Tutorials – Page 2

30May 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Install PHP5 ADOdb extension on Ubuntu

How to, Linux, OpenSource, PHP, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu

ADOdb library is a very good data abstraction layer for PHP. Installing a PHP extension enables the library to auto-detect this and give even better performance. To install this library on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS do this [code]apt-get install php5-adodb[/code]

29May 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Installing T1LIB on Ubuntu

How to, Linux, OpenSource, PHP, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu

I recently found out about T1LIB. But I had no clue how to install this. Lucky for me I am on Ubuntu and I have the ability to search for a package. T1LIB is actually in the latest Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. You can install it by punching in the following command [code]apt-get install t1lib-bin[/code]

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

27May 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 6 Comments

Installing PHP’s SSH2 extension on Ubuntu

How to, Linux, PHP, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu

On Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Do this (there's no need to do any compiling anymore) [code]apt-get install libssh2-1-dev libssh2-php[/code] You can now test if PHP recognizes it's new ssh2 extension by running: [code]php -m |grep ssh2[/code] Don't forget to restart Apache [code]service apache2 restart[/code]

08Apr 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

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

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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]

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.

23Dec 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

WordPress 2.9 is cool!

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Just found out this morning that WordPress has released 2.9 so I click-updated my blog to the latest version. Thank you WordPress for the one-click-update feature

14Dec 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Enable Multiple Instances of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) for Multiple Logins

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I just discovered that the latest version of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) supports multiple instances. That means, we don't need any third party tool to crack it. The support for multi-WLM i s not enabled by default, but can be easily turned on and enable with registry hack. Go to Start -> Run Type regedit and hit enter Navigate to the following registry key: KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Live\Messenger (For 64-bit x64 OS, go to following registry branch instead: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Live\Messenger) In the right pane, right click on any blank space, select New on context menu, and then click on DWORD Value Name the registry value as MultipleInstances with a value 1 Close Registry Editor Start as many WLM instances as you wish. Its handy when you want to run an office and…

26Nov 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Are you getting “Unfinished transactions remaining … run yum-complete-transaction first” error?

CentOS, How to, Linux, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials

Are you getting this? There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. if so, just do this [sourcecode lang="plain"]yum install yum-utils[/sourcecode] and then run [sourcecode lang="plain"]yum-complete-transaction[/sourcecode]

07Aug 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

CentOS yum update missing dependency error

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If you are using [sourcecode lang="plain"]yum update[/sourcecode] on CentOS and getting the following errors Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 (installed) gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/lib/python2.4 is needed by package gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386 (installed) Don't panic, the solution is simple ... just run the following command [sourcecode lang="plain"]yum clean all[/sourcecode] Then do [sourcecode lang="plain"]yum update[/sourcecode]

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