Department of Maths & Computing DVD-ROM Set - White DVD-ROM

GNU/Linux Documentation

The Department's Introduction to Linux is available on this DVD in PDF.

Debian GNU/Linux uses APT as it's package management utility. The APT HOWTO is available on this DVDin PDF.

The Department's Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide is available on this DVD in PDF. This guide should be your starting point for help in installing Linux on your machine.

The following gparted information is also available on this DVD.

Before using Gparted please read the Debian GNU/Linux installation guide carefully.

GNU/Linux Software

All the following applications have been tested under GNU/Linux Debian Etch.

Adobe Acroreader

Acrobat Reader© is used to view .PDF files.

There is a Debian package AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb that install Acrobat Reader. It can be installed using Synaptic, or:
$ su
# dpkg -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb

Website:http://www.adobe.com

Java

To install the Java Development Kit copy the archive file jdk-6u4-linux-i586.bin to your local disk. Then as the superuser, install by typing the command

$ sh jdk-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin

and answer the licensing agreement statement.

Java will be installed in the directory /usr/java

Website:http://java.sun.com/javase/index.jsp

XAMPP

XAMPP's authors suggest "XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl.

You need to be root to install XAMPP. Use the su command to switch to the superuser (root).
$ su

To install, go to the directory containing XAMPP and extract it to /opt.
$ cd /media/cdrom/linux/
$ tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.5a.tar.gz -C /opt

Use the following to add /opt/lampp to your ${PATH}.
$ echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/lampp' >> ~/.bashrc

To start XAMPP, call
$ /opt/lampp/lampp start

To test, browse to http://localhost
$ mozilla http://localhost

Xampp is designed for an open development environment. Refer to http://www.xampp.org for security measures for production environments. Most security weaknesses can be fixed with:
$ /opt/lampp/lampp security
Check with your lecturer before you call this as it may cause you difficulties.

Website:http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

SystemrescueCD

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It is very easy to use: just boot the CDROM. The kernel supports most of the important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).

To use burn the iso-image systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.3.iso to CD.

Website:http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

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DVD-1 DVD-2 M&C Home Faculty Home USQ Home	GNU/Linux Documentation The Department's Introduction to Linux is available on this DVD in PDF. Debian GNU/Linux uses APT as it's package management utility. The APT HOWTO is available on this DVDin PDF. The Department's Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide is available on this DVD in PDF. This guide should be your starting point for help in installing Linux on your machine. The following gparted information is also available on this DVD. Gparted general documentation Getting free space to grow-up a partition How to resize partition Before using Gparted please read the Debian GNU/Linux installation guide carefully. GNU/Linux Software All the following applications have been tested under GNU/Linux Debian Etch. Adobe Acroreader Acrobat Reader© is used to view `.PDF` files. There is a Debian package AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb that install Acrobat Reader. It can be installed using Synaptic, or: $ su # dpkg -i AdobeReader_enu-8.1.1-1.i386.deb Website:http://www.adobe.com Java To install the Java Development Kit copy the archive file jdk-6u4-linux-i586.bin to your local disk. Then as the superuser, install by typing the command $ sh jdk-1_5_0_01-linux-i586.bin and answer the licensing agreement statement. Java will be installed in the directory /usr/java Website:http://java.sun.com/javase/index.jsp XAMPP XAMPP's authors suggest "XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. You need to be root to install XAMPP. Use the su command to switch to the superuser (root). $ `su` To install, go to the directory containing XAMPP and extract it to /opt. $ `cd /media/cdrom/linux/` $ `tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.5a.tar.gz -C /opt` Use the following to add /opt/lampp to your ${PATH}. $ `echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/lampp' >> ~/.bashrc` To start XAMPP, call $ `/opt/lampp/lampp start` To test, browse to http://localhost $ `mozilla http://localhost` Xampp is designed for an open development environment. Refer to http://www.xampp.org for security measures for production environments. Most security weaknesses can be fixed with: $ `/opt/lampp/lampp security` Check with your lecturer before you call this as it may cause you difficulties. Website:http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html SystemrescueCD SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It is very easy to use: just boot the CDROM. The kernel supports most of the important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs). To use burn the iso-image systemrescuecd-x86-0.4.3.iso to CD. Website:http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page Distribution: Copyright © 1998- University of Southern Queensland, Australia CRICOS: QLD 00244B \| NSW 02225M \| VIC 02387D

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