Thursday 31 October 2013

Installing wkhtmltopdf software on Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.2


1.   Installed wkhtmltopdf on Linux Operating System KNOPPIX 7.2 using Synaptic Package Manager by
      searching for the software as shown below



2.   Click ' Search ' then the software ' wkhtmltopdf ' will appear below the package with the square box
      colored green. In this case, the square box next to the ' wkhtmltopdf ' is colored green because the
      software was installed earlier as shown below.



3.   To run the software, open a ' root terminal ' window then choose whatever website or whatever
      webpage that we want to convert to pdf by selecting the  website URL or the webpage URL then
      run the Linux command as shown below.

Above is an example of a webpage or a website that I want to convert to PDF

4.   Click the URL and  ' Select All ' and then ' Copy " and  ' Paste '  to the ' root terminal window ' after
       typing/keying the word  ' wkhtmltopdf ' as shown below. Also, please do not forget to save the PDF
       file under whatever name you prefer. In this case I choose to save the PDF file under the name
       putin.pdf

5.   This basically complete the installation of the ' wkhtmltopdf ' software for the Linux Operating System
       KNOPPIX 7.2



root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# wkhtmltopdf http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/putin-now-world-s-most-powerful-person-1.1600030#.UnOBUVRhTOd putin.pdf
Loading page (1/2)
Warning: SSL error ignored                                      
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)===============>     ] 90%
Warning: SSL error ignored                                      
Printing pages (2/2)                                              
QFont::setPixelSize: Pixel size <= 0 (0)
Done                                                          
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ls -alh
ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied
total 3.9M
drwxr-xr-x 47 knoppix knoppix  824 Nov  1 06:33 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root    root      72 Oct 24 19:33 ..
drwx------  4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb  3  2011 .adobe
-rw-r--r--  1 root    root    438K Nov  1 06:28 bnpas.pdf
drwx------ 17 knoppix knoppix  424 Nov  1 06:15 .cache
drwx------ 30 knoppix knoppix  400 Oct 29 18:30 .config
drwx------  3 knoppix knoppix   80 Oct 24 19:33 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12  2010 .debtags
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix  192 Nov  1 06:13 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx 10 knoppix knoppix  456 Oct 31 11:27 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix  384 Oct 26 06:38 dwhelper
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Apr  6  2012 .elinks
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix   16 Sep 14  2009 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix  112 Oct 24 20:08 .fontconfig
-rw-r--r--  1 knoppix knoppix  514 Feb  7  2010 .fonts.conf
drwxr-xr-x  6 knoppix knoppix   96 Nov  1 06:13 .gconf
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Sep 13  2011 .gconfd
drwxr-xr-x 24 knoppix knoppix 6.0K Feb  4  2013 .gimp-2.8
drwxr-xr-x  3 knoppix knoppix   72 Oct 24 19:33 .gnome
drwx------  4 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 30  2011 .gnome2
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jun 14  2009 .gnome2_private
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix   48 Oct 24 19:33 .gnome_private
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix   88 Oct 24 20:31 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r--  1 knoppix knoppix   32 Jan 26  2010 .gtkrc-2.0
??????????  ? ?       ?          ?            ? .gvfs
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix  342 Oct 29 17:02 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x  3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Aug 28  2010 .java
drwxr-xr-x 10 knoppix knoppix  152 Feb  3  2010 .kde
-rw-r--r--  1 knoppix knoppix  427 Jun 24 16:50 .kderc
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix  186 Jun 13 21:23 .lesshst
drwxr-xr-x  4 knoppix knoppix   96 Jan 12  2010 .local
drwx------  4 knoppix knoppix   80 Oct 24 20:06 .macromedia
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jan 12  2010 .mc
drwx------  3 knoppix knoppix   72 Oct 29 17:02 .mission-control
drwx------  5 knoppix users     72 Oct 24 19:37 .mozilla
drwx------  3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Jul 14  2008 .mozilla-thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb  7  2012 .mplayer
drwx------  3 knoppix knoppix 2.0K Feb  3  2011 .pki
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  104 Nov  1 06:15 .pulse
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix  256 Jun 13 21:18 .pulse-cookie
-rw-r--r--  1 root    root    3.4M Nov  1 06:33 putin.pdf
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix   96 Nov  1 06:13 .qt
drwxr-xr-x  2 knoppix knoppix   48 Oct 24 19:33 Templates
drwx------  5 knoppix knoppix   72 Oct 24 20:31 .thumbnails
-rw-r--r--  1 knoppix knoppix 1.1K Aug 31  2010 .wxMaxima
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix  106 Oct 24 19:33 .Xauthority
-rwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix  11K Aug  5  2012 .xscreensaver
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix    0 Nov  1 06:13 .xsession-errors
-rw-r--r--  1 knoppix knoppix   30 Oct 24 19:33 .xvkbd
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ls -alh *.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438K Nov  1 06:28 bnpas.pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.4M Nov  1 06:33 putin.pdf
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#


Installing google chrome for Linux


1.   Obtain the latest google chrome version from  https://www.google.com



2.   Click ' Download Chrome '  and save the google chrome software inside the  \tmp  folder as shown
      below. Since Linux Operating System Knoppix 7.2 is Debian-based we downloaded the Debian-based
      version of the Firefox software, that is, google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb



root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# cd /tmp
root@Microknoppix:/tmp# ls -alh
total 68M
drwxrwxrwt 11 root    root    360 Oct 31 13:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root      0 Oct 31 08:22 ..
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 09:23 .com.google.Chrome.2d43a0
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    root    880 Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxrwxrwx  1 knoppix knoppix 28M Oct 26 14:33 firefox-24.0.tar.bz2
-rw-------  1 root    root    41M Oct 31 12:01 google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 12:17 kde-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 13:09 ksocket-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 09:20 libgksu-71aYKU
srwxr-xr-x  1 root    root      0 Oct 31 09:20 .lxterminal-socket:0-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .menu-cached-:0-knoppix
drwx------  2 root    root     40 Dec 31  1969 orbit-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .pcmanfm-socket--0-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  40 Oct 31 09:23 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix 171 Oct 31 08:23 serverauth.G2opkebv1G
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 08:23 ssh-TYo5gipDkQAC
-r--r--r--  1 root    root     11 Oct 31 08:23 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root    root     60 Oct 31 08:23 .X11-unix
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#

3.   Installed the firefox software by invoking the Linux command
      /tmp#   dpkg -i  google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb then the firefox
      software will be up and running.

