To install VMware Tools on Centos 6 simply run following commands as root:
yum install gcc kernel-devel perl reboot mount /dev/cdrom /mnt tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz umount /mnt cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl default
In Centos 6, netinstall method changed URL to installation image.
You can use:
32 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/i386/ 64 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/
When I was looking for tools, which would help me with editing of RPM spec files, I decided to use Eclipse + Linux tools plugin. I found, it is unusable on my Windows desktop for 2 reasons:
- there is no rpmlint on Windows, making Linux tools load one cpu core to 100%
- i needed to transfer every change to linux machine and run rpm build
So I decided to create a dedicated virtual machine for rpm builds, on OpenVZ, running Eclipse and all needed plugins (git and Linux tools).
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A quick recapitulation of XEN to KVM migration on my Centos 5.4. It was suprisingly easy.
While reinstalling my Centos server, I was not able to get into Anacoda installer GUI. My LCD monitor said “Video mode not supported”. Centos default video resolution is 800×600 and 24bit depth.
Step by step instructions on how to install Tomcat 6 on Centos 5.2.
Step by step how I installed Atlassian Jira on Centos 5.2.
Today, I installed Atlassian Confluence into one of my XEN virtual machines.
I have got a new board – Alix 2C3 – for my home router. I decided to build my favorite linux distribution Debian on it.