Installation :: Virtual Development Environment On Distro
Jun 28, 2010
I would like to install a very light linux distribution. Light enough to be an host running virtualbox (or vmware player) and then a linux virtual machine of choice on it. Occasionally I could be in needs of running a windows distribution.
The reason why I would like to do this is that I am a developer. I found much convenient to prepare my development environment and run it from machine to machine. Rather than reinstalling a distribution and set it up each time I buy a new laptop.
Do you think it's possible ? The alternative could be to make a kind of linux image and install on a brand new PC, but I don't know how to do that and what are the downside of it.
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May 31, 2011
I'm looking into creating a virtual machine to mirror a web hosting environment I pay for. Long story short, I need a lab so I am not taking down the live site with my mistakes.Questions:
1 - What OS is most commonly used and / or best for running apache web server?My paid host is running "Operating System =linux; Kernel Version2.6.28.5-grsec-sg2"
2 - What is the best open source solution for creating a virtual linux machine on a box running XP?
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Oct 10, 2010
I have recently got tired of Windows and now trying to switch to Linux Kubuntu. how to download TCC for Linux, but I'm not able to use it. I used to add two right click menu entries(at WinXP) - Compile, and Compile and Run. Is there a way I can do it with Linux, for the .C format?
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Feb 21, 2010
I have been looking around the web and forums for a while for the best way to set up a development office. I havent really found many specifics. I am with a new company is just starting to really take their development services seriously. We've added a couple developers and designers in the last month. I am trying to figure out a the best way to set up our environment.
We have a couple dedicated virtual servers with Media Temple. Currently, we develop everything under a subdomain of a domain we set up for development. When the site is ready to go live we move the site to its own domain. I cant believe this is the best way to go about things. So, what do you guys suggest as a setup? Software, versioning, etc. We have the ability to setup a test server in house and then push out changes to the production server but not really sure if that is needed.
We do mainly Wordpress development. If this should be posted in another area,
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Jul 22, 2011
I want to know what is the best linux distribution for java EE development. Is it Cent OS or Fedora 15.
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Jul 14, 2010
I am working with TS7260 and ARM9 board with Debian os I want to interface any database so will you guide what header files are required and how to compile it..
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Oct 2, 2009
I'm not exactly a newb (anymore), but I'm trying to get F11 to install in a virtual PC environment on Win7.
I'm installing on a tablet PC, so I want to do the virtual thing first, to see if Linux can handle the touch screen the way I need it to before I put only Linux on here. The problem I'm running into is that the install wants to default to "text mode", which isn't really a problem, but upon the first reboot, the graphics are all messed up, and I can't get the install to continue.
Is there a command line I can modify to use standard VGA settings during the install, but "redetect" the display settings when the install is complete and I'm ready to use F11?
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Jun 29, 2011
i'm wondering which scripting language is better for distro related activity such as cron jobs , startup scripts and similar things.why is bash mostly used ? is it because of efficiency ?what about perl , python or php as potential successors to bash ?
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May 2, 2010
I have installed "Damn Small Linux" on my home computer for doing C development in unix. But the distribution doesn't by default come with the C development environment and I am facing some issues when trying to install the gcc.Is there any other small Linux distribution which by default has the required packages for the C development. And also I don't want additional software which takes up lot of space but still would like to have the graphical environment.
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Apr 26, 2011
I'm looking for some advice on choosing the proper distribution for building a hardware/software development environment.
My main field of interest would be:
- HDL (VHDL mainly)
- FPGA/CPLD (synthesis, simulation etc)
- CSystemC
- Tcl scripting
- network hardware applications development (FPGA-based network processors i.e.)
Key (or nice to have at least) system features would be:
- large, stable and willing to help community (especially the large developer part of which would be welcomed)
- support for wide spectrum of development tools (proprietary and open source)
- bunch of docs, tutorials, guides, hints for devel's
As far as my online research went, I've manage to shorten it down to 3 favorites:
- Debian
- Fedora/CentOS
- Gentoo
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Feb 17, 2011
I installed a library to the /usr/local/ prefix in Linux using ./configure && make && make install. What environment variables do I need to set in order for the linker and compiler to search these new library and header paths?
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Feb 13, 2011
I was trying to setup a cross-platform development environment with qt, an thus looked for the qt-sdk package I used to install on my 32-bit machine.This package appears to have been deleted from 64-bit ubuntu maverick, but I do not understand the details...
- Has this package been renamed, or is there another one in place of it?
- Is this package going to be available again in the future?
