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Mastering Ubuntu Server

You're reading from Mastering Ubuntu Server Gain expertise in the art of deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564640

Length 702 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Ubuntu Server

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Jay LaCroix

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Deploying Ubuntu Server

2. Managing Users and Permissions FREE CHAPTER

3. Managing Software Packages

4. Navigating and Essential Commands

5. Managing Files and Directories

6. Boosting Your Command-line Efficiency

7. Controlling and Managing Processes

8. Monitoring System Resources

9. Managing Storage Volumes

10. Connecting to Networks

11. Setting Up Network Services

12. Sharing and Transferring Files

13. Managing Databases

14. Serving Web Content

15. Automating Server Configuration with Ansible

16. Virtualization

17. Running Containers

18. Container Orchestration

19. Deploying Ubuntu in the Cloud

20. Automating Cloud Deployments with Terraform

21. Securing Your Server

22. Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers

23. Preventing Disasters

24. Another Book You May Enjoy

25. Index

Searching for packages

Unfortunately, the naming conventions used for packages in Ubuntu Server aren't always obvious. Worse, package names are often very different from one distribution to another even for the same piece of software. While this book and other tutorials online will outline the exact steps needed to install software, if you're ever on your own, it really doesn't help much if you don't know the name of the package you want to install. In this section, I'll try to take some of the mystery out of searching for packages.

In the previous section, we went over searching for Snap packages, so I won't repeat that here. The APT suite of utilities also has a means of searching for packages as well, which is the apt search command. We can use the following command to search for packages, by providing a keyword:

apt search <search term>

The output from this command will show a list of packages that match your search criteria, with...

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Authors (1)

Jay LaCroix

Jay LaCroix

Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix is a technologist and open-source enthusiast, specializing in Linux. He has a net field experience of 20 years across different firms as a Solutions Architect and holds a master's degree in Information Systems Technology Management from Capella University. In addition, Jay also has an active Linux-focused YouTube channel with over 250K followers and over 20M views, available at LearnLinuxTV, where he posts instructional tutorial videos and other Linux-related content. He has also written Linux Mint Essentials and Mastering Linux Network Administration, published by Packt Publishing.

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