Tech notes
May 25, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology
BackupPC (and MacOS X)
BackupPC seems to be a cool application.
May 24, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
What Text Editor for Linux?
I have been using emacs (or Xemacs) so far, but now I started to use Nedit.
May 24, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology
Using Riositude under VMware
I have to admit, that there is no really functioning GUI for the rioutils.
May 24, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
RPM management
Example: The quanta packagerpm -q quanta Check whether and which version of quanta is installedrpm -ql quanta List all files (and their installation location) that are provided by the quanta packagerpm -ivh quanta Install quantarpm -e quanta Erase (deinstall) quantarpm -aq | grep quanta If you don't know exactly what you are looking for you can list all packages and grep them with a substring.rpm -q -f filename Search for rpm packages that provide filenameA good manual for rpm managemant: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/.If you want to query an RPM that is not installed, you need the following syntax:rpm -qpl requires quanta.rpm This would list all requirements and all files that are in the package.cat package.rpm | rpm2cpio | pax -r Extract a file from an rpm package.
May 24, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology
ps2pdf
I got a bit confused about the ps2pdf conversion utility.