• Debian

Debian

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.

All packages list

http://packages.debian.org/stable/allpackages

Sample service blah

File in /etc/init.d/blah with chmod 755:

   1 #! /bin/sh
   2 # /etc/init.d/blah
   3 #
   4 
   5 # Some things that run always
   6 touch /var/lock/blah
   7 
   8 # Carry out specific functions when asked to by the system
   9 case "$1" in
  10   start)
  11     echo "Starting script blah "
  12     echo "Could do more here"
  13     ;;
  14   stop)
  15     echo "Stopping script blah"
  16     echo "Could do more here"
  17     ;;
  18   *)
  19     echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/blah {start|stop}"
  20     exit 1
  21     ;;
  22 esac
  23 
  24 exit 0

Add service

• update-rc.d blah defaults
• update-rc.d blah defaults 20 80
• update-rc.d blah start 20 2 3 4 . start 30 5 . stop 80 0 1 6 .

Remove service

• update-rc.d -f blah remove

Check services status

• service --status-all
• service blah status

Install Debian Wheezy 32 bit

In Virtualbox

• new,
• type linux
• version debian
• name DW
• memory size 512 MB,
• create virtual hard drive
• vdi type
• dynamically allocated
• 8 GB
• power on
• choose debian-7.3.0-i386-DVD-1.iso
• install
• language english
• country, other, europe, portugal
• locale united states
• keyboard portuguese
• hostname dw
• domain name example.org
• root password ********
• Real name Vitor
• username for account vitor
• password for vitor ********
• timezone Lisbon
• Partitioning method, guided, use entire disk and setup LVM
• use SCSI3 sda
• Separate /home /usr /var amd tmp +artitions
• Write the changes to disk and configure LVM yes