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Installing XEN 3.x on Ubuntu/Fedora

I found the below links to install Xen on both ubuntu and fedora

1) http://mediakey.dk/~cc/ubuntu-howto-install-xen/

2) http://sysdigg.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-install-xen-in-fedora-8.html

Also you can use yum install xen to faster installation

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How to install YUM on fedora 9 and solve installation problems

Use wget tool to download YUM package:

1) wget http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.7.tar.gz

2) use tar command to extract to a directory named yum

3)tar -xvzf yum-2.0.7.tar.gz

4)cd yum-2.0.7

5) ./configure

6) make

7) make install

you are done installing. Sometimes you might get the following errors on fedora 10:
1) make not found.

for this instal: yum install make

2) msgmerge not found.

for this install: yum install gettext

now the above solves your problem. Happy installing.


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Removing a directory by force in linux

You can use this command:

rm -rf
I know rm is for removing files, but try this command it really works.
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easy way to change your password on linux (fedora/ubuntu)

A rough way to change the password in linux can be

sudo passwd

When asked to enter the password, you can enter your password and change the root password

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How to install bittorrent 4.x on ubuntu

Sometimes installing bittorrent can be pretty frustrating. I experienced this problem in a very dependent way. Just running the .deb file was not sufficient prior to this, you will need to install lot of dependencies. Let me take you step by step:

1) Install python:
apt-get install python2.4 python-wxgtk2.4 python-twisted

2) Install zope(zope.org)
apt-get install zope2.9

3) Install wxgtk if not installed
apt-get install python-wxgtk2.6

4) Install bittorrent
dpkg -i /home/test/Desktop/bittorrent_4.26.3_python2.4.deb

Your done. Run bittorrent from command prompt

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