PS: I am aware that one can install the sdk by downloading the installer, but for unattended install I prefer the apt package...
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Mar 5, 2011
I need to create a sandbox environment on my LAMP server for PHP/MySql development. Anyone who could point me in the right direction or share their insight?
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Mar 24, 2010
I am curious if anyone has played around with this desktop environment? I would love to see a Linux distro use this as default. I think one thing Mac does well is self contained apps. Has anyone been able to get ROX to work on Ubuntu? Does anyone know of a distro that uses ROX as the default environment?
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Jul 18, 2010
I'm looking for the best way to identify what distro the user is running and what the desktop environment is running. I'm building some pipeline tools for a visual effects studio and need some generic commands for passing paths to the user's file manager from within Maya and Nuke. The workstations I have access to are FC12 with xfce4 so for that I'd pass a system command :
Code: ("thunar "+$path)I've been identifying Fedora workstations with:
Code: # cat /etc/issue
Is there a command to identify what the current window manager is? Preferably something generic that'll work on the other distros as well.
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Jun 27, 2009
First off I am new to Linux and fairly new to working in Networking and Server config's. I have been using Windows for years and have been learning Windows Server 2003 as I have a Technet account, I can get any MS software. I would like to learn Linux and use this as my Server environment. My project looks like this: I have a Quad core, 8gb machine. I want to install a distro of Linux (server or desktop) and run Virtual Machines on it.
My perferred way would be to use Virtual Box but I could use VMware products if that was better. I would like to run WS2003, WS2008, Linux Distro and anything else that will run in a VM. I can figure out that part pretty easily. I want the Linux host machine to run all these VM's and access and use them on my MAC remotely. I have done some research on ESXi as well, but I don't think my Hardware is going to support that. My exact PC spec's are:
AMD x4 940
8gb DDR2
Gigabyte MA770-UD3
2 Velicoraptor Drives
GTX 260
I will be dual booting this machine on one of the Raptors for gaming as well.
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Nov 18, 2009
I want to install Linux on a virtual machine (VMWare ESXi). My PC runs W7 64-bit. Can I install the new 32-bit Fedora Linux in a VM environment?
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Nov 27, 2010
I want to implement bandwidth shaping policy in a virtual environment. So i have 2mbps link, which i want to distribute it among Email,http(s),ssh,... and some other traffic. I want to do this in a virtual environment, for testing purpose. I want to run this script on a virtualbox virtual machine, which has ubuntu installed on it. and then use that as the router.
(a) is there any software that could simulate email,http,... traffic so that i could test it?
(b) my second question is (though not related to networking) how do i set a (virtual) machine as a router? or is it even possible?
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Mar 17, 2011
I am in the process of setting up a couple of virtual servers in a cloud environment. I am currently working on my application server (Server 1) and am stuck on the creation of my ruleset for this server.
I need to allow SSH, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, and PING on this server. This server will also need to be able to talk with a couple of database servers as well as a memcache server (all internally within my cloud environment)
I have been reading on iptables, since I have never messed with them before, and have come up with the ruleset I will paste below. I have taken other steps to secure my server...changing ssh port, not allowing root to login via ssh without logging in as a user, turning off unnecessary daemons, editing my hosts allow/deny files, just to name a few.
I am a newbie to iptables, so I would love a bit of helpful advice, criticism, and even a good explanation why I should add or remove or edit something. I really want to know the how AND the why!
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Nov 18, 2010
I've been learning linux for a while now with half an eye on making a career out of it in future. One sizeable gap in my knowledge at the moment is networking. Is it feasible/desirable to set up a network of virtual machines to use as an environment to learn networking? My budget is non-existent so I was hoping to be able to get a basic understanding of the principles from installing a few desktops, a virtual gateway etc on VMware workstation on my laptop, and doing a lot of reading online.
Is this feasible, or will I just end up learning about virtual networks instead of real ones? Also how much power would be required, because my 3GB RAM lappy has just gone bang and all I have now is a (new) 1GB RAM lappy.
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Mar 29, 2011
maybe my questions sounds funny: i'm looking for a very small (or better as small as necessary) distro which runs in a virtual box an starts wine.The reason is: we have new laptops in my school runnig windows7 64bit home and we have some software which runs only on WinXP. So why not take a virtualbox wich runs wine to start the old Software?
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Mar 4, 2010
I'm a bit of a noob with ubuntu, but have been using the dreaded windows for many years, programming. My tool of choice is Delphi, which no longer exists for linux.
