Island Linux Bits and Bytes of Technology

To install the latest stable version of Google Chrome using an approx caching server first create an entry in your /etc/approx/approx.conf file:

Restart approx to load the new approx entry:

In some workplace situations I use approx to act as a proxy server for Ubuntu packages. Using a proxy makes for rapid updates within the local LAN across multiple machines.

To install the latest version of Virtualbox (as of this date 3.2) create an entry in your /etc/approx/approx.conf file:

Restart approx to load the new virtualbox entry:

The numeric keypad stopped working after upgrading from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10.04. To enable the numeric keypad goto System->Preferences->Keyboard and click on the Mouse Keys tab. Uncheck the Allow to control pointer using the keyboard and you should be back in business.

In the case where multiple versions of Java are installed the following command will allow you to set the Java Runtime Engine (JRE) to a version of your choice:

To update the Java compiler run:

To determine your version of Ubuntu from the command line type:

And you should see something like this in response: