upgrading php 5.1 to php 5.2 in centos is quite tricky.  by default, it’s yum repository only have php 5.1 on it. therefore, no way you can yum 5.2 from it unless you add a repository tha i just found out and add it to your list of repositories.

add a new repository by creating a repo configuration file under this directory /etc/yum.repos.d/. name it anything you like. write this on that file.

[utterramblings]
name=Jason’s Utter Ramblings Repo
baseurl=http://www.jasonlitka.com/media/EL$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://www.jasonlitka.com/media/RPM-GPG-KEY-jlitka

I got this from magento commerce forum. I was looking elsewhere to solve this problem. i just realized that it’s just sitting arround the corner.

i was updating my php version because of magento. it requires php 5.2 installed in your web machine, that’s why i needed to upgrade my version. I still dont know what magento wants next, it looks pretty bossy.

here’s a quick link to the forum. http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4695/

$> yum install g++

damn, i get an error. it couldnt find it in the repository.

try this instead.

$>yum install gcc-c++

Installation is pretty quick.

get rpms from epl. quick links below.

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/repoview/git-core.html (core)
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/repoview/perl-Git.html (required)

some stuffs may be lacking from your system, these two rpms here were just the stuffs i need to install them. there are also other tools available at epl.

btw, what’s epl? epl is Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL).

here’s a quick link: epl

Do you still know what you did last summer? Sounds like a movie release few years back. That’s not what I meant.

Can you still trace back the things you did way back few days ago? How about weeks ago? Or perhaps at an exact date that passed? Oh wait, I’ll check my twitter. I tweet a lot that’s why.

I found this cool site that let you refresh your memory to the details. Memiary is a weightless pocket diary, a member of the family “microblog” but even more detailed and organized. You might want to make use of this. Who knows, this could be a legacy to your grandkids once they get to read yours.

Memiary

I came across this error when i tried to migrate the db structure of redmine application.

$ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"
(in /opt/redmine/redmine-dev)
No such file or directory - /tmp/mysql.sock
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

I did some research and I discovered that the problem is with my database.yml file.

production:
adapter: mysql
database: redmine
host: localhost
username: root
password: rootpw
encoding: utf8

“host” should be set to 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. After that, i had the migration working.

“Rails troubleshooting: episode 1″

Before I got into freelancing, I’ve been looking for jobs everywhere. Newspaper, radio, magazines and internet. There are many online job sites today. Some are commercial, some are not. Some are plainly text-based, some are aesthetically well-designed.

I came across with this impressive site wherein they have this records of many job vacancies from anywhere in the world. They are some sort of an index of different job vacancy pages from different job sites. You might want to take a look at simply hired.

Featuring a music store that’s been a repository of Indie Music with improved recommendation system, here’s Amie Street. You can listen to music online, buy music like iTunes, Amie Street is recommended for indie bands. Another thing that’s cool about this service, they have a million songs stored.

TechCrunch just announced an online karaoke machine. Loaded with 5000 songs in a number of foreign languages. Membership is free but is only limitted to a number of songs. Paid membership starts from 10USD.

Karaoeke

I stumbled upon a repository of free textures that you can use to whatever use. Check this Lost and taken.

got this tutorial from ghostonthird

1. Install the Ruby One-Click Installer
2. Follow the instructions on at http://merbivore.com/index.html

or

1. Download Ruby One-Click Installer[ruby186-26.exe]
2. Install - select all defaults.
3. Run “RubyGems Package Manager”
   1. (Start -> All Programs -> Ruby-186-26 -> RubyGems -> RubyGems Package Manager)
   2. this brings up a command window
4. - Execute “gem install merb –include-dependencies”
   1. select “1. ParseTree 2.1.1 (i386-mswin32)”
   2. select “1. mongrel 1.1.5 (x86-mswin32-60)
   3. Wait for 10 minutes or so while the rdoc is installed…
5. Execute: merb-gen app  my_application
6. Execute: cd my_application
7. Execute: merb
   1. wait…
8. open your browser of choice to http://localhost:4000