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How to Install EPEL on Rocky Linux 10, 9 and 8
Rocky Linux keeps its base repositories conservative, so everyday server tools such as fail2ban, htop, btop, and nvtop often come from EPEL instead. To install EPEL on Rocky...
How to Install Remi RPM on CentOS Stream 10 and 9
CentOS Stream's default repositories do not always carry the PHP, Redis, or Memcached branch a web application expects. The Remi RPM repository fills that gap with Enterprise Linux...
How to Install EPEL on CentOS Stream 10 and 9
EPEL expands a CentOS Stream system when the base repositories do not carry a tool you need, such as htop, lynis, fail2ban, Python libraries, or server utilities. To...
How to Enable deb-multimedia on Debian 13, 12 and 11
Enable deb-multimedia on Debian only when the official Debian multimedia stack cannot provide the codec, encoder, or package build you need. The repository is useful for specific media...
How to Manage Third-Party APT Repos on Debian with extrepo
Third-party APT repositories are easier to audit when every external source uses a predictable file name, a dedicated signing key, and a repeatable enable or disable command. Debian's...
How to Update Packages on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Routine package updates do more than bump version numbers: they bring in security fixes, dependency fixes, driver updates, and application patches before small problems turn into broken workloads....
How to Configure Unattended Upgrades on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Automatic patching matters most on the systems you do not babysit every day. If you need to configure unattended upgrades on Ubuntu, the built-in unattended-upgrades package can install...
How to Remove PPA from Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Broken upgrade warnings, stale repository metadata, and package conflicts often trace back to a source you no longer need. When you need to remove a PPA from Ubuntu...
How to Remove Packages on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
APT gives you more control than a graphical app store when you need to remove packages on Ubuntu without guessing what happens to dependencies, cached downloads, or leftover...
How to Install RPM Packages on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Ubuntu cannot install RPM packages natively because APT and dpkg expect DEB files. When you need to install RPM packages on Ubuntu anyway, Alien can convert simpler RPM...
How to List Installed Packages on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Listing installed packages on Ubuntu becomes important as soon as a workstation, server, or VM has lived through several updates. A clean package inventory helps you spot what...
How to Install Flatpak on Ubuntu 26.04, 24.04 and 22.04
Flatpak gives Ubuntu users a clean way to run desktop apps from Flathub without replacing APT or relying only on Snap. Each app uses its own runtime and...