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How to check Debian/Ubuntu Linux package version using apt-get/aptitude command
KVM libvirt assign static guest IP addresses using DHCP on the virtual machine
How to copy permissions from one file to another on Linux

How to check Debian/Ubuntu Linux package version using apt-get/aptitude command

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 02:14 PM PDT

I am a new Debian / Ubuntu Linux sysadmin. I would like to find out what version I would install if I ran the apt-get command. How do I find out which versions of a package can I install using apt-cache/apt-get command? How do you check package version using apt-get/aptitude on Debian or Ubuntu Linux server?

KVM libvirt assign static guest IP addresses using DHCP on the virtual machine

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 11:07 AM PDT

I am using KVM/libvirt on Linux operating system and how do I assign static IP address using dnsmasq dhcpd server for my default virtual network switch?

How to copy permissions from one file to another on Linux

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 08:47 AM PDT

I need to copy or clone file ownership and permissions from another file on Linux. Is there a bash command line option to clone the user, group ownership and permissions on a file from another file on Linux operating system?