Lecture 3

Linux Basic Commands

Linux Package Manager and Software installation

 Topics of Lecture
• Linux Basic Commands
– Create Folder (mkdir)
– Create File (touch)
– List Folder/File (ls)
– View File Contents (cat)
– Text Editor (vi, nano)
– Copy Folder/ File (cp)
– Move File/ Folder (mv)
– Delete File/ Folder (rm)
– Help (man)
• Package Installation (apt, apt-get, yum)
– Advanced Packaging Tool
• apt install [… packages]
• apt remove [… packages]
• apt purge [… packages]
• apt autoremove
• apt update
• apt upgrade
• apt search [… REGEX]
• apt list
• Setting Up a Basic Web Application
– Install Apache Server
– Install MySql
– Install PhP
 Command Line Interface
• Terminal for your computer or EC2 machine.
• Enable users to interact with the operating system.
• Takes in commands and passes them on to the computer's
operating system.
• Output shows the reply from the operating system.
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• pwd: present working directory.
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• ls: list the files/ folders in a directory.
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• mkdir: make directory.
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• cd: to change directory, us 'cd' command
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• touch: Update the last-modified date on the given FILEs.
commonly used for creating a new empty file.
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• vi: screen-oriented text editor.
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• nano: text editor.
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• echo: display line of text/string.
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• echo: write a line into a file using echo, write the command as
text > filename
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• cat: Concatenate files and print on the standard output.
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• cat:
⚬ replace the content of a file with another file's content
￭ (source > dest)
⚬ append the content of a file in another file
￭ (source >> dest)
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• head: output start of a file.
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• tail: output end of a file.
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• grep: search for a string of characters in a specified file.
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• rm: removes each file specified.
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• cp: copying files and directories to another location.
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• mv: move file or directory from one place to another.
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• env: print a list of the current environment variables.
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• rmdir: Remove the DIRECTORY, if it is empty.
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• whoami: Print the current user name.
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• find: Search for files in a directory hierarchy
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• sleep : Delay for a specified amount of time
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• dd : Copy a file, converting and formatting.
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• ping: Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
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• wget: Retrieve files via HTTP or FTP
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• hostname: Get or set hostname or DNS domain name
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• man: interface to the on-line reference manuals
Package Manager and Software
Installation in Ubuntu
 Package Manager
• A collection of software tools that automates the process of installing,
upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a
consistent manner.

• A package manager deals with packages, distributions of software and data in

archive files
 Package Managers
• apt: Advanced Package Tool (Ubuntu, Debian)

• yum: Yellowdog Updater, Modified (CentOS)

• rpm: Red Hat Package Manager (RehHat)

• homebrew: package manager for MacOS

 Package Manager
• apt: Advanced package tool.
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• Yum: primary tool for getting, installing, deleting, querying, and
otherwise managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux RPM software packages
from official Red Hat software repositories.
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• dpkg: Install, remove and manage Debian packages.
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• brew: free macOS package manager that allows you to install, update, or
remove software by running commands in the terminal.
 Advanced Package Tool
• apt-get vs apt

⚬ apt-get
￭ apt-get is lower-level and "back-end", and supports other
APT-based tools.

⚬ apt
￭ apt is designed for end-users (humans) and its output may
be changed between versions
 Repository
• Collection of deb packages with metadata that is readable by the apt
family
• In Debian or Ubuntu, the software repositories are defined in
/etc/apt/sources.list
• Third-party repositories can be added in Ubuntu, add its link to the
file mentioned above
• Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are software repositories
designed for Ubuntu users and are easier to install than other third-
party repositories
• PPAs are often used to distribute pre-release software so that it can
be tested.
 Software Listing
• apt list
• The list command allows you to list the available,
installed and, upgradeable packages.
• The command will print a list of all packages, including
information about the versions and architecture of the
package
 Software Search
• apt search {…regex}
• This command is used when the user wants to display
information regarding packages like it’s dependencies,
download and installation size, the sources from which
the package is available, the package’s content’s
description and more.
 Software Update
• apt update.
• This command is used when we want to download
package information from all configured sources.
 Software Upgrade
• apt upgrade.
• This command is used when we want to install available
upgrades of all packages currently installed on the system
from the sources configured via sources.list.
• If new packages are required to satisfy dependencies, they
will be installed, but already existing packages will never be
removed.
• If for a package to be upgraded, the removal of an installed
package is required, the upgrade will not be performed.
 Software Install
• apt install […package name]
• apt install apache2
 Software Details
• apt show {package name}
• apt show apache2
 Software Deletion
• apt remove […package-name]
• apt remove apache2
 Software Deletion
(With all dependencies removed)

• apt purge […package-name]

• This command is similar to remove command, the only
difference being that the purge command also removes any
configuration files related to the removed packages.
All Unnecessary Software Deletion
• apt autoremove.
• This command is used when the user wants to remove the
packages that were installed as dependencies to previously
installed packages, and are no longer required by the system,
as the packages which required them as dependencies were
removed, or the dependencies were changed.
• The packages which the user explicitly installs via apt install
are never proposed for automatic removal.
 Topics of Lecture
• Linux Basic Commands
– Create Folder (mkdir)
– Create File (touch)
– List Folder/File (ls)
– View File Contents (cat)
– Text Editor (vi, nano)
– Copy Folder/ File (cp)
– Move File/ Folder (mv)
– Delete File/ Folder (rm)
– Help (man)
• Package Installation (apt, apt-get, yum)
– Advanced Packaging Tool
• apt install [… packages]
• apt remove [… packages]
• apt purge [… packages]
• apt autoremove
• apt update
• apt upgrade
• apt search [… REGEX]
• apt list
• Setting Up a Basic Web Application
– Install Apache Server
– Install MySql
– Install PhP
 References
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/apt-command-in-linux-with-exampl
es/