Linux notes

2023-02-10 Friday

This Friday 2023 Q1 beginning a dedicated page for Linux notes and references. Much to organize, a number of references to move from main wiki page to here - TMH

Ubuntu 22.04

This section a container for trouble shooting topics which may be Ubuntu specific.

^ Ubuntu and APT Updates

APT package updates, link to libwacom-common issue on Ubuntu LTS 22.04 . . .

• https://stevemats.medium.com/fix-libwacom-library-issues-during-upgrades-on-kali-2e31ebf4207d

^ Snap Package Manager

How to remove and alternately how to disable Ubuntu's Snap package manager:

• https://linuxblog.io/remove-snap-ubuntu-22-04-lts/

Administration Stuff

Networking simple steps cerca 2024. Utilities `ifconfig` and related seem to be less often enabled and `NetworkManager` is now commonly set up by default for Ubuntu Linux distros. Some simple network restart methods:

(1) ip

 $ sudo ip link set <interface> down
 $ sudo ip link set <interface> up

. . . where 'interface' is often named something like 'enp0s1' or 'wlp0s20f1'. Numeric parts will vary.

(2) nmcli

 $ sudo nmcli networking off
 $ sudo nmcli networking on

^ Linux userspace programs

• https://write.corbpie.com/how-to-install-upgrade-youtube-dl-on-ubuntu-20-04/