Fix Google Gears for Firefox on Linux

January 31, 2010 by Linerd · Leave a Comment
Filed under: HowTo, firefox, linux 

If you run the Google Gears add-on for Firefox on Linux, then you've probably been getting annoyed by Firefox trying to update the add-on and getting a failure message that interrupts your web browsing.

Incompatible Extension

"Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86-gcc3). Please contact the author of this item about the problem.

Google Gears 0.5.32.0 Update Error

Google Gears 0.5.32.0 Update Error

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How To Uninstall LAMP in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

January 26, 2010 by Linerd · 8 Comments
Filed under: HowTo, Ubuntu, linux, web development 

The most popular post on this blog is How to Install LAMP on Ubuntu 9.10. On that post, I've had a few comments asking how to remove the single command LAMP installation. Perhaps the something went wrong during the installation and you want to completely remove everything and start over. Or maybe you just decided you don't need it installed any more and don't want the extra files and processes cluttering up your system. For whatever reason, due to popular demand... Read more

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