Installing RStudio in WSL2
Posted 22nd July 2024
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Installing RStudio within the Windows Subsystem for Linux was not as simple as expected, once I started installing packages in R. Here’s my procedure for getting it all to work seamlessly.
Replace a string in file names recursively in Linux
Posted 5th June 2024
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Use this simple BASH script to recursively rename parts of file names in Linux.
Dark Theme in WSL2
Posted 9th November 2023
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Implement a “dark theme” for GUI apps in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)
Create a new Python environment on Linux
Posted 29th October 2023
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Easy steps for creating new Python environments in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Run Linux GUI apps in Windows 11
Posted 27th October 2021
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Use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux graphical user interface (GUI) programmes in Windows.
Install Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 11
Posted 14th October 2021
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With the release of Windows 11 comes a vastly easier method for installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on your PC.
Connect to GitHub via SSH on Linux
Posted 15th September 2021
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If you’re tired of entering a username and password each time you push to a GitHub repository on the command line, a secure method for bypassig this is to set-up a connection using a set of SSH keys.
SFTP via the Command Line
Posted 3rd March 2021
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Simple instructions for uploading or downloading files and directories using Secure File Transfer Protocol (sFTP) in Linux.
Query a PostgreSQL database via Python
Posted 11th December 2020
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Use this simple template script created in Python to connect to your PostgreSQL database and run a query.
Copying and moving files on Linux
Posted 8th September 2020
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Copy or move files of type from one directory to another on a Linux operating system via the command line.