try yum grouplist To get a list of all groups Then maybe yum grouplist | grep -i dev To narrow it down. Then to install the group yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) – Missing XML::DOM
Some one commented in a post once that I shouldn't use cpan shell to install Perl modules on a RPM managed system. So to get a round a recent missing XML::DOM module I did the following. Download and install cpan2rpm from http://perl.arix.com/cpan2rpm/ rpm -Uvh...
Is Moving QAD MFG/Pro eB2SP9 from Redhat Linux 3.1 ES 32bit to Redhat Linux 5.6 64bit Possible?
The simple answer is yes! I have gone from a 32bit Redhat 3.1 Dell Poweredge 1850 environment to a newer Dell R710 Server running Redhat 5.6 and then virtualized onto VMWare when It suffered and array failure. Going 64bit is good because the 4GB memory limit is...
Checking if initrd has the correct modules installed
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img `uname -r` -f # command to include a module mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r` --preload=scsi_dh_rdac # -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img is the new initrd you are creating and -f says to overwrite if it...
CentOS 5.5 PPTPD Server Packets Not Passing
Just installing a CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD server. Problem: Remotely connected using a pptp client and could connect and login but not do an ls on a directory of files. Solution Reduce the MTU edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whichever is your ethernet...
UNetBootIn “Boot Error”
Just used unetbootin to copy a Ubuntu 10.10 x64 image to a 2GB STORE N GO USB Key making a bootable USB Key On reboot and selecting the USB Key from the BIOS Boot Menu (available by pressing ESC when rebooting) I get: "Boot Error" Tried re-installing the ISO using...
ssh taking a long time to give a login prompt
On CentOS 5.5 x64 Symptom: Taking a long time to bring a ssh login: prompt up Connecting using: ssh -v -l username 10.22.23.24 Output: debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic...
CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD Server
This is just a copy and paste of some of the stuff whizzing past when I installed Poptop (PPTPD) server on CentOS release 5.5 (Final) Once you add the poptop yum repository. You can install the unstable or stable Install the poptop repository rpm -Uvh...
UNetBootIn – Create a bootable USB Key from a Linux Distribution CD/DVD ISO File
Go here and download the Windows and / or Linux UNetBootIn uitility. You then launch the UNetbootin executeable and select your options and away you go. Using an ISO CD/DVD image of whichever distribution you want to use (in this case I'm using CentOS 5.5 x64) you...
Taking Talk Nerdy to Me to Extremes
Linux.fm a constant stream of text to speech taken from the Linux Kernel project. Why? You ask. Because they can.
Ubuntu Unity Desktop Environment
Apparently Ubuntu will be going for a game-change with a new Desktop environment named Unity. You can install it on Ubuntu 10.10 using the linked instructions There is a 2D and 3D version. I'm running the 2D version because the 3D version will probably slow my...
IPod Shuffle not mounting in Ubuntu 10.10
I, or more accurately my wife, has an iPod Shuffle Model No. A1112 When inserting into a USB port it's led flashed but it didn't appear as a device in the File Manager. It was detected by the operating system. # the iPod is detected... sudo lsusb Bus 001 Device 015:...
A Good Comms Cabinet & Cabling Supplier
Just bought a 45U rack from 4cabling.com.au Price was approximately 1/4 of what Dell was quoting. Once I got the new rack all I had to do was move the vertical rails in a so they matched the current Dell rack and all was good. In view of the foregoing I'm currently...
Simple test for odd and even numbers
I was just looking at this sites XML sitemap in my browser and got to wondering how it is displayed in such a nicely human readable format. Looking at the source of the sitemap.xml shows that it references an XSL style sheet....
Chookette – Layer of small eggs
Our newly acquired Silkie has layed two eggs. They are quite small and cute. Another dozen eggs and there will be enough for an omellete. We also have a Pekin chook and she and the Silkie keep each other company and provide moral support for each other due to being at...
A Good Kohana Tutorial
Check this out very easy to understand Beginners Kohana Tutorial. http://www.dealtaker.com/blog/2009/11/20/kohana-php-3-0-ko3-tutorial-part-1/ There are many other parts to it (I'm up to 2 at the moment).
Wonk — When you have to KNOW
A little while ago I was watching an episode of Covert Affairs and it used the term `Wonk'. I had heard the term "Policy Wonk" before in relation to someone employed as a political adviser that had a vast general knowledge of just about everything related to politics...
Adobe Acrobat Reader without using The Adobe Download Manager
The latest version of Acrobat Reader has some pretty good security restrictions so an upgrade is a good idea. However if you work on a network which has 512kbps internet connection you don't want to be running Adobe's Down Load Manager 30 times and sucking the files...