A chronological documentation test project, nothing serious, really!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system. It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package management tasks such as installing, upgrading, and removing packages. Actions may be performed from a visual interface or from the command-line.