Day: March 2, 2015

How to remove unneeded packages on your Ubuntu Linux system.

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I wanted to update my Ubuntu 14.04 server and I saw this output. I needed to remove these unwanted packages on my system. ubuntu@ip-172-31-20-16:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Calculating upgrade… Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libdigest-hmac-perl libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 … Read more

How to convert a jpg image to ASCII using the Linux command line.

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The jp2a package for Ubuntu will convert a jpeg image into an ascii text representation. This is useful for creating useful ascii images to post on the Internet. Install it by typing: sudo apt-get install jp2a and then convert an image this way. ~$ jp2a myimage.jpg~$ jp2a myimage.jpg This will output ascii text to the … Read more