GNU/Linux

Missing dependencies for udacity/FCND-Controls C++ project (Flying Car Nanodegree Program)

 in GNU/Linux  tagged cmake / FCND / flying car / freeglut / nanodegree / qt5 / qt5core / udacity by

While taking the Flying Car Nanodegree Program at the third chapter, named Controls, you will be asked to compile a C++ project and build a controller from https://github.com/udacity/FCND-Controls-CPP. On a standard Fedora installation some packages are missing and you will get an error, to resolve that issue you need to install the following two packages on your system:


sudo dnf install -y qt5-devel freeglut-devel;

 

Without these packages you would get the following errors:

CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:29 (find_package):
By not providing "FindQt5Core.cmake" in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH this project has
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Core", but
CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by "Qt5Core" with any
of the following names:

Qt5CoreConfig.cmake
qt5core-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "Qt5Core" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"Qt5Core_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If
"Qt5Core" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
been installed.


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:137 (message):
Could NOT find GLUT (missing: GLUT_glut_LIBRARY GLUT_INCLUDE_DIR)
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:378 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
/usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindGLUT.cmake:116 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
CMakeLists.txt:34 (find_package)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/xeirwn/Downloads/Flying Car/03 - Controls/14 - Control of a 3D Quadrotor/FCND-Controls-CPP/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

YARA on Fedora

 in GNU/Linux  tagged fedora / yara by

YARA is a tool aimed at (but not limited to) helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA you can create descriptions of malware families (or whatever you want to describe) based on textual or binary patterns. Each description, a.k.a rule, consists of a set of strings and a boolean expression which determine its logic.

Recently, we tried to compile YARA on a Fedora 23 GNU/Linux (running through a qubes-os version 3).
As the installation guide is directed towards Ubuntu/Debian users, we soon found out that the installation had some missing dependencies. Below, you will find all the steps we followed to download YARA / install its dependencies and build it enabling as all optional features.


sudo dnf install automake libtool make gcc flex bison jansson-devel jansson openssl openssl-devel file-libs file-devel python-magic python3-magic;

git clone https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara; # Or download a release from: https://github.com/virustotal/yara/releases/tag/v3.8.1

cd yara;

./bootstrap.sh;

./configure --enable-cuckoo --enable-magic --enable-dotnet;

make;

sudo make install;

This information is an extension to the installation guide.

Install Gnome Boxes on Kali Linux

 in GNU/Linux  tagged boxes / debian / gnome / gnome boxes / kali / qemu / ubuntu / usermod by

Our solution in getting Gnome Boxes to work on Kali Linux (which is a Debian-derived Linux distribution just like Ubuntu) is the following:

First install Gnome Boxes along with all needed virtualization software:


sudo apt-get install -y gnome-boxes qemu-kvm libvirt0 virt-manager bridge-utils;

Then, edit the file /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf to uncomment the following line:

#user = "root"

Finally, restart the host machine and your Gnome Boxes will be ready to use.

Long story

Recently, we were setting up a Kali Linux machine and one of the requirements was to add virtualization support so that the user could execute virtual machines doing.. other stuff. We started by installing gnome-boxes only (hoping that would be enough)


sudo apt-get install -y gnome-boxes;

.. but we got an error:

Boxes cannot access the virtualization backend

Apparently, installing gnome-boxes only, the dependency system did not automatically assume we would need to install an engine to handle the virtual machines, so we had to install the following as well:


sudo apt-get install -y qemu-kvm libvirt0 virt-manager bridge-utils;

After the installation, we tried  to create a new virtual machine but it would fail when we tried to start it. After looking into the logs we found the following useful information:

State: GVIR_DOMAIN_STATE_SHUTOFF

It seems that our user (even if it was root) could not start the QEMU process. To fix this issue we had to modify the file /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf and uncomment the following line:

#user = "root"

from this section

# The user for QEMU processes run by the system instance. It can be
# specified as a user name or as a user id. The qemu driver will try to
# parse this value first as a name and then, if the name doesn't exist,
# as a user id.
#
# Since a sequence of digits is a valid user name, a leading plus sign
# can be used to ensure that a user id will not be interpreted as a user
# name.
#
# Some examples of valid values are:
#
# user = "qemu" # A user named "qemu"
# user = "+0" # Super user (uid=0)
# user = "100" # A user named "100" or a user with uid=100
#
#user = "root"

# The group for QEMU processes run by the system instance. It can be
# specified in a similar way to user.
#group = "root"

After doing this change and restarting the host machine we were able to start and use any virtual machine in Gnome Boxes.

