Check Disk Space Usage from Terminal in Ubuntu/Linux

To view disk space usage of your partitions/hard drive in your terminal, use the following command:

 df -h  

You should get result as shown in the image below:

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[SOLVED] - Delete Categories in Magento 2 using MySQL & phpMyAdmin

You can use the SQL code below to DELETE your Categories in your Magento 2 installation. It will reset your categories to as it was after a fresh installation.

Copy the code below and execute it as shown in the image:

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Successfully Install Porto/Magento 2 Theme Quick Start Package

This was the second time I was using Porto/Magento 2 theme in one of my project. The instruction provided in their documentation to install their Quick Start Package is not at all clear, and doesn't help at all. So, after some trial and error, I have found the following steps to work me, and sharing it with everybody here:

1. First Install a fresh copy of Magento with no sample data. Make sure your Magento's Version matches Porto's Quick Start Package version, else you will get error. Do not use table_prefix in your database. You can create table_prefix later on after successfully installing the Quick Start package.
2. After installing Magento, now unzip the Quick Start Package zip file in your Magento root folder.
3. Import the database provided with your Quick Start Package File. Don't use any table_prefix because the Quick Start Package database doesn't have any, and you will encounter errors if you use one.
4. Check whether the base-url in the core_config table are correct. If not set them to the admin-url you set in Step 1 during the Magento Installation process.

   

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5. Delete the following folder/files using the command below: 

    rm -rf var/di/* var/generation/* var/cache/* var/page_cache/* var/view_preprocessed/* var/composer_home/cache/*   
   

   If in localhost, you might have to use sudo to exectute the commands.
   
6. Run the following command:
   

    php bin/magento setup:di:compile  
   

   It will compile and generate the factory class and depended proxy classes. Also, if in localhost run the following command
   

    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data magento-folder  
   

7.  Clean your site cache.
8. The admin login that you created in Step 1 might not work now after importing Porto's Quick Start Package database, so create a new one using this tutorial: Create Admin User from Terminal in Magento 2.x.
9.  Activate SW Extensions, open command line in folder root of magento and run commands via ssh using putty or others, php bin/magento setup:upgrade.
10. Log into your site's backend and Select Smartwave Porto theme in Stores > Configuration > General > Design > Design Theme > Design Theme for Magento 2.0.x version, and select Smartwave Porto theme in Content > Design > Configuration page for Magento 2.1.x version. You can select Smartwave Porto RTL theme, if you want to build a RTL site.

Download Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Virtual Disk Image (VDI) File for VirtualBox

I was trying Ubuntu 18.04 today on my VirtualBox, and created this VDI file. Sharing it with all here:

Download Link: Ubuntu 18.04 VDI File
Username: virtualbox
Password: ubuntu1804

NOTE:

• VB Guest Addition Tool is not installed. So you will have to install it. 
• Variety wallpaper & Cairo Dock app has been installed as bonus.