Archive for January, 2009

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Dbconsole exit

Problem
You are using the script/dbconsole utility in Rails (with sqlite), and you want to exit the application but the usual keystrokes/commands like quit, exit, Ctrl + C don’t work.
Solution
You have to use the following keyword, paying particular notice in the leading dot (.exit):
.exit

2 Comments » - Posted in ruby on rails by kosmas

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Mandriva and Sqlite3

Problem
You want to work with sqlite3 in Mandriva (2009), but the standard installation doesn’t work, and you cannot use urpmi sqlite3.
Solution
You need to install the sqlite3 command line tools, like:
urpmi sqlite3-tools

No Comments » - Posted in Mandriva, linux, ruby on rails by kosmas

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Phusion Passenger installation in Mandriva 2009

Problem
You have recently installed Mandriva 2009 and you want to install phusion passenger.
Solution

First make sure that apache is installed. If it is not installed (default), do:
urpmi apache
On the selection question about the dependencies select option 1 (apache-prefork)
Use the details from the phusion passenger website. ie:
Install passenger:
gem install passenger

Run the passenger installation:
passenger-install-apache2-module

If at the second stage [...]

1 Comment » - Posted in Mandriva, ruby on rails by kosmas