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Nginx Moodle Configuration

Posted by scoopit — March 12, 2015 in Moodle

Moodle is a free software built to help educators to create online courses and help teachers to interact with students. It’s one of the most popular e-learning platforms around the world. And of course, it runs pretty well on…

How do I fix a “Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock” error?

Posted by Patric Lougheed — December 5, 2013 in MySQL

You can delete the lock file with the following command: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock After that, try running apt-get again. via apt –…

Installing Node.js on Ubuntu

Posted by Patric Lougheed — December 4, 2013 in Node.js

This guide will show you how to install Node.js on Ubuntu from either the source code or Git repository. I’m going to assume that you are using Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and that you wish to install version…

Dotdeb – The repository for Debian-based LAMP servers

Posted by Patric Lougheed — March 19, 2013 in MySQL

Tired of waiting for Ubuntu distro releases of PHP and MySQL only to find them way behind current builds? Follow the directions here and use apt to install current versions quiet reliably! Dotdeb – The repository for Debian-based…

Ubuntu 10.x completely remove and clean MySQL installation | StuffThatSpins.com

Posted by Patric Lougheed — March 19, 2013 in MySQL

Latest PHP update for Ubuntu caused nothing but weird issues for me and I had to force update latest version but my Mysql update went sideways and this article help me get it straight again. Now running MySQL 5.5 on Ubuntu 11.10…

Build a web server with Node.js

Posted by Patric Lougheed — January 26, 2013 in Node.js

Web servers don’t need to be big, general-purpose applications. Over the years they’ve become more complex, delivering all kinds of content to your browser. But what if you need something focused? Internet Information Server and Apache are overkill, and even…

Basic secure setup of LAMP server for Ubuntu

Posted by Patric Lougheed — January 19, 2013 in Security

I came across a concise forum post on setting up security on a LAMP stack but experienced some issues getting it working on Ubuntu, so here is my updated guide. http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server Please also try to use an updated…

WordPress Security: The Problem, The Solution, And Remedies | DailyHostNews

Posted by Patric Lougheed — January 8, 2013 in Security

In the past couple of years, the number of Internet users and bloggers have increased tremendously. As WordPress is easy to setup and configure, it has become one of the most popular and widely used application for bloggers….