Category Archives: Linux Tricks

How to Install git 2.9 on a Directadmin Server with CentOS 6

Two years ago I have written a short guide on the same subject – here it is. Since yum install git still doesn’t allow us to install git 2, let me share the fastest way to get git up and running on your server. First of all, let’s download the most recent version of git here. Most recent… Read More »

/usr/local/lib/libz.so.1: no version information available – Working Fix (Directadmin Server)

Sometimes when you need to install something that interacts with libz, you might get the following message (I have faced it while installing git): Solution is simple – most probably you already have a library with right version, just the symbolic link to it is wrong. First of all, find libz.so version you are using: You should see… Read More »

How to Install the Right Version of Java to Run Selenium on a CentOS Server

If you want to launch Selenium on a Linux server, you need to have Java support installed. If your Java version is lower than 1.6, most probably you will get the following error while trying to launch Selenium: [root@ns1 selenium]# java -jar /usr/local/bin/selenium-server-standalone-2.41.0.jar -role hub May 27, 2014 2:06:12 p.m. org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher main INFO: Launching a selenium grid server… Read More »