multiverse

website@vonawesome.email — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 23:21:09 -0400

TL;DR If you want to run multiple versions of Hugo, enter these commands in your terminal: 1 2 3 4 5 sudo snap set system experimental.parallel-instances=true sudo snap install hugo hugo_extended sudo snap refresh hugo_extended --channel=extended/stable You can now run the Hugo Extended Version by running something like this in your terminal whilst in the directory of your Hugo project: 1 hugo_extended serve -D --noHTTPCache Source Steps used where found at this source.

Going Paperless

website@vonawesome.email — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:26:00 -0500

TL;DR Paperless-ng Here is how you can set up a Paperless-ng Server with Docker + Docker Compose. Install Docker + Docker Compose Create a folder where all the Paperless-ng files and folders can live: 1 mkdir -p ~/Docker/paperless-ng Now create the docker-compose.env and docker-compose.yaml files in that directory: 1 touch ~/Docker/paperless-ng/docker-compose.env 1 touch ~/Docker/paperless-ng/docker-compose.yaml Copy the contents below into the docker-compose.env file (expand code block below to copy): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 # Environment variables to set for Paperless # Commented out variables will be replaced with a default within Paperless.

Troubleshooting in Linux

website@vonawesome.email — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 21:17:56 -0500

TL;DR Here are some terminal commands, and utilities that can be used for viewing logs in order to troubleshoot your Linux system. 1 sudo vi /var/log/syslog 1 sudo vi /var/log/kern.log 1 sudo vi /var/log/auth.log 1 journalctl 1 sudo journalctl -u ssh In Linux Mint, there is a handy app called Logs. You can find that by clicking on the Linux Mint menu icon, or pressing the Super Key, and then typing “logs”.

Create Waveform Video from MP3

website@vonawesome.email — Sun, 30 May 2021 00:21:00 -0400

TL;DR If your MP3 file is called my-sound-file.mp3, and your background image is called my-backgroud-picture.png, just open up a terminal and run the follow command below to merge them together, and create a fancy waveform video. 1 2 3 4 5 ffmpeg -i my-sound-file.mp3 -i my-background-picture.png -filter_complex \ "[1:v]scale=1920x1080[image]; \ [0:a]showwaves=s=1920x1080:colors=blue:mode=line:rate=25[waves]; \ [image][waves]overlay[combine]" \ -map "[combine]" -map 0:a mp3-plus-waves-output.mp4 Sources https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#showwaves https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Waveform#Waveformvideo https://www.extua.pw/blog/2018/11/25/ffmpeg_audio_visualisation/ The Rest of the Story So picture this.

Nifty Virtualbox Commands

website@vonawesome.email — Fri, 07 May 2021 17:45:00 -0400

TL;DR Here are some nifty VirtualBox commands I just want to have for reference 😇 List the VirtualBoxes on your machine: 1 vboxmanage list vms Start your VirtualBox in headless mode (i.e. no UI): 1 vboxmanage startvm --type headless List all of your running VirtualBoxes: 1 vboxmanage list runningvms List the IP address of the VirtualBox: 1 vboxmanage guestproperty enumerate --patterns *V4/IP* The Rest of the Story Do you have a desktop or laptop that you use for running VirtualBoxes?

How to Merge Multiple MP4 Files

website@vonawesome.email — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:34:32 -0500

TL;DR Install ffmpeg: 1 2 sudo apt update sudo apt install ffmpeg Merges files: 1 cd Video-File-Folder 1 ls | while read FILENAME; do echo file \'$FILENAME\'; done | ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -protocol_whitelist "file,pipe" -i - -codec copy merged-videos-file.mp4 Sources https://superuser.com/questions/607383/concat-two-mp4-files-with-ffmpeg-without-losing-quality https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43333542/what-is-video-timescale-timebase-or-timestamp-in-ffmpeg https://www.shellhacks.com/bash-read-file-line-by-line-while-read-line-loop/ The Rest of the Story This might not be the most exciting first post for 2021, but one must start somewhere 😇️ So, you might have some home surveillance video cameras, for example, and those devices tend to break apart the footage into smaller files.

