Quickie: Install Apache 2.2.4 on Ubuntu

• June 15, 2007
• James Skemp

May not be the best, but ... here's how I installed Apache 2.2.4 on Ubuntu (7.04), based on David Winter's guide Building Apache 2.2 from source for Ubuntu Dapper. All code from a terminal, unless otherwise noted. sudo apt-get install build-essential cd mkdir src cd src I downloaded zlib from http://www.zlib.net/ (zlib source code, version 1.2.3, tar.gz format) into the src folder, and extracted it to the same. cd zlib-1.

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Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 to Ubuntu 7.04

• June 12, 2007
• James Skemp

Having already installed JDK 5.0 on Ubuntu, it's time to install what I really wanted in the first place - Eclipse.

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Installing Sun's Java Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 on Ubuntu 7.04

• June 11, 2007
• James Skemp

I don't have much desire to update from the repositories all the time, for whatever reason. Supposedly, if you run Eclipse from the download manager on Ubuntu, you can expect one slow experience. So ... time to start by installing Sun's Java.

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Initial thoughts on moving Firefox settings from Windows to Ubuntu

• May 30, 2007
• James Skemp

This past Friday, I installed Ubuntu 6.06, upgraded it to 6.10, upgraded it to 7.04. I didn't have too much time to actually use it this weekend, but I'm beginning to, attempting to move towards using it almost exclusively for day-to-day stuff.

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Installing Ubuntu really isn't that bad (assuming it can access the file system and your hard drive isn't toast)

• August 18, 2006
• James Skemp

After attempting at least twice before to install Ubuntu onto a computer, I've finally done so this evening. As Gavin would say, "Woot!"

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