Oracle XE Part 2

Hi All,

Last post I had explained how to install Oracle XE for your distros.

Next part - that is this part - I explain how to configure further for proper working of the database.

1. Issue this command as root : /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
2. Once the steps for the above step 1 is done (Refer my last post on Oracle XE)
3. You would have given the password for system / sys - which is the main DBA.
4. Go to your Gnome Menu / K Menu and then under Oracle Database 10g Express Edition -> Go to ->> Go to database home page and there issue the login and password for "system".
5. You can create a new user - once you login in step 4.
6. Now from here on - use "Run SQL command line" from the same menu for connecting and working your DB problems.

3 Cheers :)

Hope all understood what I meant. Mail me for any doubts.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

PowerISO and .daa

Hi All,

Ever came across a .daa file extension???

If yes - then hit your browsers to www.poweriso.com

For Linux distributions - hit this link - http://www.poweriso.com/poweriso-1.3.tar.gz

Extract the zip file and for operations / usage of PowerISO - try this command - ./poweriso - ?

Now coming to the .daa file extension - the expansion of .daa is "Direct Access Archive" and this file extension is a proprietary of PowerISO.

You can extract the content of a .daa file using the above linux based free tool - with this command:

./poweriso  extract filename.daa -od /home/username/

You can also convert a .daa file to an .iso file.

Thats it...

Enjoy archiving / extraction,
Ananth S Gouri
 

Oracle 10g

Hey All,

This post explains how to install Oracle 10g onto your systems.

Note: I will be explaining the installation procedure for Oracle XE aka, Oracle Express Ed is the student edition which is free for personal use and not for business use.

Follow these steps:

1. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
2. Go to that above site and accept the license.
3. Search for "Oracle Database 10g Express Edition" and click on the link below with this text : Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Linux x86  
4. If your distro is a Red hat based - like - Fedora, RHEL, Red Hat 9, openSUSE, Mandriva - then download the .rpm file. 
5. If your distro is a Debian based - like - Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Sidux etc - then download the .deb file.
6. For installation its simple:
a. for the rpm file: rpm -i filename.rpm
b. for the deb file: dpkg -i filename.deb
7. Make sure that you resolve the dependencies if any.

Post install configuration:

1. Go to /etc/init.d
2. As root - issue this command: ./oracle-xe configure
3. Mention the port number then
4. The listener port number and other details.

Add your a/c to the dba group.

Thats it. You may now check your database page by hitting your browser to: http://127.0.0.1:8090/apex/

This above 8090 is the port number you enter in the 3rd post install step.

3 Cheers :)
Hope you all understood the installation procedure.

Mail me at ananth.gouri@gmail.com for any further queries.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Abraca

Hey All,

I dont know how many of you folks know XMMS. XMMS expansion is for X MultiMedia System.

It was like a clone of the winamp of Windows.

Abraca is a client(music player) of XMMS2 and written in a programming language called Vala.

To install abraca 0.5.0 you need the squeeze repo or the debian multi media repositories.

Enjoy listening,
Ananth S Gouri

AcetoneISO

Hi All,

AcetoneISO is a multi functionality software to handle CD/DVD images.

Along with the management of CD/DVD images - it also has these great features:
1. Download Youtube/Metacafe videos (Youtube - anonymous and un-anonymous login)
2. Rip DVD2 to AVI
3. Convert FLV2 to AVI
4. Extract Audio from a video file
5. Split an image into smaller chunks of files
6. Encrypt and Decrypt an image
7. Extract a rar password file and many more.

You need to have the Debian Multimedia repository to install AcetoneISO.

I confirm know that you folks will enjoy playing with AcetoneISO.

Enjoy,
Ananth S Gouri

Maverick Meerkat

Hi All,

Maverick Meerkat - aka Ubuntu 10.10's codename will be released on October 10th, 2010.

The new set of wallpapers for this release can be found here...

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-New-Wallpapers-and-Theme-of-Ubuntu-10-10-153934.shtml

Take a look,
Ananth S Gouri

F 14

Hi All,

Fedora 14 Alpha, code named "Laughlin" is released.

You can download it here:

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/14-Alpha/Live/i686/Fedora-14-Alpha-i686-Live.iso

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri