Linux Hardware Compatibility: W311MI

This is just to let others know what piece of hardware worked during my linux experiments:     dmesg output <5>[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31.6_SMP_820 (bdietrich@brad-ux) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) ) #96 SMP Tue                Feb 8 12:08:54 PST 2011 <4>[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [410fb025] revision 5… Continue reading

Brighter LAMP: phpmyadmin installation

Install mcrypy for phpmyadmin dependencies:   # apt-get install php5-mcrypt   Now you need to restart apache for the changes to take effect   # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart   Now, on to the installation: # apt-get install phpmyadmin   Choose Apache2 when you're prompted     Answer yes to Configure database… Continue reading

Setting up a Debian box for development: making a LAMP: php5

Now P for PHP 5:   # apt-get install php5 php-pear php5-suhosin   # nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini   max_execution_time = 30 memory_limit = 64M error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR display_errors = Off log_errors = On error_log = /var/log/php.log register_globals = Off   Add mysql support. # apt-get install php5-mysql      

Setting up a Debian box for development: making a LAMP: mysql

Let's make a lamp   First M for Mysql: # apt-get install mysql-server The script will ask you to define the password for the root mysql user: Secure your mysql installation: # mysql_secure_installation   NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MySQL       SERVERS IN PRODUCTION… Continue reading

Setting up a Debian box for development: making a LAMP: apache2

Add a user for the web stuff # adduser httpd Choose a simple (but secure) password. # apt-get install apache2 Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done The following extra packages will be installed:   apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3   libaprutil1-ldap Suggested packages:… Continue reading

Installing DropBox on Slackware 13.1 64-bit

Before you start, let's make sure you have gnome docutils installed: Get the package: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/gnome/gnome-doc-utils.html Install GNOME Doc Utils (this part is borrowed from LinuxFromScratch book) ./configure –prefix=$(pkg-config –variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) –mandir=$(pkg-config –variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man make Test it make check and then install as root: make install switch to Dropbox installation folder… Continue reading

LAMP: Installing on Slackware 13.37 64-bit

Ongoing post:   1. Download Apache ( http://httpd.apache.org ) tar -xvjf httpd-2.2.21.tar.bz2 cd httpd-2.2.21 I like Slackware, but I also like the Apache layout installed in Debian distributions, so: ./configure –enable-layout=Debian–enable-module=most –enable-mods-shared=most –enable-ssl=shared make make install 2. PostgreSQL ./configure –with-perl –with-openssl gmake all gmake install     PHP ./configure –with-pgsql… Continue reading