1. Java 1.5 or latest [ http://java.sun.com ]
2. Mysql 5.x [ http://www.mysql.com ]
3. Tomcat 5.5.x [ http://tomcat.apache.org/]

Installation [Everything has to be done in root mode ]
1. Download the Unitime source file from http://www.unitime.org/ webiste

2. Extarct the tar file into /opt/unitime folder [ #mkdir /opt/unitime]

#tar -xzvf unitime-3.1_bld248.tar.gz  -C /opt/unitime

3. Start your mysql server

#/etc/init.d/mysqld start

4. Import sql file into mysql server [located in /opt/unitime/doc/mysql folder]

[ Note : MySQL is case sensitive on table names by default. To change this, add the following line to the /etc/my.cnf file. This forces MySQL to translate all table names to lowercase before executing the statement.]

lower_case_table_names=1

# mysql -u root -p -f </opt/unitime/doc/mysql/schema.sql
# mysql -u root -p  </opt/unitime/doc/mysql/woebegon-data.sql

5. Connect  mysql client and create the user for timetable database [ the default username is timetable and password is unitime ] , run the following queries in mysql client window.

update mysql.user set host=’localhost’ where user=’timetable’;
update mysql.user set password=PASSWORD(‘unitime’) where user=’timetable’;
commit;
grant all on timetable.* to timetable;
flush privileges;

I have given sample mysql client window and queries

[root@localhost ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 12 to server version: 5.0.22

Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer.

mysql> update mysql.user set host=’localhost’ where user=’timetable’;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

mysql> update mysql.user set password=PASSWORD(‘unitime’) where user=’timetable’;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 1  Changed: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> commit;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> grant all on timetable.* to timetable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

6. Copy the UniTime.war file into tomcat webapps folder

# cp /opt/unitime/web/UniTime.war /opt/apache-tomcat-5.5.29/webapps/

7. Create  a file called my_login.conf and add the following line

#gedit my_login.conf
Timetabling {
org.unitime.timetable.authenticate.jaas.DbAuthenticateModule required;
};

Save the file and exit.

8. Add the following paths at end of /etc/profile file

#gedit /etc/profile
export JAVA_OPTS=”${JAVA_OPTS} -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/opt/unitime/my_login.conf”
export JAVA_OPTS=”${JAVA_OPTS} -Djava.awt.headless=true”
export JAVA_OPTS=”${JAVA_OPTS} -Xmx512m”

9. Run the following command to set the path

#source /etc/profile

10. Now , its time to start your tomcat server

#/opt/apache-tomcat-5.5.29/bin/startup.sh

11. Open your web browser , type the follwoing address

http://localhost:8080/UniTime

12. If you get the login window , then evrything is ok , otherwise some problem with your installation. the default usename and password of unitime is

username : admin
password : admin

13. Have a fun with your university scheduling system !!!

1. Open Source Web Development with LAMP Using Linux, Apache, MySQL
2. Core Python Programming
3. Practical Programming in TCl and TK
4. Perl Programming

REFERENCE BOOKS

HTML BASICS

1. Tag Basics
2. Tag Reference
3. W3C Html Tutorial
4. Useful Html Tags
5. JavaScript Reference

PHP – MYSQL

1. Emailing with PHP
2. MySql CookBook
3. Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL™ and Apache in 24 Hours
4. Web Application Developments using PHP and MYSQL
5. PHP and PostgreSQL
6. PHP Functions Essential Reference

PYTHON AND TCL/TK

1. Learning Python
2. Python 2.5 Quick Reference
3. Tcl and the Tk Toolkit

sudo apt-get install elinks

E-Links Installation

Features

• Lots of protocols (local files, finger, HTTP(S), FTP, IPv4/6 etc.)
• Internationalized domain names
• Persistent cookies, HTTP authentication and proxy authentication
• Tabbed browsing, good looking menus and dialogs, and key-binding manager
• History browsing and typeahead searches
• Forms history and completion, and history in commonly used input dialogs
• CSS support and support for browser scripting (Perl, Lua, Guile etc.)
• Tables and frames rendering, and configurable color support
• Compressed and background (non-blocking) downloads, and download resuming

Home Page

Shortcut Keys

1. Space      —  Move downwards by a page (move-page-down)
2. D             —   Open download manager (download-manager)
3. d              — Download the current link (link-download)
4. Delete    —   Scroll down (scroll-down)
5. Enter     —   Follow the current link (link-follow)
6. F10        —   Open the File menu (file-menu)
7. Tab        —   Move to the next frame (frame-next)
8. Shift-Tab  —   Move to the previous frame (frame-prev)
9. h                 —    Open history manager (history-manager)
10. t                  —   Open a new tab (open-new-tab)

Sample Page from Openpeta.com

For more information , please refer http://elinks.or.cz/documentation/manpages/elinkskeys.5.html url.

Other Text Based Browsers

• Lynx
• Net-Tamer
• w3m
• WebbIE

The AptURL Protocol Handler and a web browser support are required to install packages. Steps are given here to install the apturl package [if using APT-based Linux system such as Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, and gOS].

Install from Synaptic Package Manager

Go to Synaptic Package Manager and find apturl.
When you have found it check it and click on Apply Changes.

Install from Terminal

sudo apt-get install apturl

Enable the AptURL protocol in Web Browsers

*** Firefox ***

• Type in about:config in the location bar.
• Right click, select New -> String
  Type in network.protocol-handler.app.apt in the name of string, and type  in /usr/bin/apturl in the value.
• One more right click, select New -> String
  Type in network.protocol-handler.app.apt+http in the name of string, and type in /usr/bin/apturl in the value.

