Setting the timezone on CentOS
I forget this pretty much all the time, even though it’s a fairly simple operation. There are loads of timezone data files stored in: /usr/share/zoneinfo So for my CentOS install, to set my machine to...
View ArticleInstalling MySQL gem on CentOS
Old news, but you’d be surprised how many times the same: Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. ... error brings everything to a halt. Well...
View ArticleInstalling Python’s Twisted on CentOS5 x86_64
I had to do a bit of searching to find the correct way to install Twisted on a 64 bit CentOS 5 machine, like the one I have via virtual hosting with SliceHost. But once I had the answers it was very...
View ArticleInstalling daemontools on CentOS5 x86_64
[UPDATE] It turns out you need to apply the patch below on any recent Linux distribution, not just 64 bit architectures, if that helps anyone. More head scratching, web searching, friend asking, and...
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