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Linux apt Package Manager

Aug 30, 2026 Robin S
Since I mainly use Debian-based Linux flavours, I have had to get used to the apt package manager which Debian uses. I find it a bit unintuitive to use, as there seem to be several different programs to do basic things. Note: many of the apt commands shown below need to run as root, so you should prefix each command with ‘sudo’ if running as a normal user. # apt update - this downloads package …
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various Linux reminders

Aug 16, 2026 Robin S
Topic 1 Next Topic 2 Another Topic 3 Reminders on how to do various things in Linux which I always have difficulty remembering. Many are for Debian Linux, since I mainly use Debian-based systems: Raspberry Pi , Ubuntu, Zorin OS and small ARM/embedded systems such as Seagate Dockstar. Section One ps -ef |grep ntp find . -name "pnec*" -mtime +50 | xargs ls -l ( takes a couple of minutes) apt …
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