The following is a continuation of my installation notes for Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze. Installation of applications is in no particular order. My objective is to reproduce tools I use in my windows partition on Debian. Listed are previous installation notes:
- Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze Installation notes-1
- Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze Installation notes-2
- Debian 6.0.6 Squeeze Installation notes-3
In this tutorial, I'll cover the installation of a couple of system tools, Firewall, managing .deb packages and setting up a LAMP-SERVER.
16) HOW TO INSTALL GNOME-SYSTEMS TOOLS (GST)
GST is a set of front-end tools for managing several services as listed below.
command: apt-get install gnome-system-tools
After installation, GST would be found under:
systems >> administration >> users and groups
systems >> administration >> network
systems >> administration >> TIme and date
systems >> administration >> services
references:
http://projects.gnome.org/gst/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_System_Tools
17) INSTALL GEANY TEXT EDITOR, KOMPOSER
command: apt-get instll geany geany-plugins
command: apt-get install kompozer
Geany and Kompozer are now found under applications >> programming
18) HOW TO EDIT MENU ITEMS
- Edit existing menu items and add new ones
a) right click on a menu item and use the "Edit Menus" to bring up the menu editor. The Menu Editor only provides options to edit (enable / disable) existing menu items.
What if you have installed a custom application and want to add it to the menu?
b) install alacarte - available in synaptic package manager - to create custom application launchers
- create a launcher to it in a panel : /usr/bin/alacarte
OR
if you dont know where its running from, type alacarte in terminal. Once the window is up, open another terminal session and type ps aux to see what link to use for the launcher.
Now you can add menu items to existing menus or create new ones - with Alacarte.
references:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/
19) INSTALL UNCOMPLICATED FIREWALL (UFW)
GUFW stands for GUI for the Uncomplicated Firewall(UFW). UFW uses very simple commands and iptables for configuration.
a) install GUFW from Synaptic Package Manager
GUFW is now available under System >> Administration >> Firewall configuration.
When launched, it prompts to enter root password and then might give the below error:
error message:=================================
Failed to run /usr/share/gufw/gufw.py as user root.
The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact the system administrator.
solution:==============================
Edit the .desktop file for the firewall configuration. File(gufw.desktop) is found in /usr/share/applications.
On the line beginning Exec: change gksudo to gksu. A reboot might be necessary to activate the change, although I didnt need to reboot my Debian box.
Below is an extract from the file before editing:
=====
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=gksudo --preserve-env --description /usr/share/applications/gufw.desktop /usr/share/gufw/gufw.py
Name=Firewall configuration
====
Below is an extract from the file after editing:
====[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=gksu --preserve-env --description /usr/share/applications/gufw.desktop /usr/share/gufw/gufw.py
Name=Firewall configuration
====
reference:
http://salinelinux.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=networking&action;=display&thread;=124
gufw.org/
20) HOW TO INSTALL, UNINSTALL / MANAGE .deb PACKAGES
a) to install .deb packages:
command: dpkg -i package_file_name.deb
where "-i" is to install a package
b) to check/verify/list if a package is installed:
command: dpkg -l | grep 'package_name'
example: dpkg -l | grep apache2
RESULT:
root@debian:/etc/apache2# dpkg -l | grep apache2
ii apache2 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 Apache HTTP Server metapackage
ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 Apache HTTP Server - traditional non-threaded model
ii apache2-utils 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 utility programs for webservers
ii apache2.2-bin 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 Apache HTTP Server common binary files
ii apache2.2-common 2.2.16-6+squeeze10 Apache HTTP Server common files
ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.3-7+squeeze14 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module)
c) to uninstall a package-name:
command: dpkg -r package-name
example: command: dpkg -r apache2
or
command: dpkg -P package-name
where -P is for a total purge of the package and its configuration files.
d) check package installation info of already installed package
command: dpkg -s packagename
example: dpkg -s apache2
result:
root@debian:/etc/apache2# dpkg -s apache2
Package: apache2
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: httpd
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Debian Apache Maintainers
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.2.16-6+squeeze10
Depends: apache2-mpm-worker (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze10) | apache2-mpm-prefork (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze10) | apache2-mpm-event (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze10) | apache2-mpm-itk (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze10), apache2.2-common (= 2.2.16-6+squeeze10)
Description: Apache HTTP Server metapackage
The Apache Software Foundation's goal is to build a secure, efficient and
extensible HTTP server as standards-compliant open source software. The
result has long been the number one web server on the Internet.
It features support for HTTPS, virtual hosting, CGI, SSI, IPv6, easy
scripting and database integration, request/response filtering, many
flexible authentication schemes, and more.
Homepage: http://httpd.apache.org/
root@debian:/etc/apache2#
references:
command: man dpkg - to see options available for the dpkg command
command: dpkg --help - for more help options.
21) HOW TO SETUP A LAMP-SERVER IN DEBIAN
To have your LAMP-SERVER running, install apache2, mysql-server, phpmyadmin. The three are available in Synaptic Package Manager.
a) install apache2 - install apache2 and dependencies from Synaptic
error message: "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName"
solution:
add servername to httpd.conf - found in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
restart apache: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
result:
root@debian:/etc/apache2# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Restarting web server: apache2.
root@debian:/etc/apache2# ^C
references:
http://rbgeek.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/apache2-could-not-reliably-determine-the-servers-fully-qualified-domain-name-using-127-0-1-1-for-servername/
b) install mysql-server and its dependencies - install from Synaptic Package Manager
accept all defaults and remember any passwords used.
c) install phpmyadmin - mysql web administration tool - install from Synaptic Package Manager
accept all defaults and remember any passwords used.
d) start apache service:
command: service apache2 start
e) change default apache port from 80 to something else, as you please:
We have to edit file httpd.conf - just like below:
root@debian:/etc# cat /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Listen 8080
DocumentRoot "/var/www"
ServerName debian:8080
root@debian:/etc#
f) with respect to (b), phpmyadmin is now available at:
http://deabian:8080
Note: ServerName:Listening-port
note: apache related configuration is found in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
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Thats all folks. Your comments are most welcome.
