Archive: ubuntu

1] Download the latest version of ( XAMPP For Linux ) here
2] Install it. To install lampp, extract and put in /opt directory. Remember to extract it as ROOT.
3] Download Development package from same site.
4] Extract it, copy and paste “include” folder from Development package to /opt/lampp directory. ( This package would use for compiling [...]

If you need to do a bulk find and replace operation on a load of files within a particular folder structure, for example when refactoring some of your code, then instead of trying to use your IDE you could give this little app a try.
It’s called Regexxer:
http://regexxer.sourceforge.net/
And is in the Ubuntu repositories (Software Centre) so [...]

If you use nautilus to manage your files (if you are using Ubuntu, you do) and you would like a quick way to open files with sudo rights, check out the nautilus-gksu package.
This extends nautilus allowing you “open as administrator” from a right click menu. This is a great time saver and a much [...]

If you use Virtual Box for virtual machines (eg testing web sites in IE, what fun) then this is of interest to you. There is another feature which I have only just discovered called Guest Additions.
This is something that you can install into your VM which gives much tighter integration with the host OS. For [...]

If you want to add another harddrive to your Ubuntu system, the easiest way to handle it is to use Gparted (think partition magic for Linux). You can install via the add applications menu in Applications.
Once you create your various partitions though, you might get confused because you can't actually write to them. Gparted makes [...]

If like me you have a Linux drive, but also run NTFS drives for windows/buntu compatability reasons (in my case, simply archive drives that I haven't got around to moving from NTFS to EXT).
After nuking my machine thanks to trying a variety of advice found on the net. (I don't recommend you use pySDM - [...]

If you are using Ubuntu (or probably other versions of linux as well) and the OSE version of Virtualbox, then after upgrading you might find that your virtual machine images no longer run.
Don't despair!
The solution is really simple.
1. Uninstall VirtualBox OSE
2. Go to the Official VirtualBox Downloads Page and download the correct version for [...]

If you work with applications that have a lot of nested directories (ahem Magento) then you might really like this.
In one command, you can make an entire path of nested directories with the command mkdirhier.
eg
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mkdirhier EC/Custom/Model/Blah/Something/Really/Deep

You need to have xutils-dev installed
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sudo apt-get install xutils-dev

Oh yeah of course you have to [...]

I have recently had the misfortune of stepping out of my usual developers bubble and having to do a bit of graphic web design. Of course that means that not only did I have to try to make something look good with my meagre design skills, but then I had to worry about making sure [...]

This is as much a note to self plus anyone else googling for the words Ubuntu Jaunty and Filezilla
The version that's in the repositories is a bit old and missing some cool features like synchronised browsing.
The latest version is available from GetDeb - http://www.getdeb.net/app/FileZilla
If you have already installed a version from the repos, totally [...]