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Rip and convert to MP3 files in Debian Lenny

To create an audio file in Lenny, you need to install the proper package to encode them. I suggest you add the “debian-multimedia” repository while you are at it. Edit your  /etc/apt/sources.list and add:

deb http://www.-multimedia.org lenny main

run

aptitude

then install the gstreamer lame encoder:

aptitude install gstreamer0.10-lame

Then you are done. You can launch and convert formats to MP3 using VBR and other technologies. You can also use to CD’s

2009
03/23
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Debian Lenny
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How to update my sparc FreeBSD install

So the spanking new freebsd- doesn’t work for systems… boo. Have to do everything manually. Here’s what I remember. Let me know if I forgot something, or its wrong.(very likely)

Install cvsup:

# cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui/
# make install

install fastest cvsup:


# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup/
# make install
# fastest_cvsup -c us

Replace “us” with your country if it’s different. copy the default supfile to our own before editing.


# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /etc/stable-supfile
# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile /etc/ports-supfile

edit both of them and change the


*default host=

to the fastest cvsup server from the “fastest cvsup”

then update the ports


# cvsup -L2 -g /etc/ports-supfile
# cvsup -L2 -g /etc/stable-supfile

Then i guess we try to build the world. see if something breaky.


# cd /usr/src
# make buildworld

Recompiled kernel. I have my own kernel called “MYSPARC2″. Yours might just be “GENERIC”


# cd /usr/src
# make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYSPARC2
# make installkernel KERNCONF=MYSPARC2

rebooted into single user mode then:

# mount -u /
# mount -a -t ufs
# swapon -a

Now you are ready to install the new world.

# cd /usr/src
# make installworld

After that was done, mergemaster to update your configs:

mergemaster -v

Then used portmaster to upgrade all of the ports.

# portmaster -a

Basically everything i know about BSD comes from or stems from something I’ve read at freebsdmadeeasy.com

source: http://www.freebsdmadeeasy.com/tutorials/freebsd/updating-freebsd-with-cvsup.php

2009
03/18
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FreeBSD7
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Automysqlbackup.sh.2.5 on FreeBSD

Automysqlbackup is a great tool. It’s setup and configuration can be found at many other sites. When you try to run it out of the box, you will get something like this:

./automysqlbackup.sh.2.5: Command not found.

To run it in FreeBSD, you need to edit a single line. Automysqlbackup.sh.2.5 is a bash script, and it references the path ‘/bin/sh’. In freebsd, bash is installed at ‘/usr/local/bin/bash.’ If you haven’t already, install bash:

pkg_add -r bash

Then all you have to do is edit automysqlbackup.sh.2.5. Look for

#!/bin/bash

and change it to

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

Now you should be able to launch it properly by running ‘./automysqlbackup.sh.2.5′. creating a symlink would probably work, but i like this better.

2009
03/13
CATEGORY
FreeBSD7
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