Lab2 Tips

# this disables the graphical login - use startx to start X
vi /etc/default/grub
# change to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
update-grub

# from the CLI
systemctl set-default multi-user.target

# to fix vi arrow keys 
apt install vim-nox 

# fix /root/.bashrc 
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin:." 

# here is the update script - also for future reference  
cd; mkdir bin; cd bin; vi upit; chmod +x upit 
#!/bin/bash 
# /root/bin/upit 

# run the update upgrade 
apt-get check
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get -y upgrade 
apt-get -y dist-upgrade # warning - will update kernel 
apt-get -y autoclean 
apt-get -y autoremove
lsb_release -a
cat /proc/version
cat /etc/os-release

# to fix the repos
#dpkg --configure -a
#apt-get -f install

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