Tag: sysadmin
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Debugging Linux package installations
One common problem that arises when trying to install packages on Linux is successfully installing a package, running the binary, and discovering that the package doesn’t work. What are some ways to debug this? Typically when running the package command, you’ll get an error message if there’s a problem telling you which file is missing.…
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 on a Digital Ocean droplet
August is the end of summer, but it’s also the time that Ubuntu lets their servers access the latest distro of Ubuntu. Once you have finished applying your updates, I ran the following: So far so good! When prompted on whether to use the new version of the package’s configuration files, I reviewed and tried…
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Upgrade from PHP 7.4 to 8.0
With the latest release of PHP 8.0 in November 2020, it is once again time to begin upgrading your servers to the next PHP version. I’ve outlined the general steps required to do this on an Ubuntu system. Be sure to review the migration plan and fix any backwards incompatible changes in your applications first…