Introduction
Excerpt Helpful tips and tricks for configuring your Linux environment from scratch
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Use su -l root to login as root (can use sudo su)
Use sudo to execute commands as super used without logging in as super user - SUDO = Super User DO
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Use ls | grep <filter> to list directory content but to filter out what isn't needed
Use cat /etc/os-release to determine version of Linux
Use cd /mnt/<drive> to access Windows drive
Use rm -R -f * to delete everything and all subdirectories
Use cp -r -a <source path>/* <target path> to copy everything from <source path> to <target path>
To ensure you can get access to things like the JDK, MySQL, and Netbeans through yum, install the package epel-release