YUM command (Yellowdog Updater Modified) is the traditional package manager for RedHat based systems. It is present in almost every RedHat based distro but isn’t the default in many of them now. It has been replaced by the newer DNF command. We have a separate article on DNF. yum command Basic Usage The general syntax …
The DNF command (Dandified yum) is the next-generation version of the traditional YUM package manager for RedHat based systems. It is the default package manager for Fedora 22, CentOS8, and RHEL8. It is intended to be a replacement for YUM. It does Package Management using RPM and libsolv (maintained by OpenSUSE). dnf command Basic Usage …
In this tutorial we will be learning how to install and setup z shell on Ubuntu. The default shell that comes pre installed in Ubuntu is called bash (or Bourne shell). Z shell offers a few more things over bash. Better autocompletion, autocorrect and plugin support to name a few. In this tutorial we will …
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We’ll install Minecraft on Linux, the most popular indie-game of all time. It immerses the player in a world made of blocks where the player can build, destroy, and mine things! The best part is that it is available on Linux too. You can install it on your desktop PC or if you have a …
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The exec command in Linux is used to execute a command by replacing the current process with that command. In shells such as bash and ksh, it is also used to redirect file descriptors for a complete session or for a whole script. exec command Basic usage exec command can be a considered an optimization …
In this tutorial, we will be learning how to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10. Ubuntu is one of the most popular and user-friendly Linux distributions. Ubuntu would be usually recommended to anyone who is starting out using Linux. You might not want to fully commit and replace Windows 10 with Ubuntu and rather have …
In this tutorial, we will be learning how to schedule tasks with crontabs in Linux. Crontab stands for cron table which contains a list of tasks which are scheduled to run at a regular interval of time. These tasks are then executed by a daemon called cron. All users on the machine can have their …
In this tutorial, we will be learning how to use the fuser command in Linux. There are many process management tool for Linux, fuser offers something different. Fuser lets you look for process using a particular file, a directory or a socket. With fuser you can then kill and manage these processes. General Syntax of …
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In this article, I’ll introduce you to a Python library called Geopy. It is a geocoding package What is Geocoding? Geopy is a Python client for many common web services for geocoding, making it easy to locate the coordinates of an address, a city, or a country for Python developers, and vice versa. It uses …
In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install Etcher on Ubuntu. Etcher is a strong OS image burner tool for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is simple to use the tool and one of the few GUI image burning tool that is available for windows. There are two ways you can install Etcher: …
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