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Installing GMT Mapping tools onto Ubuntu.
Installing the FAN Library onto Ubuntu (or not as the case may be).
Setting up the FAN Library for Ubuntu takes some work. I started by trying to install the Python Scientific Library but this didn’t seem to give the packages I wanted. sudo apt-get install pyton-scientific So I then looked… Read More
Installing Ferret (NOAA) onto Ubuntu
Ferret is an application produced by the NOAA . It is an interactive computer visualization and analysis environment used by Geographers and the like. This is how I installed it onto Ubuntu 10+ and my notes from following… Read More
Installing WOWza on Ubuntu Server 10.10
I needed to install Java first… sudo apt-get install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin Download the RAW Linux Version sudo chmod +x WowzaMediaServer-2.2.0.tar.bin sudo ./WowzaMediaServer-2.2.0.tar.bin Then follow onscreen instructions… Install Location:… Read More
Installing Django on Ubuntu
This applies to Server 10.10 with Python 2.6 and mod-wsgi Checked version of Python was 2.6 using python –version The followed the instructions on the download site tar xzvf Django-1.2.3.tar.gz cd Django-1.2.3 sudo python setup.py install Note: It… Read More
Software RAID Management
Overview of all RAIDS cat /proc/mdstat Details for a RAID /sbin/mdadm -D /dev/md0 Add Device /sbin/mdadm –grow /dev/md0 -n3 Refresh a Device if it dropped out (through over-heating!) /sbin/mdadm –add /dev/md0 /dev/sdc1
Installing Webmin (Ubuntu 10.10)
1. Download webmin wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb 2. Execute webmin package. Note this will FAIL but next instruction deals with that. sudo dpkg -i webmin-current.deb 3. Install missing dependencies and it will automatically recompile webmin sudo apt-get -f install Enjoy… Read More