Disable Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

website@vonawesome.email — Fri, 29 May 2020 23:12:00 -0500

TL;DR Add the following text to the end of the /boot/config.txt on the MicroSD card of your Raspberry Pi: 1 2 3 # Disable Wifi and Bluetooth dtoverlay=disable-wifi dtoverlay=disable-bt The Rest of the Story I’ve been setting up Raspberry Pi devices (3B+) as servers, and only really need them to be connected via the Ethernet connection. Having the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth active seems like a waste. A quick Internet search uncovers the answer as usual, so I just want to document this for future reference.

The Node Snap

website@vonawesome.email — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:05:59 -0500

TL;DR If you installed the NodeJS Snap package, and while trying to install an npm package you recieve this error: WARNING: cannot create user data directory: cannot create “/nonexistent/snap/node/xxxx”: mkdir /nonexistent: permission denied cannot create user data directory: /nonexistent/snap/node/xxxx: Permission denied Run this command to fix it: 1 sudo npm config set scripts-prepend-node-path true The Rest of the Story I have the NodeJS Snap package installed on a Linux Mint 19.

Install /e/ OS on a Pixel XL

website@vonawesome.email — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0500

TL;DR Basically copying the steps from the /e/ OS Wiki, which copied its steps from the LineageOS Wiki. The Rest of the Story Prerequisites First, you will need to have adb and fastboot installed on your system. If you are using Linux Mint (or another Debian/Ubuntu-based distro), just open a terminal, and enter the following command: 1 sudo apt install adb fastboot If you are on Windows, you can follow these instructions:

X11vnc and Linux Mint 19

website@vonawesome.email — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:00:00 -0500

TL;DR Here are the steps to install X11vnc, and tunnel connections to remote machines through SSH. Install and Configure SSH See this post: Setup SSH for Local Access. Install and Configure X11vnc Firstly, I’d like the thank the author of this article, as the majority of the steps below come from his (or her) original post. Install x11vnc: 1 sudo apt install x11vnc Create the directory that will hold the password and configuration files:

Installing JRNL

website@vonawesome.email — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:50:00 -0500

Updated on 2021-10-21 for Linux Mint 20.2 TL;DR To install JRNL on Linux Mint 20.2, open up your Terminal, and type the following commands: 1 2 3 4 5 sudo apt install python3-pycryptodome sudo apt install python3-setuptools sudo apt install python3-testresources sudo apt install python-wheel-common pip install jrnl[encrypted] --user Add this to the top of your .bashrc file: HISTIGNORE="$HISTIGNORE:jrnl *" And to change the tool you use to edit entries, edit the .

Setup SSH for Local Access

website@vonawesome.email — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0500

TL;DR Here are the steps to set up an SSH Server for connecting to your PC remotely from within your Local Area Network (LAN). Install Tasksel To install Tasksel, just open up a Terminal window, and type the following: 1 sudo apt install tasksel Install the SSH Server Open up a Terminal window, and start Tasksel 1 sudo tasksel You should see the following: Tasksel Initial Screen Now find the option for SSH, select that using your keyboard.

System Limit for Number of File Watchers Reached

website@vonawesome.email — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:13:36 -0500

TL;DR Using the Jest plugin in Vue.js in Linux: 1 npx vue-cli-service test:unit --watch And you receive this error on your Linux PC: Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached, watch… Open up Terminal, and to resolve the error, run: 1 echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p Source https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/3254#issuecomment-297214395 The Rest of the Story I’ll be the first to admit that I have way too way interests, and not enough time.

Join Linux Mint 19/20 to an Active Directory Domain

website@vonawesome.email — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:09:28 -0500

TL;DR Here are all the steps needed to add your Linux Mint computer to a Windows Active Directory Domain. For more detail, and explanation, please read The Rest of the Story. 1 sudo apt install realmd sssd sssd-tools libnss-sss libpam-sss krb5-user adcli samba-common-bin oddjob oddjob-mkhomedir packagekit samba python-dnspython Restart your computer, then edit krb5.conf. 1 sudo xed /etc/krb5.conf 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 [libdefaults] default_realm = AWESOME.

