Category Archives: Debian

Chrome 56: Install and use Extensions

by Lorenz Bausch Posted on March 1, 2017

Starting with Chrome 56 on Debian you might end up having no Extensions. To re-enable them again you have to start Chrome with

To make this a default add this flag to the default flags in /etc/chromium.d/default-flags:

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Waiting for server to accept SSH connections

by Lorenz Bausch Posted on October 22, 2016

Sometimes you need to wait for a just booted server to accept SSH connections. This can be solved with a one-line bash script:

 

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npm install fails with “npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error”

by Lorenz Bausch Posted on April 25, 2016

Problem npm failed randomly while installing packages. It didn’t matter which packages or if running on Debian itself or inside virtual machines using Ubuntu (vagrant). Upgrading npm to the latest version ( sudo npm install -g npm@latest ) and clearing npm’s cache ( npm cache clean ) didn’t help either. … Continue reading →

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