Chucks notes and stuff - debian

apt-dater

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

APT Dater install Client echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports-sloppy main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.lst apt-get update apt-get install apt-dater-host sudo useradd -r -m apt-dater mkdir /home/apt-dater/.ssh chmod 700 /home/apt-dater/.ssh/…

apt-get_proxy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Setting a Proxy for apt-get * add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00proxy Acquire::http { Proxy "http://proxy.domain.tld:1234"; };

apt-get-install-operation-not-permitted

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-07-26T07:45:54+00:00

apt-get install unable to create new file Operation not permitted Error After upgrading to Mint 21 I have been getting this error quite a bit when updating packages. ... -- So far I have only been able to fix single packages as they error out on update and have not been able to find a single point of failure in the apt/dpkg world as of yet.

apt-xtras

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Packaging Extras APT Sources Lenny deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports-sloppy main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org lenny/updates main contrib non-free

build_a_package_from_squeeze

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Building a package from Squeeze on Lenny Ensure that a sources entry for Squeeze (Testing) exists in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free Run (as root): apt-get update Run (as root): apt-get install fakeroot

build_php_extension_packages

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Creating your own PHP Extensions Packages Thanks Guillaume Plessis Everyone Debian Admin knows about the Dotdeb packages. Well, Guillaume Plessis is the one to thank for that. He is also the one to thank for the easy method of packaging PHP extensions.

bus-error-apt

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Bus errorackage lists... 0% This is currently the best fix I have found for the “Bus error” failures when using apt and/or aptitude. Failure: # apt-get update ... Fetched 2,000B in 1s (1,168B/s) Bus errorackage lists... 0% How I fix it: fuser -vvv /var/lib/dpkg/lock rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock cp -arf /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/dpkg.backup cp /var/lib/dpkg/status-old /var/lib/dpkg/status cp /var/lib/dpkg/available-old /var/lib/dpkg/available rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/updates/* rm -rf /var/lib/apt/…

clean-i386-packages-from-amd64-system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Purging i386 packages from an amd64 (64-bit) System & reinstall all packages Generate list of all installed packages dpkg --get-selections > installed.txt Deinstall all i386 packages grep ':i386' < installed.txt.old |cut -d: -f1 | cut -f1 | xargs -n1 apt-get remove

fixing-nrpe-server

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Fixing the Debian Nagios NRPE Server package Due to blatant idiocy of certain “admins” that cannot or will not correctly use/configure the Nagios NRPE server (dont_blame_nrpe should ONLY be allowed when listening on non-public links) another idiot (the nagios-nrpe-server Debian package maintainer) decided that he knows better than all other admins in the world and would save us all from certain misery. To do this he removed

force-remove

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Remove unremoveable package I love Debian and it's packaging system. I have worked with just about every flavor of Linux and BSD there is over the years and Debian is, for me, the best when it comes to stable production servers. However, under certain circumstances, APT can leave you hanging. If this happens and you end up with a package that you just cannot get rid of here is the easy way to do it.

install_tomcat6_lenny

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Installing Tomcat 6 from Squeeze in Lenny Repackaging Tomcat 6 from Squeeze in Lenny (as discussed in build_a_package_from_squeeze) is possible but a MAJOR pain in the ass. I did it just once and will not be doing it again. Instead I find it easier to install the binary packages from Squeeze directly in Lenny as follows:

migrating_to_a_clean_system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Migrate installed packages to a new system Say you get a new system at work and you want a clean install of everything on the new system that you have on your old one. It's actually quite simple. Once you have a base install on the new box just copy over the /etc/apt/sources.list from the old system to the new one and then update the new system:

networkmanageraliases

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

IP Aliases with NetworkManager As we all know NetworkManager makes life with Gnome easier for the most part. Unfortunately when it comes to more advanced network setups it can get complicated to impossible with NM. I finally got IP aliasing working with NM after a long read.

package_rebuilding

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Rebuilding a Debian package There are two commands that you will need to use to rebuild a package: apt-get source foo * get the source to the package foo apt-get build-dep foo * get and install the packages required to rebuild the package foo

perc6i_update

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Update a Perc 6/i adapter First thing is to verify you actually have a Perc 6/i omreport storage controller Then you download the correct Firmware from the Dell Support site. Before you can do the install you will need to ensure a few utils are installed. Otherwise you will not be able to extract the package.

reinstall_config_from_package

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Reinstall original configuration file from package 1. Find out what package installed the config file: $ dpkg -S unity-greeter.conf unity-greeter: /etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf As you can see, the name of the package is unity-greeter. 2. Rename (or delete) the config file you wish to restore:

rolling_back_packages

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Howto roll back packages or install specific versions Firstly, we need to find what lower versions of our package are available to us, we use the following command: apt-cache showpkg sun-java6-jdk This will produce output similar to the following:

ruby1.9.3_on_squeeze

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Installing Ruby 1.9.3 on Squeeze I have seen quite a few different methods of installing 1.9.3 on squeeze and none of them really appealed to me. Mostly because I rarely install from source as the package system is there for a reason. To get ruby 1.9.3 installed I had a few possibilities but opt'd for the source package from bearstech.com. This is actually quite simple but everyone seems to want to make it more difficult than needed.

squeeze_archive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Squeeze Archive Repository Use the following in your sources.list: deb http://archive.debian.org/debian squeeze main deb http://archive.debian.org/debian squeeze-lts main The second line will fail with an “expired” type message, so you also need to add the following in /etc/apt/apt.conf (create it if it doesn't already exist):

upgradelennytosqueeze

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Upgrading Lenny to Squeeze Last Lenny upgrade apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade Falls beim Upgrade die Fehlermeldung “The following packages have been kept back” auftaucht findet ihr hier die Lösung. Den neuen Paket-Mirror eintragen:

upgradepathtemplate

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-05-23T00:35:06+00:00

Template for Debian System Release Upgrade This template is meant to serve as a general upgrade path for any Debian release. This is my standard path and will be adjusted based on the “old” current release installed on the system and the target

upgradewheezytojessie

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

Upgrading Wheezy to Jessie procedure to upgrade Debian from Wheezy to Jessie in a few simple steps. Before you start with the upgrade, backup all critical data. Thats especially the config data in the /etc directory and the user data in /home. When you run a server then you should include the databases (MySQL, Postgresql, etc), web and email data in the backup as well. The backup should be stored on a external harddisk, on an external server e.g. by

utf8andbash

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-24T10:16:01+00:00

UTF-8 in Bash Bash has no problems with UTF-8 support. That is, as long as Bash knows you want UTF-8. To get it set up on a Debian box you need to edit 2 files and execute 1 script. edit /etc/locale.gen and remove the “hash” in front of the UTF-8 language of your choice (ie. English = en_US UTF-8, German = de_DE UTF-8). Activating multiple Languages is allowed. Once you are done save the changes and execute the following: