Hi, No need for stuff in your /opt folder, unless there are no packages for your app.
Here is what we install by default on our development machines that run Kubuntu: sudo apt-get install wget traceroute mtr locate virtualbox-ose-qt inkscape kaffeine icedtea6-plugin fuse-utils flashplugin-installer openssh-server quassel smb4k virtualbox-ose apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-cli php5-mysql phpmyadmin klinkstatus kcolorchooser gimp kruler ttf-mscorefonts-installer sshfs php5-dev php-pear apache2-threaded-dev This will turn your machine into a LAMPP server: sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-cli php5-mysql phpmyadmin php5-dev php-pear apache2-threaded-dev Because Drupal (our CMS of choice) is such a hog, we speed up php a bit: sudo pecl install apc echo "extension=apc.so" > sudo /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/apc.ini No need for more complexity. And if you cache this in your office, or at least use our cache in town, you should be installing this pretty fast. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Tuesday 04 May 2010 09:04:38 andrew latimer bwogi wrote: > Help guys, > Anyone knows why one cannot run apache on newer versions of linux > inspite of not installing it by default? > > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp status > [sudo] password for bwogi: > Version: XAMPP for Linux 1.5.5a > Apache is not running. > MySQL is not running. > ProFTPD is not running. > bw...@bwogi-laptop:~$ > > So as you can see above, apache is not running! I had no problems say, > with openSuse 10.3 but openSuse 11.1 and the enterprise versions, ubuntu > 10.04 lucid linux inclusive are giving me this problem! > > i'll be most grateful. > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 08:47 +0300, [email protected] wrote: > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (joachim Gwoke) > > 2. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Gipukan) > > 3. Re: Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD (Victor van Reijswoud) > > 4. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Christopher Nambale) > > 5. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT] (Paul Bagyenda) > > 6. Re: Ubuntu Release Party (Chris R. Kasangaki) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 07:35:38 -0700 (PDT) > > From: joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, Inkscape > > Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD does when they > > decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > Regards > > Joachim > > > > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > > From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > > To: [email protected] > > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > > dedicated people. > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > > evening. It took > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > > the same > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > > which also takes > > > quite some time). > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > > alternative to AutoCad > > > for Ubuntu? > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > > his stuff with > > > Open Source) > > > > > > Steen > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 17:48:47 +0300 > > From: Gipukan <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual box. > > > > Rob > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > > I don't know much about architecture, > > > but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, Inkscape > > > Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what AutoCAD does when > > > they decide to go the way of *nix. > > > > > > http://www.blender.org/ > > > http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > > http://www.inkscape.org/ > > > http://www.graphviz.org/ > > > http://www.gimp.org/ > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Joachim > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > >> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Message-ID: > > >> <[email protected]> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >> > > >> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > >> > > >> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > >> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > >> dedicated people. > > >> > > >> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > >> evening. It took > > >> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > >> > > >> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > >> the same > > >> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > >> which also takes > > >> quite some time). > > >> > > >> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > >> alternative to AutoCad > > >> for Ubuntu? > > >> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > >> his stuff with > > >> Open Source) > > >> > > >> Steen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > > way. --------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 19:35:21 +0300 > > From: Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Opensource alternatives to AutoCAD > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > > > Take look at: > > > > http://www.osalt.com/autocad > > > > On May 2, 2010, at 17:48, Gipukan wrote: > > > You can also try to run autocad under wine or a windows in virtual > > > box. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > On 05/02/2010 05:35 PM, joachim Gwoke wrote: > > >> I don't know much about architecture, > > >> but I read somewhere that people use a combination of Blender, > > >> Inkscape Graphviz and GIMP and a few other tools to do what > > >> AutoCAD does when they decide to go the way of *nix. > > >> > > >> http://www.blender.org/ > > >> http://blender-archi.tuxfamily.org/Main_Page > > >> http://www.inkscape.org/ > > >> http://www.graphviz.org/ > > >> http://www.gimp.org/ > > >> > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Joachim > > >> > > >>> Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 09:47:25 +0300 > > >>> From: Steen Andersen <[email protected]> > > >>> Subject: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > >>> To: [email protected] > > >>> Message-ID: > > >>> <[email protected]> > > >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >>> > > >>> Hi Simon and Kyle. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks a lot for a great event. > > >>> Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many > > >>> dedicated people. > > >>> > > >>> I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same > > >>> evening. It took > > >>> approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > >>> > > >>> Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on > > >>> the same > > >>> computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, > > >>> which also takes > > >>> quite some time). > > >>> > > >>> Does anybody know if there is a serious open source > > >>> alternative to AutoCad > > >>> for Ubuntu? > > >>> (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all > > >>> his stuff with > > >>> Open Source) > > >>> > > >>> Steen > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> LUG mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > >> > > >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > >> > > >> All Archives can be found at > > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >> > > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > >> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > >> for them in any way. > > >> --------------------------------------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > > for them in any way. > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 10:02:20 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Christopher Nambale <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' > > recommendation.http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle- > >a-response-to-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars CN > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above' recommendation. > > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response-to > > >-steve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars > > > > > > CN > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT] > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20100503/87e93fca/attachme > >nt.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 08:52:41 +0300 > > From: "Chris R. Kasangaki" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > Hi Steen > > > > Tell your friend to try QCAD. > > I have installed it in Debian Lenny. It should work well in Ubuntu. > > > > Chris > > > > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 09:47 +0300, Steen Andersen wrote: > > > Hi Simon and Kyle. > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event. > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice to meet so many dedicated > > > people. > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my laptop the same evening. It took > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up and running. GREAT. > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading from Vista to 7 on the same > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my existing applications, which also > > > takes quite some time). > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious open source alternative to > > > AutoCad for Ubuntu? > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who wants to run all his stuff > > > with Open Source) > > > > > > Steen > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > All Archives can be found at > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > > attachments if any). 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