Ubuntu

Installing Second Moodle on Ubuntu

This page is on installing a second moodle on the same machine. The second installation of moodle on the machine needs to be done slightly differently since there is already a copy of moodle, and we don’t want to risk erasing, or overwriting any data. Many of the steps from the original document are no longer required,… read more »

Installing Moodle on Ubuntu

This is from a Document created by Navankur in Dec 2011 (with minor changes/additions) Use sudo where appropriate Note: If multiple moodles have to be installed in a machine, then the following will not work for the second installation onwards. Also, a lot of installation steps would no longer be necessary, since all of them… read more »

Boot issue in Ubuntu

1. Use bootable USB of Ubuntu to start the computer and boot into Ubuntu using the option “Try Ubuntu”.2. Open terminal and install boot-repair:      Commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install boot-repair — Hit “y” when asked yes or no. boot-repair 3. Select “Recommended repair”.4. After completion, restart the machine. You should… read more »

Connect to ASU Wi-Fi

This page tells you how to connect to the Wi-Fi when automatic setup with emphasis on deeper customization (or when automatic configuration of the Wi-Fi fails).  (This resource is based on the web-page put up by ASU to do the same and is currently at the following link: https://asu.secure.force.com/kb/articles/FAQ/How-Do-I-Setup-ASU-Wireless-on-Ubuntu-Linux/?q=000014906&l=en_US&fs=Search&pn=1 ) Note: Ubuntu, like other versions of Linux, gets frequent updates…. read more »

Student Account clean up script

Execute the following set of steps via a Terminal to clean the Student accounts in Linux machines: Login to machine as root.  If logged in as “beck” then type “sudo su – root” to be root user. Download and copy the script embedded below to “/root” of the machine. Changed current working directory to “/root”…. read more »

ttf-mscorefonts pop-up

To get rid of the pop-up that says “Failure to download extra data files” for ttf-mscorefonts-installer, please install the font from the following link: https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/ttf-mscorefonts-installer/download—-> Here, in this page, now click on the link http.us.debian.org/debian Open the file and install it.  Thank You

Troubleshooting

Wifi connection issue: sudo ifconfig wlp4s0 up && service network-manager restart Kindly refer http://askubuntu.com/questions/760075/cant-view-wifi-networks-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-16-04 Nginx ssl configuration: Unlike apache, nginx needs server cert and interm cert to be bundled as single cert. Else we get private key issue. cat www.example.com.crt www.example.interm.crt > www.example.com.chained.crt Kindly refer http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html Ubuntu Package Management with APT Kindly refer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto Mysql issue in ubuntu… read more »

Installing Rstudio Server on ubuntu

Enter the following commands on the terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:opencpu/rstudio sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install rstudio-server This will install the rstudio server on your machine. Setting up an R studio server on apache2: Copy the following lines of code in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf

Machine Specific Details

This may at a later point in time, need to be a more comprehensive xls. Right now, this is just something to start with, to capture some information about the hosts, -The information here will be useful when moving applications from one host to another, or when we have to re install a more recent version of… read more »

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