Category Archives: System Administration

How to install Xapian 1.2.5 PHP bindings on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Starting from version 1.2.x, Xapian repository on Ubuntu does not contain php5-xapian package apparently due to the license incompatability between GPL and PHP license(great…) Issue is discussed somewhat at length here. But in the meantime, folks suggesting to build PHP … Continue reading →

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Build OpenLDAP 2.3.x from sources on Ubuntu

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin

It happened so that I needed to build a particular version of OpenLDAP on Ubuntu and use that instead of the one in Ubuntu’s repository. Here is a quick guide as to how it worked for me: 1. Get BDB … Continue reading →

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How to install Mono on RedHat/Plesk 8.6.x

Posted on December 12, 2010 by admin

Mono is a savior if you’re migrating Windows sites to Linux/Apache stack. I had to do this just recently and had to setup Mono on RHEL box with Plesk 8.6. It was relatively straighforward process and here is quick log … Continue reading →

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