July 2008
3 posts
apt-get: Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code...
If you get this error, it can seemingly be fixed by commenting out all your sources (in /etc/apt/sources.list, and possibly in /etc/apt/sources.list.d) and doing an ‘apt-get update’, then uncommenting them and ‘apt-get update’-ing again.
Which really isn’t so much a “fix”, as it is a workaround, but hey, it works! I’m ok with it being magic for...
Reverting to XP from a dual-boot GRUB.
My old laptop (a Dell Inspiron 2200) was configured to run XP and Debian Etch. It turns out that I was using Photoshop and Illustrator enough that I rarely booted into Linux
Tangentially: I’ve since found that VMware on a sensibly speedy machine works fantastically: I’ve got an Ubuntu install running alongside XP, and it’s very convenient to be able to switch into an Linux...
Auto-completion with apt-get
tab completion with apt-get install is possible by sourcing the bash_completion script — which should already live in /etc/bash_completion if you’re running debian. Simply type:
source /etc/bash_completion
Very handy — I’ve sometimes had to look at package names two or three times before typing them in correctly. This also enables tab completion for a number of other...