This article describes how to create a simple static library using C++. A static library is a collection of object files that are linked with and copied into a target application at compile time. The resulting executable contains all the object code …
This article describes how to create a simple shared library using C++. A shared library is a collection of object files that are linked with and loaded into a target application at runtime. The resulting executable contains only the object code that …
This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a bootable USB flash drive for either FreeBSD or Ubuntu operating systems. The post includes the necessary commands to download and transfer the installation files onto the USB drive …
Imagine you’re working on a project that’s stored in a remote Git repository. Your first step is to clone the repository using the command git clone git@github.com:some-account/some-project.git.
Once you’ve cloned the repository, …
Git is a popular version control system that allows developers to manage their code repositories efficiently. If you are a developer using FreeBSD, you will need to set up Git and an authentication method to start collaborating on projects with other …
Generate a random string using the command line:
1cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd [:graph:] | head -c 32
On OSX, the previous command might return a tr: Illegal byte sequence error, so try:
1export LC_ALL=C; cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd [:graph:] | head -c 32 …A command so important, it deserves its own page:
1git reset --soft HEAD~1
The previous command undoes the last commit to git. I think this is one of those commands that I have typed many times during the last year. It’s very important to know …
On this article we are going to install a rancher server on Ubuntu. Let’s start by getting the rancher image from docker hub:
1sudo docker run -d --restart=always -p 8080:8080 --name=rancher-server rancher/server
Go to http://ip-address:8080 …
Netbeans is one of my beloved day to day applications. Yesterday, when I installed Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) on my computer, Netbeans started to hang on the startup screen, specifically at the Loading Modules phase. It took me hours looking for …
If you are new on the Linux platform, I am sure you feel overwhelmed with all the different versions available. Choosing one is not an easy task, and each version has its own pros and cons.
Let me tell you why I like CentOS: