Snaps are created similarly as any other app, except that a single package is compiled along with all the dependencies required for the app to function. It’s a self-contained package similar to AppImage, with the latter being only a portable …
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In today’s Learn Linux article, we will teach you how to create, delete, and manage the directories using command lines from the Linux Terminal. It applies to all Linux distributions. There is always the GUI way in Linux too, using …
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If you ever wondered what YUM stands for, it is an abbreviation for Yellow Dog Updater, Modified. It is a high-level package manager, that uses the RPM package management tool in the background. How it differs from RPM? I will …
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In this tutorial, I will be discussing when you should or shouldn’t apply automatic security updates on CentOS. Once complete I’ll guide you on how to set up automatic security updates and exclude certain packages.
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We use RPM to install a package from a .rpm file. We need to have a file, so in order to demonstrate it to you, we will download a .rpm file for a package called epel-release, which is a set …
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Performance is one of the most complicated parts of systems administration. Whenever you are trying to investigate the source of bad performance or the reason for the high workload, you need the right tools to do so.
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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CentOS 6 on VirtualBox on Windows. For this, you will need to have VirtualBox installed, and download Centos 6 ISO file from the official servers.
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There are several times that you might need to record a video of a sequence of commands in terminal. Let it be for a tutorial or for teaching seasons or just for your own reference. Recording a video does not …
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For some reason, if your Manjaro is not downloading the package updates at good internet speed, chances are it could be connected to a slow server. Like most of the Linux distributions, Manjaro also offers several official Manjaro repositories that …
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The Kodi foundation has released Kodi 18 Leia. For those new to Kodi, it is a cross-platform media center software designed to give users a wide range of entertainment options.
