Networking is crucial for any Linux user. As a system admin, you need to be able to communicate with other systems on a network to share and receive data. Linux provides us with a wide range of tools to interact, get information and troubleshoot our networks. Two powerful utilities for this purpose come in the […]
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Let’s understand how you can work with, compress, and extract 7zip Files on Ubuntu. Compressing your files is a common practice nowadays. Compression saves space while storing files on your system. It also reduces the time which you need to spend when transferring your files over the network. 7zip archiver is one of the most
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Working with archives in Linux is easy. There are a few commands that take care of almost all the archive types for you. The gzip command in Linux is one such command. Without any arguments, the gzip command will automatically compress the files that you specify right after the command. Compression is a common practice
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In our last article, we learned how to list packages in Ubuntu with the apt command. Today, let’s learn to use the apt command to search for a package in Ubuntu. Linux relies on packages to deliver or install applications on a system. These packages are essentially compressed file archives. These archives are used when
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Let’s find out how we can use the apt command to list installed packages on Ubuntu/Debian. Packages help in delivering or installing any application on a Linux running system. Essentially, packages are nothing but a compressed archive of the files and dependencies required to install a program or service. These packages are used when a
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How can you shutdown Linux from the command line? Let’s learn to use the shutdown command in Linux for the same purpose! A Linux system admin is in charge of keeping a system and running and maintaining updates on the machine. But for core kernel updates, your system needs to be shut down safely and
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Let’s learn how to install Ruby on Ubuntu today. Ruby is a high-level interpreted programming language much like Python. Being an open-source language, there are a lot of libraries available for use. What is Ruby? Ruby is the scripting language used for backend and frontend development. It is also used for Data analysis, prototyping, and
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Services are important background processes on a system. Generally, they are launched when you boot up your system. If you are just a regular desktop user, knowing how to start, stop and restart services is essential for various day to day tasks. On the other hand, managing services is a common job for a Linux
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to find your IP address in Linux. Before going further though, we should know what an IP address is, it’s types and the representation. Let’s discuss more about this. What is an IP address? IP is short for Internet Protocol. You might know about the OSI model which
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Nagios on Ubuntu. What is Nagios? Nagios is a continuous monitoring solution. It is an effective system where complete IT infrastructure i.e. the application deployment, production, and so on are monitored continuously in an automated fashion. There are many continuous monitoring tools such as Splunk, Amazon
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