1. Remove old version
sudo apt-get remove php5-gd
2. Add following lines to the file /etc/apt/sources.lst
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
3. Update and reinstall
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5-gd
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

sudo apt-get remove lightning
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
sudo apt-get install lightning

This failed when updating the kernel with the error ‘Could not find postinst hook script [update-grub]’.

To fix after running the update manager simply open a terminal and run the following commands.

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In the following guide ‘Server’ means the computer where the folder to be shared is (192.168.2.2 in my example) and ‘Client’ (192.168.2.3) is where you would like to access the folder from.
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This is as newer versions of Ubuntu use libicu38.

To fix the error try:
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i libicu36_3.6-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Then try installing the Chandler .deb again.

Police were accused of using aggressive tactics, confiscating everything from toilet rolls and board games to generators and hammers. But ministers justified what they called the “proportionate” £5.9m cost of the operation, pointing out that 70 officers had been injured in the course of their duties.

But data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act puts a rather different slant on the nature of those injuries, disclosing that not one was sustained in clashes with demonstrators.

Papers acquired by the Liberal Democrats via Freedom of Information requests show that the 1,500 officers policing the Kingsnorth climate camp near the Medway estuary in Kent, suffered only 12 reportable injuries during the protest during August.

The Home Office has now admitted that the protesters had not been responsible for any injuries. In a three-line written answer to a parliamentary question, the Home Office minister Vernon Coaker wrote to the Lib Dem justice spokesman, David Howarth, saying: “Kent police have informed the Home Office that there were no recorded injuries sustained as a result of direct contact with the protesters.”

Only four of the 12 reportable injuries involved any contact with protesters at all and all were at the lowest level of seriousness with no further action taken.

The other injuries reported included “stung on finger by possible wasp”; “officer injured sitting in car”; and “officer succumbed to sun and heat”. One officer cut his arm on a fence when climbing over it, another cut his finger while mending a car, and one “used leg to open door and next day had pain in lower back”.

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Miguel Angel Moratinos was speaking after a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington.

He said Spain would consider taking prisoners on a case by case basis and only under acceptable legal conditions.

About 250 people are still held in the camp, which President Barack Obama has ordered to be shut down within a year.

Mr Moratinos said Mrs Clinton had asked him for “help in solving this drama, this unacceptable tragedy of the prisoners at Guantanamo”.

“We are prepared to cooperate. Our teams will make contact to legally study each case on a case by case basis,” he told Spanish media.

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1. Create somewhere to keep your .ttf fonts:
sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom

2. Copy your font there:
sudo cp your_font.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom

3. Run the following command to rebuild your font cache:
sudo fc-cache -f -v

That should be it! Your sexy new font should now be available.

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