Tag: Debian / Ubuntu
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How to install Node.js 22 on Ubuntu
The latest release of Node.js, which will be LTS later this year, is out. Even if you’re running the shiny new Ubuntu LTS release, you’re already behind. Never fear, it’s very easy to install Node.js 22 via the APT package manager on Ubuntu with a few simple commands. As mentioned previously, I still very much…
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How to check package version on Linux
In light of the recent discovery of a backdoor in the XZ Utils package (CVE-2024-3094), knowing how to check package versions on Linux has come to front of mind. I try to be security cautious. Typically I reach for boring ol’ Debian stable for my servers. I do my best to keep them reasonably up…
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Cannot load certificate “/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem” on Debian
Recently, my media center (an Intel NUC) started to bark about being out of disk space on my root partition. Instead of just biting the bullet and redoing the partitions, I decided to purchase a larger SSD, which led to its own problems. With those problems sorted, I opted to do a fresh installation of…
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How to install Node.js 21 on Ubuntu
Installing Node.js 21 on Ubuntu is a pretty simple task regardless if you’re targeting an LTS or a non-LTS release. Personally, when working with Ubuntu in production environments, I stick to LTS releases like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This guide should work well on Ubuntu 22.10 and Ubuntu 23.10 as well. Installing…
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The joys of distro hopping
Whelp, it was a good run with Debian (Stable) this year, but the time finally came to switch back over to Arch Linux. A week in, and a backlog of new blog posts to write later, I think I finally figured out why I find distro hopping so appealing. Over…
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How to connect to Wi-Fi from the command-line on Debian
Recently I decided to try to eliminate some unnecessary wires from my home network. One of the offending items was our home server that was hard wired to one of our mesh network routers. The original thought was that by having the server wired, we’d have a more reliable connected…
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Identifying large packages installed on Debian
Last week I talked about my quick fix to freeing up disk space on the root / partition of my Debian system. I also talked about potentially resizing my partitions at some point to help stave off the issue of root / filling up so quickly. Since the system is…
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Free up disk space on Debian by cleaning your apt cache
The other day one of my Debian systems locked up, due to the root / partition being filled up. Kind of a “same problem, different distro” scenario as a few years back I ran into the same dilemma on Arch Linux At some point, I’ll probably bite the bullet and…
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Command not found csc on Debian
I recently inherited a .NET application, written in C#. I know little to nothing about any of the aforementioned, but I do know how to use a web search and/or AI chat bot to figure things out. That being said, I installed Mono locally, as one does when they are…
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Fix Debian Bookworm non-free changed to non-free-firmware
While not nearly as frequent as the weirdness I used to experience with Arch Linux, Debian has it’s fair share of unique problems to solve. This week’s cropped up while running an apt update before running an apt upgrade. Fortunately, most of the stuff I run into on Debian is…