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Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 3 October 2023         1 minute read

Logging into the server, and there are packages to be updated.  You know the standard Ubuntu / Linux response

5 updates can be applied immediately.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable

3 additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm

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ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe'

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 2 October 2023   (updated)   3 October 2023     1 minute read

Python3

Error

ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/home/{project}/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

 

Update all PIP packages

pip3 list --outdated --format=freeze | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1 | xargs -n1 pip3 install -U

However, this failed due to 

Git changing local and remote branch name

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 26 September 2023         1 minute read

Something I haven't had to do in a while is to change the name of a Git branch both local and remote.

 

Steps to renaming a branch

Rename your local branch:

If you are on the branch you want to rename:

git branch -m new-name

Whereas, if you're on a different branch:

How to resolve a cURL certificate 60 error - curl: (60) SSL certificate problem

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 22 September 2023         1 minute read

Post a NetSkope update, composer would fail when running any command that required accessing an external package.  Actually initially all external traffic was being blocked.  The error was similar to

curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain
More details here: https://curl.se/docs/sslcerts.html

This error was also generated when running a basic command

Twig\Error\SyntaxError: Unknown "filter" tag

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 18 September 2023   (updated)   19 September 2023     1 minute read

Twig error

Twig\Error\SyntaxError: Unknown "filter" tag. in Twig\Parser->subparse() (line 6 of themes/custom/{theme}/templates/views/views-view-field--products--field_product_type.html.twig).

Line 6 of the views-view-field--products--field_product_type.html.twig file is 

{% filter upper|escape('html') %}

The actual Twig file code

Creating and applying a patch

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 18 September 2023         1 minute read

I need to generate a patch and then apply automatically to my Drupal installation.

Current path to the file: web/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/argument/

Orignal filename: ArgumentPluginBase.php

Adjusted filename: ArgumentPluginBase-adjusted.php

 

Create a Patch

A patch is used to create or override changes in another file.  The command to create a patch is:

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