How to install phpBB 3 on a CentOS 6 VPS

320px-Phpbb3-ccw-logoToday’s article will be about installing and configuring phpBB3 on a CentOS 6 VPS. phpBB (PHP Bulletin Board) is one of the most popular free and open-source bulletin boards written in the PHP scripting language and used by millions of people around the world. With phpBB you can easily create your discussion boards and start your own community with just a few clicks of your mouse. phpBB is very customizable and there are a number of templates, languages, style and image packages available for it’s customization.

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How to set up LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) stack on Debian Wheezy

how-to-set-up-lamp-linux-apache-mariadb-php-stack-on-debian-wheezyLAMP usually refers to a full featured stack containing the Apache web server, the popular database server MySQL and the well known web programming language – PHP, set up on a Linux Operating System.

But, as of lately we’ve seen a lot of open-source communities and some of the largest internet giants as Google switched to the use of MySQL’s open source drop-in replacement – the MariaDB database server, which is what are we going to install today instead of MySQL.

In the following step-by-step set up manual we will explain how to install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) stack on your Debian Wheezy VPS. Let’s begin:

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How to Install Bugzilla on CentOS 6

bugzilla_on_centos_6_4_vpsBugzilla is the most favorite bug-tracking system, designed to help the software developers’ groups keep track of their software development.

It is a free and a feature-rich application that finds itself at service of a large number of teams and organizations, helping them organize and synchronize their development work.

This article will guide you through the installation process of Bugzilla on a CentOS VPS.

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How to install Drupal on CentOS/Fedora

drupalDrupal is another PHP based, open-source content management system that is used for managing, publishing and organizing your website, regardless of whether it is your personal blog or your corporate website. Drupal can be easily installed on your CentOS or Fedora VPS in less than 5 minutes. All you need to do is to create a MySQL user and database for your Drupal installation, download the latest version of Drupal and create a configuration file. That’s it.

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How to install and test FFMPEG/FFMPEG-PHP in Debian Squeeze

Today we will explain how you can install ‘ffmpeg’ and ‘ffmpeg-php’ on a Debian 6 (Squeeze) VPS. The installation instructions apply to any other Debian 6 based box too.

What is FFMPEG?

It is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video files. FFMPEG ships ‘libavcodec‘ which is one of the leading audio/video codec libraries.

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