Terminal

To set an environment variable on Ubuntu, can be achieved via a few options.  This depends on whether you want the variable to be system-wide or specific to a user's session.  Here are a couple of more common methods for setting environment variables:

Whilst installing Python 3.11.6 and running the command 'sudo make altinstall', the following error

To begin, note that Lando is often used for web development and it may not be optimised for running long-running Python scripts or applications.  It's primarily designed to host web services, so if you have specific Python development requirements, you might want to consider using a dedicated Python development environment or container.  However, Lando can be useful for running Python scripts in the context of web development projects.

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) allows you to manage extensions using the VS Code Command Line Interface (CLI) called code. With the code CLI, you can install, list, uninstall, and manage extensions from the command line.  

To check you have the code prompt running, run

code --version

Response you're looking for is

A summary of Node package commands

Short cut commands

npm install <package>

npm i <package>

npm install --save <package>

npm i -S <package>

npm install --save-dev <package>

npm i -D <package>

npm install --global <package>

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

Followed by the action

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:

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

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:

Continuing on from the Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 upgrade outline written earlier... Upgrading Drupal 9 to Drupal 10.  However, the point of difference is this article works through the actual action steps of the upgrade.

Planning and testing is critical for the Drupal to version 10 process to work successfully.  As some of the environments that I work in are deployed via CD/CI pipelines.