Debian & Ubuntu Linux: Install a package from backports
Hi,
if you require a newer version of a package on a debian based system it may be possible that it is backportet from the latest testing line.
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Debian: Set python 3 as default
Hi,
debian is still delivered with 2.7 as the default version of python. /usr/bin/python is in fact a symlink to the current default versions binary.
The update-alternatives scripts allows to change this.
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Debian: git error gnutls_handshake() failed: Public key signature verification has failed.
Hi,
I’m on debian testing and cloning from a git repository fails with error: “gnutls_handshake() failed: Public key signature verification has failed” occured.
git is linked against the libcurl3-gnutls library. Newer versions have a bug when using git over a https proxy.
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Debian: Switch from stable(Jessie) to testing (Stretch)
Hi,
steps to switch an Debian installation from stable to testing:
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