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In this article, we’ll explain how to use modprobe to add and remove modules from the Linux kernel. modprobe is part of kmod, a binary that implements multiple programs used to manage Linux Kernel modules.

R is an open-source programming language and free environment that specializes in statistical computing and graphical representation. It is mainly used by statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and performing data analysis. This article covers the steps required to install R on Ubuntu 20.04

Mono is a platform for developing and running cross-platform applications based on the ECMA/ISO Standards. It is a free and open-source implementation of Microsoft’s .NET framework. This tutorial covers the steps required to install Mono on Ubuntu 20.04.

Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you instant access to millions of songs, from old classics to the latest hits. This guide shows two ways of installing Spotify on Ubuntu 20.04. Spotify can be installed as a snap package via the Snapcraft store or as a deb package from the Spotify repositories. Installing Spotify on Ubuntu Linux is a relatively straightforward process and will only take a few minutes.

PHP is one of the most used server-side programming languages. Many popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel are written in PHP. This guide covers the steps necessary to install PHP on Ubuntu 20.04 and integrate it with Nginx and Apache.

Often when writing Bash scripts, you will need to terminate the script when a certain condition is met or to take action based on the exit code of a command. In this article, we will cover the Bash exit built-in command and the exit statuses of the executed commands.

Skype is one of the most popular communication applications in the world. It is cross-platform, available on Windows, Linux, and macOS. With Skype, you can make free online audio and video calls, and international calling to mobiles and landlines worldwide. This guide shows two ways of installing Skype on Ubuntu 20.04. Skype can be installed as a snap package via the Snapcraft store or as a deb package from the Skype repositories.

In Python, you can sort a list using the built-in list.sort() method or the built-in sorted() function.

Redis is an open-source in-memory key-value data store. It can be used as a database, cache and, message broker, and supports various data structures such as Strings, Hashes, Lists, Sets, and more. This tutorial describes how to install and configure Redis on Ubuntu 20.04.

In Bash and other Linux shells, when a program is executed, it uses three standard I/O streams. Each stream is represented by a numeric file descriptor: The program output goes to the standard input stream and the error messages goes to the standard error stream. By default, both input and error streams are printed on the screen.

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a collection of compilers and libraries for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, and D programming languages. A lot of open-source projects, including the Linux kernel and GNU tools, are compiled using GCC. This article explains how to install GCC on Ubuntu 20.04.

Vagrant is typically used by developers to set up a development environment that works across multiple operating systems and is a command-line tool for building and managing virtual machines. This article describes how to install Vagrant on an Ubuntu 20.04 machine. We’ll use VirtualBox, which is the default provider for Vagrant.

Enabling SSH will allow you to connect to your system remotely and perform administrative tasks.

Typically, when writing bash scripts, we use echo to print to the standard output. echo is a simple command but is limited in its capabilities. To have more control over the formatting of the output, use the printf command. The printf command formats and prints its arguments, similar to the C printf() function.

VirtualBox is open-source cross-platform virtualization software that allows you to run multiple guest operating systems (virtual machines) simultaneously. Generally, Virtualbox is used by desktop users as a testing and development environment. In this tutorial, we will show you two ways to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 20.04:

With Compose, you can define a portable application environment that you can run on any system. Compose environments are isolated from each other, allowing you to run multiple copies of the same environment on a single host. Compose is typically used for local development, single host application deployments, and automated testing. This article explains how to install the latest version of Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04. We'll also explore the basic Docker Compose concepts and commands.

In this article, we’re going to discuss how to use curl to interact with RESTful APIs. curl is a command-line utility for transferring data from or to a remote server. It is installed by default on macOS and most Linux distributions.

Yarn is a JavaScript package manager compatible with npm that helps you automate the process of installing, updating, configuring, and removing npm packages. It caches every download package and speeds up the installation process by parallelizing operations. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Yarn on Ubuntu 20.04. We will also go through the basic Yarn commands and options.

Apache Tomcat is an open-source web server and Java servlet container. It is one of the most popular choices for building Java-based websites and applications. Tomcat is lightweight, easy to use, and has a robust ecosystem of add-ons. This tutorial describes how to install and configure Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu 20.04.

In this tutorial we will show you three different ways to install Ruby on Ubuntu 20.04.