Exercises, examples and other material relating to training module A165. This topic is presented on public courses
Deploying LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/PHP,
Linux Administration,
Deploying Java Applications on Linux / Unix,
Linux bootcamp
Although Linux distributions usually include a large number of tools, from time to time you'll need to install additional software or upgrade an existing application. This module looks at .rpm files, make, compilers and various other tools you'll come across as you install and upgrade.
Articles and tips on this subject | updated |
4259 | Upgrading our training systems to all the current stable versions Programming languages are the eye of the storm in software development - the calm in the midst of the gales, an area where changes are gradual and gentle. It really needs to be that way, for who wants to pay for development of code when it's going to have a short shelf life?
And so developers write ... | 2014-04-07 (longer) |
3053 | Make - automating the commands for building and installing Coding projects (and their open source distributions) require build scripts - files of commands that convert the source code into executable programs, that install the various resultant files into place, and that can clean up the build area for a fresh build or for redistribution. The make system - ... | 2010-12-04 |
2201 | Running straight from the jar, but not from a tar Why can you run applications in Java straight from the jar, but you'll never find mainstream applications extracting their code from a tar file? It all comes down to the different indexing structure.
A tar file was originally designed as a "tape archive". So it's a sequential file that contains file ... | 2009-05-26 |
2139 | OS Commerce install made simple Downloading and installing a new open source product can be daunting, and yesterday afternoon and this morning we set up WordPress and OSCommerce onto our own test server, and onto delegate's laptops. I'm following this introduction with a brief procedure summary for the setup of OSCommerce ... the ... | 2009-04-28 |
1700 | FTP server on Fedora Linux Using vsftpd ...
Turning on manually / for current boot
1. Log is as root
2. cd /etc/init.d
3. ./vsftpd start
[trainee@melksham ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@melksham ~]# cd /etc/init.d
[root@melksham init.d]# ./vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ]
[root@melksham ... | 2008-07-06 |
809 | What to do during a Linux build I remember doing Solaris builds a decade ago ... hanging around for occasional questions or to change the tapes from volume 1 to 2, 2 to 3 .... the bad ole days. These days, the Linux distributions really have it sussed out; most questions are asked early on, then the majority of the build runs from ... | 2006-07-20 |
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Topics covered in this module
Installation via RPM packages.
configure, make, cc and others.
Installation from tar or tgz files.
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