[HOWTO] apt upgrade fails – dpkg: error processing package grub-common
Jostein Elvaker HaandeI have recently seen some cases of apt failing when doing package upgrades. It seems like there is a change in the package grub-common that breaks on some systems but…
[HOWTO] Fix broken pip/pip3 in Ubuntu – f”ERROR: {exc}”
So the other day I was upgrading some old test instances and setting up some roles using Ansible and the role geerlingguy.pip, and ran into an issue. The issue was…
[HOWTO] Create list of ISO3166 Language Codes in Debian/Ubuntu
The other day I needed to create a list of ISO3166 language codes in the following format: 'XX','YY','ZZ'. Being lazy, and also a fan of performing a bit of bash…
[HOWTO] Using wildcards with logrotate
Need to rotate your logs for your Linux service(s)? Follow this guide to use logrotate to keep control over your logs.
[HOWTO] Install bindgraph in Ubuntu
This is a simple how-to on getting bindgraph installed on your Ubuntu system. Bindgraph is a handy CGI tool written in Perl that gathers statistics from your BIND9 installation, to…
[HOWTO] Accessing MSSQL with perl in Ubuntu/Debian
Have you ever had the need to access an MSSQL database from Ubuntu/Debian via Perl? Well, it's rather easy once you have the right tools. All you need is to…
[HOWTO] Install Redmine on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Preface What is Redmine? Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database. What does that really mean though?…
[HOWTO] goosh installer for Debian and Ubuntu
Yesterday, a guy came into #debian @ Undernet, asking for help on how to install goosh on his Apache server in Debian. I had heard about the goosh project in…