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Compiling and Installing Ruby and Rails on Ubuntu/Debian

Posted on 04. Feb, 2007 by forouzani.

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The following will install the latest versions of Ruby, Rails and Mongrel on a Ubuntu machine:
# sudo apt-get install build-essential libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev
# wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz (stable ruby)
# wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/11289/rubygems-0.9.4.tgz
# tar -xzf ruby-1.8.6.tar.gz
# cd ruby-1.8.6
# vim ext/Setup
Uncomment the entries for readline and zlib – save changes and exit
# ./configure –prefix=/usr (we want to install in /usr/bin [...]

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Compiling and installing MySql on Linux

Posted on 23. Nov, 2006 by forouzani.

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Installing Mysql:
1) create a user under which the mysql server will be running
# groupadd mysql
# useradd -g mysql mysql
2) go to src download folder
# cd /usr/src/
3) download the latest version
# wget http://mysql.inspire.net.nz/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-5.0.27.tar.gz
4) Extract file
# tar -xzf mysql-5.0.27.tar.gz
5) Go into the directory
# cd mysql-5.0.27
6) If you get an error regarding ‘curses’ run these commands
# ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/mysql [...]

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Compiling and installing Apache on Linux

Posted on 18. Nov, 2006 by forouzani.

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First we need to setup a user and user group under which the Apache server will be running.
# groupadd publicweb
# useradd -g publicweb publicweb
All actions performed by Apache (e.g. PHP script execution) will be restricted by this user’s privileges. Therefore we can explicitly rule which directories PHP scripts may read or change. Also all files [...]

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Compiling and installing PHP5 on Linux

Posted on 02. Nov, 2006 by forouzani.

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Installing PHP5:
1) go to src download folder
# cd /usr/src/
2) find out the latest version
# lynx http://www.php.net/downloads.php
3) download the latest version
# wget http://www.php.net/mirror/php-5.2.1.tar.gz
4) Extract file
# tar -xzf php-5.2.1.tar.gz
5) Go into the directory
# cd php-5.2.1
6) Configure and install
# ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/php –with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs –with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql –with-curl –with-dom –with-dom-xslt –with-dom-exslt –with-gd –enable-mbstring –with-mcrypt –with-mhash –with-mysqli=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config –with-openssl –enable-sockets –enable-track-vars –with-ttf –enable-gd-native-ttf [...]

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