In this tutorial, we will learn how we can run C programs in Linux. C language was developed at Bell Laboratories in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie. It is still very popular for system-level programming. C language is the mother language of many other languages. In fact, Unix is one of the first operating system kernels that […]
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In this tutorial, we will look at Syslog in Linux and how to send logs to a remote machine using it. Syslog is a standard for message logging. It has been the standard logging mechanism on Linux/Unix systems for a very long time. Although most of the distros now ship with journald – a systemd
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In this tutorial, we will be installing and configuring the CentOS firewall. We will be using a very powerful and popular Firewall management tool called firewalld. Firewalld is built over iptables (which was previously used to filter network traffic) and comes preinstalled in all newer versions of CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora. Fundamentals of Firewalld Firewalld
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In this article, we’ll learn to install cmake on Linux. CMake is a cross-platform open-source meta-build system that can build, test, and package software. It can be used to support multiple native build environments including make in Linux/Unix, Apple’s Xcode, and Microsoft Visual Studio. How to Install CMake on Linux? If you are to work with
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The dd command is a utility to copy and convert files from one location to the other. Interestingly, it stands for ‘copy and convert’ but since the name cc was already taken by the C compiler, it was named ‘dd‘. Since dd interacts directly with the sectors of a disk it is a potentially dangerous
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In this tutorial we will install latest Firefox on Debian 10. Let’s get going! Firefox was launched almost two decades ago and to this date it is one of the most popular browsers out there. Most of the Debian based distros usually do have Firefox installed on them but you might need to install Firefox
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Building a node.js app is easy. So today, let’s learn to build a node.js app in Docker. Now, Docker is one of the most popular container management tools out there. These containers package up everything that you need for a software project to run including code, all the dependencies, runtime environment, and all the underlying
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The fsck command (file system consistency check) is a utility to check and repair a Linux Filesystem. Modern file systems with journaling are designed such that tools like fsck are not readily required. However, in a few cases, fsck might be the only option to repair a ‘bad’ filesystem. fsck can be run on a
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Git is a free and open-source distributed version control system. In this article, we’re covering the exact steps to install latest Git on Linux and complete the set up for the same. It is fast, ensures data integrity, and supports non-linear workflows. Used by developers, teachers, UI/UX Designers, it is a nifty tool to have
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The vmstat command is short for ‘Virtual Memory Statistics’. It is a tool that reports on Virtual memory statistics. To be specific, it reports data about your system’s memory, swaps, and processor resource utilization, kernel threads, and disks in real-time. Linux developers often use this tool to solve issues related to memory. Running the vmstat
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