Linux tutorials

How To Drop Database In Oracle 11 Without Using DBCA

In this small tutorial, I want to show you how to drop the database without using the GUI tool DBCA 1- Export database SID if...

How To Install Apache Ant, Maven And Tomcat On CentOS 7/6.5

In this tutorial, let me show you how to install Apache siblings such as Ant, Maven, and Tomcat on CentOS 7 and 6.5 server....

How To Fix Double Google Chrome Icon In Plank

Having two Google Chrome icons in Plank is mostly as a result of installing Google Chrome by downloading the .DEB file form Google's website...

How To Add An Up Button To Elementary OS Window

The windows manager in Elementary OS is called Pantheon-files. By default, it does include an Up button as seen in some other Linux distributions. Below is...

IPFire Fixes ShellShock Bug In Bash Shell

IPFire, the linux-based firewall distribution, has been updated with the intention of fixing the GNU Bash vulnerability, a very serious security bug that allows...

IPFire – An Open Source, And Free Firewall Distribution

IPFire is an open-source Linux distribution with many useful features such as web based GUI, web proxy, intrusion detection, VPN, virus scanner, and many....

How To Change Runlevels In Centos7

This Maybe be useful for the users familiar with Centos 6. Because on 7, the way is totally different to switch between run-levels. Method 1 Check Runlevel: #...

How To Install MongoDB On CentOS 7

From Wikipedia, MongoDB (from "humongous") is a cross-platform document-oriented database. Classified as a NoSQL database, MongoDB eschews the traditional table-based relational database structure in favor...

How To Add ‘Open folder as Root’ In Elementary OS Right...

Question: How can I create right menu context that open folders as root in Elementary OS. Answer: To create 'Open folder as root' context menu...

How To Recover Default Openbox Config Files On Crunchbang

CrunchBang is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is...

[Quick Tip] How To List All Installed Packages On Linux Distributions

To list all installed package on a Linux system depends on which distribution you are running and the package management mode used. In this tutorial,...

Install And Configure WordPress 4.0 “Benny” On CentOS 7

As you may know, WordPress is the most popular free and open source Content management system that can be used to create single or...

Install Pandora FMS Server On CentOS 7

Pandora FMS (Stands for Pandora Flexible Monitoring System) is software solution for monitoring computer networks. Pandora FMS allows monitoring in a visual way the...

[QUICK TIP] How To Change The GRUB 2 Default Timeout

Question: How can I change the default timeout for choosing distro to boot with? I always find myself been caught by the default time. Answer: If you...

Setup Local Yum Repository On CentOS 7

This tutorial describes how to setup a local Yum repository on CentOS 7 system. Also, the same steps should work on RHEL and Scientific...

How To Install Tomcat 8 On CentOS 7

From the Apache Tomcat home page, Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet...

Install And Configure FTP Server On CentOS 7

vsftpd (Very Secure File Transport Protocol Daemon) is a secure, fast FTP server for Unix/Linux systems. In this how-to article, let us see how...

How To Install Subversion On CentOS 7

From Wikipedia: Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after the command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system distributed as free software under...