The Linux Compendium
The rm command is used to delete files in Linux. The rm command removes the specified files as it doesn’t remove the directory. Be careful, as rm command is not asking for confirmation for the deletion of the file. If the file is gone, we can’t recover the file. This tutorial will show us how … Read more
This tutorial will show the step-by-step installation process of the LaTeX package, editor, and compiler on Debian 10 and Debian 11. We will also show you various tools for editing and compiling LaTeX files and how to convert LaTeX .tex files to PDF. LaTeX is free software and a typing system specialized for technical and … Read more
Certain applications in Ubuntu require that Java Runtime Library is installed on your system. It does not come by default with most Ubuntu versions, as security is a concern when Java is installed on your system. Time and again, a regular Ubuntu user might need to verify if Java is installed on the system at … Read more
We know that most of the packages we install on our Linux operating system cannot work correctly without other prerequisite packages installed. Such prerequisite packages are called dependencies. Sometimes you want to find out the dependencies of a particular package. So today, I will show you three ways to check and list the dependencies of … Read more
When you start using the Ubuntu operating system, the graphical Ubuntu application manager is your first choice for installing software. Although this collection contains many applications, you will quickly notice that it lacks many powerful tools, especially those for the command line. Then it’s time to switch to apt-get, a more robust software installation tool. … Read more
RAM, short for Random Access Memory, can be considered the workspace of your computer system. Whenever you open a file for viewing or editing, your system creates a temporary instance of that file in your RAM so that you can work on it. When you save the file, your system copies it to a more … Read more
OpenLiteSpeed is a fast open-source web server application with a built-in fast PHP module. This guide will show you how to install and configure OpenLiteSpeed on Rocky Linux 8 and 9 and CentOS 8. Prerequisites To install OpenLiteSpeed, you will need the following: A non-root user with sudo privileges. A Rocky Linux 8 or CentOS … Read more
Vim is a text editor used for effective text editing and is also known as an editor for programmers. It is a free, open-source tool that supports many programming languages and is available with a graphical user interface and a command-line interface. Vim is used for editing the source code of large files and offers … Read more
The yum and dnf package managers are used to install packages or software on your RedHat-based Linux distributions like Rocky Linux. Moreover, the ‘yum’ command checks security updates and binary package information. This article will explore different uses of the yum command in Rocky Linux 8 and Rocky Linux 9. Open the terminal and log … Read more
Rust Programming Language is a new language from Mozilla and the Rust team that was designed to bring modern programming language features and high performance to systems programming. Though it has many new concepts, it is still a work in progress, so do not expect it to be perfect. Rust is a remarkable project, as … Read more