Extra information

In this case, we were using Kali Linux, where people usually operate it using the root account only.
On other installations, like on an Ubuntu installation you would need to handle differently the last step that requires you to edit the /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf file.

Specifically, the best way to handle this issue on a multi-user environment (like Ubuntu) would be to replace the following line:

#group = "root"

with this

group = "kvm"

and then add yourself to the kvm group before restarting the host machine


sudo usermod -a -G kvm $USER;

Doing so, it allows you to enable access to the virtualization services to multiple users of you choice instead of limiting it to one account.

Custom terminator layout with multiple tabs and terminals

 in Bash / GNU/Linux  tagged alias / bash / bashrc / config / ssh / template / terminator by

The following terminator layout ([download id=”4658″]) opens 3 different tabs, the first two tabs contain only one terminal each and the third one has 4 terminals in a 2×2 matrix.
Each of these tabs have their own custom name set and following each terminal has its name set to make it easier for the user to recognize the purpose of each one.

[download id=”4658″]

After opening these terminals, the configuration file, contains specific commands to be executed by each terminal, allowing you to automate a some trivial part of your day to day operations.
In this example, each terminal will navigate to a specific project or connect via ssh to some server, then it will perform some operation like performing a git pull and finally it will preserve the connection for you by starting a new bash instance to continue using that terminal.

Feel free to edit the layout and create a custom configuration for your tabs / the terminals and the commands.

Installation / Usage

  1. Replace the config ([download id=”4658″]) file in your home user folder ~/.config/terminator/  with the one we provide
    (In nautilus press Ctrl+H to view hidden files and folders if you cannot find the .config folder)
  2. Open terminator and execute the following:
    terminator -l init;

If you want to create an alias for this command:
Open .bashrc file at your home user folder and add the following

alias my-init="terminator -l init"

For any new terminal in terminator, executing my-init will spawn a new window of terminator that has all the configuration from the file loaded into it.

Contents of [download id=”4658″]

