Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you instant access to millions of songs, from old classics to the latest hits. This guide shows two ways of installing Spotify on Ubuntu 20.04. Spotify can be installed as a snap package via the Snapcraft store or as a deb package from the Spotify repositories.
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How to Manage Snaps in Linux – Part 2
This is the second article in a two-part series about a beginner’s guide to snaps in Linux. It covers how to run snaps from the command-line interface, creates and use snap aliases, interacts with a snap’s services, and create and manage snapshots of a snap. Run Apps from Snaps A snap may provide a single
How to Install PHP on Ubuntu 20.04
PHP is one of the most used server-side programming languages. Many popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel are written in PHP. This guide covers the steps necessary to install PHP on Ubuntu 20.04 and integrate it with Nginx and Apache. At the time of writing, the default Ubuntu 20.04 repositories include
What is MySQL? How Does MySQL Work?
MySQL is the world’s most popular enterprise-grade open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is being used at Facebook, Google, Adobe, Alcatel Lucent, and Zappos, and by many online websites/applications. It is developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation. It is a cross-platform, powerful, flexible, and extensible relational database that is based on the SQL
How to Install GCC on Ubuntu 20.04
GCC, or GNU Compiler Collection is a compiler system for C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran, Ada, D, Go, and BRIG (HSAIL) programming languages. It’s produced by the GNU Project and the current version is GCC 9.3. In this article we will explain how to install GCC on Ubuntu 20.04. Installing GCC on Ubuntu 20.04# The
Bash Exit Command and Exit Codes
Often when writing Bash scripts, you will need to terminate the script when a certain condition is met or to take action based on the exit code of a command. In this article, we will cover the Bash exit built-in command and the exit statuses of the executed commands. Exit Status # Each shell command
A Beginners Guide to Snaps in Linux – Part 1
In the past few years, the Linux community has been blessed with some remarkable advancements in the area of package management on Linux systems, especially when it comes to universal or cross-distribution software packaging and distribution. One of such advancements is the Snap package format developed by Canonical, the makers of the popular Ubuntu Linux.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS 8
When you first install a virtual machine with a GUI on VirtualBox, the screen size is usually scaled-down and the user experience is usually quite bland. To improve the appearance and functionality of a virtual machine, VirtualBox provides a set of software packages and drivers known as VirtualBox guest additions in the form of an
How to Install Vagrant on Ubuntu 20.04
Vagrant is a an open-source tool for building and managing virtual machines. Generally, Vagrant is used by developers to set up a development environment that works across multiple operating systems. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Vagrant on Ubuntu 20.04 system. Prerequisites# Virtualbox should installed on your Ubuntu 20.04 system. You
How to Install GCC (build-essential) on Ubuntu 20.04
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a collection of compilers and libraries for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, and D programming languages. A lot of open-source projects, including the Linux kernel and GNU tools, are compiled using GCC. This article explains how to install GCC on Ubuntu 20.04. Installing GCC on Ubuntu 20.04 #