If you’re here then you probably already know how to install PHP 5.2 on your CentOS 5.2. One of the ways would be to use a third-party repository like Remi. Here is a good article on how to use it.
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Follow these instructions to install GeoIP on CentOS:
I have decided to say goodbye to the shared hosting once and for all and finally moved all of my personal sites and blog to a virtual private server (VPS) running CentOS 5.2 and Plesk.
I didn’t do this because I was unhappy with my former shared hosting provider as they had good up-time and the support was fast and helpful. I did it because I needed greater access to my hosting then shared hosting can provide; e.g. tweaking the server, installing custom software and controlling the versions of software installed on the server (e.g. symfony and subversion).
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To configure Exim under CentOS to send emails through an ISP’s SMTP server follow these steps:
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This is a quick guide (by jervis) on how to do an install and basic setup of exim on CentOS. This is not meant as a fully inclusive guide but it will get you on the way. Following this you should get a working exim install.
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To install FFmpeg on CentOS 5.x follow these steps:
Below is a list of common commands in CentOS that I tend to forget:
If you, like me, got to the point where you have Mindquarry installed on your linux distribution together with Java Runtime but still can not run Mindquarry successfully and the error says something like:
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If you are using Bash as your terminal, here’s what you need to do:
Install software needed by VMware Tools
Note: you need to boot the 1-1 kernel from grub for this to work. Then:
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