Notes on using FreeBSD Unix
Setup ProFTP in FreeBSD
Instructions for setting up an internal FTP server on a FreeBSD 10 machine. Note that this machine is not setup for public access and hence […]
FreeBSD Unix
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. […]
FreeBSD – How to clean and rebuild all ports with Portmaster
Thanks to wblock, one of the admins of forums.freebsd.org , the correct way to reinstall all existing ports with portmaster is given below: 1. portmaster […]
Burn CD/DVD in FreeBSD Unix
In FreeBSD, if you have Gnome installed and are using the Gnome desktop then Brasero is the preferred tool for burning DVDs. But in case […]
Recursively delete files using wildcards in FreeBSD
Syntax of the find command: find (path) -name “wildcard expression in quotes” -(optional find expression) The path can be a folder like /my/folder/is/here or […]
FreeBSD error in compiling webkit-gtk2 port
I spent 3-4 days trying to build the webkit-gtk2 port on 10.1 RELEASE. I kept getting a linker error and I tried every solution I […]
FreeBSD Ports Management Helpful Commands
Some useful tools and commands to manage your ports collection. This uses the new pkg command set instead of the old pkg_xxx commands. 1.Find info […]
Fixing Missing libxxxx messages in FreeBSD ports
To find dependent packages of a particular library use the command: pkg shlib -R xxxx eg. pkg shlib -R libxml2.so.5
Moving an Apache PHP Mysql website to NginX PHP in 30 minutes Part 2
If you havent seen Part 1 of this article then you can see it here MAKING PHP WORK WITH NGINX For PHP to work with […]
Moving an Apache PHP Mysql website to NginX PHP in 30 minutes Part 1
WHAT IS NGINX? NginX (pronounced Engine-X) is supposedly the fastest HTTP server available. In terms of speed only LightTPD comes a close second. Most PHP […]