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How to uninstall Ruby from /usr/local?

Everything was working fine , until we decided to upgrade ruby to 1.8.7 from 1.8.6, and thats when all hell broke loose. When we compiled Ruby 1.8.7 from source it got installed into /usr/local/bin and Ruby 1.8.6 stayed in /usr/bin. Currently, we've uninstalled ruby 1.8.6 and by some stroke we deleted the ruby 1.8.7 files from /usr/loca...

Help with ActiveX Install? Merge Modules - Windows Vista and Windows 7

I'm building an ActiveX control installer in VS2008 which uses both the CRT and MFC merge modules to install. When my control tries to register on Windows 7 it fails. Dependency Walker says I'm missing the mfc90u.dll, msvcr90.dll and msvcp90.dll dependencies when trying to register my control and the install fails. Are the merge modules...

installing ruby/gnome2 on ruby1.9

My purpose is to install ruby/gnome2 and make it work with ruby1.9 on Ubuntu9.10. I already have ruby/gnome2 working with ruby1.8, but I need to make it work with ruby1.9. I also have ruby1.9 working. When I run within ruby-gnome2-all-0.19.3: ruby1.9 extconf.rb it eventually gives me: Target libraries: glib, gdkpixbuf, pango, atk, gt...

Install .exe software application on remote machines.

Hi, I modified this script from the net, which is suppose to install .exe applications for remote machines: $m = Read-Host "Enter machine name" $File = "c:\temp\office2007sp2-kb958194-fullfile-en-us.exe" $product = [WMICLASS]"\$m\ROOT\CIMV2:win32_Process" $product.Create($File) When I run this script, I have noticed that this progra...

Can't locate in @INC during CPAN dependency install performed not as root.

While trying to do: perl -I'/v1/data/site_perl' -MCPAN -e 'install Log::Dispatch'; I continue to get "Can't locate Params/Validate.pm in @INC." When looking at the output, /v1/data/site_perl is NOT in the @INC displayed, even though I used -I. I am not root so I have changed my CPAN config so that: 'makepl_arg' => q[LIB=/v1/data/si...

How to install wexpect?

Hello, I'm running 32-bit Windows XP and trying to have Matlab communicate with Cgate, a command line program. I'd like to make this happen using wexpect, which is a port of Python's module pexpect to Windows. I'm having trouble installing or importing wexpect though. I've put wexpect in the folder Lib, along with all other modules. ...

Automatically install and launch a code-signed application from Safari

Is it possible and if so what are the steps necessary to package (or build) a Mac OS X application and code-sign it so that it can be downloaded with Safari and automatically launch? ... possibly after the user responds to some sort of dialog explaining that it is a signed application and the publisher has been verified. An example of t...

Duplicate entries in uninstall registry key when compiling list of installed software

I'm trying to compile a list of installed software on a workstation. After some research I settled on using the information from the following registry key to compile the list. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall It has been a good source and it also lists items that are not listed using Win32_Produ...

How to bundle multiple installation(.exe) files?

Say, we have ABC.exe and CDE.exe I want to bundle these 2 installation files into a single un-attended installation file [XYZ.exe]. And when I run the XYZ.exe it should install the above applications. Any ideas how this can be achieved ? ...

Where to install shared DLLs on Windows

I have a driver which can be installed on Windows (XP/Vista/7). It's accessed via a native C++ DLL that 3rd-party applications link to, and which is also a Winsock Provider (WSP). It used to be installed under System32, but having seen advice not to, I changed it to install under ProgramFiles instead. Now, the problem is that people are...

Install Python 2.6 without using installer on Win32

I need to run a python script on a machine that doesn't have python installed. I use python as a part of a software package, and the python runs behind the curtain without the user's notice of it. What I did was as follows. Copy python.exe, python26.dll, msvcr90.dll and Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest zip all the directory in LIBs direc...

How to setup Android sdk from command-line on headless server ?

So far Ive managed to download and install the SDK and its in my PATH. Problem now is that I can't run "android update sdk" since it expects to be connected to a display and Im connected to a remote headless server through ssh (its a build server so there's no desktop env). Is there a command-line option for the android tool that tells i...

How to make a custom installer for games, etc?

Hello. Can anyone tell me how to create a custom installer to 'install' games. I say custom meaning I don't want the user to have the option where the game is installed. I want it to be a straight forward process, maybe with just one loading bar. The program I'm developing is a 'center' for game playing, which includes a community and...

Drupal 7 Install Error

Guys, I was hoping that someone can shed some light on why I am getting this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /homepages/22/d223624283/htdocs/drupal_new/includes/install.core.inc on line 74 Could it be something that I missed? Thanks, Matt ...

How to change output folder name from installShield 2010 project?

The output directory from install shield 2010 project contains an file with name 0x0409.ini, an file with name Setup.ini, an file with name setup.exe, an file with name my application name.msi and one folder with name "programm files". Anybody know how to change this folder name ? ...

Upgrading Visual studio 2008 Professional to Visual studio 2010 Preimum

I currently have Visual Studio 2008 Professional installed on my Windows 7 (x64) laaptop. I also have SQL Server 2008 Express installed and Crystal Reports 2008 installed. Can I upgrade Visual Studio 2008 Pro to Visual Studio 2010 Promimum and if so do I have to make any configuration changes to any other apps I have installed? ...

Ruby on Rails Beta 3 Install Problem on Snow Leopard

Hello Friends, i tryed to install the new beta on my system with the command: sudo gem install rails --pre but no matter what i tryed, i still get this damn error: Successfully installed rails-3.0.0.beta3 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for rails-3.0.0.beta3... File not found: lib Since im very very new t...

How to install python physics engine

I want a python physics engine that works on mac and makes it easy to simulate physics. I have VPython and it works fine, but it is not quite what I want. VPython just shows visual elements and all the physics is in formulas. I looked at the documentation for PyODE and it looked like more what I want. It allowed you to add forces to mass...

A resource for installation or setup folder hierarchy of various applications

Is there a web site (or something else) that has information on folders and their hierarchy where various programs and applications are installed? Please let me explain. I am writing an application that (part of what it does) references certain files installed by other application. To be able to determine the file paths for these folder...

Where are Kohana config files?

I've just installed Kohana 3.0.4.2 and I have run the index.php file successfully. According to the documentation, the next step is to edit the config files in the application/config folder. I have that folder but there are no files in it! I downloaded the package again to make sure it wasn't corrupted, but the same problem exists. W...