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Versions of LibreOffice LibreOffice tends to focus on a GUI experience, while also providing package manager installations for a variety of operating systems such as Ubuntu. The downloadable files include a .deb file which can be used for installation. However, using the .deb means manual installations. Ubuntu suggests using APT only. For Ubuntu 22.04, the… Continue reading Install Specific LibreOffice Version on Ubuntu 22.04
Running Docker on Windows? You might run into these errors: docker: Error response from daemon: Ports are not available: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:4449: bind: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:80: bind: An attempt was made to access a socket… Continue reading Windows Docker – An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
You might get the following error/s with wkhtmltopdf : Error: Failed to load https://www.yoursite.com/some-pdf-gen-url/, with network status code 4 and http status code 0 – Socket operation timed outWarning: Failed loading page Or exit with code 1 due to network error: timeouterror First, try cURLing your site: If that fails, it is because DNS is… Continue reading wkhtmltopdf error network status code 4 and http status code 0
Here’s a style file for php.ini when using nano. For this particular situation it is Ubuntu 22.04. Copy/paste this into it: ctrl+X to save/exit Adjust colors to suit your tastes.
You’re running a docker web app and it connects fine to the IP address you specified on a shared database server, but you can’t connect to MySQL running on your workstation hosting the container. How do you connect to your local machine’s instance of MySQL? Easy. In this example, we’re doing dev coding on our… Continue reading Connect to local MySQL from Docker Container
You are running Windows 10/11 on your machine with Hyper-V installed. You are also running a Windows 10 Hyper-V Virtual Machine. When installing Docker you will get a notification that WSL is having issues so you will update it. Run PowerShell as Administrator: And Docker will still fail so you will: It might fail because… Continue reading Running Docker on a Windows 10 Hyper-V
This article covers the basic steps of moving a database to a new folder. It includes moving the db, as well as resetting SELinux/Apparmor policies. Depending on the OS configuration, MySQL may be running the /root mount where it is installed by default. There may be more drive space available in the /home directory. In… Continue reading How to move MySQL to another drive in CentOS
Here’s what worked for me: I replaced LDAP with OAuth 2.0 Upgrade GitLab I upgraded to the latest from 13.6.0. It took a long time going through all the different steps because I was major versions behind. I attempted at 13.6.0 but it just wasn’t working. Here are my steps for reference: yum install gitlab-ee-13.6.0-ee.0.el7… Continue reading Migrating On Prem GitLab EE to Azure VM
When using Microsoft SQL Server Import and Export Wizard you might get this error when attempting to import an XLSX file: TITLE: SQL Server Import and Export WizardThe operation could not be completed.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:The ‘Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0’ provider is not registered on the local machine. (System.Data)BUTTONS:OK This is because the default wizard is launches the 32 bit… Continue reading Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 provider is not registered on the local machine
It is easy to fall into old learnings and habits with Windows because it can be difficult to keep up with the latest methods. Also, you’re not in a position to run PHP on a linux stack, so Windows it is. If you’ve been around Windows and IIS for a long time, you might still… Continue reading How to CORRECTLY install PHP 7.4.16 for IIS on Windows