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Install Python 2.7.2 from source on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
The first thing I did was to create a wwwuser that I plan to run pyramid under. As a result, I am intentionally installing Python 2.7.2 under only 1 user account, and am leaving the system wide python...
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Change the default ssh port on Ubuntu
Changing the default port of ssh is not a huge improvement in security, but I’ve found it to be a useful tool in keeping log files free from failed login attempts with username root on port 22 (and I...
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Install Pentaho BI Server 4.5 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop
Overview: What is Pentaho? Pentaho is an open source Business Intelligence (BI) Suite that comes in with either commercial support (http://www.pentaho.com/) and or community support...
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Install Pentaho Design Studio 4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop
Introduction Pentaho Design Studio (PDS) is a BI plugin for Eclipse. I’m going to download the complete package as Pentaho was nice enough to integrate the plugin with Eclipse for us. Download To...
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Install Java JDK 6.0 update 31 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Introduction The first question is why are we installing an old JDK. The answer is that Oracle JDK 6.0 update 31 is the JDK recommended by Cloudera when installing CDH4 (Cloudera Distribution Hadoop...
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Install JDK 7 u5 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (as a secondary JDK)
Introduction I had installed JDK 6.0 update 31 in an earlier post. However, I now need to write a Java application that requires the features available in JDK 7. In this post, I will install JDK 7...
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What is sed?
Introduction sed is short for Stream EDitor, which is a utility that allow you to parse and transform text one line at a time. sed is a useful tool, along with grep and awk, when manipulating text...
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Start/Stop Hadoop Services (CDH4)
Introduction Starting and stopping services is a common part of Hadoop administration. Hadoop Region Server Start a Region Server sudo service hbase-regionserver start Stop a Region Server sudo service...
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Install Postgresql on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Introduction Postgresql is an open source object relational database. It is often thought of as an alternative to MySQL. In this post I’ll provide the steps required to install Postgresql on a...
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Update April 23, 2012 I added new instructions for adding the MySQL libs to the loader path. Failure to add the libs to the loader path will cause errors when you try to run/build programs that depend...
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