Archiv der Kategorie: Open Source

Classical Learning Curves for some Common Editors

I just found an interesting blog entry with a picture of “classical learning curves for some common editors”. A picture which must not be lost in time… especially if Your preferred editors are vim and emacs (or vice versa): Note: … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Emacs, Fun, Vim | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Using “-Wl,–rpath” for non-default locations

I often compile “packages” for development from source and put them into their own location (within the “/opt” directory) to not break the base system. For shared libraries this often leads to a problem: the system doesn’t find those special … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter 12.04 LTS, 2.8.12, 2.9.4, 3.3, 3.3.0, Linux, Python, wxWidgets | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Free X11 Server for Windows

I just discovered the following free X11 Server for Windows: VcXsrv Windows X Server. No need for Cygwin/X or Xming! Only PuTTY is needed…

Veröffentlicht unter Cygwin/X, VcXsrv Windows X Server, Windows, Xming | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Installing Erlang/OTP R14B04 on Ubuntu 11.10 from source tarball

Links to downloads: Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Erlang/OTP R14B04 Installing the prerequisites: Some personal environmen settings: Note: my user belongs to the admin group, the “/opt” directory is owned by “root:admin” and its mode is “0775“! Setup the source environment: … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter 11.10, Erlang/OTP, NVIDIA, OpenGL, R14B04, Ubuntu, wxWidgets | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

wxWidgets/OpenGL problems with nvidia-current driver after installing Erlang/OTP R14B02 on Ubuntu 11.04 from source tarball

After installing Erlang/OTP R14B02 using my guide, the first thing I do is to start the “wx:demo()” (a demo for the Erlang to wxWidgets bindings) and checking if the “gl” (OpenGL) example works. But I was very unhappy when I … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter 11.04 LTS, DELL, Erlang/OTP, GeForce 8600 GTS, NVIDIA, OpenGL, R14B02, Vostro 400, wxWidgets | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Enable IPv6 for postfix

To use IPv6 with postfix, one has to add inet_protocols = all to main.cf! See inet_protocols (default: ipv4). I just hope I don’t forget this mental note the next time…

Veröffentlicht unter IPv6, Mental Note, postfix | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

nginx PPA for Ubuntu 10.x

A mental reminder for adding the nginx PPA to Ubuntu 10.x: Links: nginx launchpad.net: Nginx PPA

Veröffentlicht unter 10.04 LTS, 10.10, NGINX | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Mozilla Firefox PPA for Ubuntu 10.x

Another mental reminder for adding the Mozilla Firefox PPA on Ubuntu 10.x systems:

Veröffentlicht unter 10.04 LTS, 10.10, Mozilla Firefox | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

LibreOffice PPA for Ubuntu 10.x

Before I forget it again, here is the necessary command to add the LibreOffice PPA on Ubuntu systems: (Added “update” and “install” lines.)

Veröffentlicht unter 10.04 LTS, 10.10, LibreOffice | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar

Building wxWidgets from Source for Erlang/OTP

Extract the wxWidgets tarball. > cd $SRC_HOME > tar xvf ~/Downloads/wxwidgets.org/wxWidgets-2.8.11.tar.bz2 Create a build directory and change into it. > mkdir wxWidgets-2.8.11-build > cd wxWidgets-2.8.11-build Execute configure, compile and install wxWidgets (check permissions): > ../wxWidgets-2.8.11/configure –enable-unicode –with-opengl –prefix=/opt/wxWidgets-2.8.11 > make … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter 2.8.11, Erlang/OTP, R14B01, wxWidgets | Hinterlasse einen Kommentar