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aptitude – high-level interface to the package manager aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian GNU/Linux package system. It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package management tasks such as...
Determine Linux OS version Print certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information: lsb_release -a This information is retrieved from /etc/lsb* something depending on which distribution you...
Make arrowkeys in Debian vi work Put this line in your ~/.vimrc set esckeys Another alternative is to install vim aptitude install vim And do the necessary changes on the settings file /etc/vim/vimrc
Setting up an SSL server with Apache2 on Debian With the introduction of the Apache2 packages in Debian it is much simpler to create and use a secure SSL protected webserver than in the old days with Apache 1.3, here we’ll...