How To Install Software Packages in Linux

How to install and remove software packages in Linux The scope of today’s article is installing and removing certain software packages in Linux using both high and low level package management tools. Installing software packages, including updates, is one of the most common tasks every system administrator performs. The main reason behind this is that…

Restart Start Stop Mysqld From The Terminal in Linux

You could need to restart MySQL server after installing, upgrading, or making some changes in my.cnf file in Linux. The quickest way to this is by typing on the command line terminal. No fancy graphic interface. MySQL Server Restart General Syntax The syntax is as follows. On the Linux or OS X type the following on…

How to change ownership of files with chown in linux

File (directory) ownership is the foundations of every operating system. This post will teach you how to change file(s) ownership in Linux using the command chown. There are different scenarios when you would need to change the ownership of a file using either chown or chgrp. Note: you can change group ownership with the command…

How to compress a whole Lunux/Unix directory into a tarball file

It is extremely easy to compress files and directories in Linux/ Unix using the tar command.  This command is used to create create .tar.gz or .tgz archive files; the so called “tarballs.”  You can do a lot of tasks with this command. It has a lot of options. Man page man tar or help file tar…