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Questions tagged [ubuntu-8.10]
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Ubuntu rails install fails on zlib
I've just moved over to Ubuntu 8.10 as my dev box; it's my first serious foray into Linux as a daily-use OS, and I'm having a hard time getting Rails going. I have followed a number of tutorials which all seem to work fine, but when I try and use…
Paul
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How can I make a fake "active session" for gconf?
I've automated my Ubuntu installation - I've got Python code that runs automatically (after a clean install, but before the first user login - it's in a temporary /etc/init.d/ script) that sets up everything from Apache & its configuration to my…
Bryan Stearns
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Ubuntu: Error installing php5-xsl package
I am trying to install php5-xsl (XSLT) package in my Ubuntu 8.10 but I am getting an error message. I think I need to update the repository of the apt-get? Thanks in advance :) - Mark
My syntax:
sudo apt-get install php5-xsl
Error message:
W:…
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How to make mail() work on Ubuntu?
I have a new install of Ubuntu and trying to use the php's mail() function.
The function fails, I guess I am missing a package or two in my installation.
Itay Moav -Malimovka
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Produce keyboard Events key hits
How to make a simple C program which will produce keyboard key hits.
if ( condition ) {
KeyPress('A');
}
I am working on Ubuntu 8.10 Linux OS
Madni
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libdb4.6-dev vs libdb4.7-dev
I want to install PHP 5.3 on Ubuntu Intrepid. To install apxs, I need to install libaprutil1-dev, which depends on libdb4.6-dev. When I look at installing that, apt-get wants to remove the currently installed libdb-dev and libdb4.7-dev. Any…
routinet
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How to install Lucene 3.0.0 in Ubuntu 8.10
I have downloaded Lucene 3.0.0 and
when I used the command
java -jar lucene-core-3.0.0.jar in the directory where Lucene is present
I got this message
Failed to load Main-Class manifest attribute from lucene-core-3.0.0.jar
How do I proceed?
kshama
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Problem setting up SVN & WebDAV in Ubuntu
I've followed every step posted in here:
How to set up a Subversion (SVN) server on GNU/Linux - Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu 8.10
After firing up the browser, I get
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /svn on this server.
Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu)…
segfault
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How to install a second JVM?
I am working on a Linux Ubuntu 8.10 and I would like to install a second JVM. I am currently working with Java 1.6, but I want to install Java 1.4 and afterwards, set the 1.4 JVM as my default JVM, to work with. How could I do that? Thanks in…
acostache
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Why do my Swing application windows intermittently not close when the application exits?
Why are my Swing applications not closing when using Netbeans 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 with Sun JDK 6. Even the Netbeans tutorials downloaded from the Netbeans website do the same. When I close the application I'm left with a dead window. I then have to…
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Does apache / php blocks a single file to be processed from the same client concurrently?
I have everything setup and running with KalturaCE & Drupak and the server (Ubuntu 8.02+Apache2+PHP5+MySql) is working fine.
The issue here I am having is unclassified.
When I play two videos together from my site, the second video which I played…
Glance
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Problem Installing Eclipse on Ubuntu
I downloaded the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers Linux 32 Bit file from here.
I extracted the file and launched eclipse from the command line.
Instead of Eclipse starting I get this message in a dialog box:
VM terminated. Exit…
Greg
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How do you install MySQL 5.1 on Ubuntu 8.10?
According to various blogs and forums, you should be able to do simply "sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1".
But I tried and it doesn't work (package not found by this name). What am I missing?
Alex R
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Mysterious 500 Error with Basic Rails App on Slicehost
I am getting a mysterious 500 error when i try to deploy my first rails app on slicehost.
I have followed the Ubuntu Intrepid articles very closely and it seems to be all setup accordingly.
I am trying to run rails on Apache with Passenger. All I…
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Apt-Pinning: Installing libboost from Jaunty repository into Intrepid Ubuntu
I'm trying to install libboost 1.38 in Ubuntu 8.10 using a Ubuntu 9.04 repository since it isn't avalable in any of the 8.10 repositories. I'm trying to use an Apt-pinning by adding the following lines of code:
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb…
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