Category Archives: Installation
Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release
Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release… Will be installing Ruby on Rails using Cool Stack… this is the first of sets of post.. Now downloading the packages from Sun.com Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) for the Sun Solaris Operating System(TM). Cool Stack is a collection of some of the … Continue reading
Solaris Compilation “make: ar: Command not found”
…an error message “make: ar: Command not found” for any application being compiled on Solaris box, here’s what to do as per gcc forum…. Add /usr/ccs/bin to your PATH. In my case: root@host# echo $PATH Add /usr/ccs/bin/ Export PATH
Setting Up Custom Name Server at your Registrar
Just want to note here steps on how to setup your own custom name server from your registrar. In my case, I had to do it on GoDaddy. But of course there are tons of webpages out there that explains how to do it in different registrar.. on this post I just took the part … Continue reading
A4Tech Webcam Driver Download
A4 Webcam Driver Download, yes you come to the right place if you are looking for a webcam driver for your A4Tech Webcam. I made this post because I myself found it hard to search the web looking for the device driver for our PK-336MB A4 webcam. Well, the good news is I found it.. … Continue reading
Configure Virtual Hosting in Apache Web Server
When we say or mention the word Web Server, the first thing that comes to our mind is Apache, right? (if you don’t then what are you doing here reading this? ) Apache is the most well known open source web server there is! Open source?? Make that the most wildly used webserver on the … Continue reading
Setting up an FTP server on Debian
First things first, check to see what available ftp server are there for Debian atp-cache search ftp-server This will suppose to to list all available ftp server . As you can see there are a few available server you can choose. Popular one is proftp. To install the service do: apt-get install proftp This will … Continue reading
Trouble Installing Ubuntu on a NEO Laptop
I bought my very first laptop last week which comes pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic. My original plan was to erase the whole thing and put Ubuntu on it. Tried it couple of days ago but didn’t work out. After the boot up from the CD (requested a copy of Ubuntu 7.10) it displayed … Continue reading
configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available
After installing the required prerequisite for OpenLDAP installation, I ran into my first error in running the configure script: … checking db.h usability… no checking db.h presence… no checking for db.h… no configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available At first, I thought this was just a case of $PATH not set up properly (since /usr/local) … Continue reading
Package Installation on Solaris UNIX
We’re trying to install OpenLDAP ver 2.3.38 on a Sun-Blade-100 (UltraSPARC-IIe) but the stupid workstation’s OS installation is so bare that it doesn’t even have packages for CC or GCC (I’m sure there’s a lot more). So, before we could do the OpenLDAP compilation, we need to install first GCC and other prerequisite apps. Here’s … Continue reading
OpenLDAP Installation on Sun Blade 100
This is an OpenLDAP installation on the following system: System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Memory size: 1024 Megabytes Sun-Blade-100 (UltraSPARC-IIe) Prerequisites: Depending on the requirements, there may be a need to install some third party softwares: OpenSSl Kerberos SASL Berkeley DB TCP Wrappers and others Need to make sure the following variables is set: Variable … Continue reading