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Wallch – a handy wallpaper changer in Linux Mint 17

Linux/ Mint

Wallch (ver. 4.5) is a handy wallpaper changer that rotates your wallpapers. Here’s how you can install it in Linux Mint 17.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wallch/wallch-4.0

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wallch

3. Use this command to remove Wallch:

sudo apt-get remove wallch

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To install “IRFANVIEW” in Linux / Mint

Linux/ Mint

To install “IRFANVIEW” in your linux / Mint you should have installed “wine” on your system.

Get the file “mfc42.dll” from the folder “C:\windows\system32” of a running Windows system.

Copy this file to the analogous wine folder “/home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32”. (If not showing use Cntl + h Key to show hidden files)

Download the setup file (e.g. iview400_setup.exe) for IrfanView (www.irfanview.com This website is available in english and german). Click with the right mouse button on the downloaded file and choose the option “Open with ‘wine'”

When the installation is completed you can start Irfanview by using the following commandline:
wine “C:/Program Files/IrfanView4/i_view32.exe”

To create a starter for IrfanView on your Desktop choose the option “Create Launcher” in the context menue and use the commandline from above as the command:

Create Launcher

Name = Irfanview
command = wine “C:/Program Files/IrfanView4/i_view32.exe”
Comment = Start IrfanView

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Auto Mount Partitions in Linux / Mint

Linux/ Mint

Do you want to Auto Mount the different Partitions in Linux / Mint when the system is started?
the do the following:

Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

1.) ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid

2.) get the IDS of the partitions to auto Mount (eg.: “48E24944E2493788” )

3.) open startup applications (from Software manager)

4.) add the partitions.

eg: to add sd2 with the ID “48E24944E2493788”

Name= automount sd2

Command= /usr/bin/udisks –mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/48E24944E2493788

comment =

press OK

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Install Wine in Linux / Mint

Linux/ Mint

Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)
and type following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.7

You need to add the i386 architecture.
You can add it and then install wine like so:

sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.6

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