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This should be used as an updated and preferred version of my brief Ruby and Gems installation tutorial. Since 1.8.5 is very outdated and full of bugs and security issues, no one should use anything below 1.8.7.
RVM (Ruby Version Manager) is a great way to switch between different version environments of Ruby and it …
Read MoreJuly 3, 2011 Tags: 1.8.7, 1.9.2, centos 5.6, centos 64bit, ruby, ruby enterprise edition, ruby version manager, rvm
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UPDATE: This article may help you, however if you are looking for more flexible way to install and handle multiple versions of Ruby on one system, you should check my article about Installing RVM (Ruby Version Manager) and Ruby 1.8.7/1.9.2/REE on CentOS 5.6 64Bit.
If you think that having yum handy and Ruby in one …
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2010 Tags: centos 5.5, gems, gems 1.3.5, rails, rdoc, ri, ruby, ruby 1.8.5, ruby-rdoc, ruby-ri, rubygems, zlib, zlib-devel
Category: Linux, Quick Fixes 5 Comments
Some of you probably use dedicated virtual hosting like Media Temple and are aware that the big hosting providers like to take their time and test all new versions of software prior to deploying it and making it part of their default server images.
Paralels Plesk version 8 for example is somewhat slow and not …
Read MoreHere is quick install howto for swftools 0.9.1 on CentOS 5.5:
Get the swftools-0.9.1 (this is the current for now):
[root@centos5 ~]# wget http://www.swftools.org/swftools-0.9.1.tar.gz
[root@centos5 ~]# gunzip swftools-0.9.1.tar.gz
[root@centos5 ~]# tar xzf swftools-0.9.1.tar.gz
Now you have to compile it so you need to have gcc and some libraries and components installed (automake, zlib-devel, libjpeg-devel, giflib-devel, freetype-devel) so you …
Read MoreAugust 23, 2010 Tags: 0.9.1, 5.5, centos, linux, swftools, swftools-0.9.1
Category: Linux, Quick Fixes 5 Comments
Since it has been a real adventure to gather all the pieces from this puzzle, I decided to write a guide for folks who are about to do this.
The following tutorial shows that pretty much everything in it was done as root and on a default CentOS installation (which is NOT a good practice for …
Read MoreJuly 15, 2010 Tags: alfresco community 3.3g, centos 5.5, error, gui, linux, mysql, openoffice, problem, swftools, trouble
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