How to install VLC Media Player using terminal on Ubuntu

The following steps show how to install VLC Media Player using the terminal on Unbutu.

Open terminal window
In the terminal – run the following command to refresh the software repository catalogue

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc

When prompted with the install size and ‘Do you want to continue’ press ‘Y’ on your keyboard.

The install will now automatically complete

Forcefully Close a Program in Ubuntu

How to close a program from the terminal in ubuntu

1. The program name with:

   pkill <name_of_program>
   

2. use of program PID (process id)
   • kill it with kill <PID>

Steps for close program

1. open a Terminal window

2. To view a list of running processes, enter the following text at the prompt and press Enter.

$ ps -A

eg : pkill filezilla   - use program name.


To kill a process using its PID, enter the “killall” command (without the quotes) at the prompt, followed by a space, and then the corresponding PID from the generated list. Press Enter.

How to format pen drive in Ubuntu

Graphical Method

Open Disks program 

Then choose your device from left. 
Click more options button and click onformat as below:

Command-Line

How to format pen drive in ubuntu any version.

Open the Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T)

fdisk -l

umount /dev/sdc*

mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc*

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