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Category: Application Development


Install Spotify on CentOS 8 / Rocky Linux - Step by step guide ?

This article covers the complete installation procedure of Spotify on Rocky Linux 8. In fact, Spotify allow users to legally stream the latest and old music directly on their smartphone, TV, or PC with help of a dedicated app or browser and internet.


Install / Enable RPM Fusion on Rocky Linux 8 - Step by step guide ?

This article covers how to install RPM fusion on AlmaLinux 8 / Rocky Linux 8. In fact, RPM Fusion is a repository specifically for Fedora Linux which is an amalgamation of the software repositories Livna, Freshrpms, and Dribble to bundle resources. 


How to Disable or Enable any repository like RPM Fusion from Rocky Linux 8 system ?

1. Install Yum Utils:

$ sudo dnf install yum-utils

2. Command syntax to enable or disable repo:

$ sudo yum-config-manager --disable repository-ID

3. To get the ID list the repositories using:

$ dnf repolist

Let's say we want to disable Fusion then the command will be:

$ sudo yum-config-manager --disable rpmfusion-free-updates

To enable the same in the future, use:

$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rpmfusion-free-updates

4. To List, all the enabled and disabled repositories simply type:

$ dnn repolist all


Reset Root Password on Rocky Linux - How to do it ?

This article covers the process of Resetting the root password on Rocky Linux. In fact, If you are locked out of your AlmaLinux instance and have lost access to the root account, you need to boot into single-user mode and reset the root password.


How to Install WordPress with LEMP (Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP) on Rocky Linux 8 ?

This article covers how to install the LEMP stack on Rocky Linux 8. In fact, The terminology LEMP is an acronym for Linux, Nginx (pronounced as Engine X, hence the E) which is a web browser, MariaDB or MySQL – database, and PHP for processing dynamic content). LEMP stack is popularly used for hosting high-traffic and highly scalable web applications and websites.


Install WordPress on Rocky Linux 8 using the LAMP stack - Step by step guide ?

This article covers how to install WordPress on Rocky Linux 8. In fact, WordPress  is open-source, written in PHP and use a MariaDB/MySQL as a database backend. WordPress is the most popular content management system used to host static and dynamic websites on the Internet. You are now ready to create your blog or website.


Install XFCE Desktop on Rocky Linux 8 - Step by step guide ?

This article covers how to install the XFCE desktop environment on Rocky Linux 8. In fact, Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems designed to run fine on minimal system resources ie (small memory footprint and CPU usage) while being visually appealing and user friendly.


Main features of Xfce:

  • Display Manager – Xfce display manager is called LightDM.
  • File Manager – called Thunar.
  • Favorites bar – A single icon on the left of the panel that displays favorites, recent applications and application menu.
  • Panels – A single panel located on the top of the window.
  • System Tray – A set of icons on the right side of the panel.
  • Windows Manager – The specialized Xfwm, which utilizes its own compositor manager.