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Linux Books

Of course the Internet along with the help of Google is a great source of information. You can answer almost any question you have about Linux and find many tutorials, guides and help. However many people prefer reading this information on a printed book accesssible even when they are not online or don't have a computer in front of them. I've received many e-mails asking me to propose them a few good books regarding Linux commands, administration and for specific distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora etc. So, I've search for a few good books. Here they are. Happy reading!

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Ubuntu guides

Ubuntu is a free Operating System based on Debian GNU/Linux. It has been rated as the most popular Linux distribution amongst Linux users according to Distrowatch. As it happens every six months a new version of Ubuntu has been released. Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is here! Below you can find some helpful tutorials for old and new users!

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Post Installation Guide
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Post Installation Guide
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Post Installation Guide
How to install Ubuntu Linux on Windows using VirtualBox

Fedora 12 Installation Guide

Fedora 12, codenamed Constantine, is released! Just for the info, Fedora is an RPM based Linux Distribution, an Operating system in other words, developed by the community supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora contains only free and Open Source software. Some of Fedora's 12 new features are Gnome 2.28, KDE 4.3, better web cam support!, and many others.

Fedora 12 Installation and Post-Installation Guide
Fedora 11 Installation and Post-Installation Guide
Fedora 11 Installation and Post-Installation Guide in Chinese

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21. Getting to know PACMAN

Packman is Arch’s Package Management System, which is powerful and simple to use.
It is fast and usable such as Debian’s apt-get and Gentoo’s portage.
You can run it by typing:

pacman


It takes some options as well.

A typical packman call is the following for example.

pacman -S gimageview comix


It’s structure is:

pacman -<action><options> <package-1> < package-2> < package-3> ... < package-n>


(in our example there where no options, only an action.
Now, let’s see some of the basic options.

-y
refresh

It is used only with the action S (see below) usually with no packets after that. It refreshes our package database.

pacman -Sy


It is similar to Debian’s and Gentoo’s:

apt-get update

 

emerge --sync


If it is used with packet’s names after refreshing the database it will then install those packages as well. It is as using S after finishing with –y

-w
downloadonly

It is only with the action S (see below) with or without package names after that. By using it you just download the wanted packages. It can be used along with the u action (see below).

pacman -Sw


It is similar to Debian’s and Gentoo’s:

-d

 

-f

 

-u
sysupgrade
It is only with the action S (see below) without package names after that. It upgrades our whole system. It can be used along with w and usually with y

pacman -Su


It is similar to Debian’s and Gentoo’s:

apt-get upgrade

 

emerge -uDNpv --columns world


Ας δούμε τώρα τις βασικότερες από τις δράσεις:

-S
SYNC

It refreshs and/or adds packages of a part or of our whole system. If there are package name after that it can be used with the option w. If there aren’t any package names it should be used with options y or u.
 
Uses:
----> database refresh:

pacman -Sy


----> system upgrade:

pacman -Su


----> upgrade and package installation:

pacman -S gimageview comix


In the above example the packages gimageview and comix will be updated or/and installed.

It is similar to Debian’s and Gentoo’s:

apt-get install gimageview comix

 

emerge -uNpv --columns gimageview comix

 

-R
REMOVE

It deletes all packages that follow it.

pacman -R gimageview comix

 

In this example the packages gimageview and comix will be deleted.

It is similar to Debian’s and Gentoo’s:

apt-get remove gimageview comix

 

emerge -pvC --columns gimageview comix

 


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