Posts tagged ubuntu
Openfire 3.6.4 on Ubuntu 10.04LTS
0After installing Ubuntu Server 10.04LTS on to one of my VMs, I found I couldn’t install Openfire due to a missing dependency on sun-java6-jre. The Sun JRE has been removed from Ubuntu 10.04LTS, and its replacement, openjdk-6-jre isn’t quite up to scratch.
As reported elsewhere, here’s how to install sun-java6-jre:
- Modify
/etc/apt/sources.listand adddeb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner - Update the package database by running
apt-get update - Install the Java runtime environment using
apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Simples.
More 64-bit fun
2I found how to run Oracle 10g Express Edition on a 64-bit platform. It’s, er, remarkably straightforward. I expected to jump through more hoops…
This may kick me in to touch and force me to test NetHorus on a database backend other than MySQL…!
Adobe Flash Player on Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit
0It seems a 64-bit desktop isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Adobe Flash Player has difficulty, but I stumbled across a pre-release of Adobe Flash Player 10 for 64-bit Linux.
Download the file, unpack it and copy it to /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/. Restart Firefox, and away you go.
Ubuntu 9.10 and my Dell Mini 9
0As documented elsewhere, I needed a bit of shell hackery to get my Broadcom BCM4312 working under Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix.
Not to worry – it’s not awfully scary. Now I can leave the flat, with three of my four machines upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 within 24 hours of getting my hands on the ISO images.
Ubuntu 9.10
0I took the plunge and upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 on my work laptop. The process was incredibly smooth, and there’s not much to it apart from that. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping the dbus problems with 3G dongle PPP connections have gone away.
I am waiting for some free time at the weekend and a pair of 1Tb hard drives before I take the plunge and install the 64-bit version on my desktop at home.