Author Archives: Ahmed Tawfik

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About Ahmed Tawfik

Cybersecurity Professional, Systems Engineer, OSS & Linux Geek

Running different types of executable files on Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ahmed Tawfik

.deb files, just double click and the package manager will automatically run .sh files, just type “sh filename” in the terminal .bin files, type “chmod +x filename” to allow the file to execute and then type “./filename“

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Setting up Java Development Environment on Ubuntu Gutsy, Part 2: Configuring Java Environment Variables on Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ahmed Tawfik

The default command line interface for Ubuntu Linux is called bash (Bourne Again Shell), and in order to add Java environment variables, we will edit a file named “.bashrc” and add our commands inside, here we go: Edit the “.bashrc” … Continue reading →

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Subversion Client on Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ahmed Tawfik

Subversion is one of the most famous VCS (Version Control System) that supports both version control models; the copy-modify-merge and the lock-modify-unlock ones, and my favorite Subversion clients is called Work Bench; very user friendly and fast, the best one … Continue reading →

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Setting up MySQL Server and GUI Client tools on Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ahmed Tawfik

Type the following in the terminal: “sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-query-browser mysql-admin” (Note: You can read the manual of any command by invoking the “man” command and providing the command’s name as its parameter, e.g. “man apt-get” I don’t like … Continue reading →

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Setting up Java Development Environment on Ubuntu Gutsy, Part 1

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Ahmed Tawfik

Setting the Java Development Environment on Ubuntu Linux is quite a straightforward process, you just need a little knowledge with working with the Terminal (as I prefer it, much faster), here we go: Open the terminal, update your local software … Continue reading →

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