Monthly Archives: April 2014

Gradle with Local Archiva Publish

Posted on April 21, 2014 by tim

This shows the way to get gradle to use a local Archiva server to publish your project artifacts. IMPORTANT: You must configure your “guest” user in Archiva to have the correct permissions (roles) to publish to the Archiva server. To … Continue reading →

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Gradle with Local Archiva

Posted on April 16, 2014 by tim

This shows the way to get gradle to use a local Archiva server to resolve dependencies (where the Archiva server in turn resolves to maven central). (Side comment: documentation for gradle is sparse, incomplete and out-of-date – e.g. ‘mavenRepo’ shows … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 14.04 VirtualBox Resolution

Posted on April 12, 2014 by tim

Want something other than 640×480 with Ubuntu running in VirtualBox 4.3.x? Follow these instructions. From http://codsplaice.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-quick-post-on-how-to-get-ubuntu-1404.html sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential Then mount the install CD image for the … Continue reading →

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Vnc Vino Ubuntu Security fix

Posted on April 12, 2014 by tim

To enable remote desktop in Ubuntu when “Settings” no longer shows the icon for “Desktop Sharing” or “Remote Desktop”, type: $ vino-preferences When your VNC client fails to connect with an error like “No matching security types” or “No security … Continue reading →

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