19Jul 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 6 Comments

Installing Lighttpd, PHP and MySQL on Ubuntu

How to, Linux, OpenSource, PHP, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu, Virtual Private Server
If you are not getting a package on Ubuntu, please check to see if your /etc/apt/sources.list file is updated. This is common with most VPS providers On VPS, especially with challenging small memory limit (e.g. 64MB or 128MB) lighttpd is the best option instead of Apache. In this article I will show you how to do that. On a fresh box (which has no apache installed) type this to get lighttpd webserver installed [code]apt-get install lighttpd[/code] Now install PHP5 CGI package and PHP5 command line package [code]apt-get install php5-cgi php5-cli[/code] Edit the following file [code]nano /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini[/code] and uncomment this line [code]cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1[/code] Now enable fastcgi module [code]lighty-enable-mod fastcgi[/code] Restart Lighttpd [code]/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart[/code] You get the welcome page Lets install MySQL 5.1 server and client [code]apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client[/code] and…
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21Jun 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 3 Comments

PHP Depreciated errors on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

How to, Linux, PHP, Tutorials, Ubuntu
If you have installed LAMP (Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) then running this on SSH [code]php -v[/code] would be giving you certain PHP Depreciated warning like these [code]root@sea:~# php -v PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/idn.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0 PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/imagick.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0 PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/imap.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0 PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0 PHP 5.3.2-1ubuntu4 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Apr 9 2010 08:23:39) Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies[/code] Its…
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28May 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 16 Comments

Build-Essentials in CentOS?

CentOS, How to, Linux, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu
If you are like me, you may be doing this to install essential build libraries to compile something from source [code]# wrong method yum install build-essential[/code] :) Build essential is a Ubuntu / Debian package. On CentOS, you need to do this [code]yum groupinstall "Development Tools"[/code] Warning: This will install all development tools approx 49 packages closing to 65MB
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08Apr 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

How to solve ‘You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.’ in WordPress

How to, Tutorials
I have been getting the following error because I changed the database table prefix You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. The cause of the problem is that you have changed the database prefixes but still, some of the word press config is tied down to the previous prefix (wp_ or something) Just execute the following two queries [code lang="sql" toolbar="false"] -- Replace 'prefix_' with your actual prefix UPDATE `prefix_usermeta` SET `meta_key` = REPLACE( `meta_key` , 'wp_', 'prefix_' ); -- Replace 'prefix_' with your actual prefix UPDATE `prefix_options` SET `option_name` = 'prefix_user_roles' WHERE `option_name` ='wp_user_roles' AND `blog_id` =0;[/code]
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12Jan 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Fixing Pear ‘unsupported protocal’ error

CentOS, How to, Linux, Tutorials
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 5.9 (using CentOS-Testing repo). To resolve this situation, do this. [code lang="plain"]rm -fr /usr/share/pear/.channels[/code] and then do this [code lang="plain"]pear update-channels[/code] It should now give you the following output [code lang="plain"]Updating channel "doc.php.net" Update of Channel "doc.php.net" succeeded Updating channel "pear.php.net" Update of Channel "pear.php.net" succeeded Updating channel "pecl.php.net" Update of Channel "pecl.php.net" succeeded[/code] That's it, your issue is resolved.
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