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Install the dependencies of an applicationSometimes you need to compile from source a newer version of an application which is already included in the repositories. For example, to install the development libraries for BasKet, you would run as root:apt-get build-dep basket5 Simple APT Tricks for Debian and Ubuntu

Compiling Google Gadgets 0.10.12 in Debian and UbuntuHere are a few steps you need to follow in order to compile Google Gadgets from source on Debian and Ubuntu. To install the needed dependencies type as root:Google Gadgets for Linux in Debian and Ubuntu

I guess most of the readers are already familiar with Ubuntu, but I'm also writing this for new users, which use Linux for the first time. I use Debian for over a year now, but I used both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in the past (especially Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft) and also 8.04 and 8.10 Beta.7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It

I guess most of the readers are already familiar with Ubuntu, but I'm also writing this for new users, which use Linux for the first time. I use Debian for over a year now, but I used both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in the past (especially Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft) and also 8.04 and 8.10 Beta.7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It

Hello everyone! I’m back!After a very painful WP upgrade, I’m back on track.I’ve been talking a lot about window managers and desktop environments. Nowadays most major distros simply go for KDE or GNOME, but it is not very common to see a distro use XFCE. This is a very sleek and useful little desktop environment, [...]

There is still no native Linux support of newly unveiled browser Google Chrome but guys from CodeWeavers prepared the port of Chromium (official name of Google Chome for Linux). This staff is already available for downloading as DEB packages for Ubuntu (32-bit and 64-bit), as RPM for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS etc. as well as self [...]

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If you do your Debian package management from the command line, you are probably aware of utilities that search the cache of available programs, such as apt-cache, apt-file, and dpkg. Possibly, too, you have cursed the limited search information available in graphical interfaces like Synaptic, which does not extend much beyond searching for the description, name, versions, and dependencies. Now, the GNOME Debian Package Finder (gpfind) is in the process of bring much of the command-line search capacity to the desktop -- although, at version 0.1.6, it is still too rough to replace its command-line equivalents for most users.<!--break-->

This guide shows how you can install and use incron on a Debian Etch system. Incron is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when file or directory events occur (e.g. a file modification, changes of permissions, etc.).

This mini-HOWTO will guide you though the installation of PostgreSQL 8.3 on Debian sid. After install initial packages, you will need to create and configure both user account and database, which Debian installation script will not do for you.Before start I will assume you have a complete installed and functional Debian sid box on hand. If you have no idea about this, please refer to my other article for more details.This document is a refine and trim down version of my legacy artical which target for Debian etch. Most procedure are shared so you may also able to apply them in case of Debian etch.

This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the lighttpd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

This guide explains how you can use mod_mysql_vhost to create simple virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. With mod_mysql_vhost, lighttpd can read the vhost configuration from a MySQL database. Currently, you can store the domain and the document root in the MySQL database which results in very simple virtual hosts.read more

This simple HOWTO will guide you about how to setup Apache2.2 + PHP5.2 + pgsql/pdo_pgsql from sketch. Compile all package from tarball can give you the maximum flexibility of functionality, e.g. you can enable both mysql/mysqli/pgsql/oci8/pdo_mysql/pdo_pgsql/pdo_oci within single installation.Before start, I will assume you have Debian sid and Postgresql8.3 installed correctly, which will not detail within this document. In case of Debian, Postgresql8.3 installation is just as simple as a single command:apt-get install postgresql-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3 postgresql-contrib-8.3 postgresql-common

This simple HOWTO will guide you about how to setup Apache2.2 + PHP5.2 + mysql/mysqli/pdo_mysql from sketch. Compile all package from tarball can give you the maximum flexibility of functionality, e.g. you can enable both mysql/mysqli/pgsql/oci8/pdo_mysql/pdo_pgsql/pdo_oci within single installation.Before start, I will assume you have Debian sid and MySQL5 installed correctly, which will not detail within this document. In case of Debian, MySQL5 installation is just as simple as a single command:apt-get install mysql-server-5.0 mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common

This tutorial shows how to install and use mod_python on various distributions (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/CentOS, Mandriva, OpenSUSE) with Apache2. mod_python is an Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server.read more

After working my butt off on the WM and DE guides, I’m back for some more distro goodness!To stay politically correct, I’ll state the real title of the post, which should be something like ‘The top 5 New Awesome New Versions of GNU/Linux Distributions Coming out in late 2008′. It sounds lame and it’s long. [...]

mod_defensible is an Apache 2.x module intended to block spammers/hackers/script kiddies using DNSBL servers. It will look at the client IP and check it in one or several DNSBL servers and return a 403 Forbidden page to the client. This guide shows how to install and use it with Apache 2 on a Debian Etch server.

This simple HOWTO will guide you about how to setup Apache2.2 + PHP5.2 + PDO_OCI from sketch. Compile all package from tarball can give you the maximum flexibility of functionality, e.g. you can enable both mysql/mysqli/pgsql/oci8/pdo_mysql/pdo_pgsql/pdo_oci within single installation.Before start, I will assume you have Debian sid and Oracle 11gR1 installed correctly, which will not detail within this document.read more

This is a simple HOWTO, for installing Oracle Database 11g Release 1 on Debian sid.But why we need this HOWTO? Since Oracle only officially support Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Enterprise Linux and other enterprise level Linux distribution; BTW, there shouldn't be any problem if you hope to use with other distribution, which just need some special configuration and install required dependent packages. On the other hand, some dependent packages are obsoleted in Debian etch, but only available in oldstable or sid, so install with sid should be better than etch + hybrid sid packages.

Long story short, you can seem KVM as replacement of VMware, XEN, VirtualBox, and so on (If you don't know what am I talking about, please give a look about what is Virtualization).If you have play with similar solutions once before, the virtualization GUI shouldn't be new to you. The virtualization GUI usually provide an interface for client creation, managment and also operation, e.g. when you start a virtual client, the GUI will provide a window for it and display its screen message as like as real PC. So any similar solution for KVM? Yes, virt-manager (http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/) is one of similar choice.