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Error dpkg frontend lock is locked by another process

First, find out the id of the process that ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Linux Administration by Sirajul
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What is 755 permission in Linux?

Hi, File permission 755 means that the directory ...READ MORE

Dec 9, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to uninstall apache2 in ubuntu?

Hey @Laksha, execute the following commands: $ sudo ...READ MORE

May 14, 2019 in Linux Administration by Hemant
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chmod: changing permissions of '/root/': Operation not permitted

Hi@akhtar, You got this error because your user ...READ MORE

Aug 14, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Setting JAVA_HOME in linux

Hello fellow techies, Assuming you use bash shell ...READ MORE

Dec 10, 2020 in Linux Administration by Rajiv
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how to save Linux Project

Could you please confirm how to save ...READ MORE

Nov 5, 2024 in Linux Administration by anonymous

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-bash: cd: /root/: Permission denied

Hi@akhtar, You got this error because your user ...READ MORE

Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Job for httpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.

Hi guys I was facing same problem as ...READ MORE

Nov 21, 2020 in Linux Administration by anonymous
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Default username and password of kali linux -2021.1-vbox amd 64?

I had tried this USERNAME: Root PASSWORD: Root user: ...READ MORE

Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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What is the difference between ctrl z and ctrl c in command line?

Hi@akhtar, Generally, these two commands are used to ...READ MORE

Feb 24, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How to display ASCII and hex representation of the packet contents in tcpdump?

Hi@akhtar, To display the packet value you can ...READ MORE

Oct 4, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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Linux tar: gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file

The error you're getting may be because ...READ MORE

Aug 9, 2019 in Linux Administration by Kunal
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How to remove [ and ] from the events with SEDCMD command in props.conf?

i used EDCMD-remove_brace = s/[// SEDCMD-remove_brace2 = ...READ MORE

Apr 19, 2023 in Linux Administration by anonymous

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Unable to locate package puppet-master

Hi i am not getting install Puppet-master, ...READ MORE

Mar 31, 2023 in Linux Administration by anonymous

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how do i install mysql on CentOs

i downloaded various verions of the rpm ...READ MORE

Mar 19, 2023 in Linux Administration by Lillian

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Error saying " Invalid operation uninstall" on sudo apt uninstall apache2

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Mar 29, 2024 in Linux Administration by Anonymous

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Get yesterday's date in bash on Linux, DST-safe

I have a shell script that runs ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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What does the $ mean in Linux?

I have to explain what the code ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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xxd usage (change magic byte to JPEG)

I create a simple test file like ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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How to search any word in linux 'screen'

I am going screen logs of devstack ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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How to implement getch() function of C in Linux?

In TurboC++, I can use the getch() ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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How to setup CRON job to run every 10 seconds in Linux?

I need to run a CRON job every 10 ...READ MORE

Apr 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
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How to activate virtualenv in Linux?

I have been searching and tried various ...READ MORE

Dec 15, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
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What languages are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux written in?

I was just wondering who knows what ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2022 in Linux Administration by Logan
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Can I use ball point pens for my company exams?

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Nov 29, 2022 in Linux Administration by Mireto

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How to find all files containing specific text (string) on Linux?

How do I find all files containing ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2022 in Linux Administration by Logan
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Chmod 777 to a folder and all contents

I have a web directory /www and ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2022 in Linux Administration by Logan
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Error: No toolchains found in the NDK toolchains folder for ABI with prefix: llvm

I want to compile an open source ...READ MORE

Nov 24, 2022 in Linux Administration by Logan
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How to compile executable for Windows with GCC with Linux Subsystem?

Linux Subsystem fills in as a Linux-PC. ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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How do I run a program with commandline arguments using GDB within a Bash script?

When running a program on GDB, usually, ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How can I invoke both BASH and CSH shells in a same script

In the same script, I want to ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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What is the preferred Bash shebang?

Is there any Bash shebang objectively better than the ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Sqlplus login error when using bash variables: SP2-0306: Invalid option

I have a bash script that connects ...READ MORE

Jun 22, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Escaping Quotes in Chef Bash

This I need quotes in a cronjob ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Renaming multiples files with a bash loop

I need to rename 45 files, and ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Chmod 777 to a folder and all contents

To help you with your doubt, if ...READ MORE

Feb 9, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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bash: /home/XXX/.rvm/scripts/rvm: No such file or directory

Install RVM  gpg --keyserver hkp:// keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 ​Now ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How to add man and zip to "git bash" installation on Windows

I am using git bash on Windows - that ...READ MORE

Jun 9, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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Install Heroku CLI on Mac with Bash Termimal

I'm trying to follow this guide and ...READ MORE

Jun 16, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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How do you copy and paste into Git Bash

Press Insert. Likewise, to duplicate from the window, ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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bash : Bad Substitution

The default shell (/bin/sh) under Ubuntu focuses ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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How to execute mongodb commands from bash shell?

I searched and found that one can ...READ MORE

Jun 22, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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chmod: unable to change file mode on install.sh. operation not permitted

Hi Everybody, I'm trying to install McAfee agent ...READ MORE

Aug 24, 2022 in Linux Administration by madzr

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Using v4l2loopback virtual cam with google-chrome or chromium on linux while having real webcam in use

(I hope posting an answer to own ...READ MORE

Apr 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
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How can I download git branch files to local system?

Clone the master branch. As you  said ...READ MORE

May 27, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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How to sort text alphabetically in Linux system?

Hi@akhtar, In the Linux system, you will find ...READ MORE

Oct 20, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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ls: cannot open directory '.': Permission denied

Hi@akhtar, You got this error because your user ...READ MORE

Aug 13, 2020 in Linux Administration by MD
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How do I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

To check if a directory exists in ...READ MORE

Jun 7, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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Why do you need to put #!/bin/bash at the beginning of a script file?

It's a show so the *nix shell ...READ MORE

Jun 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
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git bash commands with python or Gitpyhon

So I have follwoing bash command which ...READ MORE

Jun 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Korak
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