How to Install 7zip on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Sooner or later you’ll download or will be sent something archived with the ever popular 7zip file compression software. Given
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How to Install the NewRelic MySQL Plugin
NewRelic is a great tool to get an overall view of your infrastructure, both to determine whether it’s up or
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Repair “Repository Error: database disk image is malformed” YUM Issue
This YUM database issue troubled me a fair few times in the past, so I kept the following fix on-hand
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How to Check NTP Connectivity and Function on the Command Line
Any computer needs to have accurate and accurate date and time, and keeping time accurately without the use of NTP
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How to Perform a GET Request with CURL via the Command Line
This post is part of a wider series on CURL, a very useful tools utilised extensively either straight from the
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How to Install and Remove a Deb Package via the Command Line in Ubuntu
More often than not, I find it easier to install packages via the command line instead of heading through graphical
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How to Install rar/unrar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Being able to easily deal with rar archives is a part of everyday life for many users, it helps cut
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How to Test Memcached Connectivity
If you’re looking to verify connectivity from your application server to your Memcached server, a simple CURL request won’t do
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How To Install htop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
Htop is best described as a more user friendly version of top as it offers more in the way of
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Chef Knife Node Bootstrap Example Command
Whilst the documentation around the knife bootstrap command is brilliant, I learn better by example/doing, so here’s an example of
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How to Install rar/unrar on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
An updated version of this post for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) is available here. If you’re looking to cut
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How to Install Maven in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
Maven aims to remove the complexity and confusion which normally arises when building or managing a java-based project. Nowadays, it’s
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How to Install Piwigo Photo Gallery on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
If you like the idea of keeping all your memories in the one place, or you want to showcase your
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mpt-statusd: detected non-optimal RAID status
Thanks to the implementation of a new centralised logging solution, I started to notice some of our virtual machines running
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Dump Process: The operation could not be completed. Access is denied.
If you are having trouble creating a dump file from a process owned by the system user, then read on
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