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Unix & Linux

How to install the latest Python version on Debian separately or upgrade?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m still new to Linux, so I’m still trying to understand where executables and their libraries are and how to install packages, so I have Debian Wheezy 7.3 which has these Python versions:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags debian, package-management, python Leave a comment

List subdirectories only n level deep

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Festival stores voicepack data in the following example directory structure:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bash, ls Leave a comment

What is the purpose of multiple swap files

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

During installation of most (if not all) distro’s of linux, the hard drive is partitioned to include a swap partition by default.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags swap Leave a comment

Pairing Bose QC 35 over Bluetooth on Fedora

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I am running Fedora 24 with Gnome Shell. I try to pair my new Bose QuietComfort 35 over Bluetooth.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags bluetooth, bluez, fedora, pulseaudio Leave a comment

Delete range of lines above pattern with sed (or awk)

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I have the following code that will remove lines with the pattern banana and 2 lines after it:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags awk, sed, shell-script, text-processing Leave a comment

Completely restart Bash

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Is there a way to completely restart Bash and reload .bashrc and .profile and the like? I’d like to make sure my changes worked out properly after editing these files.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags .bash-profile, bash, bashrc, source Leave a comment

How to truncate text lines to N characters maximum?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

Given a text file, or the output of a command, how can I truncate it so that every line longer than N characters (usually N=80 in a terminal) gets shorten to N characters maximum? Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve … Read more

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags cut, text-processing Leave a comment

What is the meaning of read -r?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

In order to understand another answer (by glenn jackman):

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags read, shell Leave a comment

Open file from remote computer on host computer

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m trying to edit a file from a remote computer connected via ssh. How can I open the remote file on my local computer to edit?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags remote, ssh Leave a comment

Lightweight isolated linux environment

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I want an isolated (guest) Linux environment on my computer that I can mess up without worrying about the host. E.g. install a lot of stuff from source without package management, pollute environment environment variables etc., then spawn another guest environment when the old guest gets too cluttered.

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags chroot, linux, virtual-machine Leave a comment
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  1. michealSmith07 on Is there a way to dynamically refresh the less command?August 21, 2022

    That is a very nice post. I like this post.

  2. anonymous on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianJune 27, 2022

    saved my day!! Thanks for the help…

  3. sreedhar on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianMay 10, 2022

    Thanks its working

  4. saintnick on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianMay 10, 2022

    remove libwacom2 worked for me as well

  5. ranafoul on Fix libwacom9 dependency issue when upgrade DebianApril 22, 2022

    apt remove libwacom2 helped on kali 2022.01. gr8

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