Just this morning, someone asked me for the command to check if MySQL (or MariaDB) is running? I quickly blurted out: Do a top or htop and you should see it. # top | grep mysqld 26125 mysql 20 0 2618520 193692 9092 S 62.5 2.4 159:29.14 mysqld 26125 mysql Read More
This morning I was checking via the command line to see if MySQL Server was installed on my Linux Mint 18 (Sarah) system and fumbled around a bit about how to do it. Presumably, there are many other Linux users who wish to install a package and unsure how to Read More
As I say often, there are many ways to skin a Linux cat. Here are a few ways to create a new file on a Linux system. I have tested the following commands on CentOS 7 and Linux Mint 18. Creating a New File 1. Touch method $ touch file_name Read More
The bigwigs at Linux Mint have spoken. The nice minimal install option available in the new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS distro will NOT be offered with the upcoming Linux Mint 19 aka Tara. With Ubuntu 18.04’s minimal install, you only get the Firefox browser and a few basic utilities, not the Read More
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS aka Bionic Beaver is out today (April 26, 2018) and you can download it here. After downloading it, go to the folder and do a shasum check to ensure your download’s integrity. Here’s how to do the shasum check: $ sha256sum bionic-desktop-amd64.iso adf9c1cbb2529cb06a67bbb16af881d8d918078e7e155a897ac30a9e0cf2bafa bionic-desktop-amd64.iso Since this is Read More
In this brief post, I’ll quickly show you how to check via the terminal if a particular program is installed on an Ubuntu Linux system. For easy understanding, I will consider a program that is already installed (keepassx) on my computer and one that is not installed nmap. On the Read More