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Ubuntu 10.04 & Tomcat 6: Improve performance with Apache Tomcat Native library
To improve the performance of the Apache Tomcat Server you could use the Apache Tomcat Native library. To install the library just execute: # sudo aptitude install libtcnative-1 and add the following line to the file $CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh (create the file if it does not exist): export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH To verify the library is running you will […]
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Howto remove Microsoft Office 2007 if uninstalling failed
If you are not able to uninstall your Office 2007 suite using the Windows “Add or Remove Programs” feature the “Fix it” application in Microsoft’s knowledge base could help you (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971179). If the list of installed software still contains the Office suite after the application has removed all files and registry entries just try Window’s […]
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Ubuntu 10.04 & Java: Setup Sun JDK
Since Ubuntu 10.04 the OpenJDK is the recommended default JDK and the Sun JDK has been removed from the multiverse repository. From the release notes: Sun Java moved to the Partner repository For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, the sun-java6 packages have been dropped from the Multiverse section of the Ubuntu archive. It is recommended that you […]
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ActionScript 2: Copy MovieClips with BitmapData on runtime
The flash.display.BitmapData class enables you to copy arbitrary movie clips on runtime, e.g. movie clips attached from the library or external loaded images or swf files. Here is a little helper function that does all the magic stuff: import flash.display.BitmapData; /** * @param sourceMovieClip Movie clip to copy * @param targetMovieClip (Empty) movie to past […]
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Ubuntu 10.04 & PHP 5.3: Setup PDFlib 6 with PECL
If you want to use the (old) PDFlib 6 (because you have paid for a license), you will get the following error when you try to install the latest pecl pdflib package (version 2.1.8) for PHP 5.3: […] running: make /bin/bash /var/tmp/pear-build-root/pdflib-2.1.8/libtool –mode=compile cc -I. -I/tmp/pear/temp/pdflib -DPHP_ATOM_INC -I/var/tmp/pear-build-root/pdflib-2.1.8/include -I/var/tmp/pear-build-root/pdflib-2.1.8/main -I/tmp/pear/temp/pdflib -I/usr/include/php5 -I/usr/include/php5/main -I/usr/include/php5/TSRM -I/usr/include/php5/Zend -I/usr/include/php5/ext […]
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Ubuntu 10.04 & VDR: Setup femon plugin
The VDR plugin femon adds a DVB status monitor to the OSD that displays signal information and some other parameters of the current selected channel. This plugin is very useful to, e.g. analyze the quality of the DVB signal. The installation is very easy, just use: # sudo apt-get install vdr-plugin-femon # sudo /etc/init.d/vdr restart […]