Convert an RPM file to a DEB file

website@vonawesome.email — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:20:40 -0500

TL;DR Convert an RPM to a DEB: 1 sudo alien -k --scripts my-rpm-file.rpm Source Credit goes to my source article found at this link The Rest of the Story So I needed to convert an RPM file to a DEB file. If you have ever used BlueJeans for conferences calls, the desktop App does work on Linux, but is only available as an RPM file. This is unfortunate for me as I use Linux Mint.

Two Ways to Merge PDFs

website@vonawesome.email — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 20:14:08 -0500

TL;DR Here’s how you merge two PDF documents together. pdfunite Merge two documents: 1 pdfunite file1.pdf file2.pdf mergedfile.pdf pdftk Merge one document with odd pages, and one document with even pages into one sequential file: 1 pdftk A=odd.pdf B=even.pdf shuffle A B output merged.pdf The Rest of the Story Do you only have a one-sided scanner? Have you ever needed merge two PDF scans together? Here are a couple options for you if you are using Linux.

Flush Your DNS Cache (updated 2023)

website@vonawesome.email — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:50:30 -0500

TL;DR Here is how you can clear your DNS cache in Linux Mint 21 (updated part): 1 sudo resolvectl flush-caches Here are two ways to clear your DNS cache in Linux Mint 19 (for posterity): 1. Using systemd-resolve 1 sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches 2. Using dns-clean 1 sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start Source https://vitux.com/how-to-flush-the-dns-cache-on-ubuntu/ The Rest of the Story So this is more for me to have this documented. Yeah, I could make a bookmark, but you never know ;-) The original commands for Linux Mint 19 came from this post, so a big thank you to that author.

Project Portable Wi-Fi

website@vonawesome.email — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:50:00 -0500

TL;DR Google Project Fi data-only SIM cards will work with the T-Mobile 4G HotSpot Z64; here is the one I bought. Click here to jump to the tutorial on how to set it up. The Rest of the Story Google’s Project Fi is a very cost effective cell phone service. If you have not heard of Project Fi, you can checkout more about it here. The short of it is this: You can get a phone plan for $20 a month.

Open VM Tools and Folder Sharing

website@vonawesome.email — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:52:28 -0500

TL;DR If you are using Open VMWare Tools on a Linux Mint (or Ubuntu) virtual machine, here is how you get the “Shared Folders” to work between the host operating system (Windows 10 in my case), and the host operating system (Linux Mint 19): Note: Run these commands from the guest operating system. Make sure you have Open VMWare Tools installed on your guest operating system. If not, install it, and then reboot your guest virtual machine.

From Dropbox to Syncthing

website@vonawesome.email — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:45:00 -0500

TL;DR If you’re looking for a Dropbox replacement due to Dropbox nixing support for your file system. Consider giving Syncthing a shot. Click here for Syncthing installation instructions (or see my abbreviated instructions below). You could also check out this installation video Don’t forget to enable Syncthing on your firewall. For more information, check on the superb Syncthing documentation. The Rest of the Story I recently received this message after logging into my PC: Move Dropbox location Dropbox will stop syncing in November I didn’t really pay much attention to it, but it kept popping up, and I run two instances of Dropbox, so it kept popping up quite a bit.

VLC 3 on Linux Mint 18

website@vonawesome.email — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 22:25:00 -0500

TL;DR If you want to listen to ad-free Chillstep with Linux Mint 18.3, you will need to install VLC 3, and here is how you can do that with a Snap: 1 2 sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install vlc The Rest of the Story I’ll admit, not much of a first post, but I have to start somewhere. Ok, so here’s the scoop; I have Linux Mint 18.3 installed, and I would like to listen to some Chillstep on YouTube while I’m working, but without the interruption of ads.