uniform resource locator or universal resource locator (URL)
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How does java check version online
i'd like to know how does java check his version when facing an applet online. Does it phonecalls a particular site? How can i get that site?
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2answers
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Viewing a link in Firefox for Ubuntu 12.04
At http://www.nasul.tv/ is a Tv recorded show, free. I don't know how to view the link, and then to use uget to download it. Thanks.
1
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0answers
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how to force ssl with default-ssl without DNS?
I know this has been covered everywhere, and I've actually made this work on another server, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I have this
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
...
-1
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1answer
32 views
Server / alternative url for each TLD [closed]
First of all. What are those URLs (subdomains) called that look like some_domain.tld.some_host_server.com , which you can use before you change DNS for your TLD some_domain.tld . A kind of alias for ...
1
vote
1answer
323 views
How do I change hyperlink colours in LibreOffice Impress?
I have a lot of Powerpoint slides that I converted to LibreOffice Impress. The resulting hyperlinks are very faded, very hard to see. I can't seem to find any way to change the colour of hyperlinks ...
1
vote
1answer
82 views
Issues with URL open
I have problem with opening URLs. Sample:
I open HexChat.
I click on any URL.
URL opens Chrome new window, but only new tab, no selected url.
This problem doesn't exist when I set Firefox/Opera ...
3
votes
2answers
439 views
How can I parse a YouTube URL?
How do i extract only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4
from a URL like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4&playnext=1&list=PL4367CEDBC117AEC6&feature=results_main
I ...
4
votes
1answer
75 views
Is there a way to make “apt://” URLs always open in the terminal
I would like to be able to install stuff straight from apps.ubuntu.com, but the software center takes a long time to load up and install stuff. Is there a way to set "apt" URIs to open up in the ...
1
vote
2answers
201 views
How do I open weblinks with Firefox, not Gedit?
I save links as files, rather the using bookmarks. I just drag the URL field from Firefox onto my desktop/folder.
Recently these stopped opening in Firefox, and started "opening" in Gedit. Even in ...
5
votes
1answer
206 views
URL in Launcher
How do I get an URL in Unity Launcher, so when I click the URL the website of that URL opens in my standard webbrowser - i.e. firefox. (I am using Ubuntu 12.10)
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0answers
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dpkg from URL wrapper not functioning… :(
I have modified an already available wrapper to execute the process in a safer manner. The containing script cat-s the body into an executable script under /usr/bin/.
#!/bin/bash
# dpkg-url #
...
16
votes
4answers
8k views
How to download a file from a website via terminal?
Suppose that we have a full URL of desired file e.g.
http://domain.com/directory/4?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=file.tgz
I would like to go without installing a new software. Is it ...
2
votes
1answer
142 views
Default gnome browser opens start page
Irritatingly, when I click a link in an application (I use Quassel), firefox opens the default start page.
I have a somewhat non-standard configuration setup. I am using a nightly build of firefox, ...
1
vote
1answer
45 views
Unable to download a file using drag&drop
I've been downloading images from the Internet doing drag&drop while holding the Ctrl key. Using Google Chrome, and of course Nautilus, it used to work fine. But I recently had problems with ...
3
votes
1answer
241 views
How to change what xdg-open does with ssh://user@ip liniks
xdg open has ignored my directives. I have found several threads regarding how to open ssh://user@ip links (these are in our monitoring software). I have run the following commands:
gconftool-2 -s ...
3
votes
2answers
217 views
Problem downloading Rapidshare file (URL encoding)
I installed Plowshare knowing that it can download rapidshare files from terminal, but if there are any parentheses () or brackets [] in the link then it can't download the link.
Can this problem be ...
1
vote
1answer
238 views
Why can't I ping “http:/ushou-appeng01/ufm/…”? [closed]
I am not able to ping http://ushou-appeng01/ufm/Firmware/packages in Kubuntu 10.04.
This link is accessed in my ltib file. When I tried to ping this link from the bash shell, it gave me a "Host Not ...
1
vote
1answer
129 views
Text-Block on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a problem with the textbox on Ubuntu 12.04. Every time I want to edit existing text, either in LibreOffice or even a URL Bar, always appears an annoying text-block (or something?). Can this ...
1
vote
1answer
71 views
Where is a list of special url types?
I was looking in gconf-editor, and I say under url-handlers, all sorts of things before I thought had nothing to do with urls. I knew that you could do apt:package and irc:channel, but it had things ...
0
votes
2answers
218 views
URL address of local file not working
I'm trying to upload a photo to a Blogger widget. I have the code: (I changed the angle brackets for curly brackets)
{a href="http://company.com/ampers"}
{img src="~/Desktop/picture.png" /}extra ...
2
votes
1answer
67 views
what is the web address where my files are stored on Ubuntu One?
I would like to link a logo to paypal for gift certificates and it's asking for the URL. What is the URL for Ubuntu One's folders?
1
vote
1answer
405 views
Can't resolve domain names starting with a dash
I (and many other users) can't access pages which URL contains a dash in its subdomain ; example : fragmented---.deviantart.com
Checked with other OS : there's a page really dwelling here. And you ...
0
votes
1answer
90 views
How can I set up URL Caching in Ubuntu?
I'd like to set up Linux to cache some commonly requested URLs so that it doesn't have to go out to the net to get them every time. This would be a system-wide URL cache, not just in a particular ...
0
votes
2answers
320 views
Save URL to disk in Chrome (under XFCE 4.8)
How can I save a URL in Google Chrome running under XFCE 4.8? There is no "save URL" option under the wrench menu and dragging the favicon simply doesn't work.
edit: I don't want to bookmark the ...
1
vote
2answers
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How to make my URL look like this…? [closed]
I was wondering how to make my website's url look from:
some_folder/?d=some_file.php
to..
/?d=some_file.php
2
votes
2answers
527 views
How to create a URL link on the Unity desktop
how do I create a URL link on the desktop? On Lucid one could create a URL by right clicking the desktop anywhere and a menu would appear that allowed the creation of a launchpad location (a URL) and ...
6
votes
3answers
1k views
How can I encode and decode percent-encoded strings on the command line?
How can I encode and decode percent-encoded (URL encoded) strings on the command line?
I'm looking for a solution that can do this:
$ percent-encode "ændrük"
%C3%A6ndr%C3%BCk
$ percent-decode ...
7
votes
1answer
208 views
Are U1 public urls static?
If I publish several U1 files, delete some, add some, update their file content - will the public URLs of every file stay the same in the end, or do they change depending on the order files are ...
9
votes
3answers
4k views
Command to open a URL?
My question is pretty simple:
Is there a command I can use in bash that will open a specific URL in the default browser?
