How to install JDK (Java Development Kit) on Linux

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Fuad NAHDI and has 7 comments.

This tutorial will guide you on how to install JDK (Java Development Kit) on Linux. Since I use Centos 5.4 x86_64 in everyday life, this guide is showing you how to install JDK in Centos 5.4 64bit. It must work in any other Linux distro

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How to add MP3 support to Rhythmbox

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Fuad NAHDI and has no comments yet.

If you want to play musics (MP3 files) in UNIX/Linux platform, you can choose to use XMMS, Songbird, Amarok ,Rhythmbox and others. Since I use Gnome window manager on my Centos 5.4, I use Rhythmbox to play MP3 music files

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How to install Oracle x64 11gR2 on Centos 5.4 x86_64

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Fuad NAHDI and has no comments yet.
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For the x64 platform you need to modify some settings in the /etc/sysctl.conf file and also the memory swap space.
I have 2GB RAM and set the swap memory to 2GB also, but in the installation stage the expected swap space is 3GB

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How to install Huawei E220 USB Modem on Centos 5.4

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Fuad NAHDI and has 5 comments.

It is very easy to do this. CentOS 5.4 that using kernel 2.6.18-164 is smart enough to autodetect the device so you do not need huaweiAktBbo-i386.out tool to switch the modem to the correct mode for serial port. In my case, it is detected and attached to ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1

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How to upgrade Clam Anti-virus (Clamav) on Centos

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Fuad NAHDI and has no comments yet.

My email server is using Postfix as the MTA and Clamav as the anti-virus software running on Centos 5. Today I check the version of Clamav installed on it and it is already out-dated so I need to upgrade to the latest stable version. The installed version of clamav is ClamAV 0.94 whereas the latest stable version is ClamAV 0.95.2.

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