Removing unused packages in Linux

To remove unused packages in Linux, we will use the following software:

• deborphan
• gtkorphan (GUI based)
• rpmorphan

References

• https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-find-and-remove-unused-packages-in-linux/

Deleting files specified in a text based file list

To delete a list of files specified in a text based file list, do the following:

> for /f %i in (files_to_delete.txt) do del %i

Reference:
https://superuser.com/questions/355584/how-to-delete-files-from-a-folder-using-a-list-of-file-names-in-windows

Export text based file list for the difference between 2 directories (Windows version)

The following is a tutorial for exporting a text-based file list showing the difference between 2 directories (e.g. D:\DirA, D:\DirB):

Step 1: Create a text-based file list for both directories

> cd D:\DirA
> dir /s /b /a:-d > file-list-dir-a.txt
> cd D:\DirB
> dir /s /b /a:-d > file-list-dir-b.txt

Step 2: Use WinMerge to get the difference between the 2 file lists:

Note: To display difference only, you need to set "View > Diff Context > 0 Lines".

Step 3: Copy the difference from WinMerge and create a text file to store it.

Ubuntu dock shows applications in current workspace only

In Ubuntu dock, to show applications in current workspace only, run the following command:

$ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock isolate-workspaces true

References

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/992558/how-can-i-configure-the-ubuntu-dock-to-show-windows-only-from-the-current-worksp
• https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/887/workspace-isolated-dash/

Running Springboot web app in IntelliJ Idea Community Edition

When you run your springboot application in IntelliJ idea Community Edition having the following error, you can try the solution below to solve the problem.

Error "Failed to introspect annotated methods on class org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer"

If your "pom.xml" has dependency with "provided" scope, you may have trouble when running your application in IntelliJ Idea Community Edition.

<dependency>   

  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>   

  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>   

  <scope>provided</scope>

</dependency>

Some suggests that you can change the scope from "provided" to "compile". Here is another solution for this issue:

In your "Run/Debug Configurations", check "Include dependencies with 'Provided' scope". Then you can run the application from IntelliJ Idea Community Edition.

Image bytes to np array in Python

For reference:

# data - image bytes

im = Image.open(BytesIO(data))
I =  numpy.asarray(im)
print("I type:", type(I), "I shape:", I.shape)

>> I type: <class 'numpy.ndarray'> I shape: (512, 512, 3)