There is this freeware (of course) application called lazaraus which I can install, but whenever i try even run the simple program i get
/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2/lcl/masks.pas(28,22) Fatal: Can't find unit contnrs used by Masks
what happened to setup.exe? and all needs doing to install, just click next, next, next ,next, wait a bit and there is delphi sitting in the start menu, and it works
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Aug 17, 2011
I tried to build the latest lua package from source but the development libraries are missing. Where are they?
[url]
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After downloading the files for your system you'll probably have two files named lua-5.1_XXXXX.tar.gz - contains the library and includes for developers lua-5.1_XXXXX_bin.tar.gz - contains the executables for end user
But the archive at [url] doesnt contain such files.
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Apr 28, 2010
I'm trying to do a coursework at home which is a java web app. I've installed Tomcat and mySQL, both appear to be working fine. I have Netbeans installed already - from the Ubuntu Software Centre ages ago - when creating a new project it doesn't give an option for a web app project.... Is there some extra package(s) I have to install ?
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Jul 30, 2010
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my desktop. Installing eclipse for java development. before installing I want to install java and tomcat server so please guide me installing all the below software in series.
1) JAVA
2) Tomcat Server
3) Eclipse IDE
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Mar 12, 2009
I installed Fedora 10 on an 8 GB USB-stick using the creator-software for windows. Sadly I am not so familiar with linux but as I am now trying Fedora on a friend's advice I really start to like it
Unfortunatels there ist a problem: I wanted to compile a driver for my wlan-card but got the known error "make: command not found". So I searched this forum and found in this thread that I need to install the development tools. But when I try to do so by typing yum groupinstall "Development Tools" it first starts but then cancels with an error message claiming missing dependencies to a perl package:
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Fehler: Fehlende Abh�ngigkeit: perl = 4:5.10.0-49.fc10 wird ben�tigt von Paket 1erl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-49.fc10.i386 (installed)
Due to my ignorance I tried yum install perl but this also fails with the same error message I am sure it is just a bite for you but I don't hava a clue right now By the way I already can call the command make install now for the wlan-card driver. It also starts but fails and says:
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Apr 29, 2010
I currently run 9.10 and have / and /home mounted on different partitions. From what I understand, I can do a fresh install of 10.04 on / while preserving my settings on /home. What about the development tools? I currently have Apache web server, Tomcat, MySQL, PostgreSQL installed. I presume I will have to reinstall them if I do a fresh install right? So if I want to preserve these dev tools as they are I should only do an upgrade from the update manager? Are there any major advantages to a clean install over an upgrade?
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Nov 26, 2010
Every developer in our organization has access to a single development server and all development ( other than basic experimentation ) is done on this server. This is primarily because there are several interdependent systems and having copies of these systems on each developers machine slows that machine down to the extent of making it completely unusable. All developers access this development server using ssh. Of course this implies that scp will also work as the sshd daemon is running making data vulnerable.
We are currently attempting to secure the code and data on this server from unauthorized copying and transfer.
Currently I am attempting to set up virtual machines on each developer machine that can then be used to connect to the development server. I have created a shell that does nothing but allow for the typing of one command that simply transfers ( ssh login ) the user onto the development server.
I am using virtualBox and ubuntu mini to achieve this.
Problems: The first question is if this is a reasonable way to achieve what I am attempting to. Is there a better way?
The others is more in terms of the set-up: I am attempting to resize the virtualBox console. I tried this by editing grub. Although I am able to resize the screen at start-up the entire screen goes back to ( what I believe is 800x600 ) after the Ubuntu splash screen.
The virualBox seems to have completely messed up the keyboard detection how can I rectify this?
The other is regarding the restricting of shell access I have currently done this by removing access to /bin/ for normal users. Is this secure enough or is there a better way?
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Sep 9, 2010
i tried to install wine using ./configure and ./tools/wineinstall and i got the following message:
checking for X... no
configure: error: X development files not found. Wine will be built without X support, which probably isn't what you want. You will need to install development packages of Xlib/Xfree86 at the very least.
Use the --without-x option if you really want this.
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Oct 9, 2010
I am trying to build Pidgin on my Lucid install and on running configure, I get the following:
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configure: error: You must have GLib 2.4.0 or newer development headers installed to build.
If you have these installed already you may need to install pkg-config so I can find them. I tried installing pkg-config, but it's already in its newest version. I then tried going to the following website
[URL]
and downloaded and extracted glib on my computer. That changed nothing. I was hoping someone could tell me what's going on here. I just tried the this:
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sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0
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libgtk2.0-0 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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