Category: Linux

How to download a package without installation in Arch Linux and Manjaro. How to download the AUR package source code

Posted by Alex On May 22, 2022

How to download a package with pacman (from standard repositories) To download a package without installing it, use the -w option: sudo pacman -Sw PACKAGE By default, the package will be downloaded to pacman's package cache directory, with the --cachedir option you can specify any other directory to save the package to: sudo pacman -Sw --cachedir DIRECTORY PACKAGE For example,...

How to set up Favorites and add folders in Wine File Manager? (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 6, 2022

Wine File Manager is similar to Windows Explorer. It can be opened with the command winefile There you can see several labels and drives. Among the labels you will find: My Computer Documents Trash / (Linux filesystem root) My Computer contains all disks connected to Linux. The “C:” drive is what is located in the ~/.wine/drive_c/ folder. The “Z:” drive...

How to make VirtualBox virtual machines destroy on computer restart

Posted by Alex On May 4, 2022

How to use VirtualBox on Linux so that virtual machines and their settings are not saved The desire to completely destroy virtual machines is extraordinary and may be related to security and privacy. However, there are at least two ways to achieve the desired effect: the virtual machines will be destroyed as soon as the computer is turned off. 1....

Why doesn’t Linux with Persistence keep settings after reboot? (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 4, 2022

Persistence is a partition on a flash drive with a Live Linux system, thanks to which the programs and settings installed on the system are saved. A live image with a Linux distribution can be written to a USB flash drive. The result is a bootable USB flash drive with Linux. That is, you can boot into Linux and use...

“Failed - Network error” when exporting from phpMyAdmin (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 2, 2022

phpMyAdmin allows ones to export databases and individual tables (as well as individual rows) in the web interface. In the latest stable version of phpMyAdmin 5.1.3, users encountered a problem when exporting data from tables and databases to a file. Regardless of the selected settings, instead of downloading the file, an error is shown: Failed - Network error This is...

“Error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On May 2, 2022

When updating or installing packages in Arch Linux, Manjaro and their derivatives, you may encounter the “error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package). Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.” issue. Full error log: :: Retrieving packages... libinih-55-2-x86_64 15.4 KiB 385 KiB/s 00:00 [############################################] 100% (40/40) checking keys in keyring [############################################] 100% (40/40) checking package integrity [############################################] 100% error:...

What happens if an IPv4 client tries to access an IPv6-only server (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On April 9, 2022

Question: Hey! The article says that IPv6 is a completely different protocol, I had a question. If my recipient's email works only on IPv6 (that is, his mail server listens only through the IPv6 protocol), does this mean that when sending a letter from a mail server that is connected only to IPv4, the letter simply will not reach the...

How to edit the Access denied page in Squid? How to insert custom pictures and mail?

Posted by Alex On April 7, 2022

The custom Access denied page can only be shown if the user connects via HTTP. For HTTPS connections (which are currently the vast majority), it is impossible to change the displayed page (that is, display the configured Access denied page) due to the very nature of HTTPS, which is precisely designed to ensure that the transmitted data cannot be modified....

What is the difference between “systemctl reboot” and “reboot” and “systemctl poweroff” and “poweroff”

Posted by Alex On April 6, 2022

What's the difference between sudo systemctl reboot And sudo reboot Is it true that the use of commands depends on the operating system, and that one will execute a shorthand version, the other will use systemctl? Answer: The halt, poweroff, reboot commands are implemented to maintain basic compatibility with the original SysV commands. Verbs systemctl halt systemctl poweroff systemctl reboot...

How to convert JPG to PDF

Posted by Alex On April 3, 2022

The article “How to convert PDF to JPG using command line in Linux” shows how to split a PDF file into separate pages while converting them to images. But what if you want to do the opposite? How to assemble JPG images into a PDF file? This article is devoted to this, which will tell you how to create a...
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