On running “apt upgrade” command on Ubuntu 20.04 and newer, Ubuntu shows an advertisement about Ubuntu Pro subscription. To disable the Ubuntu Pro advertisement that appears when updating apt, run After running these commands, running “apt upgrade”, you won’t get the Ubuntu Pro advertisement. Back to Ubuntu
MySQL 5.7 is not supported on Ubuntu 22.04, but you can download MySQL 5.7 for Ubuntu 18.04 and install it on Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 22.04 First, install libtinfo5, this is available for download from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/amd64/libtinfo5/6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04 The files are moved from the Offical MySQL site https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.7.html So we will download it from a mirror site. … Read more
When updating packages on an Ubuntu server, I got the error “Unsafe symlinks encountered in /var/log, refusing.”. root@ip-172-31-45-33:/var# apt upgrade -y Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Calculating upgrade… Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this … Read more
First, install libwww-perl package needed for CSF firewall Install CSF with Change following settings in csf.conf file If you need GUI enabled, edit file Modify following settings
A few days ago I wanted to Migrate an Ubuntu VPS from one provider to another. I tried to take a snapshot and try to migrate, but it did not work. The VPS had few random services, so migrating services one by one was not easy. What I did was set up a new Ubuntu … Read more
To verify the integrity of installed packages, you can use debsums utility. First of all install debsums with command apt install -y debsums To verify packages, run debsums -s To verify a package debsums PKG_NAME If you find any packages with missing files, you can reinstall them with the command apt reinstall PKG_NAME
WebP is an image format for web by Google. The size of webp images are much smaller compared with other image formats, so better to use webp images on websites for faster site load speed. To install webp on Ubuntu/Debian, run sudo apt install webp To convert an image to webp format, run cwebp image.png … Read more
If you have installed Ubuntu with GUI and don’t want GUI, you can disable GUI from starting on boot with command systemctl set-default multi-user If you need to GUI auto-start on boot, run systemctl set-default graphical.target
When I run locale-gen command, i get the following error root@netmon1:~# locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 bash: locale-gen: command not found root@netmon1:~# To see which package provide the locale-gen command, run boby@sok-01:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/locale-gen locales: /usr/sbin/locale-gen boby@sok-01:~$ The command locale-gen is provided by package locales. To fix the error install package “locales” with the command apt install … Read more
To enable firewal for Ant Media Server on Ubnuntu server, use following rules ufw allow ssh ufw allow http ufw allow https ufw allow 1935/tcp ufw allow 5080/tcp ufw allow 5443/tcp ufw allow 5000:65000/udp enable ufw After enabling, you will have following status root@server:~# ufw status Status: active To Action From — —— —- 22/tcp … Read more
To reinstall Kernel in Ubunru, you need to find the version of kernal installed, for this run dpkg -l | grep linux-image Or you can use command, find the kernel version you need to install apt-cache search linux-image Once you have the name of linux-image package you need to install, you can run apt-get install … Read more
Shotcut is an free open source video editor for Ubuntu. You can find more info at https://shotcut.org Latest version of Shotcut video editor can be installed on Ubuntu using command sudo snap install shotcut –classic shotcut is also available to be installed from apt, but this is slightly older version than snap. To install from … Read more