bash: append_path: command not found

I have a few Raspberry Pi at home, they’re used for specific purposes such as Kodi media player, Pi-hole server, and a backup DNS/DHCP server. Recently, I need to turn on the backup DNS/DHCP server, which is one of the Raspberry Pi devices running Arch Linux. When I logged into to the server, I saw a message complaining that bash: append_path: command not found. It’s been so long since this little server, so I can’t remember what happened last time....

December 9, 2021 · 3 min · 596 words · kenno

How to Update Packages on Arch Linux

Finally, I got Arch installed on my ThinkPad X220. This also means that I will need to learn how to install and update software from scratch again. But that’s the fun part, isn’t it? :) Like many other distros, before we can update the installed packages, we need to update the software database (i.e. updated list from the repositories): [root@tora ~]# pacman -Syy Note the above command is similar to apt-get update in Debian/Ubuntu....

December 7, 2019 · 1 min · 173 words · kenno

How to Connect to Hidden Wifi Using nmcli

Today I need to setup a wifi connection on a laptop to my home network with hidden SSID. Like so many things that I only have to do it once in a while, I couldn’t remember how to do it. So this blog post is something to remind me in the future should I need to do it agian. Here is one way to do it, thanks to this Stack Overflow question....

January 15, 2019 · 1 min · 188 words · kenno