Linux
How to Archive Files Using TAR on Linux
An archive is a special kind of file that can store a myriad of folders and files within it. What…
Read More »How to Create Aliases and Shell Functions on Linux?
Knowing the command prompts & shell scripts is still necessary if you want to get the most out of the GNU/Linux…
Read More »How to Fix ‘Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)’ Error while Uninstalling Google Chrome on Ubuntu?
Chrome is one of the most used internet browsers due to its fast speeds and easy to use interface. It…
Read More »How to Undo the ‘init’ command on Git?
Git is a system which is used for tracking changes in the source code during application development. It is a…
Read More »How to Find Large Files on Linux?
Linux’s Family of operating systems is a group of open-source operating systems that are based on the Linux kernel that…
Read More »How to Fix ‘Failed to Connect to lvmetad’ Error on Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is a free and open-source Linux based operating system used mostly for cloud computing with OpenStack support. Updates are…
Read More »How to Fix ‘Command Not Found’ Error on Virtualenv?
Virtualenv is used to create isolated python environments. The tool creates a folder that consists of the necessary executables that…
Read More »How to Fix ‘gedit’ Error on Windows Subsystem for Linux?
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer used to run binary executables that are native to Linux on…
Read More »What are SH Files and How to Execute Them?
Script files contain commands that are executed by a certain program or scripting engine. These commands are executed without being…
Read More »How to Handle Passing Filenames with Spaces in Bash
Linux has a default shell Bash (aka Bourne again shell) to execute commands for the system. Most programmers prefer bash…
Read More »How to Fix ‘Add-apt-repository’ Command not Found
Some folks using Debian, Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based distributions like Linux Mint get the error ‘add-apt-repository not found’ while trying to…
Read More »Fix: Systemctl Command not Found
Systemctl is a Systemd utility for controlling services and processes on Linux distributions. By using the systemctl command, you can…
Read More »How to fix Git Error ‘Your local changes to the following files will be overwritten by merge’
The error message “Your local changes to the following files will be overwritten by merge” occurs in Git version control…
Read More »How to Use Windows VSTs in latest REAPER 5.93 Linux-Native builds
As REAPER v5.93 introduced Linux-native builds to the popular digital audio workstation, many users are wondering how they can use…
Read More »Fix: Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal
In most cases, you’ll receive a confusing “pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal” error only…
Read More »Fix: unable to mount root fs on an unknown block
Since the arrival of an unable to mount root fs on an unknown block error portends you being unable to…
Read More »Fix: is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Perhaps one of the scarier Unix and Linux warning messages for newcomers comes in the form of “____ is not…
Read More »Fix: Unable to lock the administration directory
Newcomers to GNU/Linux often run into some trouble when a command needs to be executed with root superuser privileges. Sometimes…
Read More »Fix: Error occurred during initialization of VM could not reserve enough space for object heap
Even though Java applets aren’t a popular web technology these days, there are countless reasons to deploy a Java virtual…
Read More »Fix: server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
When attempting to configure SSL on a server designed to run Apache or potentially another similar web hosting technology, you…
Read More »Fix: ssh_exchange_identification ‘connection closed by remote host’
While in many cases the ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host error can be caused by issues related to the…
Read More »Fix: ssh_exchange_identification: read: connection reset by peer
Fortunately, the ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer error is quite rare, but you might run into it if you’re…
Read More »Fix: You don’t currently have permission to access this folder
If you’re using the Linux subsystem in Windows, cygwin or any of the other various ways to interface Unix and…
Read More »Fix: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
If you’re on any of the Linux distributions that use the yum package manager, then you might end up seeing…
Read More »Fix: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status
You might get a nasty “could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status” error or something similar if you’ve been poking around the…
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