Posts filed under “Linux”
ch0wn3d – Keeping your own Perl library and cpan in your home directory
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Intro This tutorial is for people wanting to install perl modules using CPAN who do not have root access or wish to keep a network-central module repository that is separated from the local install. Downloads lib::local module on [...]
ch0wn3d – Firefox 4 in Redhat 5 (EL5) / CentOS 5 / CentOS 5.5
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Intro The latest Firefox 4 Beta (rc2) requires GCC 4.x and a libstdc++ to match. Unfortunately, Redhat EL5 and CentOS 5 / CentOS 5.5 do not meet this requirement, no matter how many packages you update. But, luckily [...]
ch0wned – Getting a Logitech G500 Mouse and all its Buttons Working in Redhat EL5
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Ok, so technically for this edition of ch0wned you need to have root :-P Hint – Sys admins usually like beer. Intro You have a Logitech G500 or other multi-button mouse and want to get all the buttons [...]
ch0wned – Adding Open Office 3.x and Java on EL4 for X86_64 in your homedir
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Intro Continuing my install series, here’s how you get OpenOffice 3 and Java w/ the Browser plugin working out of your homedirectory on an old linux install (EL4) without root access. I assume you already have a working [...]
ch0wned – Building your own Thunderbird 3 on EL4 for X86_64 in your homedir
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Intro Having just gone through my guide on installing Firefox now you’re ready to do basically the same thing for Thunderbird. This guide assumes you’re leaving off from my previous post : http://warped.org/blog/2009/03/04/chown3d-part-2-gtk-and-glib-in-your-own-home-directory/ where you’ve setup a script [...]
ch0wned – Building your own Firefox on EL4 for X86_64 in your homedir
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a Linux user and don’t have root access. Intro So you want Firefox 3.new on your EL4 workstation and don’t have root access? Worse off it’s an x86_64 machine? This is not for the faint of heart, and you will run into some snags, but hopefully [...]
ch0wned – Building Amarok 1.4.10 in $HOME on Redhat EL4/EL5
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a linux user and don’t have root access. Intro All I wanted to do was play Internet radio via a SOCKS proxy. Is that too much to ask for on Redhat EL4? Apparently so. So after many hours of frustration, here is how you get Amarok [...]
ch0wned – Installing TaskCoach and all its depenencies in $HOME for EL4/EL5
ch0wned. adj. This is the state when you are a linux user and don’t have root access. Installing TaskCoach and its dependencies in $HOME for EL4/EL5 This guide assumes you’re leaving off from my previous post : http://warped.org/blog/2009/03/04/chown3d-part-2-gtk-and-glib-in-your-own-home-directory/ where you’ve setup a script called config_gapp. Update: 2/1/2011 – Added EL5 . Irony : Spending a [...]
Updating your BIOS in DOS w/ Window 7 / Vista using a USB Drive
Problem You need to update your BIOS using a DOS boot disk and you’re running Windows 7, or Vista. Chances are you haven’t seen a DOS floppy, much less the floppy drive to put it in, since 1985. Solution I found many sites telling you how to make a USB stick bootable for installing Windows [...]
Getting Accents / UTF8 in Mutt using Xterm with TrueType
Overview I’m starting to adopt Unicode/UTF-8 into my world to allow for more internationalization in my projects. Someday I might play with Perl6′s UTF-8 stuff too. I also want to be able have different charactersets render correctly while using Mutt. I often get email from people in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and SouthEast Asia, and [...]