[global_config]
[keybindings]
[layouts]
  [[default]]
    [[[child1]]]
      parent = window0
      type = Terminal
    [[[window0]]]
      parent = ""
      type = Window
  [[init]]
    [[[child0]]]
      fullscreen = False
      last_active_window = True
      maximised = True
      order = 0
      parent = ""
      position = 0:26
      size = 1918, 1002
      title = /bin/bash
      type = Window
    [[[child1]]]
      active_page = 0
      labels = www, MA, all other, dev logs, staging logs, live logs
      last_active_term = d3c317d7-964a-4625-96d0-39deb5166072, 93ce7874-059e-4794-b337-7b640654a3d6, db090e6f-07e4-431e-ad86-a8b6cb965b5e, 906a5f4d-a3af-4da8-8385-673b132e7edd, 1b48b3b9-216c-470b-be53-ec1e8c6fdc0b, cb7d737c-a064-4e0e-ad5e-59c47d7bdd3b
      order = 0
      parent = child0
      type = Notebook
    [[[child11]]]
      order = 3
      parent = child1
      position = 956
      ratio = 0.500261643119
      type = HPaned
    [[[child14]]]
      order = 4
      parent = child1
      position = 956
      ratio = 0.500261643119
      type = HPaned
    [[[child17]]]
      order = 5
      parent = child1
      position = 956
      ratio = 0.500261643119
      type = HPaned
    [[[child4]]]
      order = 2
      parent = child1
      position = 956
      ratio = 0.500261643119
      type = HPaned
    [[[child5]]]
      order = 0
      parent = child4
      position = 481
      ratio = 0.500520291363
      type = VPaned
    [[[child8]]]
      order = 1
      parent = child4
      position = 481
      ratio = 0.500520291363
      type = VPaned
    [[[terminal10]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/www.example.com/; git pull; bash
      order = 1
      parent = child8
      profile = default
      title = www.example.com
      type = Terminal
      uuid = db090e6f-07e4-431e-ad86-a8b6cb965b5e
    [[[terminal12]]]
      command = "ssh -t git 'cd vhosts/www.bytefreaks.net/ci_applications/registration_forms/logs/; ll; bash'"
      directory = ""
      order = 0
      parent = child11
      profile = default
      title = WWW dev logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 4c08356b-b516-4286-8b6d-ba071f1394f3
    [[[terminal13]]]
      command = "ssh -t git 'cd vhosts/my.bytefreaks.net/symfony/var/logs/; ll; bash'"
      directory = ""
      order = 1
      parent = child11
      profile = default
      title = MA dev logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 906a5f4d-a3af-4da8-8385-673b132e7edd
    [[[terminal15]]]
      command = "ssh -t web13 'cd /data/var/www/vhosts/staging-www.bytefreaks.net/htdocs/ci_applications/registration_forms/logs/; ls -la; bash'"
      order = 0
      parent = child14
      profile = default
      title = WWW staging logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 1b48b3b9-216c-470b-be53-ec1e8c6fdc0b
    [[[terminal16]]]
      command = "ssh -t web13 'cd /data/var/www/vhosts/staging-my.bytefreaks.net/htdocs/symfony/var/logs/; ls -la; bash'"
      order = 1
      parent = child14
      profile = default
      title = MA staging logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = e26e94cd-855a-44ff-9c67-66b1c03bac56
    [[[terminal18]]]
      command = "ssh -t web13 'cd /data/var/www/vhosts/www.bytefreaks.net/htdocs/ci_applications/registration_forms/logs/; ls -la; bash'"
      directory = ""
      order = 0
      parent = child17
      profile = default
      title = WWW Live logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 70466609-2d01-45d2-84b4-e377b111e540
    [[[terminal19]]]
      command = "ssh -t web13 'cd /data/var/www/vhosts/my.bytefreaks.net/htdocs/symfony/var/logs/; ls -la; bash'"
      directory = ""
      order = 1
      parent = child17
      profile = default
      title = MA Live logs
      type = Terminal
      uuid = cb7d737c-a064-4e0e-ad5e-59c47d7bdd3b
    [[[terminal2]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/www.bytefreaks.net/; git pull; bash
      order = 0
      parent = child1
      profile = default
      title = www.bytefreaks.net
      type = Terminal
      uuid = d3c317d7-964a-4625-96d0-39deb5166072
    [[[terminal3]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/my.bytefreaks.net/; git pull; bash
      order = 1
      parent = child1
      profile = default
      title = my.bytefreaks.net
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 93ce7874-059e-4794-b337-7b640654a3d6
    [[[terminal6]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/www.michanicos.com/; git pull; bash
      order = 0
      parent = child5
      profile = default
      title = www.michanicos.com
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 2f204209-0c0b-4fab-b883-95f95f5d38e9
    [[[terminal7]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/www.etea.com.cy/; git pull; bash
      order = 1
      parent = child5
      profile = default
      title = www.etea.com.cy
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 6f801914-5225-4e1f-b54c-f48540274614
    [[[terminal9]]]
      command = cd /vhosts/www.ieee.org/; git pull; bash
      order = 0
      parent = child8
      profile = default
      title = www.ieee.org
      type = Terminal
      uuid = 3dbfe3a7-2e25-4e7d-bb02-dc4aeeeda47f
[plugins]
[profiles]
  [[default]]
    background_darkness = 0.8
    cursor_color = "#ffffff"
    foreground_color = "#ffffff"