How to install Node JS using NVM

The best way to install Node JS on lubuntu (and linux in general) is by using NVM (Node Version Manager), because you can get the latest stable Node JS as well as the future release of Node JS with NVM, so it's more flexible to switch from one version to another. In this article i will show you how to install Node JS via NVM.

How to create symbolic link on Lubuntu

In linux world you can create symbolic link or soft link, this is very useful for creating alias that reference to another file, if you don't understand what i'm saying, it's pretty much like shortcut.

How to logout Lubuntu desktop from terminal

Alright guys in this article i'm going to show you one cool trick on lubuntu, and that is logout from lubuntu desktop using the command line interface (CLI)/Terminal. Let's have some fun!

How to switch between PHP 5.6 to 7.1 and vice versa

You can have more than one php version installed on your system, for example you have php 5.6 and php 7.1, but only one can be active at the moment, so basically you can switch back and forth between the two easily, no need to uninstall one version in order to use the other. In this tutorial i will show you how to switch from php 5.6 to php 7.1 and vice versa.

How to install PHP 5.6 on Lubuntu 17.10

Lubuntu 17.10 artful aardvark comes with php version 7.1 in the repository, but if you want to have the old php 5.6 back, probably because you are working on a project which works well on php 5.6 but not working very well on php 7.1, then installing php 5.6 is make sense.

How to fix GPG error “NO_PUBKEY” when running apt-get update

Yesterday when i try to add PPA repository for webupd8team, i get an error saying GPG error: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C2518248EEA14886. This happens on lubuntu 17.10 artful aardvark, so how do i fix this issue?

How to install Laravel 5.5 on Lubuntu 17.10

Laravel is the most popular web framework for php language, currently the latest stable version of laravel is version 5.5, if you are still using older version of laravel, it's time to upgrade or at least take a look at some of the new features in laravel 5.5, but before that we need to install it first on our lubuntu machine.

How to install Composer on Lubuntu 17.10

Installing composer on lubuntu is a must, specially if you are a php developer. Composer is package dependency manager for php programming language. With composer you can add library to your existing project, you can even upgrade if the library has new version. In this article i will show you how to install composer on lubuntu 17.10 artful.

How to install ssh server on Lubuntu 17.10

You can install ssh server on your computer so that you can access it remotely with other device as long as they are on the same network. In this article i will show you how to install ssh server and also how to use it on lubuntu 17.10 artful.

How to create MyTop config file

MyTop is a great tool for monitoring mysql database, but it's not good if you have to enter username, password and hostname every time you want to use it. Is there a better way to do this? why can't we just run mytop without any parameter?

How to install MongoDB on Lubuntu 17.10

MongoDB is the most popular noSQL type database out there, high performance schema free database, totally different from the regular relationship database that use SQL. In this article i will guide you on how to install MongoDB on lubuntu 17.10 artful. 

How to install C and C++ compiler on Lubuntu 17.10

You will need a C and C++ compiler if you are going to compile and build C or C++ based program. In this article, i will show you how to install C and C++ compiler on lubuntu 17.10 artful aardvark, nice and easy.

How to install PHP MySQL on Lubuntu 17.10

Alright after installing apache web server, now we can install php and mysql database. By default lubuntu 17.10 has php version 7.1 and mysql 5.7 in the repo, so we are going to install that. In this article i'm going to show you how to install php and mysql on lubuntu 17.10 artful.

Learning MongoDB command on Lubuntu

If you haven't install MongoDB yet, please see my previous article on how to install MongoDB on Lubuntu 16.04. In this article i will give you some guides on basic MongoDB commands, hopefully this tutorial could help someone who learn MongoDB for the first time.

How to install MongoDB on Lubuntu 16.04

MongoDB is a high performance, schema free document oriented database, sometimes referred as no-SQL database. MongoDB is perfect for storing large data that has no relationship with other table/collection, in this article i'm going to show you how to install MongoDB on Lubuntu 16.04.

15 most important Git command

If you are a web developer or software developer in general, you must be familiar with git as a tool for version control and github as place where you push your codes. Learning git is a must for every software developer, even if you are working alone and not on a team.

How to use Nmap command line

Nmap (Network Mapper) is the best network scanning tool ever made and it can do much more than just scanning an ip address, nmap has so many parameters that can be use. So i thought i made this separate guide on how to use nmap and explain some parameter it has.

How to install Nmap on Lubuntu 16.04

Nmap is no doubt the best network scanning tool in the universe, you can scan ip address as well as domain name with nmap. In this article i will show you how to install nmap the network mapper on lubuntu 16.04.

How to restart php-fpm on Lubuntu

After editing php.ini the next thing you want to do is to restart the php itself so that the changes in php.ini can take effect. So the question is how to restart php (php-fpm) on lubuntu?

Where is php.ini located on lubuntu?

As php developer, you will find your self enabling or disabling some features in php, therefore you need to edit the php.ini file, the question is where this php.ini located on lubuntu/ubuntu?