From Linux From Scratch Chapter 6.8. Populating /dev 6.8.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few device nodes, in particular the console and null devices. Create these by running the following commands: You should then continue with the steps in “6.8.2. Mounting tmpfs and Populating /dev”. … Read more
The reason this occurs is because bash actually expands the asterisk to every matching file, producing a very long command line. Try this: Warning: this is a recursive search and will find (and delete) files in subdirectories as well. Tack on -f to the rm command only if you are sure you don’t want confirmation. You can do … Read more
You can have multiple exclude options for tar so etc will work. Make sure to put –exclude before the source and destination items.
I want to download something with wget using a proxy: The proxy does not need username and password. How can I do this?
UpdateWhile what I write below is true as a general answer about shared libraries, I think the most frequent cause of these sorts of message is because you’ve installed a package, but not installed the -dev version of that package. Well, it’s not lying – there is no libpthread_rt.so.1 in that listing. You probably need to re-configure and re-build … Read more
I am trying to get a Python script to run on the linux server I’m connected to via ssh. The script uses mysqldb. I have all the other components I need, but when I try to install mySQLdb via setuptools like so:, I get the following error report related to the mysql_config command. Has anyone else encountered … Read more
find /abs/path/ -name ‘*.js’ Edit: As Brian points out, add -type f if you want only plain files, and not directories, links, etc.
Use the -prune primary. For example, if you want to exclude ./misc: To exclude multiple directories, OR them between parentheses. And, to exclude directories with a specific name at any level, use the -name primary instead of -path.
A more deterministic way of pointing to the exact toolchain you want to use is to provide its full prefix when setting CROSS_COMPILE. This will avoid possible path-related errors, and the information on which exact toolchain was used for building will be embedded in your build script. Full example – installing official Arm gcc toolchain and … Read more
Try this as root (maybe you can use sudo or su): Without any argument the script also gives you a hint on how to restart a specific version Similarly, in case you have it, you can also use the service tool: Please, pay attention to the optional [version …] trailing argument. That’s meant to allow you, the user, to act on a specific … Read more