Create and install linux debian package for missing perl module with dh-make-perl

Sometimes you encounter situation when you need a perl module to support your program but perl module is not available from standard linux repositories. Installing perl module from source code is not always good idea so what would be the best is to create package for a particular module using dh-make-perl command. In my case [...]

Get list of the installed packages from debian distributions for documentation

When documenting my server installation I needed to have a list of packages installed on my server. dpkg –get-selections is great help but it returns values/packages each on separate line including “installed” keyword. This command returns list of installed packages in the single block separated with single space:
dpkg –get-selections | awk ‘{ print $1; }’| [...]

Ubuntu-gutsy/hardy-Ethernet (nVidia MCP55 forcedeth) not working

This is a know issue in Ubuntu Linux ( gutsy , hardy ) with nVidia MCP55 Ethernet card.  This  card uses forecedeth module. forecedeth module  is loaded, network card seem to be up and running however it can not ping outside the box. Here is a quick fix for this problem, as a root [...]