Create desktop shortcuts on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new

Install ChromeDriver and PhantomJS on Ubuntu

http://yizeng.me/2014/04/20/install-chromedriver-and-phantomjs-on-linux-mint/

Install ChromeDriver

1. Install unzip
   

   sudo apt-get install unzip
   

2. Download latest version from official website and upzip it (here for instance, to ~/Downloads)
   

   wget -N http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.9/chromedriver_linux64.zip -P ~/Downloads
   unzip ~/Downloads/chromedriver_linux64.zip -d ~/Downloads
   

3. Make it executable and move to /usr/local/share
   

   chmod +x ~/Downloads/chromedriver
   sudo mv -f ~/Downloads/chromedriver /usr/local/share/chromedriver
   

4. Create symbolic links
   

   sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver
   

Install PhantomJS

1. Download latest version from official website and extract it (here for instance, to ~/Downloads)
   

   wget -N https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -P ~/Downloads
   tar xjf ~/Downloads/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C ~/Downloads
   

2. Move the folder to /usr/local/share
   

   sudo mv -f ~/Downloads/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64
   

3. Create symbolic links
   

   sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs /usr/bin/phantomjs

Install SCID vs PC on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install auto-apt
sudo auto-apt update-local
sudo auto-apt update
sudo auto-apt updatedb

download and install 'Scid vs PC'

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/latest/download
tar -xzf scid_vs_pc-4.12.tgz
cd scid_vs_pc-4.12

sudo auto-apt run ./configure
sudo auto-apt run make
sudo auto-apt run make install

start the program type 'scid'

Remove attribute from html using javascript, webdriver, python

EXAMPLE:
<tag id="id" name="name" class="class" readonly="readonly">EXAMPLE</tag>

self.find_elem_by_id("id").get_attribute("innerHTML") => EXAMPLE
self.find_elem_by_id("id").get_attribute("outerHTML") => <tag id="id" name="name" class="class" readonly="readonly">EXAMPLE</tag>

self.driver.execute_script('document.getElementById("id").removeAttribute("readonly")') => <tag id="id" name="name" class="class">EXAMPLE</tag>

Install PhantomJS

http://phantomjs.org/download -> phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
cd /usr/local/share/

sudo tar jxvf phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64/ /usr/local/share/phantomjs
sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/phantomjs/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/phantomjs

Cucumber github location

https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Given-When-Then

Shortcut to open Opera console

CTRL+SHIFT+I

Remote desktop from Ubuntu to Windows using command line

sudo apt-get install rdesktop
rdesktop -g 1280x900 1.1.1.1

install rar on Ubuntu 13.10

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/saucy/rar/

Ubuntu install gnome commander and pinta from command line

gnome sudo apt-get install gnome-commander
pinta sudo apt-get install pinta -> Same as Paint from windows

Install chrome from comand line on Ubuntu

Download latest version https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
sudo dpkg -i [chrome.deb]
sudo apt-get  -f install

Virtual box download the latest VBoxGuestAddition for high resolution

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/

skype for ubuntu 11.04 <-> 13.10

Skype For Ubuntu 13.10

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ saucy partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

Skype For Ubuntu 13.04

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ raring partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

Skype For Ubuntu 12.10

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

Skype For Ubuntu 12.04

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

Skype for Ubuntu 11.10

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ oneiric partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

Skype for Ubuntu 11.04

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ natty partner' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install skype