Linux – Ramblings and Thoughts

Managing Ubuntu Packages

January 27, 2019 by cbogdon

Installing Packages To install a new package, you can use: Upgrading Packages Before you upgrade any Ubuntu packages, you need to update the package database Once your package data base is updated, then to upgrade anything do the following. This will update any applications, and the Ubuntu core system to the latest versions available. The …

Installing LAMP Stack Under Ubuntu

January 27, 2019 by cbogdon

This document was originally written by Matt Drake from Digital Ocean (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/users/mdrake) The original version was found at: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-ubuntu-18-04 I copied it here to keep as a record for the future. This document has the following Steps: Installing Apache Web Server Installing MySql Database Installing SSL Certificates Installing WordPress Introduction A “LAMP” stack is a group of open-source software that is typically installed together to enable …

How to add the DNS Servers to Ubuntu

November 14, 2015 by chrisbog

You need to configure the /etc/network/interfaces file if you want to change your DNS server via the command line. If you have more than one DNS server, just add a space between each: dns-nameservers X.X.X.X Y.Y.Y.Y Z.Z.Z.Z Just replace the X’es with your own IPs and the DNS server of choise, and when this is …

How to Configure UBUNTU with a static IP Address

November 4, 2015 by chrisbog

Static IP Address Assignment To configure your system to use a static IP address assignment, add the static method to the inet address family statement for the appropriate interface in the file /etc/network/interfaces. The example below assumes you are configuring your first Ethernet interface identified as eth0. Change the address, netmask, and gateway values to …

Ability to Change the default umask under OSX

October 26, 2015 by chrisbog

Sometimes you may want to set a customer umask in OSX/Linux to ensure that default permissions are correct. For example, Maybe I would like to assign read/write for both the owner of a file and the group membership. You can do this by the following: Setting a custom umask in OS X https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201684 To change …