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Commands using install

Terminal - Commands using install - 38 results

brew update && brew install `brew outdated`

2010-02-11 12:17:24

User: zeroathome

Functions: install

Tags: macosx packaging update homebrew

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Update all packages installed via homebrew

More information about what homebrew is all about: http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew

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apt-get install most && update-alternatives --set pager /usr/bin/most

2010-01-04 14:13:55

User: aurium

Functions: apt install

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Colorful man

That command installs "most" and make this command as the default man reader. The "most" works like "less" (the current man reader), but it render colors for manpages and may do more things. Read "man most".

You can see a preview here: http://www.dicas-l.com.br/dicas-l/20090718.php

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aptitude install bash-completion ; source /etc/bash_completion

2009-10-07 09:27:02

User: flart

Functions: install

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Enable programmable bash completion in debian lenny

The really awesome bash completion in debian seems to be an extra package now, which has to be installed. After sourcing /etc/bash_completion it completes almost everything (package names in apt... etc) :-)

To make this permanent, put something like this in your .bashrc:

if [ -f /etc/bash_completion]; then

source /etc/bash_completion

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sudo tasksel install lamp-server

2009-09-26 08:15:03

User: sliceoflinux

Functions: install sudo

Tags: lamp server install

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Install a LAMP server in a Debian based distribution

The execution of this command will install a LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) in a Debian based distribution. For example, in Ubuntu.

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apt-get install sl; sl

2009-09-21 13:55:24

User: alvinx

Functions: apt install

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Learn how to stop mistyping "ls" the fun way

this is funny ;)

alias sl="ls" ... is the useful solution, but that's boring ;P and You won't learn to think before You type !

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yum --nogpgcheck install "examplePackage"

2009-08-30 18:18:30

User: iDen

Functions: install

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Intall not signed packeges with yum

Same as:

1 rpm -ivh package.rpm

2 yum localinstall package.rpm

3 Edit /etc/yum.conf or repository.repo and change the value of gpgcheck from 1 to 0 (!dangerous)

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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=25 install <package>

2009-07-31 19:43:45

User: dunnix

Functions: install sudo

Tags: apt-get

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Cap apt-get download speed

apt-get is pretty aggressive when it downloads, potentially hogging the bandwidth of your network. The 25 is in KB, change this to your needs.

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install -o user -g group -m 0700 -d /path/to/newdir

2009-07-26 10:37:10

User: recursiverse

Functions: install

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create directory and set owner/group/mode in one shot

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function dpan () { PKG=`perl -e '$_=lc($ARGV[0]); s/::/-/g; print "lib$_-perl\n"' $1`; apt-get install $PKG; }

2009-03-12 15:39:38

User: dave0

Functions: install

Tags: Debian perl apt-get cpan

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Install the Debian-packaged version of a Perl module

Running 'cpan Module::Name' will install that module from CPAN. This is a simple way of using a similar command to install a packaged Perl module from a Debian archive using apt-get.

yum install httpd

2009-02-19 16:59:51

User: sandrader

Functions: install

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Install Apache 2 on centOS.

This command install Apache 2 and other utilities on CentOS

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install -o user -g group -m 755 /path/to/file /path/to/dir/

2009-02-18 10:46:19

User: raphink

Functions: install

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Copy a file and force owner/group/mode

This is useful when you want to copy a file and also force a user, a group and a mode for that file.

Note: if you want to move that file instead of copying it, you can use

install -o user -g group -m 755 /path/to/file /path/to/dir/ && rm -f /path/to/file

which will remove the file only if the install command went fine.

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sudo aptitude -y install iasl && sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT > dsdt.dat && iasl -d dsdt.dat

2009-02-15 23:13:50

User: brettalton

Functions: cat install sudo

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View your motherboard's ACPI tables (in Debian & Ubuntu)

In July 2008, there was an uproar over Foxconn motherboards feeding Linux installs incorrect ACPI information (http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249).

Foxconn has gladly corrected their mistake, but make sure it's not happening on your motherboard!

After running the command, just view the 'dsdt.dsl' in any editor you like.

sudo apt-get install preload

2009-02-13 19:34:57

User: danfernbanck

Functions: install sudo

-7

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Prefetch like apple devices

this application monitors the apps you use most often and load them into memory with their libraries and other dependencies.

So now, when you launch Firefox or Thunderbird or OpenOffice, the display is immediate as on Mac.

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