Linux

Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Beta on HP Compaq 8510p (laptop)

I experienced problems booting the install-CD for both Ubuntu 7.04 and Fedora Core 7 on my HP Compaq 8510p laptop because the kernel didn’t have the correct SATA driver, so I decided to try the beta of Ubuntu 7.10. The booting problem was fixed on 7.10 Beta and the installation process halted at 88% “importing […]

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Install Geo::IP Perl Module on Debian Etch

This post describes how to install MaxMind Geo::IP perl module on Debian Etch. You need the GeoIP C library (that includes also the free GeoLite Country database). This is fortunately available in the Debian repositories. apt-get install libgeoip1 libgeoip-dev To install the GeoIP perl module, we need to download the perl module locally from MaxMind […]

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Advanced APT user tricks

Debian/Ubuntu apt-get tricks. Basics Install software apt-get install foobar Search software apt-cache search foobar You can query files to see which packages own them, or query packages to see which files own them. Installing apt-file apt-get install apt-file Build apt-get file information cache apt-file update Query through the packages to determine which package contains the […]

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