RE: crontab

The preferred (Debian) way to change this would be to update-alternatives. Set the editor alternative to your favorite text editor. man update-alternatives /Wes Wesley A. Wannemacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructor, Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu > -O

RE: Instaling dbi in debian

apt-get install libdbd-mysql-perl. You will have to read up on the DBI. zless /usr/share/doc/libdbd-mysql-perl/README.gz /Wes Wesley A. Wannemacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructor, Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu > -Original Message- > From: james

RE: Ok, please tell me how to install a package without the dpkg

I don't think you need to be a programmer, usually the following works for me to install from source: tar -xvzf tarball.tar.gz cd tarball ./configure --help ./configure --options=enabled --other_options=disabled make make install Normally one can also start by taking a gander at the README file (

RE: Help-problems with programming

1. I suppose just saying RTFM would not be enough here, so I would suggest buying a book first. Here is a good book on Java that I use to teach my Java courses. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760010706/qid%3D/103-0672772-6 705427 2. Then when you need help, join a Java list. 3. As far

RE: Perl Scripting Help

You will need to install a few perl packages. I would start with the following: perl-base perl perl-tk For Extended Tcl/Tk you will need tclx If the above does not get you what you want, you can download just about any perl module under the sun from www.cpan.org (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

RE: Changing the MOTD

I just had this same problem minutes ago, but by doing a grep on /etc for motd, I noticed that there is a variable called EDITMOTD in the file rcS of /etc/default that is set to yes automatically. ./default/rcS:# Set EDITMOTD to "no" if you don't want /etc/motd to be editted automatically ./defaul

RE: off topic - scsi partitions & swap & raid

. two partitions on the same physical disk you are wasting your time. Unless it is purely for practice. Wes Wesley Wannemacher Instructor, Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: William Jensen [mailto: