Category Archives: Linux

Auto update CentOS server with yum

Posted on January 31, 2010 by admin

It is better to use yum-updatesd to do the updates, check the HOW-TO at http://webhostingneeds.com/Get_email_notification_when_updates_available_yum in /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf Set do_update = yes

fipscheck conflicts with fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64

Posted on January 30, 2010 by admin

When i run yum update i get error [root@server12 ~]# yum update ….. ….. some text removed ….. ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: fipscheck conflicts with fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-1.el5.x86_64 Complete! (1, [‘Please report this error in bugzilla’]) [root@server12 ~]# This is caused

Installing Java on CentOs

Posted on October 1, 2009 by admin

Java is available in CentOS 5. root@server70 [~]# yum list|grep openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 installed java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates java-1.6.0-openjdk-src.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el5 updates root@server70 [~]# To install java, run yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk Java will be installed on

Go with Mac (or Linux) if you don’t want virus

Posted on August 26, 2009 by admin

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Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Convert::ASN1) is needed by package samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5.i386 (base)

Posted on July 6, 2009 by admin

When i run “yum update” i get error [root@server28 ~]# yum upgrade ….. ….. samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5.i386 from base has depsolving problems –> Missing Dependency: perl(Convert::ASN1) is needed by package samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Convert::ASN1) is needed by package samba-3.0.33-3.7.el5.i386 (base)

Creating zip archive in linux

Posted on June 18, 2009 by admin

Today i want to move a site from linux server to windows. Moving with FTP takes long. Normal tar.gz transfer will not work as windows by default do not support extraction of tar.gz file. To create a ZIP file on

Debian: How to find a package is installed from .deb or source

Posted on June 17, 2009 by admin

When installing ffmpeg-php in a debian server, i got error # phpize -bash: phpize: command not found # This is because php-devel package is not installed on the server. Before installing, you need to find out whether php is installed

error: zlib not found on system or in local libs

Posted on June 17, 2009 by admin

On installing gpac i got following error on Debian 4 latinvideo1:/usr/local/src/gpac# sh ./configure error: zlib not found on system or in local libs latinvideo1:/usr/local/src/gpac# This is fixed by installing zlib. apt-cache search zlib apt-get install zlib-bin zlib1g zlib1g-dev zlibc

Error: Missing Dependency: perl(Crypt::PasswdMD5) is needed by package syslinux

Posted on June 16, 2009 by admin

When i run yum update I got following error root@server70 [~]# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net * base: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * updates: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * addons: mirrors.service.softlayer.com * extras: mirrors.service.softlayer.com rpmforge | 1.1

Installing Monit On Linux CentOS Server

Posted on June 12, 2009 by admin

monit is an open source software that monitor services on your server. It can restart if any of the service go down. Download latest version of file from http://mmonit.com/monit/download/ cd /usr/local/src wget http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.0.3.tar.gz tar -zxvf monit-5.0.3.tar.gz cd monit-5.0.3 ./configure make

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