Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ubuntu 11.04 libjpeg.so libpng.so PHP installation issues

PHP is a commonly used scripting language available on just about any OS. If you're looking to install PHP on Ubuntu (particularly the new 11.04 build) then you may come across some issues.

Nigel Dunn discusses his experience with PHP on Ubuntu. Nigel has some tricks to get everything up and running so it might save you save yourself alot of time. The issues are surrounding libjpeg & libpng and php Installation issues. The problem appears to be largely around symbolic links.

Adding the appropriate smbolic links appear to fix the problem, so if you're Ubuntu machine is complaining about libjpeg or lib png, try the following:

ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng.so /usr/lib/libpng.so

Find out more over on Nigel Dunn's blog: Ubuntu 11.04 libjpeg.so libpng.so PHP installation issues

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Computer scientist or engineer?

What's the difference between a computer scientist & a computer engineer?
The answer is Simple, "Doom".

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Smart Server backups with Amazon S3

Server backups are Important and with cloud computing and cloud storage, now more then ever we're spoilt for choice. I came across a great article about how to bulletproof sever backups with Amazon S3 that I just had to share.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

I want your blog!

Today's brain teaser. I want your blog, your twitter and your facebook. Who am I?