My two sheds // Personal take on tech

I've been hearing about the much-hyped release of Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from everywhere and finally decided to take a look at it myself (I was reluctant to do it because my favorite Linux PDF reader was and still is CVS version of KDE's stock KPDF). Installing it is no rocket science, really, but closely integrating it with the system is a more difficult task. Here's how I accomplished it.

Having to type (and remember) numerous SSH passwords for my sites everyday always drove me mad. So-called 'public key authentication' is one way to end this struggle and work more effectively. I've read several HOWTOs covering this feature but had no time (or shall I say – was far too lazy) to try it myself. One day, finally, SSH got the better of me so I decided to dig into it. Here is what I've found.

Setting up Ruby and Rails

Installing required packages

First you'll have to get the required ruby packages:

          apt-get install libruby libruby1.8 ruby ruby1.8 libzlib-ruby1.8 libyaml-ruby1.8 rdoc1.8 libiconv-ruby1.8 irb1.8 libreadline-ruby1.8 libcurses-ruby1.8 libbigdecimal-ruby1.8 libdrb-ruby1.8 liberb-ruby1.8