Set static IP

Sometimes its necessary that your machine gets a static IP-address. For example if you want to run a server or a other service on that machine. On Debian based machines you can do this by: Edit /etc/network/interfaces (f.e.: with nano) auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.88.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 […]

Cleanup Ubuntu

In the last time I had the problem, that my system became very slow and wasn’t usable anymore. Here are the steps I’ve taken to get rid of this problem: Cleanup old packages in the terminal: $> sudo synaptic got to  Settings -> Preferences -> Files activate the bullet point Delete downloaded files after installation under Temporary […]

Install community channel

Sometimes it is necessary to install the community channel manually. F.e. in EE. 1.14.0.1 I got the following error massage in the Magento-Connect-Manager shell when I tried to install a package via “Direct package file upload”: CONNECT ERROR: The ‘community’ channel is not installed. Please use the MAGE shell script to install the ‘community’ channel. What […]