Tag: Ubuntu

How to install the latest version of Tor on Ubuntu

Posted by Alex On March 15, 2022

How to get the latest version of Tor on Ubuntu The tor package is present in the Ubuntu repositories, but its version may be out of date. This is especially true for Ubuntu distributions released several years ago, even if they have long-term support (LTS). In new versions of Tor, identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities are eliminated, as well as updating...

Do services need to be restarted when updating packages

Posted by Alex On January 24, 2022

Package configuration: whether to restart the service During the installation of package updates and their configuration, the apt program may ask you to restart the service: There are services installed on your system which need to be restarted when certain libraries, such as libpam, libc, and libssl, are upgraded. Since these restarts may cause interruptions of service for the system,...

Wine is missing from the context menu on Ubuntu (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On November 28, 2021

To run Windows applications on Linux, it is usually enough to double-click on them. But it may be that the .exe file will be opened by the archive manager or another application (usually the archive manager). If you try to select the “Open With Other Application” item in the context menu, then Wine will not be there. Even worse, it...

Ubuntu in VirtualBox does not stretch to full screen although Guest Additions are installed (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On March 27, 2021

1. Are the Guest Additions actually installed? First, make sure you actually have Guest Additions installed. It is recommended to update the guest OS to the latest package versions: sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade After the update is complete, restart your computer: reboot There is a guest additions package in the standard repositories. It can be installed as follows:...

How to install a web server (Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) on Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian

Posted by Alex On March 16, 2021

If you are a webmaster, or a PHP programmer, or you just need to run a website on your computer, then you can do it using a web server. On Linux, the web server (Apache) and related components (PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin) are installed in just a few commands. This tutorial will show you how to set up a web server...

Chromium will no longer sync passwords - what should Linux users do?

Posted by Alex On March 4, 2021

Chrome and Chromium on Linux Everyone knows the Google Chrome web browser. Chromium is at its core. That is, Chromium is the open source web browser that Google builds on the Chrome web browser, adding proprietary (i.e. closed) code to it. The Chrome browser is distributed by Google itself as compiled files. The Chromium browser is available as open source....

Error “Cannot load modules/libphp7.so” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On February 19, 2021

Some Linux distributions have already started migrating to PHP 8. In some distributions the new version of PHP removes the old one, as a result of which the web server may stop working due to the fact that the files specified in the web server configuration are missing or renamed. Examples of errors you may encounter: httpd: Syntax error on...
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