Packing with tar gzip, bzip2 and zip
Looking on my block at the end of the year i see than nearly two years ago i wrote about extracting archives under Linux but not about putting files in to archives. Now a have some time to continue. Tar.gz Here are some common way to create your archives. Parameters explanation: c or –create create [...]
Jboss 7 setup on debian linux
This is a short step by step explanation of the setup of JBoss 7.0.2 on your Linux (explicit debian). Nowadays there is still no official Debian package for JBoss 7 out there, so we have to do a couple of steps manually. First i describe how to download and to prepare the jboss. Secondly we [...]
Installing Java 7 on Debian
Here is just an example of how to install java 7 on your linux. I use current Debian and oracle (former sun) java 7. First i had to download the latest java from oracle site and then extrat it. I have to do it because at the moment the is no official debain package for [...]
Bootcharting
The pictureon the right (klick to enrange) shows how Ubunto boot process is going on my 5 years old Thinkpad T60. Bootchart utility does such charts automatically. If you interestiong how easy it it to enable such bootcharting read below. Installing bootchart See how to install bootchart logger on ubuntu, and other linux distributions. Yo [...]
Subversion on Debian Linux
Today i describe the few steps of installation of subversion (with repository) on Linux (Debian lenny). That description show the installtion proccess in 5 steps. And the configuration of Apache Mod-DAV as additiona information. So let’s start. Step 1: Install subversion If subversion is not installed, install it with: Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
lsof command (Linux)
Today i’ll give you some interesting examples of using lsof command. lsof stands for “list open files”. So actually it shows all files used by some processes of a system. That command exist on most of and on different Linuxes and Unixes. It bases on architecture of a kernel which causes evety procces to hold it [...]
Ubuntu vs. Windows XP on my Thinkpad
Yesterday i installed Ubuntu (10) linux alongside of Windows XP (SP3) on my Lenovo Thinkpad T60 – meanwhile 4 years Laptop. To be short i observe only start-time of both system on the same machine in this post. Here some hardware details: Intel Core Duo (T2400 -1,83 Mghz) 1 Gb RAM 60 GB 5400rpm hard [...]
Sending Mails with own Exim: Google account example.
Today I’ll describe short, how to configure sending of emails with your Debian or other Linux distribution. The ability of sending mails is very useful feature for every long-running server machine, it’s easy and common way to notify the administrator on problems. Here are configurationsteps for mail-sending with Exim and Googlemail account (google Apps accounts [...]
SSH tunnel without password
SSH (Secure Shell) allows simple establishment of encrypted and authenticated connection between computers. Today i describe how easy it is do establish such SSH tunnels without using a password. You may need such connections when they have to be opened by daemons (e.g. Cron) without user interaction. Two words on theory. Password-less connections have to [...]
JBoss 5 GA on Debian linux
This short tutorial describes how to configure JBoss Application Server (Jboss GA 5.1.0) on a debian linux (Debian GNU/Linux 5.x “Lenny” ). Article starts with installation of java JDK and continues with JBoss installation and basic configuration according to standard file system hierarchy. Also init.d. scripts configuration is given here. Installing Java SDK Nowadays installing [...]