Heres a tutorial on how to use the apt-get package management system in Debian and its derivitives such as Ubuntu and Knoppix. I will cover command line use of apt-get, the aptitude program and the Synaptic Package Manager. I wrote all of this myself, feel free to link to here but do not copy and paste it.
Debian uses apt-get package management. It looks at a series of defined repositories (servers) for the package(s) you want and will download them if they are there. The repositories are defined in the file
/etc/apt/sources.list
You can edit that file directly (make sure you have root) or use frontends like the Synaptic Package Manager or Software Sources (Menu item) in the distro.
Command Line Usage
To install a package you need to use the apt-get install command. For example to install the IRC program XChat you would type into the console.
sudo apt-get install xchat
It would prompt you for your root password and then list information about the package and would double check you still want to download and install it.
To remove a package you would use the apt-get remove command. This will remove the package files but will keep the…
This isn’t Yet Another PHP Security blog post, like you see on all the other websites. This is aimed at people who run existing software such as SMF, Joomla and WordPress.
Some people using pre-made software think they are immune to hacking attempts. 4 days ago, there was a vulnerability found in the latest version of the Coppermine Gallery software, after the vulnerability was made public, hundreds of people got hit, and their galleries essentially destroyed. Infact there were 2 SQL injection vulnerabilities found within 5 days of each other. For something that has been in development since September 7th 2003, thats pretty scary.
Now, if you owned a Coppermine Gallery what measures could you take to make sure that your installation was safe, even if you couldn’t patch it yourself, you could take it offline until one is released. The website securityfocus.com is a security and vulnerability website. People post the latest vulnerabilities there in software, for example one of the coppermine vulns , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28767 . If you do a daily run of your blogs/forums, you could also go there and type in the version and software that your using to do a quick check. Social news websites such…
Heres a quick video tutorial i made, you’ll learn the basics of jQuery such as selecting elements as well as usage of the slide effect. Feel free to ask any questions
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