Installing Oracle Instant Client

The instantclient works only by defining the folder in the windows PATH environment variable. But you can “install” manually to create some keys in the Windows registry. How? 1) Download instantclient (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winsoft-085727.html) 2) Unzip the ZIP file (eg c:\oracle\instantclient). 3) Include the above path in the PATH. 4) Create the registry key: Windows 32bit: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE] … Read more

PostgreSQL 9 install on Windows: “Unable to write inside TEMP environment path.”

In my case the solution was related to NotePad++ being the default application for opening .vbs files. If you have the same situation, here’s an elaborate solution: http://igordcard.blogspot.co.il/2012/03/unable-to-write-inside-temp-environment.html In a nutshell, in the registry, you need to go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vbs, and set the (Default) entry back to the string VBSFile.

Setting up Redis on Webfaction

Introduction Because of the special environment restrictions of Webfaction servers the installation instructions are not as straightforward as they would be. Nevertheless at the end you will have a fully functioning Redis server that stays up even after a reboot. I personally installed Redis by the following procedure about a half a year ago and … Read more

libusbmuxd version error during flutter install

A recent change to libimobiledevice bumped the constraint on libusbmuxd to >= version 1.1.0. The current usbmuxd homebrew package is version 1.0.10. As a result, homebrew –HEAD installs of libimobiledevice no longer build without a –HEAD install of usbmuxd. Until the usbmuxd homebrew formula is updated, a workaround is to install it at HEAD: brew … Read more

How to associate application with existing file types using WiX installer?

Here’s a full, complete example with a bit more detail and cleaner code than in the linked question and should provide a better answer. Quite timely as I’ve recently finished porting the code posted previously, to use proper ProgId elements so this is fresh in my mind 😉 In regards to the ‘what here’, you … Read more