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HOW TO: Install Ruby 1.8.7 on Windows
13 Jan 2009Download the windows binaries for Ruby 1.8.7 here: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ extract that to wherever you would like, I use c:\ruby. Then put c:\ruby\bin in your PATH environment variable.
Download the zlib package: http://www.zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip and extract the zlib1.dll, rename it to zlib.dll and move it into your Windows\System32.
Download the iconv package: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25167&package_id=51458. Find and extract the iconv.dll into [...]
HOW TO: Proxy Firefox through SSH
29 Mar 2008Requirements:
PuTTY on local machine
Remote host running OpenSSH
1. Create a new PuTTY session
Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host that is running OpenSSH. Fill in the hostname, the port (usually 22), make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.
2. Configure a secure tunnel
Click [...]
Making Java 2 work in Debian
23 Mar 2008Download the j2se SDK from http://java.sun.com. Download the “.bin” file. In a terminal window, run the following commands.
Switch to root use by issuing
$ su -
Password:
cd to the directory where the file was downloaded.
# cd ~nick/Downloads/
Change the permission of the file and execute it.
# chmod +x j2sdk*.bin
# ./j2sdk-*.bin
Make a directory under /usr/local (for example /usr/local/sun).
# [...]
HOW TO: Shortcut to “Safely Remove Harware”
14 Mar 2008Press Windows Key + R (To open the run dialog).
Type in the following:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Now create a shortcut (right-click on an empty space in the folder and select New-> shortcut). Add the following line.
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
This creates a quick launch to the “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog. Now you can reduce the number of [...]
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