Installing Net::Amazon::S3 Perl module on an Ubuntu server

The following is the same on recent Ubuntu releases, including Karmic, Lucid and Maverick.

What will not work

There seems to be a problem if you install Net::Amazon::S3 from CPAN. This will not work:

sudo cpan Net::Amazon::S3

Just about every dependency in the world installs, but fails in the home stretch when XML::LibXML::XPathContext and [...]

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Opening FTP Ports on an Ubuntu Server

UPDATE: This port is obsolete, see: Passive Mode (PASV) FTP client on an Ubuntu server

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Installing PHP Beautifier on Ubuntu

PHP Beautifier makes your codes all pretty like and such.

First, install Pear, if it is not yet installed:

sudo aptitude install php-pear

Then, install php_beautifier:

sudo pear install PHP_Beautifier-0.1.15

Some Links

http://beautifyphp.sourceforge.net/docs/ http://pear.php.net/ http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_Beautifier/

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Installing Trac and Subversion on Ubuntu Ibex

These are basically my notes from installing Trac and Subversion on an Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex server.

Install Software Packages

sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-python libapache2-svn python-setuptools subversion python-subversion sudo easy_install Trac

Create the Trac Environments Directory

sudo mkdir /var/lib/trac sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/trac

Setup Apache2

Using the default Ubuntu [...]

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Ubuntu: Open Terminal from Nautilus

This will allow you to open a Terminal instance in context in Nautilus.

sudo aptitude install nautilus-open-terminal

You will need to restart Gnome for it to take effect. Note that all you user programs will be terminated…so save data first. Then either use , or:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

And Bob’s your uncle. Now you [...]

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Nautilus as Root in Ubuntu

Firstly, you can just run Nautilus as root from the command line with:

gksudo nautilus

The following procedure will add a root file browser to the Applications | System Tools menu.

I got this from http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-256998.html.

Create a text file with:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Nautilus-root.desktop

Add these lines to the file:

[Desktop Entry]<br /> Name=File [...]

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