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

aurium · 2010-01-04 14:13:55 19
"Clone" a list of installed packages from one Debian/Ubuntu Server to another
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apt-get install `ssh root@host_you_want_to_clone "dpkg -l | grep ii" | awk '{print $2}'`

BoxingOctopus · 2011-05-10 13:33:51 8
create directory and set owner/group/mode in one shot
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install -o user -g group -m 0700 -d /path/to/newdir

recursiverse · 2009-07-26 10:37:10 3
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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sudo tasksel install lamp-server

sliceoflinux · 2009-09-26 08:15:03 8
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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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=25 install <package>

dunnix · 2009-07-31 19:43:45 9
Backup file, create dir and set perms in one shot

Prior to working on/modifying a file, use the 'install -m' command which can both copy files, create directories, and set their permissions at the same time. Useful when you are working in the public_html folder and need to keep the cp'd file hidden. Show Sample Output
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```
#install -m 0400 a.txt{,.bak}
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  653 Feb 27 14:26 a.txt
-r--------  1 root root  653 Feb 27 15:58 a.txt.bak
```
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install -m 0400 foo bar/

op4 · 2015-03-02 13:20:38 8
pip install into current directory without virtualenv

For subsequent commands in the prefixed path: PYTHONPATH=$PWD/lib/python*/site-packages ./bin/pip --version
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pip install --prefix $PWD -I pip

yoyoyojomo · 2016-08-16 06:02:17 16
To create files with specific permission:
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install -b -m 777 /dev/null file.txt

wuseman1 · 2019-04-13 02:52:35 41
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 fi
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aptitude install bash-completion ; source /etc/bash_completion

flart · 2009-10-07 09:27:02 6
Bulk install

Like 7172, but much easier.
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aptitude install '?and(~nlib.*perl, ~Dmodule)'

cogsmos · 2010-11-26 18:12:00 7
Install Linux Kernel Headers
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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

enterneo · 2011-04-01 09:46:31 6
install all archive file type apps in ubuntu
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sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller

unixmonkey57489 · 2014-06-03 16:35:30 10
Launch a game, like Tetris, when apt-get installing an app larger than 50 Megabytes

Change the APP variable's value to whatever you want to install. Depending on how fast your machine is, you'll want to adjust the value 50 to something else. You might also want to play a different game than Gnometris - just make sure it's a GUI game.
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APP=wine; if [ $(sudo apt-get --print-uris -y install $APP | sed -ne 's/^After this operation, $[0-9]\{1,\}$.*MB.*/\1/p') -gt 50 ]; then gnometris 2>/dev/null & sudo apt-get install $APP; else sudo apt-get install $APP; fi

rkulla · 2010-04-18 19:32:26 45
Deploy git server repo

After, check if working by executing this command locally : git clone git@192.168.0.18:repositories/gitosis-admin.git Tutorial : http://blog.hemca.com/?p=560
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apt-get -y install git-core gitosis; adduser --home /home/git --gecos "git user" git; su git -c "ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /home/git/.ssh/id_rsa; gitosis-init < ~/.ssh/id_rsa"

strzel_a · 2010-12-19 20:37:12 6
MSDOS command to check existance of command and exit batch if failed

This is a command to be used inside of MS-DOS batch files to check existence of commands as preconditions before actual batch processing can be started. If the command is found, batch script continues execution. If not, a message is printed on screen, script then waits for user pressing a key and exits. An error message of the command itself is suppressed for clarity purpose. Show Sample Output
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```
bash --version >NUL 2>&1 || ( echo Bash not found. Please install cygwin or check PATH variable! & pause & exit )

Bash not found. Please install cygwin or check PATH variable!
Press any key to continue . . .
```
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<command> >NUL 2>&1 || ( echo <Command> not found. Please install <command> or check PATH variable! & pause & exit )

Marco · 2011-03-07 14:27:42 8

Install Linux Kernel Headers on Debian-based systems

Install the Linux kernel headers for currently running kernel version on Debian-based systems via apt-get Show Sample Output

