Archive of entries posted on January 2013

Seeing what files a debian package contains and what files it will install

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I have just needed to install a dev package on my Xubuntu system and wanted to see what and where the package would install the files to. It seems that there is an apt-file command which is not installed by default. So I installed it… apt-get install apt-file and then followed by apt-file update In …

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udev rules for most Android based phones

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Some time back I had issues using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) from my linux laptop and had to hunt the web for the udev rules for my specific device. After my recent laptop reload I had to do this again so thanks to this article http://rootzwiki.com/topic/258-udev-rules-for-any-device-no-more-starting-adb-with-sudo/ found on RootzWiki all is well again. The …

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