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Using sendmail to send mail on ubuntu box
I normally install postfix for my MTA. However, I’ve never really used sendmail so I’d decide to give it a whirl for a new application I’m working on. I don’t use it for anything but handling the mail that the application needs to send out, like new user welcome emails, password resets, etc.
apt-get install [...]
Install Sphinx on Ubuntu
It’s a pretty straightforward process. Download the source and compile it. There isn’t a package for it so here are the commands.
wget http://sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.8.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf sphinx-0.9.8.1.tar.gz
cd sphinx-0.9.8.1/
./configure
make
make install
When it’s done nothing fancy happens. You’ll need to test it out w/ an application/ the api.
Installing Feedzirra RSS Parser on Ubuntu 8
I recently watched a RailsCasts episode (http://railscasts.com/episodes/168-feed-parsing) on parsing and persisting RSS feeds using Feedzirra. It took a little setting up on Ubuntu because it relies on some libraries that aren’t included with Ubuntu > 8.
The gem will fail right off the bat
gem sources -a http://gems.github.com # if you haven't already
gem install pauldix-feedzirra
Here is [...]
Recursively Zip a Directory and Files on Linux
Short and sweet! Just remember that the finished zip filename is the first argument and the directory you wish to recursively zip comes after.
zip -r name_of_your_directory.zip name_of_your_directory
Change default ssh port number on Ubuntu