Executing .run files in Linux

To be able to execute .run files, they first need to be converted to executable files. Use the command :

chmod +x [[filename]]

Then use the following command to execute :

./[[filename]]

Installing Adobe Flash Player on Kali Linux

To install Adobe Flash Player on Kali Linux, follow these steps :

1. Download Adobe Flash Player (.tar.gz) from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and save it in the root folder.

2. Now untar it using the command :

tar -xvzf [[name of the package]]

3. Change to directory usr/lib64/kde4 (if you are on a 64-bit machine) or usr/lib/kde4. Run the command :

cp kcm_adobe_flash_player.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Error while installing Firefox on Kali Linux

I tried installing Firefox and got an error like this :

root@Hari:/home/harichandan# apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
wine is already the newest version.
wine set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/29.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing firefox-mozilla-build (--configure):
 package firefox-mozilla-build is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firefox-mozilla-build
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So to get around this, you just need to run the command :

apt-get install --reinstall firefox-mozilla-build

How to change ROOT password in Linux

Enter the command passwd.

Then choose the password you want!

Tap Clicking Not Working on Linux

This has happened quite a few time for me. No matter how much I fiddled with the system settings I couldn't get it working. There's a simple command which you need t run and it will work.

synclient tapbutton1=1