How to Personalize Parole Media Player in Debian Xfce
Parole Media Player is a lightweight and open-source media player. It is geared for lightweight desktop environments like Xfce and is included by default in the Debian Xfce edition.
It can play media and supports other playback-related features like subtitles, audio visualization, and plugins for enhanced functionality.
While the default settings are ok, you may want to change them to your liking....
How To Fix ‘Not In Sudoers File’ in Debian 12 Bookworm
After logging into Debian 12 Bookworm, if you try running different commands using sudo, you will see an error that is something like this.
For that, you will have to edit the sudoers file. To do that, first switch to the root account by typing in the Terminal:
su root
After switching to root, edit the sudoers file that is found in /etc. You can open it with any text editor like vi...
Quickly Check Which Services And Packages In Debian Aren’t Yet Updated After Applying Updates
After updating/upgrading packages when using Debian or any Debian based distro, it can be useful to know which all software packages and services in use are still not updated.
There is a simple command-line tool in Debian to know this , it’s the checkrestart tool. This example uses Debian 10.
It comes with the Debian goodies package and if not installed, install it from the Terminal with the...
How To Keep A List Of All The Installed Packages In Debian
It can be useful to have a list of installed packages in Debian when using it on multiple PCs or importing it after a fresh install.
There is a quick way to do this directly from the Terminal by using the following command :
dpkg –get-selections > installedpackages.txt
This will export the list of all installed packages and store it in a text file named installedpkgs.txt.
This...
How To Fix Sudo Command Not Found In Debian After A New Install
After a new install of Debian, you may find that sudo won’t be available for updating and installing packages from the command line.
Besides that, in Debian, the user by default won’t have any sudo privileges either by to make any changes.
Here is how to fix it :
First, switch to root using su (using the root password that was set during installation process).
su root
Having root access,...
How To Install Non-Free Packages In Debian
The default installation of Debian doesn’t include proprietary packages or drivers. So after a fresh install, you may experience a lack of hardware functionality because non-free firmware isn’t installed.
It can however be changed, here’s how :
First, open the Debian repository list using any text editor like nano/vim :
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Next, add the word non-free...