Managing Debian Distributions

As a general rule there are three (3) Debian Distributions: Unstable, Testing & Stable. STABLE – This is the latest official release of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. This is stable and well tested software, which changes only if major security or...

Basic APT Package Management Commands

This article is only intended to show the basic APT (Advanced Packaging Tool) Package Management commands as they are used in Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu/Kubuntu. The command below searches for all packages which contain the specified string. test:~# apt-cache search...

Installing MySQL Server on Debian 4

These days, web sites and applications alike, utilize databases to deliver “on demand” information, to millions of people, in fractions of seconds. MySQL is one of the most popular and most powerful Database Servers available. Installing MySQL Server has...