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How to Install and Configure Git and Repositories on GitHub on Ubuntu using Command Line

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In this post, I am going to demonstrate and guide you through the steps of how to install and configure git and repositories on Ubuntu 17.10 system. Prerequisites: You need to have a github account. In case you do not have one yet, you may go on the provided link and create your github account.  https://github.com/join?source=header You  also need to have Ubuntu installed on your machine. Instructions: 1. Installing Git To install git on your Ubuntu system, you simply need to go on your terminal and type the following command and hit enter: sudo apt-get install git 2. Configuring GitHub To configure GitHub you need to type the following commands on your terminal and provide with the exact user name and email id which you are using to access your GitHub account:           git config --global user.name "user_name"           git config --global user.email "email_id" 3. Create New Repository Go to your GitHub account and create
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hackers.mu community meetup #1 #2 and #3

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This post is a quick recap about the #1, #2 and #3 hackers.mu community meetup. On Saturday 25 th of November 2017, I attended the hackers.mu’s second community meetup which was held at the University of Mauritius.  Before I continue further with the 2nd community meetup, here is a flashback of the hackers.mu first community meetup. Hackers.mu community meetup #1 The first community meetup was held on Saturday 18 th of November 2017 at the University of Mauritius where a presentation on "Introduction to GitHub and IETF" was delivered to the attendees . The objective of this presentation was: To encourage students to create their GitHub account and their blog page. What is GitHub? GitHub is basically a code sharing and publishing service for coders, programmers and developers, so that they can collaborate on what they are working on with different people over a public network such as the internet. Having a GitHub account is also considered to be a plus when i
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Linux Shell Scripting

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How to create shell script in vi editor that prints ''Hello World'' ? What is Shell ? Shell is the operating system's command interpreter and  the set of commands you use to communicate with the system. Shell reads command from user and tells Linux OS what users want. What is shell script? Shell script is a program that is written in shell programming language and is interpreted by a shell process. A shell script is a file that contains ASCII text. In order to create a shell script, a shell text editor is required. There are many text editors available for Linux system. In this post I am going to use the vi editor. What is a vi editor? Vi stands for visual editor. It is a powerful Linux text editor which is available on all Unix / Linux system by default. How to start vi? Power on your virtual machine. Login with your username and password. Create a new file with .sh as extension. In order to do this type vi and the filename, e.g vi hello.sh N
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Linux Installation on VirtualBox

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How to Install Linux on VirtualBox? This post is a  quick walkthrough  of how to install a Linux OS on VirtualBox. Required Downloads 1. First we need to download VirtualBox. This can be done on the below link.     https://www.virtualbox.org/     VirtualBox is a free open-source and cross-platform virtualization application.     Why is virtualization useful? Allows us to  run multiple operating systems simultaneously. Software installation is easier. Infrastructure consolidation. Testing and disaster recovery. 2 . Secondly we need to download the Linux ISO file. You may download it from the provided link.      https://www.centos.org/download/     Click on minimal ISO and select any link, it will prompt you to download the Linux ISO file. 3 . Creating a Virtual Machine on your VirtualBox To start virtual machine click on the "New" button at the top of the VirtualBox Manager window. A wizard will pop-up where you will need to p
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