Red Branch

There are several different commands that can be used to install Apache and MySQL services with PHP support: sudo apt-get install tasksel && sudo tasksel sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-cli php5-mysql php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-curl mysql-client mysql-server libmysqlclient15-dev phpmyadmin   For number two the carat at the end is important.

I just used the Python script located here and created getnasa.py in my home directory. I made it executable and added it to my System > Preferences > Startup  Applications. Now I have a nice new NASA space image refreshed each day!  

A friend contacted me today running an Ubuntu live CD and trying to scan a windows drive for viruses. So for future reference the following antivirus packages can be tried: BitDefender Avira AVG Clam Clam is in the repositories so you don’t need to specifically download it – just search within the Software Center e.g. [...]

Creating an Audio CD in K3B (my favourite CD burning software) I received an error that MP3 format was not supported and that the files need to be converted to WAV format first. Problems while adding files to the project. Unable to handle the following files due to an unsupported format:You may manually convert these [...]

Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib Then run: wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0 After running VirtualBox download the extension pack: wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.0/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.0-69151.vbox-extpack Visit File > Preferences > ExtensionsClick the icon to add an extension and choose the extension pack you downloaded.

I was at the Enterprise Ireland ‘The Business Value of Open Source Software’ event yesterday. The speakers included: Simon Phipps (Open Source Initiative) Tim Willoughby and Tom Mackey (Limerick City Council) Ronan Kirby (Red Hat) David Coallier (Open Source Programmer) Mark Shuttleworth (Canonical/Ubuntu) Simon Phipps provided the overview of software freedom(gratis vs libre) including the [...]

Just read about Justniffer on UbuntuGeek and decided to give it a whirl. Downloaded deb installer from SourceForge and ran with: 1justniffer -i eth0 I received the following output showing a few web connections and a telnet session to a mail server.  1<br /> 192.168.1.100 – - [27/Oct/2010:21:33:52 +0100] "GET /wikipedia/en/b/bc/Meta-logo-35px.png HTTP/1.1" 200 1611 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; [...]

On Ubuntu install binchunker with: sudo apt-get install bchunk Then create the iso at the command-line with the following: bchunk myfile.bin myfile.cue newfile.iso More info here

Install mencoder if not already installed and at the command line: mencoder *.avi -o joined.avi -ovc copy -oac copy

Installed the Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the 7″ eeepc by downloading the iso then running System > Administration > Startup Disk Creator then pointing it at the iso I downloaded and set the disk to a USB pen drive. Booted from the USB disk and then chose install. Now I’ve a nice system with the [...]