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Install VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu / Debian
1. Add new software repository Edit the file ”/etc/apt/sources.list” with your favorite editor and add the following line depending on your Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx LTS) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib Ubuntu 9.10 (Jaunty Jackalope) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic contrib 2. Add the GPG-Key wget [...]
Setting up TFTP server on Ubuntu
Install a TFTP-Server on Ubuntu 1. Installation sudo aptitude install atftpd 2. Configuration sudo /etc/init.d/atftpd start 3. Files Put all files for the TFTP server in the following directory: /srv/tftp/
Monitoring the Nagios process with monit
Monitoring the Nagios process with monit Howto to install monit on Debian or Ubuntu to monitor the nagios process. Installation aptitude install monit Configuration Edit the monit configuration file /etc/monit/monitrc and make the following changes: Generall settings set daemon 120 set logfile syslog facility log_daemon set mailserver localhost set mail-format { from: monit@myserver.de } set [...]
Adobe Coldfusion 9 – Debian 5.0 Lenny – Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.04
Install Apache2 webserver: aptitude install apache2 Install required libraries: aptitude install libstdc++5 Install coldfusion: Download the coldfusion installation paket (Linux bin-file) from www.adobe.com. You can use the Trial Edition and upgrade later to the full version by enter the serial number in the administration webinterface Make the downloaded file executeable and run the installer: chmod [...]
VMWare Server 2 – Unable to build the vsock module
Just a quick Post, the solution for the “Unable to build the vsock module” error message if you install VMWare Server 2 on Debian or Ubuntu: tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar cd vsock-only sed -i ‘s/^\#include //’ autoconf/*.c make cp vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc ln -s vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/vsock.ko depmod -a invoke-rc.d vmware restart
How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
I have blogged the installation of OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 a few months ago. OpenOffice 3.2 is not available on launchpad at the moment. Download it from the OpenOffice Website or use this direct links instead. * German 32-Bit * German 64-Bit * English 32-Bit * English 64-Bit Extract the file after download and [...]
Samba Error on Ubuntu Karmic
There is an error in the current version of Samba on Ubuntu Karmic you find in the samba log file (/var/log/samba/log.smbd) this message: [2009/12/07 12:26:26, 0] smbd/server.c:456(smbd_open_one_socket) smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use The best solution is a downgrade to version 3.3.2: wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb dpkg -i –force-all samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb Update: Problem solved (Version 3.4.0)
Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu with paketmanger. Add the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa Add repository key: sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 247510BE Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.1 thunderbird-3.1-gnome-support Older Ubuntu versions: Edit “/etc/apt/sources.list” and add the following lines: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Add the GPG key: [...]
MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu
Install MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu: 1. Download the Community Edition Download the latest release from the MySQL Website. I used the 64-Bit Debian Paket for Ubuntu 9.04 it works on Jaunty (9.04) and on Karmic (9.10). 2. Installation sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-oss-5.1.18-1ubu904-amd64.deb 3. Use it Now you can start MySQL Workbench via your menu (Development [...]
Linux Software RAID 5 on Debian Lenny or Ubuntu
This is an update Post for my old Howto http://www.mogilowski.net/lang/de-de/2008/05/09/linux-software-raid-5-unter-debian-etch for Debian Lenny and Ubuntu. In this configuration i created a raid 5 with the drives sda, sdb, sdc and sdc. (Change it to your configuration if you need it.) 1. Installation aptitude install mdadm 2. Create Raid Insert this line in the mdadm config [...]

