Software#

Look for software on my path:

which gcc

Find files quickly from precompiled index of filesystem:

locate signal.h

Package Management#

Query for presence of package on Red Hat:

rpm -q python

Find what package a file belongs to:

# Red Hat
rpm -qf /etc/httpd

# FreeBSD
pkg which /usr/local/sbin/httpd

# Ubuntu
dpkg-query -S /etc/apache2

Installing packages#

# Debian
sudo apt install tcpdump
sudo apt-get install tcpdump
# Red Hat
sudo yum install tcpdump
sudo dnf install tcpdump
# FreeBSD
sudo pkg install -y tcpdump

Building from Source#

STUB

Installing from a web script#

STUB

Booting#

  • Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
  • Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)

UEFI#