How to : Install PlayOnLinux on ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and softwares designed to run with Microsoft ®’s Windows ®. You can install PlayOnLinux on ubuntu 9.04 in Jaunty Jackalope in 3 steps : Step:1- Add playonlinux repository to your ubuntu jaunty : sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list Step:2- […]

How to Install and Configure Cacti

Install and Configure Cacti 1.Extract the distribution tarball. shell> tar xzvf cacti-version.tar.gz 2. Create the MySQL database: shell> mysqladmin –user=root create cacti 3. Import the default cacti database: shell> mysql cacti < cacti.sql 4.Optional: Create a MySQL username and password for Cacti. shell> mysql –user=root mysql mysql> GRANT ALL ON cacti.* TO cactiuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY […]

How to test the Apache configuration file?

How to test the Apache configuration file httpd.conf After making changes to the Apache configuration file, it is a good practice to test the configuration before implementing it. To test the Apache configuration file for errors: apachectl configtest If the configuration file is fine, this command will return Syntax Ok. Otherwise, it will return detailed […]