Tag Archives: debian

Build multiarch R (32 bit and 64 bit) on Debian/Ubuntu

I have the 64 bit version of R compiled from source on my Ubuntu laptop. I recently had a need for R based on 32 bit since a package I needed to compile and use only works in 32 bit. I thought it was readily available on Ubuntu since both 32 bit and 64 bit read more »

R from source

The following are notes for myself. I like to use the [bleeding edge](http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Using-Subversion-and-rsync) version of [R](http://www.r-project.org/):

Amazon EC2 free hosting (micro instance) for 1 year – Ubuntu + WordPress + Asterisk

I use old laptops as my web servers at school. However, they really aren’t built to be running for so long, and I have disk problems on both of them. Amazon Web Services has a [free](http://aws.amazon.com/free/) usage tier for 1 year. After the 1 year, the micro instance cost about $.02/hr, which is still pretty read more »

Latest Asterisk on Ubuntu

I recently changed my web server, and had to re-install Asterisk. I wanted to compile from source but I had an “input/output” error, which means either my drive is bad or I’m having issues with the kernel. SMART tells me my drive is OK, so I assume it’s the kernel. I found [this](ppa) that has read more »

Automatically start Asterisk at boot time

Learned how to do so from [this](http://www.voipuser.org/forum_topic_3621.html) thread. Modify the /etc/init.d/asterisk:

Future of computing?

This is what I envision the future of computing to be if things were up to me. I can turn on any computer and be able to access an environment that has all the applications I use via a web login. That is, I should be able to remotely log in to my computer/server from read more »

flags for compiling source code: pkg-config command

so i was trying to compile some C code on my server at school that involves the math and the GNU Scientific Library (gsl) libraries. that is, the source has the following lines: those link the header files. however, when compiling, gcc would complain that they can’t see functions such as sqrt, abs, etc, from read more »

stumpwm on mac os x

stumpwm is to window managing (tiling?) system what emacs is to text editing and conkeror is to web browsing. very cool. if i was on a linux laptop/desktop like i used to be, i would definitely use this. i’m even debating on quitting my mac os x for this (with emacs and conkeror). however, i read more »