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Having chosen to dedicate myself to Kubuntu, I needed a proper way of installing Debian packages. These files can be found across the .net as ending with a .DEB extension.

 KDE, Kubuntu, and Konqueror make this process easy. Simply right click on the downloaded file and then select Package Manager -> Install Package.

I recently switched routers for improved wireless performance. I was disappointed to find out that my new one didn’t have a No-IP client. I set out to install their official Linux client, and it was quite easy. The following steps are what I used to compile the latest version from source. This tutorial assumes you already have an established no-ip account and host name.

Change to your home directory

cd ~

Make a new folder for the download

mkdir no-ip-dl

Change to the new folder.

cd no-ip-dl

Download the latest compressed tarball

wget http://www.no-ip.com/client/linux/noip-duc-linux.tar.gz

Extract the tarball

tar xzf no-ip-duc-linux.tar.gz

Change to the proper folder

cd no-ip-2.1.4

Compile the binaries and install the executables.

sudo make install

This will prompt you to answer the necessary details for configuration, like your email address, password, desired interface, etc.

Then launch the application by:

sudo /usr/local/bin/noip2