Mar 20, 2013
How To setup FreeNX-Server on Fedora 18 x64
Admit it, sometimes you need to have the GUI when accessing your Linux system, most times SSH access is all you need. A good option is NoMachine’s NX server with FreeNX running on your Fedora system. Here is a way to successfully install. Become root $ sudo su – Now install freenx-server # yum install freenx-server This will install any dependent programs it needs. After the installation has... read more
Feb 27, 2013
How To Change the default MySQL data directory on RHEL 6
You’ve been using MySQL for sometime now and the database has been growing and you are at the point where it is time to move to another location or to newly added storage that is in a different location. Stopping the MySQL server # service mysqld stop Create a new data diretory and move the content from the old one Creating a new data directory # mkdir /app/mysql/ # chown mysql:mysql /app/mysql... read more
Feb 25, 2013
How To Install MySQL Community Edition on RHEL 6 x86_64
Recently had the need to install the latest Community edition of MySQL on a RHEL 6.3 x86_64 server. For most purposes the included version of MySQL works but if you want the latest version you will need to install the Community edition. First download the latest Community Edition MySQL from here. At the time of this post 5.6.10 is the current version. From the drop down select Oracle & RedHat Linux 6.... read more
Feb 8, 2013
How To Install LibreOffice 4.0 on Fedora 18
Today is the big day, LibreOffice 4.0 has been released and there many new features. We are going to show how to install LibreOffice 4.0 on Fedora 18. Ever since the fork I have been using LibreOffice and it has never disappointed me, so I had to see what 4.0 has and get it on Fedora 18. So here is how it is done. First we need to remove the LibreOffice install and remove them. Using the handy rpm command... read more
Jan 24, 2013
How To Disable ipv6 Fedora 17/18
IPV6 is coming, but it is not here yet, so say you want to disable it on your Fedora 18 system. Pretty simple to do. First let’s edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file. $ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf Add and save the changes net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1 To eliminate the default ipv6 addresses still appear on the interfaces open a terminal and type Type ifconfig to get... read more
