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Trigger build of Debian package for Git Jenkins CI
Posted in BASh, Continuous Integration, Debian, Git, Jenkins, Packaging, SCM, Software
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Change Linux User login and Group
If you ever have the need to change a linux user’s login and home directory, here is a quick tip: To change the users home directory, execute the following: usermod -l <newname> -d /home/<newname> -m <oldname> And to change the … Continue reading
Zend Debugger: Cannot read a valid value of zend_debugger.httpd_uid
If you happen to have setup Zend Debugger for debugging your PHP code and you encounter the following error in the webserver error log: Zend Debugger: Cannot read a valid value of zend_debugger.httpd_uid or zend.httpd_uid, will not perform dropping of … Continue reading
Posted in Debugger, Macintosh, Zend
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Install PDT for Adobe Flash Builder
I have come across several people trying to do this in a convoluted way. Here is the simple way of adding PDT to your Flash Builder IDE. Since current Flash Builder is basically built on Eclipse Galileo, you just have … Continue reading
Posted in Adobe Flash Builder, Eclipse, Software
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Return to Blogging
Yes, I am back! After a long absence of over 2 years I hope to blog again. Lots of things have happened since the last time I wrote an entry. Life has changed ever since I became a father around … Continue reading
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MySQL Date Age Calculation
I have always had the need to calculate the age as year and month from a MySQL field of type date. No doubt you can achieve this with a bit of PHP, but when you require to do the conversion … Continue reading
Arduino IDE on 64bit openSUSE
Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It’s an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software … Continue reading
openSUSE “Packaging Day II”
Ever had problems finding a package for your favorite application for your favorite distro? Are you an application developer or project contributor, and want to learn how to provide binary packages for all the popular distros (including openSUSE) automatically? Using … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, openSuSe, RPM
Tagged Linux, openSUSE build service, packaging, RPM, Software
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Importing TV shows into Mythtv
I have been using the popular open source multimedia programme called mythtv for a while now. Apart from recording my favourite TV shows, I also utilise the various modules like mythmusic, mythnews, mythvideo and mythweb. Though you can use mythvideo … Continue reading