Possible to install other programs on bubbatwo?

[rewien]

Hello all,

I was wondering is it possible to instal let's say: firefox,pidgin etc.. on bubatwo to? if zo how would you me ablbe to acces them on bubbatwo.

I'm asking this because I still walk around with my cruzer with firefox and pidgin on it. so i can surfe or msn where evere i am with out leaving my trace on a quest computer.


Thank,
Rewien

[davidI]

What do you mean by install?

bubba doesn't itself out-of-the-box support X as it doesn't have a terminal, so you would only be able to run a X application on the bubba via something like ssh -X.

If you want to run the "installed" application on another computer then you will just be using the bubba as a file server to provide your program and the story is the same as if the program was on a USB flash drive. (Once you have mounted the bubba drive on the remote computer).

Remember that the bubba is a PowerPC CPU machine and native programs for it will not run on a "normal" Intel i86 (Windows or Linux) machine.

[Xnij]

You could always install text-based applications. I just installed finch (text mode version of pidgin) which works great as most messaging is just text anyway.

Web browsing is of course nicer with a graphical gui but can be done with links, elinks, lynx, etc. Haven't installed any of those yet tho.

[rewien]

You could always install text-based applications. I just installed finch (text mode version of pidgin) which works great as most messaging is just text anyway.

Web browsing is of course nicer with a graphical gui but can be done with links, elinks, lynx, etc. Haven't installed any of those yet tho.

Hello Xnij & David1,

Thanks for youre reply,
Sorry for my late reply I had some problems with bubbatwo update but got it fix

Wel let me tell you guys what I'm up to, the thing is I'm alinux new bee.
But I'm willing to learn and want to install some aplications on bubbatwo.

I alreaddy installed:
Gallery2
Phpbb2


But I would like to install :
achims-guestbook (2.53-1)
php driven guestbook
elinks (0.11.1-1.2etch1)
advanced text-mode WWW browser
dokuwiki (0.0.20061106-6)
a standards compliant simple to use wiki
finch (text mode version of pidgin)
Backuppc
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

Is the installation the same as Gallery2 or phpbb2 and could they be installed on bubbatwo?

Rewien

[Xnij]

If you're going to be working in a remote terminal I would recommend installing 'screen' if you haven't done so already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen

To install finch I used the repo for backports.org. Instructions: http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions

Then issue: aptitude install finch

elinks seems to be in stable so you should just be able to run 'aptitude install elinks'. I haven't got it installed yet tho.

[rewien]

If you're going to be working in a remote terminal I would recommend installing 'screen' if you haven't done so already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen

To install finch I used the repo for backports.org. Instructions: http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions

Then issue: aptitude install finch

elinks seems to be in stable so you should just be able to run 'aptitude install elinks'. I haven't got it installed yet tho.

Hello Xnij,

So first you installed "GNU_screen"
Then added backport to youre "/etc/apt/sources.list"
The run:

"apt-get -t etch-backports install “finchâ€

[Xnij]

Sorry I should have clarified... all these apps are text-mode. so what you do is enable remote ssh access and grab a ssh client (eg. Putty for win) and connect via that to your bubba, There you can start any of these apps. It does take some getting used to working in all text but it it nice to be able to "detach" your session (via screen), log out, and reattach it from another computer with everything still running.

[rewien]

Sorry I should have clarified... all these apps are text-mode. so what you do is enable remote ssh access and grab a ssh client (eg. Putty for win) and connect via that to your bubba, There you can start any of these apps. It does take some getting used to working in all text but it it nice to be able to "detach" your session (via screen), log out, and reattach it from another computer with everything still running.

Thank you for youre clear explanation Xnij, I also google a little and found this page. this is how it looks when you login with ssh client to your bubba to?
http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/p ... hp/3738306

I must say it looks awsome! and i'm gone give it a try.

What about the other programs? any idea how I would be able to install them and acces them?

achims-guestbook (2.53-1)
php driven guestbook
dokuwiki (0.0.20061106-6)
a standards compliant simple to use wiki
Backuppc
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

I was thinking just doing "apt-get install "package", but then how am I able to acces them in bubba? maybe http:bubba/"aplication"?
And are the posible to be installed on bubba two, I tried de questbook but after instalation, I was unable to connect to bubba using http://bubba/admin

I tried to install dokuwiki but get this message:

server:/home/rewien# apt-get install dokuwiki
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bubba-frontend libapache2-mod-php5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dokuwiki libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3005kB of archives.
After unpacking 3084kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Last time when trying to install the questbook got a similair question, and when I answerd no. I was unable to access bubba through http://bubba/

Any idea what i should do?
Thanks,
Rewien

[Xnij]

I tried to install dokuwiki but get this message:

server:/home/rewien# apt-get install dokuwiki
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bubba-frontend libapache2-mod-php5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dokuwiki libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3005kB of archives.
After unpacking 3084kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

It seems to want to downgrade you to php4 and remove bubba-frontend which doesn't seem too wise.

