Windows:- WSL – Missing aliases ( ll )

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Daniel Adeniji /etc/profile ( Linux - File ), alias ( Linux - Command ), Chris Reddington ( Software Engineer ), Microsoft, Technical, which ( Linux - Command ), Windows Subsystem for Linux ( WSL ), ~/.bashrc ( Linux - File - Bash ), ~/.bash_aliases ( Linux - File ), ~/.bash_login ( Linux - File - Bash ), ~/.bash_profile ( Linux - File - OS ), ~/.profile ( Linux - File - OS )

Background I was listening in on Linux Bash training and the man was using the ll command. I am so one sided with life and not at all familiar with the ll command. ll command Issue ll command Let us invoke the ll command Syntax ll Sample ll Output Output - Image Output - … Continue reading Windows:- WSL – Missing aliases ( ll )

Windows:- WSL – Where is your home directory (~)

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Daniel Adeniji Microsoft, Technical, Windows Subsystem for Linux ( WSL ), ~/.bash_profile ( Linux - File - OS ), ~/.profile ( Linux - File - OS )

Background Let us identify our home's directory on Microsoft Window's WSL install. On Linux, Home Directory is ~ On Linux, Home directory is ~ Echo Let us use the echo command to confirm that ~ in fact points to the home directory. Syntax Sample Output Image Text Explanation Our home directory is /home/<username>. … Continue reading Windows:- WSL – Where is your home directory (~)

CentOS:- Boot Issue – “dracut-initqueue: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout – starting timeout scripts”

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Daniel Adeniji CentOS, dracut ( Linux - Command ), GRUB, grub2-mkconfig ( Linux - Command ), initramfs ( Linux - Folder ), Redhat, Technical, v8 ( centOS - Version ), Version ( centOS)

Background One of our Linux CentOS machines is not booting up. Error Messages Image Textual dracut-initqueue[487]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts Troubleshooting Outline BIOS Hardware Specifications Emergency Mode Command LVS BIOS Hardware Specifications Please access the computer's BIOS. Review the Hardware; specifically Hard-drive. If your hard-drive is not present. Or is marked faulty, … Continue reading CentOS:- Boot Issue – “dracut-initqueue: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout – starting timeout scripts”

Linux:- Get Distro Name via lsb_release ( CentOS )

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022 Daniel Adeniji CentOS, command ( Linux ), command ( Linux - dnf ), dnf install ( command - dnf ), dnf provides ( dnf - command ), Linux ( OS ), lsb_release ( Linux - Command ), Technical

Background Last evening, a family member asked me whether it is Ubuntu we are running on one of our Linux boxes. I said I think it is CentOS. But, I will confirm. lsb_release lsb_release to the rescue. Error Error - Command Not Found Command - lsb_release Syntax Sample Output Output - Text Output - … Continue reading Linux:- Get Distro Name via lsb_release ( CentOS )

Comodo AntiVirus on Linux ( CentOS):- Uninstall

August 28, 2022August 29, 2022 Daniel Adeniji -e ( rpm option ), CentOS, command ( yum ), Comodo, Redhat, RPM ( Linux - Installation - Package ), Technical, yum search ( yum - command )

Background In an earlier post covered one of the choices available for uninstalling Comodo AV on a Linux box. Lineage Comodo Antivirus on Linux – uninstall ( CentOS ) Date Published:- 2022-August-17th Link Outline Search for installed package Tool:- yum Uninstall package Tool:- rpm Tasks Review Installed Packages YUM - Search Outline We … Continue reading Comodo AntiVirus on Linux ( CentOS):- Uninstall

Shutter Installation On Linux/CentOS ( v8) using Snaps

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Daniel Adeniji Alan Pope ( Software Engineer ), CentOS, command ( Linux ), ln - Symbolic Link ( Linux - Command ), Redhat, Shutter, snaps ( Linux - software packaging and deployment system ), software packaging and deployment system ( Linux ), ss ( Linux - Command ), systemctl ( Linux - Command ), Technical, v8 ( centOS - Version ), Version ( centOS)

Background In an earlier post spoke of the bane of installing the shutter application on a CentOS v8 system. Lineage Shutter:- Installation on Linux/CentOS ( v8 ) Link Workarounds Snaps One possible work around is to try our installation using Snaps. What is Snaps? Wikipedia Link Snap is a software packaging and deployment … Continue reading Shutter Installation On Linux/CentOS ( v8) using Snaps

Shutter:- Installation on Linux/centOS ( v8 )

August 23, 2022September 24, 2022 Daniel Adeniji CentOS, Larry Wall, Magesh Maruthamuthu ( Blogger - Linux ), Perl, Shutter, Technical, v8 ( centOS - Version ), Version ( centOS)

Background There are certain use cases where the built-in screen capture on Cent-OS does not work for me as well as I will like it to. BTW, the built-in screen capture on CentOS v8 is aptly named screenshot. Installation Outline Repository Import GPG Keys Nux Desktop Repository Avail Repository ( epel-release ) epel-release Install/Update … Continue reading Shutter:- Installation on Linux/centOS ( v8 )

Google:- Chrome Update ( Linux – CentOS )

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Daniel Adeniji CentOS, Chrome ( Google ), Google, Linux ( OS ), Technical

Background Usually Google Chrome updates work seamlessly. One is prompted and the update occurs. But, this last update did not work for me. Error Message Image Textual Can't update Chrome.Chrome couldn't update to the latest version, so you're missing out on new features and security fixes. Remediation Outline Terminal Mode Launch terminal Google … Continue reading Google:- Chrome Update ( Linux – CentOS )

Comodo Antivirus on Linux – uninstall ( CentOS )

August 17, 2022October 13, 2022 Daniel Adeniji AntiVirus, CentOS, Comodo, Linux ( OS ), Technical

Background I am not happy with Comodo AV on my Linux desktop. As I could not properly configure it using one of its built-in configuration tool. BTW, the tool's name is /opt/COMODO/post_setup.sh. It is time to uninstall. Uninstall Outline List Artifacts rpm Get Installed Package Info ( rpm -qp ) Uninstall Package ( rpm … Continue reading Comodo Antivirus on Linux – uninstall ( CentOS )

Comodo Antivirus on Linux – Configuration – RedirFS kernel modules ( CentOS )

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 Daniel Adeniji AntiVirus, CentOS, command ( Linux - dnf ), Comodo, dnf ( Linux ), dnf config-manager ( Linux - dnf - command ), Linux ( OS ), Technical

Background Let us see whether we can successfully configure Comodo AV on our CentOS Linux box. The configuration tool that that we will be attempting to use is called /opt/COMODO/post_setup.sh. Error Message Unfortunately on running /opt/COMODO/post_setup.sh, we received an error message. The error message reads Image Textual Remediation Outline Installation DNF List Product Install … Continue reading Comodo Antivirus on Linux – Configuration – RedirFS kernel modules ( CentOS )