Category Archives: Packages
Lightweight & fast webmail client
My main home server is a measly pentium II class machine running (now) on Debian Etch. Not the fastest machine but it works, uses little power and is cheap while setup from left-overs. Among other things it serves me my … Continue reading
Pre-loading debconf values for easy installation
Debian’s configuration management might take some getting used to, but after you learn your way around /etc/{default,init.d,} it makes good sense. Now when you have to do the same thing over and over again (ever said yes 25 times to … Continue reading
Broken WordPress: debian unstable is called unstable for a reason
Update: The maintainer of the wordpress package released “my” bugfix. It’s available now for those using unstable (sid). I guess it will be available in testing (lenny) soon, since the bug is listed in the release critical bugs list. To … Continue reading
Creating your own debian package for non-source applications
For magproductions I needed a debian package of our “own version” of Eclipse (latest Eclipse with certain plugins pre-installed). At first I was told to look at checkinstall, but since I didn’t have a makefile, that was not the answer. … Continue reading