Tuesday 29 October 2013

Installing Firefox 24.0


1.   Obtain the latest firefox version from https://www.mozilla.org


2.   Click ' Firefox Free Download '
3.   Installed 'firefox-24.0.tar.bz2 ' at  # \tmp folder as shown below


4.   Then click ' Save ' and the file ' firefox-24.0.tar.bz2 ' will be downloaded
      and this can be seen at the bottom left hand corner as shown below.


      



5.   Open up a root terminal window and change directory to /tmp and install
       the software as shown below by invoking the command
       # tar xvjf firefox-24.0.tar.bz2



6.   After that a ' firefox '  folder or directory is created inside the \tmp as
      shown below. Then change directory to the firefox folder  #  cd \firefox
      and install the firefox software by invoking the command  # ./firefox as
      shown below

total 28M
drwxrwxrwt  8 root    root    280 Oct 31 11:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root      0 Oct 31 08:22 ..
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 09:23 .com.google.Chrome.2d43a0
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    root    880 Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxrwxrwx  1 knoppix knoppix 28M Oct 26 14:33 firefox-24.0.tar.bz2
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 09:20 libgksu-71aYKU
srwxr-xr-x  1 root    root      0 Oct 31 09:20 .lxterminal-socket:0-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .menu-cached-:0-knoppix
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .pcmanfm-socket--0-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  40 Oct 31 09:23 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix 171 Oct 31 08:23 serverauth.G2opkebv1G
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 08:23 ssh-TYo5gipDkQAC
-r--r--r--  1 root    root     11 Oct 31 08:23 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root    root     60 Oct 31 08:23 .X11-unix
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp# ls -alh
total 28M
drwxrwxrwt  8 root    root    280 Oct 31 11:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root      0 Oct 31 08:22 ..
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  80 Oct 31 09:23 .com.google.Chrome.2d43a0
drwxr-xr-x  8 root    root    880 Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxrwxrwx  1 knoppix knoppix 28M Oct 26 14:33 firefox-24.0.tar.bz2
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 09:20 libgksu-71aYKU
srwxr-xr-x  1 root    root      0 Oct 31 09:20 .lxterminal-socket:0-root
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .menu-cached-:0-knoppix
srwxr-xr-x  1 knoppix knoppix   0 Oct 31 08:23 .pcmanfm-socket--0-knoppix
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  40 Oct 31 09:23 pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n
-rw-------  1 knoppix knoppix 171 Oct 31 08:23 serverauth.G2opkebv1G
drwx------  2 knoppix knoppix  60 Oct 31 08:23 ssh-TYo5gipDkQAC
-r--r--r--  1 root    root     11 Oct 31 08:23 .X0-lock
drwxrwxrwt  2 root    root     60 Oct 31 08:23 .X11-unix
root@Microknoppix:/tmp# cd \firefox
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox# ls -alh
total 52M
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root  880 Sep 10 22:08 .
drwxrwxrwt 8 root root  280 Oct 31 11:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  610 Sep 10 20:48 application.ini
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root  220 Sep 10 22:08 browser
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   40 Sep 10 22:07 chrome.manifest
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  100 Sep 10 22:08 components
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121K Sep 10 22:08 crashreporter
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.0K Sep 10 19:15 crashreporter.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   60 Sep 10 22:08 defaults
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  127 Sep 10 21:53 dependentlibs.list
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   80 Sep 10 22:07 dictionaries
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 131K Sep 10 22:08 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 131K Sep 10 22:08 firefox-bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   60 Sep 10 22:08 icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libfreebl3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 408K Sep 10 22:08 libfreebl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7.3K Sep 10 22:07 libmozalloc.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 719K Sep 10 22:08 libmozsqlite3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 226K Sep 10 22:07 libnspr4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 988K Sep 10 22:08 libnss3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 432K Sep 10 22:08 libnssckbi.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libnssdbm3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 141K Sep 10 22:08 libnssdbm3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 126K Sep 10 22:08 libnssutil3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  16K Sep 10 22:07 libplc4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  14K Sep 10 22:07 libplds4.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 141K Sep 10 22:08 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  899 Sep 10 22:08 libsoftokn3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 221K Sep 10 22:08 libsoftokn3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 198K Sep 10 22:08 libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  41M Sep 10 22:08 libxul.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 121K Sep 10 22:08 mozilla-xremote-client
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.9M Sep 10 22:07 omni.ja
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  135 Sep 10 21:52 platform.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112K Sep 10 22:08 plugin-container
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3K Sep 10 22:08 precomplete
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  36K Sep 10 22:08 removed-files
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8.8K Sep 10 19:14 run-mozilla.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  825 Sep 10 19:15 Throbber-small.gif
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163K Sep 10 22:08 updater
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  681 Sep 10 21:55 updater.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  132 Sep 10 20:48 update-settings.ini
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   80 Sep 10 22:08 webapprt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 163K Sep 10 22:08 webapprt-stub
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#
root@Microknoppix:/tmp/firefox#  ./firefox

7.   Then we should be able to get the firefox software for Linux OS up and running.