Setting root password for Mysql server on Linux
In some Linux installations, installing mysql-server does not prompt for a root password for mysql, thus creating the problem where you either run mysql under […]
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Installing ImageMagick in Ubuntu from source.
wget https://www.imagemagick.org/download/ImageMagick.tar.gz tar xvzf ImageMagick.tar.gz cd ImageMagick-* ./configure make sudo make install sudo ldconfig /usr/local/lib
Setting up FTP for an Apache website under Ubuntu
Once you have set up a website under Apache, you would need FTP access to the website to be able to upload files. The steps […]
Easy Face Detection using OpenCV and Python
A lot of applications and websites incorporate face detection features , specially social network sites and photo/image databases. Using OpenCV, it is very easy to […]
Running PHP as FastCGI with Apache 2.x on Ubuntu 12.x and later
The instructions given below are to be run from the terminal. This is the only list of instructions which actually worked. I have reproduced the […]
How to install OpenCV for Python in Linux
OpenCV is the best open source solution for computer vision and image recognition applications. It exists for all the major platforms. In this post, we […]
Control Multiple Computers with Synergy
Synergy is one of the most amazing and useful software tools ever created. The first time someone sees it in action. its almost black magic. […]
Writing PHP Extensions – Part 6 Adding a Class to your Extension
See Part 5 Here We are now going to look at how to create a C++ class to encapsulate our extension code. This is useful […]
Generate Yearly Calendar in C++
A pure C++ class to print the yearly calendar of a given year, on the console. Compiled in g++ under Linux. Should compile fine in […]
Writing PHP Extensions – Part 5 Web-enabling your extension
See Part 4 Here So far our helloworld extension works only in the command (CLI) version of PHP. Most people use PHP as a web […]