*** Opera ***

• Open Preferences.
  Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Programs
• Click “Add” button.
  Type in “apt” in the “Protocol” field,
  and type in “apturl” in the “Open with other application” field.
  Click “OK” button.
• One more click “Add” button.
  Type in “apt+http” in the “Protocol” field,
  and type in “apturl” in the “Open with other application” field.
  Click “OK” button.

After finishing your configuration , You can use http://www.appnr.com search page to browse the package manager. This web based package browser will automatically find and install the dependency software of a given package.

Reference : http://www.appnr.com

1. Mobile Audio – AMR
2. Mobile Video –  3GP video
3. MP3 Audio [ .mp3 ]
4. Windows Media Audio
5. ogg vorbis audio
6. Wave Audio [ .wav or .au ]
7. MPEG 1/2 Video
8. AVI Video
9. Windows Media Video [ .wmv ]
10. Flash Video [ .flv ]
11. Quick Time Video
12. iPhone or iPod MP4 video [ .mp4 ]
13. PSP MP4 video

Features of Mobile Media Converter

• Very simple to use for beginners also.
• Supports All Types of Audio and Video formats
• Multiple file conversion
• User can  extract or download video from Youtube URL.
• User can manually change the size of the video and audio bit rate etc .

Demerits of MMC

• MKV [ .mkv ] video format is not supported [ hope this feature would be added in future version ]
• There is no pause and resume option for conversion

Installing MMC

It can be downloaded from http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverter.htm this web site . MMC is available for both Linux and Windows operating systems . so installation is very simple with one click . here i have given some snapshots for your reference

Mobile Media Converter

MMC - Multiple File Conversion And Settings

MMC - Conversion Process

Just try this software instead of using paid video conversion tools . you will surely  feel the power of open source …………

Anonymous is everywhere.
Anonymous has no identity.
Anonymous is an unstoppable force.
Anonymous doesn’t fall in battle, anyway.

These are all some famous quotes about anonymous , lets get into our topic . Anonymous browsing or Proxy Surfing  is simply browsing the World Wide Web with most of your identity hidden. Proxy surfing is necessary for two cases

1. Securing Information
2. Freedom to browse all websites from Internet

Why do we need it?
Case 1 : Securing Information
If you are connected with network or Internet , your computer or network device will be assigned by one unique IP address , using that address only the computers can transfer the data from one to another and also all information might be collected such as your location , packets information, personal data. so we need to protect our data.

Case 2: Freedom to browse all websites from Internet
In college or school , Management will use proxy server to ban some websites for security purpose. Its necessary to prevent student to browse an inappropriate websites but due to this they cannot surf all the information from Internet. Some times the proxy server will block some important websites. Internet is like a universe , There would be good and bad things in it . You are the responsible person to collect the information based on your need.so freedom for browsing is needed for this case.

How to do it ?
User can install proxy software to browse all information from Internet . In our case lets take Ubuntu Linux for installing tor.  The following software are needed for proxy surfing in Ubuntu Linux Operating System .

1. tor  – The Online Router
2. privoxy -  A web based program often used with tor
3. torbutton  – Firefox add-on for tor

The tor package using socks 5 connection which is specially used for proxy server communication . You can install these packages using synaptic package manager in Ubuntu or manually download the following files and just click on it

• Libc6
• Lib Event
• Tsocks
• Tor
• privoxy
• torbutton-1.2.2-fx

After installing these packages, Just open the Firefox and enable the tor button which would be in bottom-left corner. If you are using some other browser like Opera then manually assign the Ip address in Network Option .

Tor manual IP

Finally We need to add two lines in privoxy config file . Goto  /etc/ptivoxy/config file in root mode

#sudo su

#gedit /etc/privoxy/config

In section 4.1 add the following line

Your-IP-address :8118

In my case

192.168.34.23:8118

Add the following at end of the config file

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .

Note : Space and dot also very important , do not mistype anything . I have attached sample configuration file for your reference

Click hete to download sample privoxy config file

Enjoy the freedom of browsing the INTERNET …..

http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

Features of recodMyDesktop

• You can capture the specific area [ Window ]  or entire desktop
• Video and Audio can be recorded simultaneously [ .ogv movie file ]
• Both command [recordMyDesktop] and graphical user interface [python or GTK version ] are available
• Compatible with most of Linux Distributions [ Ubuntu , OpenSuse , Fedora , freeBSD , Salckware ]
• Its very fast comparing with other screen recoding software

ScreenShot

Installation Procedure

For Debian Based [ E.g. Ubuntu ] Users

1. Install using synaptic package manager or
2. Type the given command in terminal

# sudo apt-get install gtk-recordMyDesktop

For RPM Based [ E.g. Fedora ] User

1. Install using Add and Remove Packages or
2. Type the given command in terminal

#su

[Type your password]

#yum install gtk-recordMyDesktop

For Command Line Users

1. Download the source and install in your system

# tar -xzvf recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1.tar.gz

# cd recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1

# ./configure

# make

# make install

http://linux.wareseeker.com/free-gvdown-0.6.5.

Its written in Python

Easy to install & use. AFter installation, open terminal & type gvdown or select from Applications->Internet->GVDOWN-VideoDownloader. I prefer opning from terminal because if it gets stuck in between, the message will be displayed in Terminal.