Brian’s Stuff

I came across this post that almost completely explains how to get Sun Java SE 6 installed on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). sudo apt-get install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk The problem I had with the original post was that add-apt-repository was not available until I [...]

If you want to create an archive (.zip, .tar.gz, etc.) file as part of a Maven 2 build you need to use the Assembly Plug-in. Furthermore, if you want to install it into your local repository or deploy it to a remote repository you will need the assistance of the Builder Helper Plug-in. But if [...]

I have deployed a Maven repository using Archiva and protect it using user name and password authentication. I don’t really have much intellectual property worth protecting (yet!) but I decided that I really should be protecting the transport layer using SSL anyway. Being cheap I also decided to use a self signed certificate so I [...]

I needed to install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) on a VMware Workstation virtual machine (VM) running Ubuntu 8.04 as the guest operating system today. It wasn’t as straightforward as I would have expected compared to my previous experience of installing XE on Windows-based platforms.

I’ve recently been plaged by an obnoxiously loud system beep from VMware Workstation. I hunted around the Internet and discovered that adding the following to the .vmx configuration file for the virtual machine will silence it forever. mks.noBeep = "TRUE" Source: http://blog.pauked.com/?p=391

After jumping through a few hoops I managed to get Archvia 1.1.3 successfully deployed to JBoss 4.2.3. Set the appserver.base and appserver.home properties by adding the following lines to $JBOSS_HOME/bin/run.sh and restart JBoss. JAVA_OPTS=”-Dappserver.home=$JBOSS_HOME -Dappserver.base=$JBOSS_HOME $JAVA_OPTS” Now create data source deployment descriptors for the archiva and users databases and copy them to $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy. I am [...]

I have a problem with taking notes at meetings. I am sure whole rain forests have had to be chopped down to supply the paper for the notepads I’ve consumed over the course of my professional career. But their selfless sacrifice has all been in vain. My notepads usually enjoy one of two possible fates. [...]