Find large files from the command line
To find large files on the command line: find / -type f -size +10240k -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk ‘{ print size $5 “, location ” $9}’ This […]
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Installing Font Awesome
I use a few Font Awesome icons in my Atom editor, so I have a global install on my desktop sudo apt-get install fonts-font-awesome
Proxying with Apache2 (running NodeJS apps through Apache)
Ubuntu 14.04 provided modapache2_mod_proxy_html as an option to pass requests to Apache through to something like NodeJS running on a different port. However, this package does not exist for 16.04! […]
Install PLEX media server from terminal
Grab the installer: 64 bit: wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea/plexmediaserver_1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea_amd64.deb 32 bit: wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea/plexmediaserver_1.3.4.3285-b46e0ea_i386.deb Then install manually sudo dpkg -i {the filename} The application should be available at http://{IP ADDRESS / DNS name}:32400/manage/index.html Restart the […]
Cleaning up old kernels (command line)
I manage some headless (command line) servers, so I need a way to remove old kernels without a GUI. I haven’t written a script to do it yet, since I […]
Enable themes install without FTP or SSH
Edit the wp-config.php file and add: define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’) Changing the owner will stop the prompt, but will sometimes break customization and previews. DO NOT do: cd /var/www/html/siteFolder sudo chown -R […]
Unable to install themes directly via web
Make sure that the web server user is the owner for your WordPress installation chown -R www-data:www-data wordpress_folder