installation

Problem in installing Tig to my server

How can I give the command "make install" sufficient permissions to run the following successfully? [~/tig-0.14.1]# make install mkdir -p /usr/local/bin && \ for prog in tig; do \ install -p -m 0755 "$prog" "/usr/local/bin"; \ done mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local': Permission denied make: *** [install] Error 1 I run ./c...

Autorun.inf cannot deal with the sub-folders with space in their folder name?

I am trying to use an autorun.inf to run my executable file under a sub-folder with space in their folder name. Like this: H:\ autorun.inf FOLDER NAME 1 file.exe FOLDER NAME 2 some other stuffs If there's no space in the folder name, it works well. But if there are some, it's not work for me. Is this a restrict?...

WMI Configuration Error on SQL 2005 install

SQL Server 2005 is giving me the following error during the "System Check" portion of the initial install: "The SQL Server Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine Error:2147749907 (0x80041013)." Machine is a Dell D620 running XP SP2. I found a batch command online that is supposed to fix the...

Is it possible to know if .NET Framework is installed from a .NET application?

Here's the thing. My .NET application crashes with a pretty ugly general exception fault when I try to run it in a machine that doesn't have .NET framework installed. Is this normal? If it is... is there any way to check for .NET framework to be able to exit gracefully instead? ...

Installing SciPy on Linux Debian

I'm a Linux n00b, and I want to install SciPy to help me on a homework asignment. This page has confused me more than helped me. I have been guiding myself on the INSTALL.txt file I got from sourceforge, which says PREREQUISITES ============= SciPy requires the following software installed: 1) Python__ 2.4.x or newer Debian pac...

How To Set PATH (Enviornment Variable) using InstallScript InstallShield

I am trying to set Path (Envioenment Variable) using InstallScript for InstallShield 8. The function EzBatchAddPath("PATH", "C:\Windows", "", AFTER); can only be used when autoexec.bat is set to ReadOnly=false and Hidden=false. Are there other methods which can perform the same action without these restriction Thanks in advance ...

X11 libaries in OSX 10.5?

I have (I believe) a fairly standard 10.5 installation, and I'm trying to compile.. Well, I'm trying to compile T.38modem, which requires OPAL which requires pwlib which requires libX11. Kinda dumb, but whatever. The problem is that in /usr/X11/lib, I have the following: Brians-mini$ nol libX11.* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14 Mar 3 2008 l...

Which one should I choose? X86 or X64 Architecture ? (while installing Windows 200X server OS on a Dell PC GX680)

I am trying to install windows server operating system on a DELL optiplex desktop GX600 series, During the installation, In the first step I was asked to choose between: 1)Windows 2008 X86 Architecture OR 2)Windows 2008 X64 Architecture Now, how do I determine what architecture my Dell desktop is built on and which OS installation opti...

Generating a WiX XML file at build and components questions

I am trying to write an installer for a website I created. In the WiX tutorial it says "Again, a component should only contain items that belong together so strongly that they always need to be installed or removed together.". I believe an entire website fits this description. I have 2 issues regarding components. The first is that obvio...

Error with server install of new MVC app and MVC Release Candidate 2

I have developed a small application using MVC RC2. The application works fine in my development environment, but fails when I push it to my production environment with the following error: Method not found: 'Void System.Web.Mvc.RouteCollectionExtensions.IgnoreRoute (System.Web.Routing.RouteCollection, System.String)'. App pool is r...

Which Qt DLL's should I copy to make my program stand-alone?

Hi, I'm trying to make a distribution directory with my application. I've copied several Qt DLLs to that directory, and the program seems to be working, with one exception: it doesn't seem to find SQL plugin for SQLite. Copying qtsqlite.dll to the directory, doesn't allow my application to open or create SQLite files. What must be the di...

is it safe to install mySQL on windows server 2003 when MS SQL 2005 express already exists?

[edit] I should note that I need to do this on a live production server. The MS SQL Server is already attached to our website and supports a 3rd party ERP package. I want to set up a separate database that I can code against for some auxiliary pages and internal-use apps) which will be completely independent (mostly for security, but a...

Skip .NET Framework 3.5 language pack download

I downloaded the .NET 3.5 SP1 redistributable package (231MB). On my machine I have more than 1 language pack. When trying to install .NET 3.5 SP1, the installer connects to the internet and downlands language packs. If no internet connection exists, the installer has 5 (depending on how many language packs exists on my operating system...

Unable to install Python without sudo access

I extracted, configured and used make for the installation package in my server. However, I could not use make install. I get the error [~/wepapps/python/Python-2.6.1]# make install /usr/bin/install -c python /usr/local/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/python2.6': Permission denied make: *** [a...

Register VS2008 Professional on Windows 7

I received from Microsoft a free copy of VS2008 Professional, which is cool. But when I went to install on Windows 7 Beta, it installs fine, but is marked as being "unregistered". I have my license key, but cannot get to where I can enter the key. The deal was I had to DL the trial version and then do an upgrade. I was able to do thi...

Set 'Start Parameters' on Service Installation with .Net ServiceInstaller ?

Hello there, I am currently writing a little windows service application and I can successfully in/uninstall it etc via something like this: serviceProcessInstaller = new ServiceProcessInstaller(); serviceInstaller = new System.ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller(); serviceProcessInstaller.Account = ServiceAccount.L...

PHP install script - Codeigniter

Hi all, I have an application developed with codeIgniter that I would like to write a nice user friendly install script for. The biggest problem with this is that code-igniter needs configuration manually before this can happen, does anyone know a way around this / the the best way to allow this with minimal configuration? ...

Installation File Name Format Best Pratice

I was reading the post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/469270/installation-file-names-in-windows-vista when I thought about Installation File Names. I'm a addicted software downloader, and frequently I've got installation names like "setup.exe" or "install.exe", that says nothing about the program to be installed. I think that an ins...

How to compile Python 1.0

For some perverse reason, I want to try Python 1.0.. How would I go about compiling it, or rather, what is the earlier version that will compile cleanly with current compilers? I'm using Mac OS X 10.5, although since it's for nothing more than curiosity (about how the language has changed), compiling in a Linux virtual machine is possib...

How to install MySQL on Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5?

I followed this tutorial to the very end, then found out it didn't work right. I think I have everything installed but when I type mysql -uroot I only get -bash: mysql: command not found Note: I did not skip the "Setting the Path" step. Upon running this command for the first time: mate ~/.bash_login This brought up an empty fil...