Categories: Linux, Arch in VirtualBox, Arch Linux, Mint 8 (Helena), Tomato, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.10

Local Web Hosting on Arch

September 11th, 2011
It's useful when editing a web-page to have a local server set-up so that you can test changes locally before uploading the new documents to the server. To do this on Arch I have installed the XAMPP package following the directions in the ArchWiki. Afte… more »

Posted in Arch Linux

Installing R Rmpi on Arch Linux

April 7th, 2011
After 2.5 hours I have finally managed to get Rmpi installed and working on Arch.After lots of trying and searching I finally found out that Rmpi is not compatible with the latest version of openmpi which is installed from the Arch repos (version 1.5… more »

Posted in R, Arch Linux

Webcam with Skype 2.1.0.81 in Ubuntu 9.10

October 7th, 2010
I recently upgraded Skype to version 2.1.0.81, and since then I've been having troubles with my web cam (Microsoft Lifecam NX-6000). The camera would work in other applications, and Skype would detect it but couldn't grab the image either in the test or… more »

Posted in Ubuntu 9.10

Installing rhythmbox in Arch

September 29th, 2010
By now you can guess how to install rhythmbox in Arch:sudo pacman -S rhythmboxThis installs the basic package, but a few tweaks are needed for full functionality. First, rhythmbox requires the fuse module to be loaded to run. Load it now with:… more »

Posted in Arch in VirtualBox

Installing sudo in Arch

September 29th, 2010
As a user of Ubuntu (which has no root account) I'm used to using sudo to apply administrative commands, as opposed to logging into the root account with su. To enable sudo, you first need to install the sudo package: pacman -S sudo You then need… more »

Posted in Arch in VirtualBox

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