Category Archives: programming languages

Installing Firefox 3 on the eeepc (easy way)

So I had to F9 my eeepc (press f9 on reboot to restore factory defaults) in an attempt to make wifi work properly. It seems good now but I’m keeping an eye on it. Anyway, I had to reinstall FF3 and found some deb packages to make life far easier. Initial install instructions [eeeuser.com wiki]… Read More »

Installing Perl Modules as Non-Root User

I wanted to install the Perl scripts for o2sms on my new webfaction account and ran into a problem. I’ve not got root so the cpan install was going to complain when it tried to install to the default directory /usr/bin. I needed to figure out how to install o2sms and the associated modules (Crypt:SSLeay,… Read More »