Resize LVM partition in Debian Linux

I have my Lenovo T430 laptop with Debian Wheezy installed. My setup was a root partition / with 5Gb size, and 70Gb /home partition.  I use Fluxbox desktop in my laptop and happy with the customization i can do. The problem now is the root partition is getting full as the application installed under root partition. So i need to extend the size. Lucky i use LVM in linux. so i can just resize it. Always keep your installation CD because it is needed now. Some step i make i documented here so i can refer back to the procedure. here we go the step i was done : 1. Boot using the install CD. 2. Choose advanced - rescue mode 3. Do not select...

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Install Node JS in Debian Squeeze

Using my debian 6.0 squeeze, i need to set node js machine. Debian Squeeze currently don't have any package for node js. So we need to install it manually using the source code. The node version are v0.10.24 , you can download from www.nodejs.org the source code. The to prepare the compilation make sure you have the curl package, openssl and SSL lib. $ sudo apt-get install curl openssl libssl-dev Then start install node js : $ sudo ./configure --openssl-libpath=/usr/lib/ssl $ sudo make $ sudo make test $ sudo make install $node -v   You will get the node version. And start install node package using NPM, which is included in the...

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