[HOWTO] Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 in Fedora 15

August 8th, 2011 Permalink

Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 may be required to run some applications that are not compatible with OpenJDK which can be installed using package manager in Fedora 15. Here is how to do it. Open the terminal and use the following commands:

Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 may be required to run some applications that are not compatible with OpenJDK which can be installed using package manager in Fedora 15. Here is how to do it. Open the terminal and use the following commands:

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[SOLVED] Widget does not exist error after using unset to remove form fields in Symfony 1.x

July 15th, 2011 Permalink

I am getting started with Symfony 1.4 and I learnt that form elements can be removed by using unset. However, I got error similar to the following after using unset:

I am getting started with Symfony 1.4 and I learnt that form elements can be removed by using unset. However, I got error similar to the following after using unset: Continue Reading

[SOLVED] Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

July 14th, 2011 Permalink

While trying to run a single-file php script in my Fedora 15 installation, I got a very strange error:

While trying to run a single-file php script in my Fedora 15 installation, I got a very strange error: Continue Reading

[SOLVED] “[[WARNING]] The posix_isatty() is available: FAILED *** Install and enable the php_posix extension (used to colorized the CLI output) ***”

July 14th, 2011 Permalink

I ran the Symfony PHP Framework configuration check script in Fedora 15 and got the following error: [[WARNING]] The posix_isatty() is available: FAILED *** Install and enable the php_posix extension (used to colorized the CLI output) ***

I ran the Symfony PHP Framework configuration check script in Fedora 15 and got the following error:

[[WARNING]] The posix_isatty() is available: FAILED
*** Install and enable the php_posix extension (used to colorized the CLI output) ***

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[HOWTO] Import photos from Facebook to Google Plus

July 3rd, 2011 Permalink

Google Plus is still not available for public but is only available to invited users. However, many of you already have accounts via invitation. So, you may want to have all your photos from Facebook to Google+. Here is how you can do it.

Google Plus is still not available for public but is only available to invited users. However, many of you already have accounts via invitation. So, you may want to have all your photos from Facebook to Google+. Here is how you can do it.

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[HOWTO] Compile Facebook hiphop-php in Fedora 15

June 29th, 2011 Permalink

HipHop for PHP is a source code transformer which transforms PHP code to C++ and compiles it with gcc/g++. I wanted to experiment with it and tried to install in on my PC with Fedora 15. Here is how I did it and how you can do it ( hopefully ). Please note that this [...]

HipHop for PHP is a source code transformer which transforms PHP code to C++ and compiles it with gcc/g++. I wanted to experiment with it and tried to install in on my PC with Fedora 15. Here is how I did it and how you can do it ( hopefully icon smile [HOWTO] Compile Facebook hiphop php in Fedora 15 ). Please note that this did not work and I will update the article soon.

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[SOLVED] No package ‘gtk+-3.0′ found

June 26th, 2011 Permalink

If you are trying to compile a gtk-3 application and if you don’t have development package installed here is the error you can get:

If you are trying to compile a gtk-3 application and if you don’t have development package installed here is the error you can get: Continue Reading

[HOWTO] Install GPaste in Fedora 15

June 26th, 2011 Permalink

GPaste is a clipboard management tool for GNOME 3. It is not available in the repos and must be downloaded via git and compiled. Here is how you can do it:

GPaste is a clipboard management tool for GNOME 3. It is not available in the repos and must be downloaded via git and compiled. Here is how you can do it:

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[HOWTO] Download Videos from Colbert Nation

June 19th, 2011 Permalink

To download videos from Colbert Nation, just use this Colbert Nation Video Link Generator and follow the instructions.

To download videos from Colbert Nation, just use this Colbert Nation Video Link Generator and follow the instructions.

[HOWTO] Install java browser plugin in Fedora 15

June 19th, 2011 Permalink

To install java browser plugin for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, go to Add/Remove Software, search for icedtea-web and install it or run the following in your terminal:

To install java browser plugin for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, go to Add/Remove Software, search for icedtea-web and install it or run the following in your terminal: Continue Reading