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In this article I discuss how to use the modern Debian based Advanced Package Tool known on the command line interface as apt. To aid the discussion I provide examples of running several of the common package management commands on an Ubuntu 18 LTS server with explanations of what each command is doing.
I was recently tasked with migrating a GitLab instance from one ContOS Linux server to another which required creating a backup of the existing system via the gitlab-backup CLI utility. When I read the GitLab docs on creating backups I learned that gitlab-backup requires at least a version of 1.3 for GNU Tar. As of this writing it turns out this is not possible using the yum package manager so, in this article I walk you through how to upgrade the tar compression utiltity from source.
In this How To article I demonstrate using the find command in Linux and, through the use of some practical examples, I aim to help the reader become efficient when working with the Linux file system as well provide building blocks for further experimentation.
This article reviews common text manipulation utility programs available within the Linux operating system. The article is chock full of discussions paired with simple examples to demonstrate the usefulness of several text utility programs available to Linux users.
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