Saturday, May 12, 2012

Installing DBDesigner 4 on Ubuntu

The only way I found to install DBDesigner 4 on Ubuntu is as follows:
  • Download the *.rpm file of DBDesigner.
  • Download the library package and extract it using:
tar xzvf kylixlibs3-borqt-3.0-2.tar.gz
  • After extracting it do the following:
sudo cp kylixlibs3-borqt/libborqt-6.9.0-qt2.3.so /lib/libborqt-6.9-qt2.3.so

Now your DBDesigner will be working, the executable file DBDesigner4 can be found at /opt/DBDesigner.

Found the solution on the following link.

rizzz86

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Installing Adobe Flash Plugin on Ubuntu

Installing Adobe Flash Plugin on latest versions of Ubuntu (11 +) is straight forward and can easily be done by directly search and install from Ubuntu Software Center.

The problem comes when you are using the old versions of Ubuntu. Yesterday I have to install Ubuntu 9.10 on my system and got the problem of installing flash player plugin. After some searching I found the solution that requires enabling of repositories. Step by step solution is as follows:

  • Go to "System > Administration > Software Sources" from the menu.
  • Click "Other Software" tab and check the two options that represents the repositories. Selecting those repositories allows Ubuntu to download other softwares that includes adobe flash plugin as well.
  • Go to  "System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager" and search for 'adobe flash plugin'. It will give the package to install, you just need to select that package and click the 'Apply' button on the top.

Now you can run flash videos/games on your system.

rizzz86