How to Install Webmin on CentOS
Install dependencies before we proceed to install webmin [root@testbed ~]# yum -y install perl-Net-SSLeay Download latest rpm package from Webmin’s official website [root@testbed ~]#...
View ArticleHow to Install Apache, PHP and MySQL on CentOS
I have seen people installing Apache, PHP and MySQL from source code on a production server. You should NEVER, NEVER, NEVER install these packages from source on an RPM or DEB based Linux...
View ArticleInstalling PHP 5.2.6 on CentOS box
If you want to install PHP 5.2.x instead of the PHP 5.1.6 offered with default CentOSPlus repo. Please consider installing the utterramblings repo. Setting up this repo is a breeze … just follow these...
View ArticleCentOS yum update missing dependency error
If you are using yum update on CentOS and getting the following errors Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 (installed)...
View ArticleTo update or not to update?
All my technical life, I knew and followed this simple rule New updates to any application or component are meant to improve and fix the bugs present in it. Downloading new updates ensures that you...
View ArticleFixing Pear ‘unsupported protocal’ error
Are you getting the following error while updating any package in pear? pear.php.net is using a unsupported protocal – This should never happen. I got this error right after I upgraded PHP from 5.2 to...
View ArticleBought a new VPS from QuickWeb
I just secured a nice deal on QuickWeb.co.nz‘s Texas data center. Thanks to lowendbox for the info on this special coupon. Plan to use it to test new stuff before putting it on my two other production...
View ArticleGood bye CentOS! Hello Ubuntu
Its been about almost more then two years since I have been playing with CentOS on many different platforms etc. Its very stable but on the other hand, PHP/MySQL updates are very hard to get and still...
View ArticleLinode is Blazzing Fast
I asked my client to buy a Linode for some testing purposes and I tried it for the first time. I must say, Linode is blazzing fast. Downloads are touching 8M/sec and speed, performance is as if its...
View ArticleBuild-Essentials in CentOS?
If you are like me, you may be doing this to install essential build libraries to compile something from source # wrong method yum install build-essential Build essential is a Ubuntu / Debian package....
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