Category: linux

Installing a web server on Ubuntu

In this video we set up a LAMP stack web server for local development on an Ubuntu desktop (version 11.10). We will walk through installing and using tasksel to get the web server installed, then...

Installing Drush on *nix

In this video we walk through the steps to install Drush on *nix system (i.e. Linux, Unix, or Mac OS X). Drush is not a normal Drupal project and the installation and set up is quite different...

Moving Around the Command Line

This is the first video in a series that shows basic command line usage for *nix systems, such as Linux, Mac OS X, and on Windows, using applications like...

Copy, Move, Delete on Command Line

The second video in the command line basics series, this one covers common commands for dealing with files; copying, moving and deleting them. We walk through examples for the following commands:...

Using SSH and SCP

In this video you'll see how simple it is to connect to a remote server using SSH (secure shell). We'll also look at how you can quickly and securely copy files from a remote server using the SCP...

Introduction to Vi/Vim editor

This video introduces you to the Vi (and Vim) editor. Vi is the most common text editor that you will have available to you on *nix systems so it pays to at least learn the basics in case you end...

Handy Command Line Shortcuts

This video covers some handy tips for reusing previously run commands and moving around through a line of text in the command line interface. These shortcuts make working on the command line much...

Dealing with Command Line Permissions

In this next video of our command line series, we will look at permissions and ownership of files and folders - how to understand the information you see and change it. It covers the following...

Using the grep command

This video in the command line series will get you started using the very powerful grep command. This is one of the most used commands, especially if you are working with a lot of text (like code...

Using Zip and Tar on Command Line

This command line video covers the three most common commands for compressing and archiving files, including how to get them back out again. Most commonly you first hit the need for these when you...

Creating Symbolic Links on Command Line

This video shows how to use the magical symbolic link, or symlink. These are basically a handy *nix way to create shortcuts. They come in particularly handy if you want to organize code for your...

Editing with Vi/Vim editor

In this second Vi/Vim video we move on to doing some basic editing (see the Intro to Vi/Vim video for an overview). We...

More Editing with Vi/Vim editor

This video picks up where we left off in the Editing with Vi/Vim video. This time we take a look at some shortcuts for...

Finding Files on Command Line

In this video we'll look at two ways of finding files from the command line. We'll use both locate (and its friend updatedb) and find, and talk about the differences between them.

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