installation

Setup a Git server with msysgit on Windows

My friends and I are trying to setup Git for Windows using the tutorial Git Server: Gitosis and Cygwin on Windows, but we just keep running into problems. What would a "Setup Git Server" guide for Windows using msysgit be like? There is a comment in the tutorial above suggesting it can't be done with msysgit because gitosis requires t...

Ruby on Rails installation

I borrowed Agile Web Development with Rails from my local library, and for Mac development it asked me to view this article: http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby-rails-mongrel-mysql-osx I'm a little bit worried about following the article because I am running Snow Leopard. Does anyone have an article for installing Rails for Snow Leopard...

App hangs instead of throwing exception...

I have a Winform App that I deploy with ClickOnce that installs and works for me(my UserLogin) on any system in our Domain but will not start up for a regular Domain User. It doesn't produce any errors of any kind just sits there indefinitely. It used to work and I am at a loss as to what changed that it doesn't work now. I am at a ...

Installing support files for app using sql 2005 where server is on another computer.

I have a managed C++ application that connects to SQL Server 2005 Express databases on the same computer and over a network. My problem is that if the database is located on another computer over the network, the client machine will not have the needed DLLs files installed from SQL Server. I can't force my users to install SQL Server 20...

Is it a bad idea to add a period to a .Net solution file?

If I was using a "Partitioned Single Solution" strategy to build my .Net projects and solutions, could anyone comment on, or share any experiences about why it would be a bad idea to include dot notation in my solution names as such...     master.sln     master.sub.sln ...also let me know if you think it's a good idea? Please note that...

Visual Studio 2008 , Is there a way to embed a product version into MSI package.

I have a solution (sln file) file that contain several projects. The sln is referring to two projects : I have a csharp project that its output is an executable assembly , along with configuration file , this project has a product version defined which increase from time to time. I have a project that when i Build it , it create an MS...

Simple Update Tool

I am looking for a very simple update tool that can be sent out to various sites and update their applications and database. I need the tool to be configurable by non developers. I.e. support staff. The tool will need to be able to copy DLL files into the program location. It should be able to find the program location, and read in th...

How to install pycairo on osx?

I am trying to install the pycairo (Python bindings for the cairo graphics library) under OSX. I started with easy_install pycairo and got: Requested 'cairo >= 1.8.8' but version of cairo is 1.0.4 error: Setup script exited with Error: cairo >= 1.8.8 not found So I went to cairo's site and downloaded the latest package (1.8.8) o...

how to get Iphone UDID of device while installing the application from app store?

Hi, In my Iphone application , i am able to get the UDID of the device and have display it on alertview. my query is that while any user go to the apple appstore and try to istall the application, at that same time how to get the UDID of the device and store it to the Database and also want the UDID of application at the time of uninst...

Windows service install problem

I have a .NET Windows serivce protected with {smartassembly} which works fine, except that I can't get the protected version to install. When I did the testing the service was already installed, then I copied the protected version over the original. There are some instructions on the {smartassembly} web site regarding Windows services (...

How to get COM Server for Excel written in VB.NET installed and registered in Automation Servers list?

Versions Excel 2007, Windows Vista, VB.NET, Visual Studio 2008 with .NET 3.5 sp2, MSI setup package. What I am trying to do I have an Excel UDF that is written in VB.NET. It is exposed as a COM Server because you cannot create Excel UDFs in .NET languages directly. Installation is a real pain because none of the installation settings ...

Management Studio 2008 Express Install issue

Hi there, I have some trouble installing Management Studio 2008 Express through C#-Code. The code looks like this: using (Process MMSInstall = new Process()) { var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(PathExe.FullName, "/qs /Features=SSMS /Action=Install"); MMSInstall.StartInfo = psi; MMSInstall.Start(); MMSInstall.WaitForExit()...

how can i make my product as a trial version for 30 days ?

hi , i have created my product and also generated license key for that but i want to ask that key after 30 days. i have do it with registry value storing the date with adding 30 days in that. but i found that if the user change the system date with 30 days before my logic not work. so is there any solution for the trial version softwar...

How can I get the installation information about SAS?

When I batch run a SAS program, I want to know where are SAS installed and pass this information to a macro variable. Is there any system option or global macro variable available? ...

Are local admin rights required to install Silverlight?

Can anyone provide an emphatic answer as to whether local admin rights are required to install the Silverlight 3 client? Most of the Google results say “yes” (with some conflicting answers), but I’ve just tested this on several Win XP machines and installation was definitely successful without admin rights. Just to be crystal clear, the...

.net framework client profile-- What if the Dll I Need is Not There?

I am thinking about going into .net framework client profile, but currently I am depending on System.Design.dll, which is not inside the profile. I can, of course, manually distribute them in my application folder directory, but is there a better strategy? ...

How can I install local modules with the cpan tool?

my admin has given me sudo rights for cpan I also need to install a couple of non-CPAN modules (Atlassian Crowd -> svn connector) to the global PERL5LIB. I vaguely remember that cpan can install from local sources, without pulling modules from the web. any pointers? can I do it or should I just have him install those modules manua...

Upgrade Python to 2.6 on Mac

I'd like to upgrade the default python installation (2.5.1) supplied with OS X Leopard to the latest version. Please let me know how I can achieve this. Thanks ...

python setup.py uninstall

I have installed a python package with python setup.py install. How do I uninstall it? ...

Finding what options were selected during VMWare installation

Hi there, I've installed VMWare Server on CentOS and have WinXPx64 running under it fine. However I cannot work out how to get the answers I gave to the questions VMware asks when I installed it. To be honest I guessed a few answers, took the default on most and changed a few based on my best judgement. So it might be a bit lucky I g...