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Ubuntu Missing add-apt-repository command

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Problem: apt-get-repository Command is Missing I was trying to install the latest version of git from the Ubuntu Git Maintainers Team and I needed to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) to the Software Sources. But when I tried to do this, I got an error: Solution: Install the software-properties-common Package To get the add-apt-repository [...]

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Upgrading Ubuntu to Use the Latest Git Version

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Problem: Ubuntu Won’t Upgrade to the Latest Git Version I was running script that clone some git archives from GitHub and I got the following error: But when I tried to upgrade git, Ubuntu told me I already had the latest version: But I didn’t actually have the latest version. Solution: Add the Software Source [...]

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Setting Ubunutu 10.04 Raid with Dell PowerEdge T310 and PERC S100

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It turns out that Dell PowerEdge servers (like the T310) with PERC S100 do not support RAID on Ubuntu. Bummer. But here is how I got Ubunutu software RAID 1 to work with my Dell PowerEdge T310, PERC S100 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS… The main trick was to turn re-initialize the PERC Controller to use [...]

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Configuring Log Rotation of Apache2 and Other Logs

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I went to check out my apache2 logs and I noticed that they were being automatically rotated (access.log, access.log.1, etc.) and compressed with gzip (access.log.2.gz, etc.). This seems to be the default Ubuntu configuration. I wanted to make find out more, and I found this helpful article about Ubuntu logs, including Apache2 Log info and [...]

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Setting up CUPS and installing local printer in Ubuntu Server

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After my first Ubunutu Server install (Hardy Heron LTS 8.04), I couldn’t get the local printer setup. Here’s how I fixed it. I’m a linux newbie and was feeling a bit lost without GUI. Several articles I read said gnome on a server was an unnecessary security risk, so I installed Webmin. But I couldn’t [...]

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