Debian "Etch" + Asterisk + Zaptel + Libpri + mISDN + Asterisk Addons + Asterisk-GUI

January 11th, 2008


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Debian “Etch” + Asterisk + Zaptel + Libpri + mISDN + Asterisk Addons + Asterisk-GUI

This Howto explains how to install Asterisk on a fresh Debian “Etch” system.

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KDE 4.0 (Today Released) Screenshots Tour

January 11th, 2008


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KDE 4.0 is the innovative Free Software desktop containing lots of applications for every day use as well as for specific purposes. Plasma is a new desktop shell developed for KDE 4, providing an intuitive interface to interact with the desktop and applications. The Konqueror web browser integrates the web with the desktop. The Dolphin file manager, the Okular document reader and the System Settings control center complete the basic desktop set.

What is new in KDE 4.0

If you want to know more abou this check this nice visual guide

This screenshots tour includes internet, multimedia,graphics,system applications,network application and other applications click on the image for complete Gallery.This Gallery Includes 50 Images of KDE 4.0

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Howto Install KDE 4.0 (Stable) in Ubuntu Gutsy

January 11th, 2008


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KDE 4.0 is the innovative Free Software desktop containing lots of applications for every day use as well as for specific purposes. Plasma is a new desktop shell developed for KDE 4, providing an intuitive interface to interact with the desktop and applications. The Konqueror web browser integrates the web with the desktop. The Dolphin file manager, the Okular document reader and the System Settings control center complete the basic desktop set.

KDE is built on the KDE Libraries which provide easy access to resources on the network by means of KIO and advanced visual capabilities through Qt4. Phonon and Solid, which are also part of the KDE Libraries add a multimedia framework and better hardware integration to all KDE applications.

First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main

Save and exit the file

Update the source list using the following command

sudo aptitude update

Install KDE 4.0 in Ubuntu

First you need to remove any exiting kde4 using the following command

Sudo aptitude remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data

Now install kde4.0

sudo aptitude install kde4-core

This will complete the kde4.0 installation

you can run a full session by selecting “KDE 4″ from your login manager.
To avoid having to start a second X server for a full session install xserver-xephyr and run Xephyr :1 & export DISPLAY=:1; xterm and run startkde in the Xerphyr xterm.

Once you logged in you should be able to see similar to the following screen

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GLPI - IT and asset Managemet Software

January 11th, 2008


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GLPI stands for “Gestionnaire libre de parc informatique”, GLPI is the Information Resource Manager with an additional Administration- Interface. You can use it to build up a database with an inventory for your company (computer, software, printers…). It has enhanced functions to make the daily life for the administrators easier, like a job tracking system with mail-notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network-topology.

GLPI Requirements

Linux or Windows Operating system

Apache webserver with php support

Mysql Database with php support

Preparing your system for GLPI Installation

Install apache2 with php support in Ubuntu

If you want to install apache2 with php support follow these steps

sudo aptitude install apache2

This will complete the installation of apache2 web server and now you need to know where
the configuration files and document root for your apache web server.

By default all your configuration files are located at /etc/apache2.Default document root for apache2 is /var/www.If you want to change the default document root you need to edit the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file and look for this line “DocumentRoot /var/www/” here you can change where ever you want to change.For example if you want to change /home/wwww the above line looks like this “DocumentRoot /home/www/”.

The main configuration file located at /etc/apache2/apche2.conf.

Install php support for apache2

If you want to add support of php and cgi scripts install the following packages
libapache2-mod-php5,php5-cli,php5-common,php5-cgi

sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-cgi

This will complete the installation of php support for apache2.

If you want to allow the different index files types check for the following line in etc /apache2/apache2.conf file

DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.shtml

Install Mysql Database server in Ubuntu with php support

If you want to install mysql database server with php support in ubuntu use the following
command

sudo aptitude mysql-server php5-mysql

At the time of installation it will prompt for mysql server root password and it will complete the installation

Install GLPI in Ubuntu

First you need to download the GLPT .tar.gz file from the download section of GLPI website in to your webserver root directory.For debian users default document root is
/var/www/ so i am downloading in to this.

wget http://www.glpi-project.org/IMG/gz/glpi-0.68.3-2.tar.gz

sudo tar xzvf glpi-0.68.3-2.tar.gz

Now you should be having glpi directory in /var/www/ and change permissions for config
and files directories using the following command.

sudo chmod 777 config/ files/

To begin the installation you must to use your browser point to http://yourserverip/glpi/

During the first connection, a step by step installation starts and you should see the
following screen in this you need to select your language and click ok.

Now you have to accept the licence and click on continue.

Next screen you need to select install or update.I have selected install in this option.

Once you click on install you should see the screen “checking the compatibility of your environment” if something is missing it will give the error and you need to fix.If everything is fine you should see the following screen and click on continue.

Now you need to setup database connection here you need to enter your mysql server, mysql user and mysql user password and click on continue.

Here you need to select create new database,enter glpi (any of your choice) and click on
continue.

This time the database is initialized with the default values. Some informations are given to you on these values. Read this information attentively and click on continue.

Now it will display the information about the installation of GLPI is now finished, a summary is displayed. Read these informations attentively and click on use GLPI.

Once you click on use GLPI you should see the following screen asking for username and
password.

By defauly glpi is having the following username and passwords to login

glpi/glpi for the administrator account
tech/tech for the technician account
normal for the normal account
post-only/post-only for the postonly account

Select glpi username and password to login in to the glpi with administrator permissions
and you should see the following screen.

GLPI Plugins

Add simply and easily new functionalities to GLPI using plugins.

The plugins need to be uncompress and copy in the “plugins” directory of your GLPI
installation. Each plugin is contained in a repertory

Download GLPI Plugins from here

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