I'd download and install it manually from the dokuwiki site. Check first if the prerequisites are fullfilled(php version, etc) but I'm guessing the latest version will work ok.

The web root directory for the bubba is /var/www. So everything you put here will be accessible from http://yourbubba. Copy the Dokuwiki files to a sub dir here (eg. wiki) and you should be able to access it via http://yourbubba/wiki.

[davidI]

The web root directory for the bubba is /var/www.
.

My Bubba 2's web root is /home/www. This is where the index.html is stored and where phpmyadmin installed itself to (using apt-get install ...).

it could be that /var/www is a link to the /home/www directory, but if I remember right, the apache config files also pointed to /home/www.

I can't look now because I'm not at home.

[davidI]

Yes /var/www just points to /home/www

Code: Select all

ls -l /var/www
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2008-10-15 04:39 /var/www -> /home/web

[rewien]

I tried to install dokuwiki but get this message:

server:/home/rewien# apt-get install dokuwiki
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bubba-frontend libapache2-mod-php5
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dokuwiki libapache2-mod-php4 libzzip-0-12 php4 php4-common
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 3005kB of archives.
After unpacking 3084kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

It seems to want to downgrade you to php4 and remove bubba-frontend which doesn't seem too wise.

I'd download and install it manually from the dokuwiki site. Check first if the prerequisites are fullfilled(php version, etc) but I'm guessing the latest version will work ok.

The web root directory for the bubba is /var/www. So everything you put here will be accessible from http://yourbubba. Copy the Dokuwiki files to a sub dir here (eg. wiki) and you should be able to access it via http://yourbubba/wiki.

Hello Xnij,

Thank you for your explanation. how can I copy/Install the downloaded setup file in the /var/www of bubba? I tried ftp but can't see the directory.

Can I load the file to storage and some how let apt-get install it in /var/www ?

Rewien

ps; If this works I would be able to install the questbook too, since it gives me the same error

[rewien]

Thanks David1 and Xnij,

I got dokuwiki installed, next I'm gone try to install the questbook.
I'm gonne keep you all informed how it goes

Thanks again,
Rewien

[rewien]

Thanks David1 and Xnij,

I got dokuwiki installed, next I'm gone try to install the questbook.
I'm gonne keep you all informed how it goes

Thanks again,
Rewien

Hello all,

I have installed the guestbook too, and am bussy with backuppc.
This is what I have done:

rewien@server:~$ su
Password:
server:/home/rewien# apt-get install backuppc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libarchive-zip-perl libcompress-zlib-perl perl-suid smbclient
Suggested packages:
rsync libfile-rsyncp-perl w3m www-browser par2 bzip2 smbfs
The following NEW packages will be installed:
backuppc libarchive-zip-perl libcompress-zlib-perl perl-suid smbclient
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 4827kB of archives.
After unpacking 13.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org etch/main backuppc 2.1.2-6 [417kB]
Get:2 http://update.excito.org upstream_etch/main libcompress-zlib-perl 1.42-2 [58.3kB]
Get:3 http://update.excito.org upstream_etch/main libarchive-zip-perl 1.16-1 [87.1kB]
Get:4 http://update.excito.org upstream_etch/main perl-suid 5.8.8-7etch3 [32.9kB]
Get:5 http://update.excito.org marielle/main smbclient 3.0.24-6etch10ex1 [4231kB]
Fetched 4827kB in 44s (109kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcompress-zlib-perl.
(Reading database ... 34142 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libcompress-zlib-perl (from .../libcompress-zlib-perl_1.42-2_powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libarchive-zip-perl.
Unpacking libarchive-zip-perl (from .../libarchive-zip-perl_1.16-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl-suid.
Unpacking perl-suid (from .../perl-suid_5.8.8-7etch3_powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package smbclient.
Unpacking smbclient (from .../smbclient_3.0.24-6etch10ex1_powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package backuppc.
Unpacking backuppc (from .../backuppc_2.1.2-6_all.deb) ...
Setting up libcompress-zlib-perl (1.42-2) ...
Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.16-1) ...
Setting up perl-suid (5.8.8-7etch3) ...
Setting up smbclient (3.0.24-6etch10ex1) ...
Setting up backuppc (2.1.2-6) ...

adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you are currently creating.
Adding password for user backuppc
This module is already enabled!
Starting backuppc: ok.

server:/home/rewien#
server:/home/rewien# ln -s /usr/share/backuppc/site /home/web/backuppc
server:/home/rewien#

I've read the setup :http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/backuppc.htm
It saids that i would be able to access the user interface with:

"BackupPC can be managed through its web interface:
http://localhost.localdomain/backuppc/ "

However when I type http://bubba/backuppc/ I get this error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /backuppc/ on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch11 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8c Server at server Port 80

Any idea's how I couls fix this?
Thanks Rewien

[Xnij]

It could be a permission problem or it could be a problem with the Apache config.

What are the permissions of /usr/share/backuppc/site? It should be readable by all and if it is not you can rectify this with chmod.