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WordPress Installation on Linux System

Steps to install WordPress on Linux system:

  1. You first need to download the Xampp Server in Linux system.
  2. Extract it into /opt folder in your system files. The best way is to use Terminal to do the same. Type the command in terminal : – 
    sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz -C /opt
  3. After succesful installation of Xampp in your local system, you need to start a server that works in the local system. Type the command in terminal : – 
    sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
  4. Then, just to cross check that everything is working fine, type the URL in browser http://localhost/ , if you will get welcome message of Xampp then your done with Xampp installation process. (see screen-shot below).

  5. Now download WordPress from WordPress.org.
  6. Extract it into /opt/lampp/htdocs/ folder.

    7. Create a Database for your WordPress site. Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin

  7. One more thing you can do to avoid extra work is to change permission of wp-config.php file and also avoid to add the database info in the same. Just type the command below in teminal to give read-write permission to the WordPress folder inside /htdocs. 
    sudo chmod a+rw /opt/lampp/htdocs/wordpress/ -R
  8. Now go to the WordPress site http://localhost/wordpress/ and add all the information there like WordPress database name that you just created  in step 8. (Note: username should be root and no need to write the password) see the image below.

You are now done with the manual work. Next, enter the info required in the further steps such as the WordPress username and other information.

Hope you will love to work on WordPress with your Linux system. You can also find some useful plugins and WordPress User Guide on our wpVeda blog, keep checking wpveda.com for regular updates by subscribing to us.

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News

HP DreamScreen 400 – Touchscreen Desktop Made For Indian Families

HP is slated to release much awaited webOS tablets in early 2011 for the international market. Meanwhile, 2 weeks ago, HP announced a brand new all-in-one touchscreen desktop exclusively for the Indian market. It’s called the Dreamscreen 400 and it runs on Linux based OS. It was expected to hit the Indian market at 25th nov, but has not been reported to have reached the markets as of today. The price is set at  Rs. 21,000 inclusive of taxes along with in-home delivery, setup and a tutorial for a limited time. HP’s main aim in creating a product for Indian families was to serve the kids, their parents and their grandparents sharing a household – sharing one device by keeping the interface and functionalities as simple as possible. Check out the official instructional video for the HP Dreamscreen.

For more instructional videos of the Dreamscreen 400, check out HP’s channel on YouTube.

New Dreamscreen 400 for India: Price Rs19,999 + taxes

HP has collaborated with India’s following leading content providers for Dreamscreen’s functionalities:

  1. Airtel and Tata Teleservices for Internet connectivity
  2. Apalya & Tata Communications for Live Darshan (Live telecast of India’s religious attractions.)
  3. Bill Desk for paying bills online
  4. Edurite (a Manipal K-12 Education brand) for education
  5. Hungama for music and movies,India Games for thrilling games
  6. Music Today for music, NDTV for News and Daily Astrology
  7. Yatra for booking Air and Train travel.

Tech specs from Pcworld:

  • 250GB Hard drive
  • 1.3 MP Camera
  • 4 USB ports
  • optical DVD writer
  • SD Card slot
  • microphone and headphone jack
  • two 5W speakers built-in
  • capable of playing 480p H.264 HD video

Link : Official Website of the HP Dreamscreen 400

Do drop in your comments, reviews and opinions below.

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Tips

How to hide a file or folder in Linux?

Hiding a folder is a simple way of keeping prying eyes away from your private documents. From a human point of view it’s a good solution; what you can’t see, you don’t know you want. Encrypting a folder can have the opposite effect. The folder is visible and if access is attempted, the need to enter a password positively shouts the message that someone is trying to hide something. This probably explains why there are so many commercial utilities that claim they can securely hide folders.

Hiding a file is pretty simple in Linux ! Its just one step away 🙂

Steps to hide a folder :

  1. Select the folder you wish to hide and rename it by either clicking F2 in keyboard or by a right click -> Rename..

  2. Add a ‘. ‘ (dot) in front of the name of the folder and press Enter
  3. Press F5 and now you cannot view that folder!

You are done !

Steps to view Hidden Folder :

The following step is used to Show/View the Hidden files.

  1. Just Open the desired directory and press Ctrl+H or Click View->Show Hidden files to view all the hidden files 🙂


  2. You can test to see if hidden files are being displayed by navigating to other folders
  3. You can Rename the folder anytime by removing ‘.’ from the folder name to revert it back to a normal one !

Now you know how to see all hidden folders on your computer in just a click away.The same Steps can be applied for files too !

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Will post more articles for newbies to Linux.:-) What are you views on Linux? Do you use Linux? Drop in your comments.

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Tips

How to Login as a root user in Ubuntu 10.04

The following steps are very simple and especially for newbies who are completely new to Linux. 🙂 By logging in as root user, you are making your operating system more vulnerable. Root user has all the administrator privileges so whenever you need to edit system files or configuration from within Gnome, you will feel the need to login to Ubuntu as a root user. There are 2 methods to login as a root user

  • Graphical Method (GUI Method)
  • Command Line Method (CLI Method)

Method 1: GUI Method

Following are the steps to be followed to login as a root user in GUI Mode,

  1. Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
  2. Type: sudo passwd root
  3. Enter your password of the current user
  4. When you see the prompt that says “Enter new UNIX password”, enter the password you want for the root userand confirm it. [My suggestion is to assign its pswd as “root”]
  5. Type exit to exit the terminal

  6. Restart Ubuntu and wait for the login screen to appear
  7. Click other.. and type User name : root and Password : root

This should work fine and you are done.!

Method 2: CLI Mode

Following are the steps to be followed to login as a root user in CLI Mode,

  1. Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
  2. Type sudo su (Meaning: superuserdo superuser)
  3. Now you are into root dircetory, You may modify whatever you wish from here if you are familiar with commands.
  4. NOTE: You can also login into other Users from root directory via terminal window by typing the following command login username and Password of the corresponding User you wish to login.
  5. Use the above method with Caution.Read this post for assistance https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Note: Always take a backup of the file  that you wish to alter, so that you may set them back if anything went wrong.

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How to configure Microphone in Ubuntu 10.04 and Skype

Lately I have formatted my PC and revamped with the latest Ubuntu 10.04 and it took some time anda effort to make sure my Microphone was working in Ubuntu. Here’s how I did it, based on referring several sources and forums on the internet.

Almost all users must have had problems in setting up microphone initially after successful installation of Linux hence in this article, lets see how to configure microphone in Linux (Ubuntu flavour).

Getting Microphone working in this method is really a child’s play.

Just follow these steps:

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Step 1:

Go to System -> Preferences -> Sound.

Step 2:

Click the Hardware tab and you will find the Sound driver to be installed and the selected to the default profile !

Now, we are going to change it to our needs.

Step 3:

Now, Go to Input tab and click Microphone 1 (if mic is connected to the jack 1 – Possibly at the back of CPU) or Microphone 2 (if mic is connected to the jack 2 – Possibly in front of CPU)

Ah, that’s simple and now your Microphone should work fine! Later, I found my mic to be automatically adjusting its volume level and goes down to Zero. 🙁

The fourth step is will resolve that problem.

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Step 4:

Open Skype (Linux version 2.1 Beta) and follow the screen-shots below.

You must Unselect “Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixer levels” by removing the tick mark option as below and click Apply followed by Exit.

Fortunately, the above method worked for me, hope it works great for you too. This is not only for Skype, but also for all the other IM Clients like Empathy, etc which needs a microphone.

Have you had this issue and did it work out for you? Have any alternatives? Do drop in your views through your comments.