18May 2014 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

Play all media formats on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop

Experiments, How to, Linux
I still remember the first time I test-drove Mandriva Linux (formerly known as Mandrake), I could run every other audio and video format out-of-the-box without downloading anything (it was a dialup modem era so downloading was a pain-in-the-rear). Many years after, I finally installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my new laptop but it does not recognize some of my mp3 files and im like "Are you kidding me?" Im glad I found a solution, there is a package called ubuntu-restricted-extras (read the Wikipedia entry and Ubuntu documentation) that you can install and it support all major media formats, Codecs and even Flash Player. To install, you need to run Legal Notice Patent and copyright laws operate differently depending on which country you are in. Please obtain legal advice if you are unsure whether…
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17Jun 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Installing / re-installing and Configuring phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu

How to, Linux, OpenSource, PHP, Resources, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu
phpMyAdmin is a very common and handy tool that most of the developers use. It is available on almost every server. Installing phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu server is even easier, you just need to but what if we accidently skip the configuration screen where phpmyadmin makes modifications to apache? Dont worry just do the following Edit Apache's configuration file (assuming you are using apache2) Add the following line of code inside apache2.conf: Now restart Apache: Go to /phpmyadmin/ and login with your mysql username and password.
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09Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

Intall Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 8.10

How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu
WARNING: Please use this method to install Apache, PHP and MySQL because its more suitable for most of your needs and has options to auto-upgrade your installation. The following method is obsolete and not recommended. After trying to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on Ubuntu 8.10 via several methods listed over the web. I opted for xampp package for linux. It is as easy as ABC Download the xampp linux package from their official website (I have selected NCHC, Taiwan as the mirror to download this package, you may try another) Extract the files Chmod the files to have nobody ownership Configure xampp security Start xampp with this command Stop xampp Restart xampp Login to ftp using the username nobody and the password that you have set up in the…
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08Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

Download files from a http authenticated directory using wget

How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Thoughts, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu
I wanted to download something off a sub-domain using wget that I have password protected using .htaccess so the following command was NOT working Luckily, we can pass two arguments to the same command and tell wget what the username and password is Works Great!! If you are using Ubuntu 8.10, have not enabled root user and trying to download to a directory that has "nobody" or "root" as owner then try pre-pending it with sudo
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08Jan 2009 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

How to Install Webmin in Ubuntu

How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu
From the little help that I can get over the internet, I found out that you need to install the following packages to prepare the system for Webmin installation. Run the following command over SSH or Ubuntu Desktop's terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal). (Learn how to configure SSH on Ubuntu 8.10 if you want to have a remote access to your Ubuntu box). Download the latest version of Webmin by running the following command (visit webmin download section for newer versions) Downloading Webmin After the package has been downloaded, run the following command to install it You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL https://localhost:10000/ using root or any other user with sudo access.
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