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Eclipse, Java, MySQL
While I previously blogged about installing Netbeans 8, some of my students would prefer to use the Eclipse IDE. This post shows how to install and configure Eclipse IDE, include the...
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Fedora X11 Install
While working through getting my Mac OS X to work with X11, I stumbled on some interesting errors and misdirection solutions. Like most things, the solution was straightforward. Then, it struck me that...
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Oracle 12c Pre-requisites
Installing any Oracle database is tedious, but the installing the prerequisites can be especially tedious. This post tries to simplify the process by creating a single prereq.sh file for all the...
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If you’re reading this post, you most likely are trying to run the Oracle Database 11g or 12c runInstaller program, and it’s failing a critical dependency check and displaying an error like the one...
View ArticleDjango on Fedora 30
It seemed opportune to add Django to the Fedora 30 instance that I build and maintain for my students. Here are the instructions, which I developed with the prior Fedora 28/29 instructions. Check your...
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SQL Developer Error
It’s been a couple releases trying to fix the following error thrown by SQL Developer on Fedora 30 and shown as the following dialog: When you click the Detail button it shows the following error...
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While teaching a class on the Linux Command-Line (CLI), the book gave an example of generating a list of random US telephone numbers into a file. The book uses the RANDOM function to generate segments...
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Ubuntu Desktop 22.04
I finally got around to installing Ubuntu Desktop, Version 22.04, on my MacBook Pro 2014 since OS X stopped allowing upgrades on the device in 2021. While I replaced it in 2021 with a new MacBook Pro...
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