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

farazyashar · 2013-04-18 03:18:26 10

Install Restricted Multimedia Codecs in Ubuntu 14.04

Install the unrestricted version of libavcodec . It will keep away from any issues or missing codecs in video editors or transcoders. Install unrestricted version of libavcodec by the command.
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sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra

unixmonkey57489 · 2014-06-03 16:28:22 9
Output requirements.txt packages pinned to latest version

Given a requirements.txt file with unpinned package names, output the packages pinned to the latest version. Handy to copy/paste back into your requirements.txt when you start a new project. Note that this will download packages but not install them. Show Sample Output
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```
Django==4.1
black==22.6.0
django-filter==22.1
djangorestframework==3.13.1
ipython==8.4.0
requests==2.28.1
```
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pip install -r requirements.txt --dry-run --no-deps --ignore-installed | tail -n1 | tr ' ' '\n' | tail -n+3 | sed -e "s/$.*$-/\1==/"

katylava · 2022-08-12 20:33:11 481
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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install -o user -g group -m 755 /path/to/file /path/to/dir/

raphink · 2009-02-18 10:46:19 8
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. Show Sample Output
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```
# dpan YAML::Tiny
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libyaml-tiny-perl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.6kB of archives.
... etc, etc ...
```
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function dpan () { PKG=`perl -e '$_=lc($ARGV[0]); s/::/-/g; print "lib$_-perl\n"' $1`; apt-get install $PKG; }

dave0 · 2009-03-12 15:39:38 13
aptbackup restore

Use when aptbackup will not start or you just want to see what's going on. Show Sample Output
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```
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
bzip2 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
...
```
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for p in `grep -v deinstall /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/aptbackup_dpkg-packages.txt | cut --fields=1`; do apt-get -y --force-yes install $p; done

darkfader · 2010-10-11 22:41:55 8
Update pandoc via cabal

An alternative to built-in package manager, keep pandoc in sync with upstream releases. Show Sample Output
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```
Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org
Resolving dependencies...
```
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cabal update && cabal install pandoc

Romero · 2013-08-25 14:25:43 11
Upgrade pip-installed python packages
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python -c "import pip; print(' '.join([x.project_name for x in pip.get_installed_distributions()]))" | xargs sudo pip install -U

wires · 2014-11-16 09:59:24 8
Update all outdated Python packages through pip.
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pip list --outdated --format=freeze | grep -o "[[:alnum:][:punct:]]\{,\}==" | sed 's#==$##g' | xargs -I '{}' pip install {} --upgrade

siddharthmv · 2017-03-16 19:53:38 18
Install pip with Proxy

Installs pip packages defining a proxy
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pip --proxy http://proxy:8080 install Jinja2==2.9.6

imjoseangel · 2017-11-14 07:39:37 24
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Shows users and 'virtual users' on your a unix-type system

Shows a list of users that currently running processes are executing as. YMMV regarding ps and it's many variants. For example, you might need: $ ps -axgu | cut -f1 -d' ' | sort -u

send incoming audio to a Icecast server (giss.tv)

easy way to setup an "internet radio sation", pre-requisite, create an account at an icecast server, in this example, just created beforehand an account at giss.tv. Change the word password, with the respective real password you created at server. Make sure to have installed rec, oggnec, oggfwd and tee. I have a mixer connected at line in, so I can mix music and microphone. This also will produce a local recorded copy of the session, it will be called "streamdump.ogg"

Get all mac address

I prefer the ip command to ifconfig as ifconfig is supposedly going to be deprecated. Certain IP address aliases can only be seen with the ip command (such as the ones applied by RHCS).

find text in a file

this will find text in the directory you specify and give you line where it appears.

Convert JSON to YAML

Convert JSON to YAML. Note that you'll need to have PyYaml installed.

randomize hostname and mac address, force dhcp renew. (for anonymous networking)

this string of commands will release your dhcp address, change your mac address, generate a new random hostname and then get a new dhcp lease.

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

Deleting / Ignoring lines from the top of a file

Output lines starting at line 2.

Create passwords and store safely with gpg

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