Linux Tips

CentOS/RH/SciLinux

Install EPEP and additional repos

sudo yum install epel-release

errors, try:

wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh epel-release-7*.rpm

YUM Group Install

List available groups:

yum grouplist

Install group:

sudo yum groupinstall "Group Name"

YUM Command Cheat Sheet

Debian/Ubuntu/LinuxMint

Download Page for wine64-bin_1.4.1-4_amd64.deb on AMD64 machines

If you are running Debian, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website.

You should be able to use any of the listed mirrors by adding a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list like this:

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main

Replacing ftp.de.debian.org/debian with the mirror in question.

You can download the requested file from the pool/main/w/wine/ subdirectory at any of these sites:

North America

• ftp.us.debian.org/debian
• http.us.debian.org/debian

Install Wine via Synaptic

Install xterm and ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Renew IP

dhclient eth0  or ifconfig eth0 down / ifconfig eth0 up

Install linux-header package under Debian or Ubuntu Linux

Type the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Update version

sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get upgrade

Adding DEs to LinuxMint

sudo apt-get install mint-meta-kde
sudo apt-get install mint-meta-cinnamon
sudo apt-get install mint-meta-xfce